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What is constructivism? Right Ans - emphasizes the idea that
comprehending a text is very much an active process. It holds that the
meaning one constructs from a text is subjective- the result of one
particular persons processing of the
Describe oral language development in young children. Right Ans -
Children began to develop language as they babble, and Cou soon they are
repeating sound, such as dada, and then they speak their first word one
word, utterances lead to multiple words, followed by more complex
sentences. It is a process that is developed by using spoken language.
What are three benefits of constructivism? Right Ans - 1. Implementing
constructivist approach is can help foster positive attitude towards
Learning..
2. Students become active participants in their education, develop a sense
of ownership and experience, the joy of discovery and mastery..
3. Can lead to increased confidence and self-esteem, and a lifelong love of
learning..
What is sociocultural theory? Right Ans - the approach that emphasizes
how cognitive development proceeds as a result of social interactions
between members of a culture. Learning is viewed as primarily a social
rather than individual matter.
What is the zone of proximal development? Right Ans - The distance
between what a learner can do with help and without help.
Define metacognition as it applies to reading. Right Ans - the process of
reflecting on one's reading strategies while reading to monitor
comprehension. This reader is able to articulate the strategies he or she
uses to comprehend. This person is also able to recognize when meeting
breaks down and employ strategies to fix comprehension.
Describe the three phases of the construction integration process. Right
Ans - construction integration, and metacognition. In the construction
,phase, a reader uses knowledge of vocabulary and syntax to make meeting
and then integrates words and sentences by linking previous information,
using cohesive ties to create a text base. Finally a reader employees
metacognition to monitor his or her processes to ensure the meaning
makes sense. If it does not the reader employee strategies to fix
comprehension.
What are the stages of writing development? Right Ans - Scribbling
drawing, letter, like forms and shapes, letters, letters, and spaces,
conventional, writing, and spelling.
What are the stages of reading development? Right Ans - Emergent,
early, transitional, and fluent.
Emergent-they can't decode printed words they retail stories in their own
words. They comment on illustrations and discuss what they like, or notice
in the story.
Early- they have developed phonemic awareness skills and are able to
identify the beginning, middle and ending sounds of words they can also
add remove or substitute a phoneme in a given word
Transitional-they recognize many spelling patterns in sight words, and can
decode multisyllable words using a variety of strategies. They are
beginning to read, simple, chapter books
Fluent-automatically recognize most words and using decoding strategies
to quickly figure out any words they don't know they read an appropriate
speed and with expression they know the meanings of most vocabulary
words they encounter and use context, clues, knowledge of roots, or other
clues to figure out any they don't know.
What are the four stages of the alphabetic phase? Right Ans - Pre-
alphabetic phase-students read words by memorizing there, visual
features, or guessing words from their context
Partial alphabetic phase -students recognize some letters of the alphabet,
can use them together with contacts to remember words by sight
Full alphabetic phase -readers possess extensive working knowledge of the
graphophonemic system and they can use this knowledge to analyze fully
the connections between graph themes and phonemes in words they can
decode unfamiliar words in store, fully analyze sight words in memory
Consolidated alphabetic phase -students consolidate their knowledge of
grapheme phoneme blends into larger units that recur in different words
, What should be emphasized at each stage of reading? Right Ans -
Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
What is the importance of using Elkonin boxes? Right Ans - They help
students build phonological awareness by segmenting words into sounds
or syllables
How do onset rime games teach word, families Right Ans - They help
children break down words into smaller parts. They referred to the initial
consonant or consonant blend in a word, while the rhyme refers to the
vowel and any consonant sounds that follow.
How does a concept mind map help students organize information and
make meaningful connections Right Ans - By starting with higher level
concepts, concept maps, help you chunk information based on meaningful
connections. In other words, knowing the big picture makes details more
significant and easier to remember.
How does a readers theater promote reading fluency? Right Ans -
Students build a strong site word base, which helps their oral reading,
fluency rate increase they provide students with the opportunity for
repeated readings, which help in word, recognition
How does reciprocal teaching help students to actively monitor
comprehension? Right Ans - It engages students in reading, and has
been shown to increase comprehension through four basic components,
predicting, clarifying, questioning, and summarizing
What scale does the selected literacy strategy teach? Right Ans - It helps
students improve their reading skills. It targets, different skill sets, and
areas of knowledge that involve reading such as vocabulary, spelling ability,
comprehension, critical analysis, and language articulation.
What are language functions? Right Ans - The purpose for which
language is used, they represent the active verbs within the learning
outcomes examples: describe explain. Discuss advise, suggest, warn,
inform, predict clarify.