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41 Chapter 1 Learning and the Language Arts Chapter 1 Multiple Choice Questions 1.The terms skills and strategies are not synonymous. Skills differ from strategies

because skills are used:

a)automatically b)as problem-solving tools c)only in an academic setting d)only in written activities

2.The smallest units of sound are called:

a)phonemes b)graphemes c)morphemes d)letters 3.Last year, Sarah felt comfortable using her college’s program for online registration.When the college introduced a new program, however, Sarah had difficulty and

experienced:

a)equilibrium b)disequilibrium c)schemata d)constructivism 4.When students reflect upon their learning styles and become aware of what they know

and don’t know, they are using:

a)schemata b)repetends c)metacognition d)disequilibrium 2 / 4

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• Although they could not yet write business letters independently, a group of third-

grade students were able to write business letters with their teacher’s assistance.

Consequently, this task fell within the students’:

• interactive area
• frustration level
• literacy center
• zone of proximal development

• Although Emily conversed comfortably with peers and with older adults, she struggled

when presenting oral reports in class. Emily had not yet developed:

• alphabetic principles
• communicative competence
• metacognition
• proximal development

7. In the word unopened, un is an example of a:

• free morpheme
• bound morpheme
• suffix
• cognate

• Although the classroom community evolves during the school year, effective teachers

lay the foundation:

• during the first 2 weeks of instruction
• in periodic newsletters
• only after meeting with parents
• through summer online conversations

• Research suggests that during language arts instruction, children are more highly

motivated to participate when they:

• engage in whole-group instruction
• successfully complete worksheets
• have frequent tests and quizzes
• have opportunities to select their own books

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• When the teacher gave students time to write in their journals, 8-year-old Mei

struggled with spelling. Instead of becoming discouraged, however, she sought help from the teacher, used the class Word Wall, and learned to use spell check features on the

computer. This attitude shows that Mei achieved:

• reading fluency
• self-efficacy
• prosody
• morphology

• As he is learning English, 7-year-old Sergei often makes grammatical mistakes such

as saying “my dog brown” instead of “My brown dog.” Sergei is having difficulty with

the:

• phonological system
• syntactic system
• semantic system
• pragmatic system

• The theory which emphasizes the use of all six language arts to communicate, solve

problems, and persuade others to a course of action is known as:

• informational literacy
• cultural literacy
• critical literacy
• visual literacy

• Sixth-grade teacher Ashley Cole gave her students graphic organizers because they

needed help to organize their writing. By demonstrating the use of graphic organizers,

this teacher provided:

• metacognition
• schemata
• scaffolding
• proximal development

• Language arts teachers should integrate instruction on viewing with reading

instruction primarily because:

• children today watch less television
• children use similar strategies in reading and viewing
• viewing requires a higher degree of language proficiency
• drawing can be very motivating
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