Chapter 1: Examining Literacy in the Twenty-First Century

Based on the information in the textbook, choose the best answer to each of the following questions/statements.

Pre-reading questions

  1. What often defines people’s views of their limited definition of literacy?
  1. multimedia venues
  2. their own elementary school backgrounds
  3. the constant bombardment of audio, video, and print technologies
  4. internet definitions
  1. Classroom literacy is often approached:
  1. in a linear perspective
  2. by flexible curriculum
  3. through multiple modalities
  4. through a wide array of textual materials
  1. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation is designed to:
  1. increase standardized tests
  2. make parents more accountable
  3. assist teachers in teaching reading
  4. hold schools accountable for student results
  1. A teacher’s vision of his/her classroom often includes:
  1. arrangement of furniture
  2. how smart the children are
  3. who will be in their class
  4. the books they will read to the students

Post-reading questions

  1. The model of education that is designed to be most standardized and efficient is:
  1. inquiry model
  2. autonomous model
  3. industrial model
  4. critical model
  1. The model of education that offers a more global context for learning is:
  1. inquiry model
  2. autonomous model
  3. industrial model
  4. critical model
  1. Literacy development is:
  1. socially situated
  2. solitary
  3. autonomous
  4. primarily school-based
  1. Funds of knowledge include:
  1. collecting, analyzing observing, synthesizing information to learn new skills
  2. teachers working from the inquiry stance to approach material from a new perspective
  3. adult and basic literacy programs
  4. historically and culturally accumulated bodies of knowledge that people have access to in their lives
  1. A goal of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is:
  1. to have children reading on grade level by third grade
  2. to increase teachers’ professional development
  3. for schools to spend more money on reading
  4. to have parents choose the best school for their children
  1. Which of the following did the National Reading Panel not indicate was critical to reading instruction:
  1. vocabulary
  2. phonics
  3. spelling
  4. phonemic awareness
  1. What is the Reading First Initiative?
  1. each state’s requirements regarding reading instruction
  2. a federal initiative to use scientifically based research to instruction
  3. five components that are critical to reading instruction and development
  4. teacher decision-making regarding the most effective and meaningful way to teach
  1. A criticism of the Reading First funding requirements is:
  1. it is an outgrowth of the industrial model
  2. there is too much teacher autonomy
  3. required programs are too scripted
  4. teachers don’t get to choose their reading program
  1. A major force contributing to schools remaining in the industrialized model is:
  1. NCLB legislation
  2. personal ideologies
  3. funds of knowledge
  4. attempting to maintain the status quo
  1. In the inquiry model, the teacher:
  1. demonstrates different ways of learning
  2. challenges commonly held beliefs
  3. evaluates performance against predetermined standards
  4. teaches mainly through a prescribed curriculum
  1. A reason people engage with literacy is to:
  1. communicate
  2. entertain
  3. organize their lives
  4. all of the above
  1. What may happen to children whose experiences are not closely aligned to school literacy experiences?
  1. they need assistance to learn the universal notion of literacy
  2. the experiences they do have may not be valued in the larger school context
  3. they need to do more reading, writing and inquiry projects
  4. the school needs to increase the notion of what text is
  1. Use of multimodal literacies increase students:
  1. resources
  2. understanding of directions
  3. use of video games
  4. access and use of print and visual text
  1. What are schools that receive Reading First funds required to do?
  1. purchase reading programs that meet the requirement of the National Reading Panel components
  2. use Scott Foresman Reading 2004 (Scott Foresman) or Open Court (SRA) reading programs
  3. not allow teachers to make decisions about what to teach
  4. capitalize on the children’s historical and cultural capital
  1. The best representation of a teacher’s “focused mindfulness” is:
  1. the basal reader he/she will use
  2. why the children have not come to school prepared
  3. the school’s vision for student success
  4. his/her values and intentions for the students in the classroom
  1. In the critical model, students and teachers attempt to:
  1. determine the best texts to read
  2. best work collaboratively
  3. interpret a story from different perspectives
  4. determine who has the correct interpretation
  1. The ideological model of literacy recognizes:
  1. literacy is collaborative
  2. children answer some inferential questions
  3. cultural neutrality
  4. none of the above
  1. When a teacher considers multiple ways of approaching the teaching of reading and writing she is taking a(n):
  1. autonomous stance
  2. inquiry stance
  3. ideological stance
  4. collaborative stance
  1. Which of the following would not be considered text?
  1. Pokemon trading cards
  2. baseball box scores
  3. The Simpsons television show
  4. internet web sites
  1. A criticism of the National Reading Panel’s review includes:
  1. it has not been endorsed by the federal government
  2. the five areas are not aligned with textbooks
  3. the five areas are not the most important aspects of reading
  4. the five areas are treated in isolation, as discrete skills
  1. The model of education that promotes the notion that school should reflect real life is:
  1. inquiry model
  2. autonomous model
  3. industrial model
  4. critical model
  1. The autonomous model of literacy assumes:
  1. children learn best on their own
  2. a world view of literacy
  3. children should achieve a specific standard
  4. the value of alternative ways of meaning making
  1. When children’s accumulated bodies of knowledge closely match the literacy practices in school, they are said to have:
  1. cultural capital
  2. funds of knowledge
  3. problem-solving ability
  4. contextual literacy
  1. A premise of the inquiry model is:
  1. activities are authentic
  2. includes texts common outside of school
  3. recognizes multiple ways of learning
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above
  1. A significant aspect of the industrial model is:
  1. differentiated instruction
  2. accountability
  3. NCLB legislation
  4. whole language