Chapter 1 Vocab Flashcards
Visual Discrimination
Ability to differentiate between different shapes
Visually Representing
Presenting information through use of still pictures, animations, and videos
Visual Acuity
Sharpness of vision
Transactive Theory of Reading
A theory based on Rosenblatt’s idea that every reading act is a transaction that involves a reader and a text and occurs at a particular time in a specific context, with meaning coming into being during the transaction between reader and the text.
Top-Down Processing Model of Reading
A model that depicts reading as beginning with the generation of hypotheses, or predictions, about the material by the reader.
Technological Literacy
The ability to use various technological resources for learning and completing various types of projects such as writing research papers and doing multimedia presentations.
Tactile
Pertaining to the sense of touch
Syntactic Clue (or cue)
A clue derived from the word order in sentences.
Subskill Theory of Reading
A theory that depicts reading as a set of subskills that children must master and integrate.
Semantic Clue (or cue)
A meaning clue
Self-Concept
Opinion of onself
Schemata (plural for schema)
A pre-existing knowledge structure (cluster of information) developed about a thing, place, or idea.
Phoneme
The smallest unit of sound in a language
Perception
The interpretation of sensory impressions.
Motivation
Incentive to act
Modality
A sensory system for receiving and processing information (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile.)
Metacognitive Strategies
Techniques for thinking about and monitoring one’s own thought process.
Kinesthetic
Pertaining to body movement and muscle feelings
Interactive Theory of Reading
A theory that depicts reading as a combination of reader-based and text-based processing
Graphophonic Clues (or cues)
Clues from associating phonemes with graphemes
Grapheme
A written symbol that represents a phoneme
Fluency
The ability to read with automaticity, appropriate rate, good expression, and good comprehension.
Bottom-Up Processing
Processing printed text by examining the printed symbols with little input being required from the leader.
Balanced Approach to Reading Instruction
An approach in which teachers concentrate on providing both word recognition and comprehension strategy and skill instruction along with ample opportunities to read complete works of literature to use reading materials to solve problems, and to explore nonfiction and fiction material.
Automaticity
The ability to carry out a task with out having to give it too much attention
Auditory Discrimination
The ability to differentiate among sounds
Auditory Acuity
Sharpness of hearing
Affective
Relating to attitudes, interests, values, appreciations, and gifts.
Vicarious Experience
An indirect experience
