D670 ELEMENTARY LITERACY METHODS TASK 1
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
◉ Construction-integration model (Walter Kintsch).
Answer: Understand, link using prior knowledge and interpret
meaning.
◉ Constructivism.
Answer: Active process which states that the meaning one
constructs from a text is subjective—the result of one particular
person's processing of the text.
◉ Constructivism emphasis.
Answer: Social, psychological construct emphsizes subjectivity of
meaning.
◉ Word recognition.
Answer: processing letter associations into syllables and patterns.
◉ Fluency.
Answer: Ability to read text with speed, accuracy, expression and
comprehension.
,◉ Assessment.
Answer: Specific approaches to assessing fluency.
◉ Comprehension process.
Answer: Construction, integration, metacognition.
◉ Comprehension.
Answer: Reader comprehends sentences and then links ideas from
one sentence to another.
◉ Integration.
Answer: Process of using prior knowledge to expand and interpret
the meaning the author has put on the pages.
◉ Metacognition.
Answer: Reader confirms meaning that makes sense.
◉ Textbase.
Answer: Literal understanding of the text.
◉ Strategies.
, Answer: Make inferences, ask questions, summarize, search for
important ideas, or sound out words.
◉ Mental Model.
Answer: Strategies that help readers relate text ideas to prior
knowledge.
◉ Schema theory.
Answer: The way knowledge is represented, how we use it, and how
it expands in our minds,
◉ Schemata.
Answer: Knowledge of objects, situations, events, sequences of
events, actions, and sequences of actions.
◉ Existing schemata.
Answer: Endless networks of organized knowledge.
◉ Reading comprehension.
Answer: Process of simultaneously extracting and constructing
meaning through interaction and involvement with written
language.
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
◉ Construction-integration model (Walter Kintsch).
Answer: Understand, link using prior knowledge and interpret
meaning.
◉ Constructivism.
Answer: Active process which states that the meaning one
constructs from a text is subjective—the result of one particular
person's processing of the text.
◉ Constructivism emphasis.
Answer: Social, psychological construct emphsizes subjectivity of
meaning.
◉ Word recognition.
Answer: processing letter associations into syllables and patterns.
◉ Fluency.
Answer: Ability to read text with speed, accuracy, expression and
comprehension.
,◉ Assessment.
Answer: Specific approaches to assessing fluency.
◉ Comprehension process.
Answer: Construction, integration, metacognition.
◉ Comprehension.
Answer: Reader comprehends sentences and then links ideas from
one sentence to another.
◉ Integration.
Answer: Process of using prior knowledge to expand and interpret
the meaning the author has put on the pages.
◉ Metacognition.
Answer: Reader confirms meaning that makes sense.
◉ Textbase.
Answer: Literal understanding of the text.
◉ Strategies.
, Answer: Make inferences, ask questions, summarize, search for
important ideas, or sound out words.
◉ Mental Model.
Answer: Strategies that help readers relate text ideas to prior
knowledge.
◉ Schema theory.
Answer: The way knowledge is represented, how we use it, and how
it expands in our minds,
◉ Schemata.
Answer: Knowledge of objects, situations, events, sequences of
events, actions, and sequences of actions.
◉ Existing schemata.
Answer: Endless networks of organized knowledge.
◉ Reading comprehension.
Answer: Process of simultaneously extracting and constructing
meaning through interaction and involvement with written
language.
