WFORE Child Development & Learning Theories 2

Question 1

A first grader can read a word correctly only after a teacher models the first sound and points to the vowel. According to Vygotsky, this task falls within the child's:

Accepted Answer

Zone of proximal development

Answer

The zone of proximal development is the range of tasks a child can complete with guidance but not yet alone.

Question 2

Which instructional practice most directly reflects the gradual release of responsibility model?

Accepted Answer

I do, we do, you do sequence with decreasing teacher support

Answer

Gradual release moves from teacher modeling to guided practice to independent application.

Question 3

According to Ehri's phases of word reading, a child who reads 'yellow' by recognizing the two tall letters in the middle, without using letter-sound knowledge, is in which phase?

Accepted Answer

Pre-alphabetic

Answer

Pre-alphabetic readers rely on visual cues, not letter-sound connections, to identify words.

Question 4

A kindergartner believes a tall, thin glass holds more juice than a short, wide glass with the same amount. Piaget would say this child has not yet mastered:

Accepted Answer

Conservation

Answer

Conservation is the understanding that quantity stays the same despite changes in shape, typically mastered in the concrete operational stage.

Question 5

The Simple View of Reading states that reading comprehension is the product of:

Accepted Answer

Decoding and language comprehension

Answer

Gough and Tunmer proposed that reading comprehension equals decoding multiplied by language comprehension.

Wisconsin Foundations of Reading Exam Practice Test

Wisconsin Foundations of Reading Exam Practice Test

WFORE Child Development & Learning Theories 2