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Reading and Learning to Read, 10e (Vacca et al.) Chapter 1 Knowledge and Beliefs About Reading 1.1 True/False Questions 1) What teachers believe about reading and learning to read is closely related to what they know about literacy learning and the teaching of literacy.
Answer: TRUE
2) One single discipline cannot provide a teacher with the insights and understandings needed to support literacy learning in the modern world.
Answer: TRUE
3) Vygotsky agrees with Piaget that reacting to the environment will foster growth and learning.
Answer: FALSE
4) Teachers who hold a bottom-up conceptual framework believe the process of translating print to meaning begins with the reader's prior knowledge.
Answer: FALSE
5) Standards define what students should learn and at what grade level.
Answer: TRUE
1.2 Multiple Choice Questions 1) Literacy events
- must follow certain guidelines in order to be effective.
- are widely recognized by all teachers.
- are defined with a belief system that recognizes them as such.
- require formal tests of reading assessment to determine their meaning.
Answer: C
2) From a reading perspective, the main goal of instruction is to
- teach children to become independent readers and learners.
- interact with children during instruction.
- develop better attitudes toward reading.
- show evidence that such instruction would benefit children.
Answer: A
3) The connections that exist within and between texts are referred to as
- instructional practices.
- intertextuality.
- constructivism.
- reflection.
Answer: B
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4) When teachers develop their knowledge about teaching and learning, they engage in a process of seeking and making meaning from experiences. Which experience has the least influence on this process?
- Practical
- Psychological
- Professional
- Personal
Answer: B
5) A teacher's practical knowledge is characterized by the beliefs, values, and attitudes one constructs about
- readers and writers.
- texts.
- the role of the teacher.
- All of the above
Answer: D
6) Ms. Cole periodically takes classes at her local university and attends a literacy conference once a year. What type of knowledge is she acquiring?
- Personal knowledge
- Practical knowledge
- Professional knowledge
- Psychological knowledge
Answer: C
7) Responsibilities of literacy coaches may include
- developing curriculum with colleagues.
- making professional development presentations to teachers.
- modeling lessons, providing resources, and visiting classrooms to provide feedback.
- All of the above
Answer: D
8) A reading professional continually needs to study the knowledge base from a ________ perspective.
- hierarchical
- linear
- multidisciplinary
- sequential
Answer: C
9) The ability of students to regulate reading by keeping track of how well they comprehend is known as
- self-knowledge.
- self-monitoring.
- task knowledge.
- task monitoring.
Answer: B
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10) Which of the following student behaviors does NOT actively rely upon metacognition?
- Sounding out an unknown word
- Asking oneself, "What does this mean?"
- Skipping an unknown word and continuing to read
- Rereading a passage to understand it better
Answer: A
11) Which of the following instructional practices is NOT part of explicit instruction?
- Assign
- Explain
- Model
- Demonstrate
Answer: A
12) A psycholinguistic view of reading and learning to read combines an understanding of
- the transition between reader and author.
- the reading process and how language works.
- how children actively grow and learn.
- None of the above
Answer: B
13) Which cueing system from the psycholinguistic view of reading is relied upon when children can anticipate a word or phrase that comes next in a sentence because of its grammatical relationship to other words in the sentence?
- Graphophonemic
- Syntactic
- Semantic
- Pragmatic
Answer: B
14) The system that gives cues about the sounds associated with written symbols is
- graphophonemic.
- syntactic.
- semantic.
- pragmatic.
Answer: A
15) Each day the students in Ms. Miller's class orally recite the alphabet and play alphabet bingo.Which model of reading is Ms. Miller relying upon?
- Bottom-up
- Top-down
- Interactive
- Syntactic
Answer: A
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16) Miss High is creating a curriculum for her 2nd grade reading class and is struggling to decide what should be the main goal of her instruction. What should it be?
- To incorporate grammar activities within readings
- To link stories to real life situations
- To incorporate research to reinforce learning
- To teach children to become independent readers and learners
Answer: D
17) Metacognition refers to knowledge about and regulation of some form of cognitive activity.In the case of reading, metacognition is least relevant to
- text comprehension.
- solving a difficult problem.
- performing a highly practiced skill.
- critical evaluation of an author's claim.
Answer: C
18) Which of the following is the best illustration of metacognition?
- Kirk stays up late studying for a geography test. The next morning in school, he is too tired to
- Russ is studying for a history test. He knows that he has trouble with dates, so he checks
- Robin is studying for a spelling test. She writes each spelling word five times in her nicest
- Diontre is preparing to take a state achievement test, so he checks out preparation packets
think straight during the test.
himself by taking a short quiz after each chapter.
handwriting.
from the school library and reads them cover-to-cover.
Answer: B
19) Kallie and Grace love to tell jokes and puns. They are enjoying the use of language known as
- instrumental.
- personal.
- imaginative.
- divertive.
Answer: D
20) Keith has been hanging signs all over the house, listing "laws" and "rules." He recognizes that written language can be used for laws, regulations, and contracts. He is now aware of which use of language?
- Perpetuating
- Divertive
- Authoritative
- Instrumental
Answer: C
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