WGU-C909: ELEMENTARY READING
METHODS AND INTERVENTIONS (REVISED)
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED 2025
-Constructivism emphasizes the idea that comprehending a text is very much an active process.
-Constructivism holds that the meaning one constructs from a text is subjective—the result of
1. Constructivism (Learning Philosophies): one particular person's processing of the text.
-Aim to assist students in assimilating new information to existing knowledge, as well as
2. Cognitive-Constructivist View of enabling them to make the appropriate modifications to their existing intellectual framework to
Reading-Teaching Methods (Learning accommodate that information.
Philosophies):
-Jean Piaget and William Perry
-Emphasizes that reading is a process in which the reader actively searches for meaning in what
she reads.
-The reader makes connections between ideas and then integrates these understandings with
3. Cognitive-Constructivist View of Reading prior knowledge
(Learning Philosophies): -Ex: Because of Winn-Dixie,-the inference comes from her knowledge that people who have
things in common often become friends and from her active processing of the text.
-Extends the influence on the cognitive-constructivist view out from the reader and the text into
the larger social realm.
4. Sociocultural Theory (Learning Philosophies): -Learning is viewed as primarily a social rather than an individual matter.
-Lev Vygotsky
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, -First, the social and cultural backgrounds of students have a huge and undeniable effect on their
learning.
-Second, because learning is quintessentially social, much learning—particularly the best and
most lasting learning—will take place as groups of learners work together. -Third, the
5. Steps of Sociocultural Theory (Learning classroom, the school, and the various communities of students in a classroom are social
Philosophies): contexts that have strong influences on what is or is not learned in the classroom, and each of
them must be carefully considered in planning and carrying out instruction.
Students also studied
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METHODS AND INTERVENTIONS (REVISED)
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED 2025
-Constructivism emphasizes the idea that comprehending a text is very much an active process.
-Constructivism holds that the meaning one constructs from a text is subjective—the result of
1. Constructivism (Learning Philosophies): one particular person's processing of the text.
-Aim to assist students in assimilating new information to existing knowledge, as well as
2. Cognitive-Constructivist View of enabling them to make the appropriate modifications to their existing intellectual framework to
Reading-Teaching Methods (Learning accommodate that information.
Philosophies):
-Jean Piaget and William Perry
-Emphasizes that reading is a process in which the reader actively searches for meaning in what
she reads.
-The reader makes connections between ideas and then integrates these understandings with
3. Cognitive-Constructivist View of Reading prior knowledge
(Learning Philosophies): -Ex: Because of Winn-Dixie,-the inference comes from her knowledge that people who have
things in common often become friends and from her active processing of the text.
-Extends the influence on the cognitive-constructivist view out from the reader and the text into
the larger social realm.
4. Sociocultural Theory (Learning Philosophies): -Learning is viewed as primarily a social rather than an individual matter.
-Lev Vygotsky
https://quizlet.com/507104882/wgu-c909-elementary-reading-methods-and-interventions-revised-flash-cards/ 1/12
, -First, the social and cultural backgrounds of students have a huge and undeniable effect on their
learning.
-Second, because learning is quintessentially social, much learning—particularly the best and
most lasting learning—will take place as groups of learners work together. -Third, the
5. Steps of Sociocultural Theory (Learning classroom, the school, and the various communities of students in a classroom are social
Philosophies): contexts that have strong influences on what is or is not learned in the classroom, and each of
them must be carefully considered in planning and carrying out instruction.
Students also studied
Terms in this set (152)
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