WGU C909 Objective Assessment Exam 104
Questions and Verified Answers with Rationales
A philosophy based on the premise that people construct their
own understanding of the world they live in through reflection on
experiences. - CORRECT ANSWER Constructivist Theory
For example: Groups of students in a science class are discussing
a problem in physics. Though the teacher knows the "answer" to
the problem, she focuses on helping students restate their
questions in useful ways. She prompts each student to reflect on
and examine his or her current knowledge. When one of the
students comes up with the relevant concept, the teacher seizes
upon it, and indicates to the group that this might be a fruitful
avenue for them to explore. They design and perform relevant
experiments. Afterward, the students and teacher talk about what
they have learned, and how their observations and experiments
helped (or did not help) them to better understand the concept. -
CORRECT ANSWER Constructivist Theory in Practice
Aim to assist students in assimilating new information to existing
knowledge, as well as enabling them to make the appropriate
accommodations to their existing intellectual framework to
accommodate that information. Ex. Because of Winn-Dixie; from
her inference, and active knowledge of the text says that people
who have things in common often become friends. - CORRECT
ANSWER Cognitive-constructivist view of reading
,Extends the influence on the cognitive-constructivist view out
from the reader and the text into the larger social realm. Learning
is viewed as social rather than individual. -Lev Vygotsky Ex.
Understanding the zone of proximal development can be helpful
for teachers.
In classroom settings, teachers may first assess students to
determine their current skill level. Educators can then offer
instruction that stretches the limits of each child's capabilities.
At first, the student may need assistance from an adult or a more
knowledgeable peer, but eventually, their zone of proximal
development will expand. Teachers can help promote this
expansion by:
Planning and organizing their instruction and lessons: For
example, the teacher might organize the class into groups where
less skilled children are paired with students who have a higher
skill level.
Using hints, prompts, and direct instruction to help kids improve
their - CORRECT ANSWER Socio-cultural theory/Ex.
The main argument of reader-response theory is that readers, as
much as the text, play an active role in a reading experience
(Rosenblatt, 1994). This theory rejects the structuralist view that
meaning resides solely in the text. Words in a text evoke images
in readers' minds and readers bring their experiences to this
encounter. - CORRECT ANSWER Reader Response Theory
As the name suggests, experiential learning involves learning
from experience. The theory was proposed by psychologist David
Kolb who was influenced by the work of other theorists including
John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, and Jean Piaget - CORRECT ANSWER
Experiential Learning
,The complex system that relates sounds to meanings, is made of
three components: phonological, (rules for combining sounds)
semantic, (the smallest units of meaning that may be combined
to make up words) and syntactic (the rules that combine
morphemes into sentences). Reading and talking with children
plays an important role in developing their vocabulary. The more
you talk to children, the larger their vocabulary will develop. Note:
Pragmatic is also the rules that allow us to speak appropriately in
different settings - CORRECT ANSWER Oral Language
Development
Scribbling/drawing
Letter like forms and shapes
Letters
Letters and spaces
Conventional writing and spelling (children in this stage spell most
words correctly with a reliance on knowledge of phonics to spell
longer words, they can punctuate, can properly use capital and
lower case letters. Writing different purposes is important,
handwriting and spelling becomes easier. - CORRECT ANSWER
What are the stages of writing development?
Early Emergent
Emergent (understands alphabet, phonological awareness and
knows phonics, have command of high frequency words,
developing comprehension and word attack skills, recognize types
of texts, non-fiction and fiction, and that reading has a variety of
purposes).
Early Fluent
, Fluent - CORRECT ANSWER What are stages of reading
development
The written forms of spoken, alphabetic language languages
which use letters (graphemes) in a code to represent the sounds
of speech (phonemes) specific sequences of letters form words,
this is the alphabetic principle. If we obeyed this principle we
wouldn't have words like to, too, and two. - CORRECT ANSWER
What are the stages of the alphabetic phase
Teaching approach that incorporates scaffolding (building on what
the student already knows) so that the responsibility for the
content is shifted from teacher to student. - CORRECT ANSWER
Gradual release of responsibility
Integration: connecting new vocabulary to prior knowledge
Repetition: encountering/using the word concept many times
Meaningful use: multiple opportunities to use new words in
reading, writing, and soon discussion - CORRECT ANSWER
Strategies for vocabulary/literacy development
Shared: (teacher provides explicit comprehensive instruction,
everyone in the class reads a projected book, as teacher moves
pointer along screen)
Questions and Verified Answers with Rationales
A philosophy based on the premise that people construct their
own understanding of the world they live in through reflection on
experiences. - CORRECT ANSWER Constructivist Theory
For example: Groups of students in a science class are discussing
a problem in physics. Though the teacher knows the "answer" to
the problem, she focuses on helping students restate their
questions in useful ways. She prompts each student to reflect on
and examine his or her current knowledge. When one of the
students comes up with the relevant concept, the teacher seizes
upon it, and indicates to the group that this might be a fruitful
avenue for them to explore. They design and perform relevant
experiments. Afterward, the students and teacher talk about what
they have learned, and how their observations and experiments
helped (or did not help) them to better understand the concept. -
CORRECT ANSWER Constructivist Theory in Practice
Aim to assist students in assimilating new information to existing
knowledge, as well as enabling them to make the appropriate
accommodations to their existing intellectual framework to
accommodate that information. Ex. Because of Winn-Dixie; from
her inference, and active knowledge of the text says that people
who have things in common often become friends. - CORRECT
ANSWER Cognitive-constructivist view of reading
,Extends the influence on the cognitive-constructivist view out
from the reader and the text into the larger social realm. Learning
is viewed as social rather than individual. -Lev Vygotsky Ex.
Understanding the zone of proximal development can be helpful
for teachers.
In classroom settings, teachers may first assess students to
determine their current skill level. Educators can then offer
instruction that stretches the limits of each child's capabilities.
At first, the student may need assistance from an adult or a more
knowledgeable peer, but eventually, their zone of proximal
development will expand. Teachers can help promote this
expansion by:
Planning and organizing their instruction and lessons: For
example, the teacher might organize the class into groups where
less skilled children are paired with students who have a higher
skill level.
Using hints, prompts, and direct instruction to help kids improve
their - CORRECT ANSWER Socio-cultural theory/Ex.
The main argument of reader-response theory is that readers, as
much as the text, play an active role in a reading experience
(Rosenblatt, 1994). This theory rejects the structuralist view that
meaning resides solely in the text. Words in a text evoke images
in readers' minds and readers bring their experiences to this
encounter. - CORRECT ANSWER Reader Response Theory
As the name suggests, experiential learning involves learning
from experience. The theory was proposed by psychologist David
Kolb who was influenced by the work of other theorists including
John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, and Jean Piaget - CORRECT ANSWER
Experiential Learning
,The complex system that relates sounds to meanings, is made of
three components: phonological, (rules for combining sounds)
semantic, (the smallest units of meaning that may be combined
to make up words) and syntactic (the rules that combine
morphemes into sentences). Reading and talking with children
plays an important role in developing their vocabulary. The more
you talk to children, the larger their vocabulary will develop. Note:
Pragmatic is also the rules that allow us to speak appropriately in
different settings - CORRECT ANSWER Oral Language
Development
Scribbling/drawing
Letter like forms and shapes
Letters
Letters and spaces
Conventional writing and spelling (children in this stage spell most
words correctly with a reliance on knowledge of phonics to spell
longer words, they can punctuate, can properly use capital and
lower case letters. Writing different purposes is important,
handwriting and spelling becomes easier. - CORRECT ANSWER
What are the stages of writing development?
Early Emergent
Emergent (understands alphabet, phonological awareness and
knows phonics, have command of high frequency words,
developing comprehension and word attack skills, recognize types
of texts, non-fiction and fiction, and that reading has a variety of
purposes).
Early Fluent
, Fluent - CORRECT ANSWER What are stages of reading
development
The written forms of spoken, alphabetic language languages
which use letters (graphemes) in a code to represent the sounds
of speech (phonemes) specific sequences of letters form words,
this is the alphabetic principle. If we obeyed this principle we
wouldn't have words like to, too, and two. - CORRECT ANSWER
What are the stages of the alphabetic phase
Teaching approach that incorporates scaffolding (building on what
the student already knows) so that the responsibility for the
content is shifted from teacher to student. - CORRECT ANSWER
Gradual release of responsibility
Integration: connecting new vocabulary to prior knowledge
Repetition: encountering/using the word concept many times
Meaningful use: multiple opportunities to use new words in
reading, writing, and soon discussion - CORRECT ANSWER
Strategies for vocabulary/literacy development
Shared: (teacher provides explicit comprehensive instruction,
everyone in the class reads a projected book, as teacher moves
pointer along screen)
