WGU C910 Elementary Reading Methods and Interventions 100% Pass

WGU C910 Elementary Reading Methods and Interventions 100% Pass cognitive-constructivist view of reading Reading is a process in which the reader actively searches for meaning in what she reads. cognitive psychology the scientific study of mental processes, including perception, thought, memory, and reasoning Constructivism is a theory in education that recognizes the learners' understanding and knowledge based on their own experiences prior to entering school. Reading an ongoing, recursive process Achieving automatic word recognition vitally important because automatically is a prerequisite for fluency fluency ability to "read a text orally with speed, accuracy, expression and comprehension" -read aloud, readers theater construction-integration model process begins with construction, in which the reader comprehends sentences and then links ideas from one sentence to another. Integration is the process of using prior knowledge to expand and interpret the meaning the author has put on the pages. Metacognition thinking about one's thinking. More precisely, it refers to the processes used to plan, monitor, and assess one's understanding and performance. strategies When meaning breaks down a reader can make inferences, ask questions, summarize, search for important ideas, or sound out words textbase (help readers relate ideas to each other) Retelling, summarizing, mental model (relates text ideas to prior knowledge) predicting, inferences, connections, questioning Metacognition (Helps reader monitor & repair comprehension) questioning, clarifying, predicting, re-reading Schema theory concerned with knowledge, particularly with the way knowledge is represented in our minds, how we use that knowledge, and how it expands (folders, pictures, designs) Schema is thinking about what we already know schemata knowledge is packaged in organized structures (objects, situations, events, sequences of events,) reading comprehension process of simultaneously extracting and constructing meaning through interaction and involvement with written language comprehension entails three elements: The reader who is doing the comprehending • The text that is to be comprehended • The activity in which comprehension is a part Reader Response Theory the belief that responsibility for constructing textual meaning resides primarily with the reader and depends to a great extent on the reader's prior knowledge