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Test Bank Kathy G. Short and Desireé W. Cueto Essentials of Children’s Literature Tenth Edition Prepared by Short and Cueto Answers At The End Of PDF 1 / 4

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 ........................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 ........................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 3 ........................................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 4 ..........................................................................................................................10 Chapter 5 ..........................................................................................................................13 Chapter 6 ..........................................................................................................................16 Chapter 7 ..........................................................................................................................20 Chapter 8 ..........................................................................................................................23 Chapter 9 ..........................................................................................................................26 Chapter 10 ........................................................................................................................29 Chapter 11 ........................................................................................................................32 Chapter 12 ........................................................................................................................35 Chapter 13 ........................................................................................................................38 Chapter 14 ........................................................................................................................41 Answer Key for Multiple Choice Items ...............................................................................44 2 / 4

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TEST BANK

Providing a test bank for a children's literature textbook is difficult and problematic. First, most instructors view the reading of children's books as the most important component of a course in children's literature. This test bank cannot assess that central aspect of the course and can only be used to assess textbook information, not the deeper understanding of story and diversity at the heart of this textbook. Other forms of assessment are needed to evaluate the actual reading of children’s books by students. Many instructors, for example, ask students to submit reading records that summarize plots of books and provide responses to the books they are reading independently and in groups; others select titles from a reading list of books submitted to the instructor by a student and ask for responses in writing about perspectives on these books.Alternatively, these responses can be oral through interviewing students about selected books to assess the ways in which students are thinking about the books they read.Student projects and inquiries are an alternative method of inviting students to explore the content of each chapter and to engage in an investigation that takes them beyond that content.These inquiries connect the content of the chapters with student interests and take them more deeply into references and books. Students have to understand and apply the content of the chapter, requiring a much deeper understanding of that content than is evident in a test. At the end of each chapter in the textbook are Invitations for Further Investigation that can be used for this type of evaluation. These investigations can also be found in the Instructors Manual.This manual provides a test bank with traditional test items including both recognition and production test items. These test items are arranged by chapter for the convenience of instructors who may assign the chapters in a different sequence. Duplication of content within the test items of a single chapter and varying complexity of items allows the instructor to tailor tests to suit students.

The types of test items included here are:

1.Multiple choice items. These items require only recognition of correct responses.

2.Essay items. These are production items and require some synthesis or application of knowledge. They also include requests for students’ individual experiences or perspectives. 3 / 4

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CHAPTER 1 VALUING LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN

Multiple Choice Select the best answer.

1.The content of children's books A.may include both joyous and difficult experiences of childhood.B.should be set in the present so as to be relevant to the child of today.C.should not be controversial.D.is imaginary.

2."Published for the general public primarily for entertainment and information" defines the A.textbook.B.trade book.C.basal reader.D.bibliography.

3.Content in a book for children should be treated in a style that is A.a fond remembrance of childhood.B.hopeful for the future.C.always includes a happy ending.D.nostalgic and sentimental.

4.The value of literature in the personal lives of children is that A.books can be used to teach reading skills.B.books can be used to teach social studies content.C.books are primarily a means for adults to teach morals and values.D.books provide a means for children to explore who they are and what they value.

5.The value of literature in the learning of children is that A.books directly teach reading skills.B.books provide interesting content that engages learners.C.books teach science facts rather than concepts.D.books focus the learner on facts not making meaning.

6.Research studies on the value of literature for children find that two procedures are especially important in teaching children to read. They are A.thorough grounding in phonics and sight word vocabulary prior to reading.B.careful homogeneous grouping of children by ability in reading the same text.C.reading excellent books aloud to children and daily silent independent reading by children.D.daily review of reading skills until mastery and frequent evaluation of reading skills.

7.Research and surveys on the reading of literature in the U.S. find that A.there are many more nonreaders than readers in the U.S.B.more people prefer to read e-books than print books.

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