READING 360 FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ In order to develop automaticity in reading, students need to. Answer:
a. practice with word lists
b. increase their attention capacity
c. respond to many questions
d. frequently read text at or below their reading level
D
◉ In order to develop automaticity in reading, students need to. Answer:
a. practice with word lists
b. increase their attention capacity
c. respond to many questions
d. frequently read text at or below their reading level
D
◉ When students frequently read orally and face criticism for being
incorrect, they. Answer: a. pay little attention to meaning.
,b. learn to read the words fluently
c. develop automatic recognition of words
d. learn to use context as a means of word identification
◉ Reader response theory suggests that. Answer: a. all readers will
arrive at the same meaning for what they read.
b. different readers will have somewhat different interpretations of what
they read
c. different readers will have completely different interpretations of what
they read
d. it is the teacher who should decide just which answer is correct
B
◉ Automaticity in reading is. Answer: a. a skill to be practiced in
isolation
b. necessary to allow for effective comprehension
c. not necessary if students are in the primary grades
d. important for students to read fast
B
,◉ The need for literacy in present-day society is. Answer: a. reduced
because of the widespread use of computers
b. about the same as in much of the twentieth century
c. defined at the eighth grade level
d. continually growing
D
◉ Traditional instructional principles. Answer: a. have been replaced by
more contemporary ones
b. can help guide effective instruction
c. shouldn't be challenged
d. are largely child-centered
◉ Instruction differs from practice in that. Answer: a. instruction is from
traditional perspective while practice is from the sociocultural
perspective
b. practice involves showing students how to do something they do not
know how to do while instruction is asking
c. instruction involves a repeated action while practice is not
d. instruction involves showing students how to do something they do
not know how to do while practice is asking students to do something
they already know how to do
, D
◉ Which of the following is not part of the constructivist/sociocultural
perspective on learning? Answer: a. scaffolding
b. the gradual release of responsibility
c. parsing
d. cooperative learning
C
◉ When a teacher asks students to circle all the words on a page that
begin with "o" she is. Answer: a. providing instruction in identifying the
letter "o"
b. providing practice in identifying the letter "o"
c. scaffolding the students' efforts
d. encouraging them to take responsibility for their learning
◉ The zone of proximal development. Answer: a. outlines the topics that
students can read about at different ages.
b. describes the range within students can learn at a particular time in
development
c. is an instructional technique that applies only to reading
d. suggests that learning is not a social phenomenon
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ In order to develop automaticity in reading, students need to. Answer:
a. practice with word lists
b. increase their attention capacity
c. respond to many questions
d. frequently read text at or below their reading level
D
◉ In order to develop automaticity in reading, students need to. Answer:
a. practice with word lists
b. increase their attention capacity
c. respond to many questions
d. frequently read text at or below their reading level
D
◉ When students frequently read orally and face criticism for being
incorrect, they. Answer: a. pay little attention to meaning.
,b. learn to read the words fluently
c. develop automatic recognition of words
d. learn to use context as a means of word identification
◉ Reader response theory suggests that. Answer: a. all readers will
arrive at the same meaning for what they read.
b. different readers will have somewhat different interpretations of what
they read
c. different readers will have completely different interpretations of what
they read
d. it is the teacher who should decide just which answer is correct
B
◉ Automaticity in reading is. Answer: a. a skill to be practiced in
isolation
b. necessary to allow for effective comprehension
c. not necessary if students are in the primary grades
d. important for students to read fast
B
,◉ The need for literacy in present-day society is. Answer: a. reduced
because of the widespread use of computers
b. about the same as in much of the twentieth century
c. defined at the eighth grade level
d. continually growing
D
◉ Traditional instructional principles. Answer: a. have been replaced by
more contemporary ones
b. can help guide effective instruction
c. shouldn't be challenged
d. are largely child-centered
◉ Instruction differs from practice in that. Answer: a. instruction is from
traditional perspective while practice is from the sociocultural
perspective
b. practice involves showing students how to do something they do not
know how to do while instruction is asking
c. instruction involves a repeated action while practice is not
d. instruction involves showing students how to do something they do
not know how to do while practice is asking students to do something
they already know how to do
, D
◉ Which of the following is not part of the constructivist/sociocultural
perspective on learning? Answer: a. scaffolding
b. the gradual release of responsibility
c. parsing
d. cooperative learning
C
◉ When a teacher asks students to circle all the words on a page that
begin with "o" she is. Answer: a. providing instruction in identifying the
letter "o"
b. providing practice in identifying the letter "o"
c. scaffolding the students' efforts
d. encouraging them to take responsibility for their learning
◉ The zone of proximal development. Answer: a. outlines the topics that
students can read about at different ages.
b. describes the range within students can learn at a particular time in
development
c. is an instructional technique that applies only to reading
d. suggests that learning is not a social phenomenon
