C365 WGU QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Constructivism - Answers-Students learn through direct experiences with their
environment, students construct their understanding and develop their thinking.
Behaviorism - Answers-Learning consists of the acquisition of new behaviors that are
either reinforced to increase frequency or not reinforced to extinguish the behavior.
Bottom-Up Approach - Answers-Students first learn the names and shapes of letters,
followed by consonant sounds, next simple vowels and then more complex vowel
correspondences.
Reader-Response Theory - Answers-Reading is a transaction between the text and the
reader, the reader affects the text and is affected by it.
Top-Down Approach - Answers-A holistic approach to learning to read. Sub-skills are not
taught. Instead students learn to use their background knowledge to predict/infer the
content of print.
During a reading activity, Mr Maui has his 6th graders focus on experiencing the piece;
paying attention to the feelings, attitudes, and ideas evoked by the words. What is he
implementing? - Answers-Aesthetic stance
What kind of approach to reading uses sets of children's books as a basis for providing
literacy instruction? - Answers-the literature-based approach
Disadvantages of basal readers - Answers--will not interest all students
-only offer small pieces of a novel
-structure can restrain the class to move through the material
Mrs. Neval has grouped her students and provided each group with reading selections
matched to their level of development. When working with each individual group, she
provides whatever guidance that particular group needs to successfully read a
selection. What is Mrs Neval implementing? - Answers-guided reading
- Answers--core literature
-text sets
-thematic units
Mrs. Tafita has organized this weeks writing instruction to include a mini-lesson on vivid
verbs for descriptive writing, followed by set times for students to write. She will then
hold individual or peer conferences before holding a class sharing session. In what
format has Mrs. Tafita organized her writing instruction? - Answers-writing workshops
Miss Ellen is a first-year teacher whose class is going to include 11 ELL students. She
wants to use print to support and expand the oral-language development of her ELL
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