The great debates over optimal reading instruction have recently converged on the basis of
research evidence. The basic conclusion is that:
a. all reading instruction should involve some component of phonics.
b. the whole language approach to teaching reading can incorporate great literature.
c. reading and writing should proceed in parallel.
d. students should begin by reading in their native language.
Question 2
Bruner challenged a central implication of Piaget's theory. What part of Piaget's theory did
Bruner challenge?
a. Children are able to deal with more complexity as they develop.
b. Assimilation and accommodation are important processes in development.
c. The development of higher-order thinking begins in the social environment.
d. Younger students are not developmentally ready to study certain ideas.
great wall
International Performance in Reading, Math, and Science, Eight Grade
Chinese workers on a railway in the far West. “Without them,” Leland Stanford, president of the Cent
The Great Stupa, Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India, view of the West Gateway.
The energy set-point view that is the basis of many people’s thinking about hunger and eating.