Teaching Reading: A Balanced Approach for Today's Classrooms

Pamela Farris, Northern Illinois University
Carol Fuhler, Iowa State University
Maria Walther

History of Reading and Writing

True or False


1	Horace Mann believed that teachers should be trained in pedagogy.
		A)	True.
		B)	False.


2	The Common School Act was implemented in the 1600s to educate men to protect them from Satan.
		A)	True.
		B)	False.


3	Stimulus - response theory led to theories of the impact of motivation on teaching reading.
		A)	True.
		B)	False.


4	Basal reading programs with controlled vocabulary possessing common patterns were known as "phonics readers."
		A)	True.
		B)	False.


5	Developmental reading is the remediation of reading skills for adult learners.
		A)	True.
		B)	False.


6	Golden Books were first written to popularize multicultural literature.
		A)	True.
		B)	False.


7	In the 1950s, the dominant publisher of basal readers was Scott, Foresman, and Company.
		A)	True.
		B)	False.


8	The Elementary and Secondary Education Act established Title 1.
		A)	True.
		B)	False.


9	The term "miscue analysis" was coined by researcher Jeanne Chall.
		A)	True.
		B)	False.


10	The idea of invented, or temporary, spelling came about in 1971.
		A)	True.
		B)	False.

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