What is a theory that organizes knowledge into units stored in the brain?
100
schema (schemata)
What is a way to bundle information in the brain so that it is easy to retrieve?
100
zone of proximal development
What is an idea posited by Vygotsky that says that the difference between what a reader can do without help and what he/she can do with help is the optimal learning setting?
100
prosody
What is expression in reading?
200
Reader Response Theory
What is a theory created by Louis Rosenblatt that states that the reader brings to the text his/her experiences, and with those experiences, the reader interacts with the text to make meaning?
200
extrinsic
What is outside of one's control, controlled by others?
200
sociocultural theory
What is a learning theory based on the social interactions of students with knowledgeable others who "teach" the student?
200
Matthew Effect
What is the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer?
200
higher order thinking
What is thinking critically? What is asking deep, thought-provoking questions?
300
Constructivist Theory
What is a theory that posits that one builds knowledge through experience, one constructs knowledge?
300
intrinsic
What are actions/behaviors controlled internally?
300
culturally relevant teaching practices
What is taking into account the cultural needs of students as one prepares instruction?
300
motivation
What is a goal or reason to behave or act?
300
flexible grouping
What is changing which students are in groups based on the students' needs?
400
Interactive Model of Reading
What is a theory of reading that posits that the reader brings his/her experiences to the text but that the text holds meaning? Reading is the interaction of these two elements.
400
intervention
What is supplemental instruction in an area of need?
400
phonics
What is the sound/letter relationship?
400
engagement
What is being fully involved in an act?
400
whole group
What is instruction intended for the entire class of learners?
500
Vygotsky's Theory
What is a learning theory linking the acquisition of language and development of thinking to the knowledge of and interaction with one's social community?
500
phonemic awareness
What is the awareness of the relationship of sounds to language?
500
acccuracy
What is how well a student accurately pronounces the words in a text?
500
fluency
What is how smoothly one reads?
500
ability grouping
What is grouping based solely on achievement scores and maintained as intact groupings over a long period of time?