Cognitive approaches to reading

1.What are the key ideas in cognitive approaches to reading?

2.What are the important features of social constructivist approaches to reading?

3.What would be some of the key considerations in a balanced view of teaching reading?

1.What are concepts and why are they indispensable to thinking?

2.What are some ways that students can be guided to construct effective concepts?

3.What might the concept “art” mean to a 3-year-old? To a 10-year-old? To a 16-year-old? To a professional artist? How do such changes come about?

1. Which of the following is the best example of a superordinate concept?

a. collie

b. dog

c. German shepherd d. poodle

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