WGU c365 QUESTIONS AND SURE
ANSWERS
Constructivism - ANSWER-Students learn through direct experiences with their environment,
students construct their understanding and develop their thinking.
Behaviorism - ANSWER-Learning consists of the acquisition of new behaviors that are either
reinforced to increase frequency or not reinforced to extinguish the behavior.
Bottom-Up Approach - ANSWER-Students first learn the names and shapes of letters, followed by
consonant sounds, next simple vowels and then more complex vowel correspondences.
Reader-Response Theory - ANSWER-Reading is a transaction between the text and the reader, the
reader affects the text and is affected by it.
Top-Down Approach - ANSWER-A holistic approach to learning to read. Sub-skills are not taught.
Instead students learn to use their background knowledge to predict/infer the content of print.
During a reading activity, Mr Maui has his 6th graders focus on experiencing the piece; paying
attention to the feelings, attitudes, and ideas evoked by the words. What is he implementing? -
ANSWER-Aesthetic stance
What kind of approach to reading uses sets of children's books as a basis for providing literacy
instruction? - ANSWER-the literature-based approach
disadvantages of basal readers - ANSWER--will not interest all students
-only offer small pieces of a novel
-structure can restrain the class to move through the material
Mrs. Neval has grouped her students and provided each group with reading selections matched to
their level of development. When working with each individual group, she provides whatever
guidance that particular group needs to successfully read a selection. What is Mrs Neval
implementing? - ANSWER-guided reading
- ANSWER--core literature
ANSWERS
Constructivism - ANSWER-Students learn through direct experiences with their environment,
students construct their understanding and develop their thinking.
Behaviorism - ANSWER-Learning consists of the acquisition of new behaviors that are either
reinforced to increase frequency or not reinforced to extinguish the behavior.
Bottom-Up Approach - ANSWER-Students first learn the names and shapes of letters, followed by
consonant sounds, next simple vowels and then more complex vowel correspondences.
Reader-Response Theory - ANSWER-Reading is a transaction between the text and the reader, the
reader affects the text and is affected by it.
Top-Down Approach - ANSWER-A holistic approach to learning to read. Sub-skills are not taught.
Instead students learn to use their background knowledge to predict/infer the content of print.
During a reading activity, Mr Maui has his 6th graders focus on experiencing the piece; paying
attention to the feelings, attitudes, and ideas evoked by the words. What is he implementing? -
ANSWER-Aesthetic stance
What kind of approach to reading uses sets of children's books as a basis for providing literacy
instruction? - ANSWER-the literature-based approach
disadvantages of basal readers - ANSWER--will not interest all students
-only offer small pieces of a novel
-structure can restrain the class to move through the material
Mrs. Neval has grouped her students and provided each group with reading selections matched to
their level of development. When working with each individual group, she provides whatever
guidance that particular group needs to successfully read a selection. What is Mrs Neval
implementing? - ANSWER-guided reading
- ANSWER--core literature
