Chapter 1 Vocab

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Visual Discrimination

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Ability to differentiate between different shapes

Question 1

Visually Representing

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Presenting information through use of still pictures, animations, and videos

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Visual Acuity

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Sharpness of vision

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Transactive Theory of Reading

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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.

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Top-Down Processing Model of Reading

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A model that depicts reading as beginning with the generation of hypotheses, or predictions, about the material by the reader.

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Technological Literacy

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The ability to use various technological resources for learning and completing various types of projects such as writing research papers and doing multimedia presentations.

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Tactile

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Pertaining to the sense of touch

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Syntactic Clue (or cue)

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A clue derived from the word order in sentences.

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Subskill Theory of Reading

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A theory that depicts reading as a set of subskills that children must master and integrate.

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Semantic Clue (or cue)

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A meaning clue

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Self-Concept

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Opinion of onself

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Schemata (plural for schema)

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A pre-existing knowledge structure (cluster of information) developed about a thing, place, or idea.

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Phoneme

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The smallest unit of sound in a language

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Perception

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The interpretation of sensory impressions.

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Motivation

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Incentive to act

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Modality

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A sensory system for receiving and processing information (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile.)

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Metacognitive Strategies

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Techniques for thinking about and monitoring one’s own thought process.

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Kinesthetic

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Pertaining to body movement and muscle feelings

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Interactive Theory of Reading

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A theory that depicts reading as a combination of reader-based and text-based processing

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Graphophonic Clues (or cues)

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Clues from associating phonemes with graphemes

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Grapheme

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A written symbol that represents a phoneme

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Fluency

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The ability to read with automaticity, appropriate rate, good expression, and good comprehension.

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Bottom-Up Processing

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Processing printed text by examining the printed symbols with little input being required from the leader.

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Balanced Approach to Reading Instruction

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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.

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Automaticity

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The ability to carry out a task with out having to give it too much attention

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Auditory Discrimination

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The ability to differentiate among sounds

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Auditory Acuity

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Sharpness of hearing

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Affective

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Relating to attitudes, interests, values, appreciations, and gifts.

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Vicarious Experience

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An indirect experience