READING 360 MIDTERM EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ One single discipline cannot provide a teacher with the insights and
understandings needed to support literacy learning in the modern world.
Answer: true
◉ The ability of students to regulate reading by keeping track of how
well they comprehend is known as. Answer: Self-monitoring
◉ Which of the following student behaviors does NOT actively rely
upon metacognition? Answer: sounding out an unknown word
◉ Metacognition refers to knowledge about and regulation of some form
of cognitive activity. In the case of reading, metacognition is least
relevant to. Answer: performing a highly practiced skill.
◉ Which of the following characteristics is associated with a
comprehensive reading program? Answer: Informed philosophical
stance
, ◉ Which of the following approaches supports children working with
their own language? Answer: The language-experience approach
◉ The characteristics of highly effective literacy teachers include the
thorough integration of ________ to support the development of
children's literacy skills and strategies. Answer: writing activities,
reading activities, instructional scaffolding
◉ Which approach has been useful for meeting the needs of English
language learners because it embraces the natural language of children
and provides opportunities for meaningful text for students from diverse
backgrounds? Answer: Language-experience approach
◉ In a fourth grade classroom a teacher notices some of her students
don't understand how to apply a strategy to their reading. She models the
strategy again and demonstrates how readers use it with text. She also
shares her thinking aloud with the group of students and provides
opportunities for practice. This teacher knows that. Answer: effective
teachers provide explicit strategy instruction when needed
◉ Teachers of culturally diverse students need to go beyond celebrations
and thematic units to provide literacy and learning experiences that will
give students cross-cultural knowledge. Answer: true
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ One single discipline cannot provide a teacher with the insights and
understandings needed to support literacy learning in the modern world.
Answer: true
◉ The ability of students to regulate reading by keeping track of how
well they comprehend is known as. Answer: Self-monitoring
◉ Which of the following student behaviors does NOT actively rely
upon metacognition? Answer: sounding out an unknown word
◉ Metacognition refers to knowledge about and regulation of some form
of cognitive activity. In the case of reading, metacognition is least
relevant to. Answer: performing a highly practiced skill.
◉ Which of the following characteristics is associated with a
comprehensive reading program? Answer: Informed philosophical
stance
, ◉ Which of the following approaches supports children working with
their own language? Answer: The language-experience approach
◉ The characteristics of highly effective literacy teachers include the
thorough integration of ________ to support the development of
children's literacy skills and strategies. Answer: writing activities,
reading activities, instructional scaffolding
◉ Which approach has been useful for meeting the needs of English
language learners because it embraces the natural language of children
and provides opportunities for meaningful text for students from diverse
backgrounds? Answer: Language-experience approach
◉ In a fourth grade classroom a teacher notices some of her students
don't understand how to apply a strategy to their reading. She models the
strategy again and demonstrates how readers use it with text. She also
shares her thinking aloud with the group of students and provides
opportunities for practice. This teacher knows that. Answer: effective
teachers provide explicit strategy instruction when needed
◉ Teachers of culturally diverse students need to go beyond celebrations
and thematic units to provide literacy and learning experiences that will
give students cross-cultural knowledge. Answer: true
