Content Learners

Question 1

Literacy is a ____ practice, not just an individual thing.

Answer 1

social

Question 2

the ability to IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND, INTERPRET, CREATE, & COMMUNICATE using VISUAL, AUDIBLE, & DIGITAL materials across disciplines and in any context

Answer 2

Literacy

Question 3

the ability to use READING & WRITING for the acquisition of new content in a given discipline

Answer 3

content literacy

Question 4

content-___ > content-consumers

Answer 4

content-producers

Question 5

Mediators of Content Literacy Development (LPIC)

Answer 5

• language skills,
• prior knowledge of the subject,
• interest in learning,
• computer-medicated communication skills

Question 6

Content area teachers assume that by the time students enter intermediate and high school, they are _____ in their approach to reading & learning.

Answer 6

strategic

Question 7

True or False: Most content area teachers assume it is their responsibility to cover their subject matter in a timely, accurate, and effective manner.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Content teachers assume that ___ are necessary for teaching and learning content.

Answer 8

textbooks

Question 9

3 Phases of Literacy Development

Answer 9

1. Primary Grades
2. Intermediate Grades
3. High School

Question 10

Primary Grades (Beginning Readers)

Answer 10

Foundational skills (e.g., phonological awareness, oral language, word recognition, spelling, etc.)

Question 11

Intermediate Grades (Early Adolescent readers)

Answer 11

General content literacy skills

Question 12

• Discipline-based literacies
• oral & written language
• fluency, spelling, vocab, reading comprehension
• general content literacy skills
• discipline-based literary skills

Answer 12

High school (middle-late adolescent readers)