EDUC 656

Literacy Glossary Assignment

Liberty University

EDUC 656

1. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

Definition: “a test authorized by Congress in 1969. The NAEP’s mission is to collect,

analyze, and present reliable information about student knowledge and practice of that

knowledge.”

● Important in assessing students on a national level

2. Visual Literacy

Definition: “the first and most pervasive literacy (Avgerinou & Ericson, 2002; Stokes,

2002). Sinatra’s classic model (1986) of literacy development suggests the interactive

relationship of visual literacy with the oral and written literacies.”

● Adds a visual component into a written dominated idea around literacy as a whole

3. Attitude

Definition: the mental disposition one exhibits toward

others.

● Important in understanding a students feelings towards school and their academic

journey as a whole

4. Cognitive Dissonance

Definition: a motivational state of tension resulting from an inconsistency in one’s

attitudes, beliefs, perceived behaviors, etc.”

5. Graphic Organizers

Definition: visually represent relationships among concepts, thoughts, and ideas. They are

also called concept maps, story maps, advance organizers, story webs

● These can be used to organize projects or different essays for students and can be

tailored to the child as needed

6. Anticipation Guide

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Definition: sometimes called a reaction guide or prediction guide, is a prereading strategy

that teaches both content and literacy along with reading skills ap-propriate for all learners

(Kozen, Murray, & Windell, 2006)

7. Analogies

Definition: Similar to previews, analogies begin with a connection point to the

reader’s background. However, whereas analogies carry out a comparison, previews

focus more directly on the material to be read

● Creating these connections and allowing the students to make them is

important for critical reading skills

8. Constructivism

Definition: The constructivist theory of learning emphasizes the important role of the learner

in literacy tasks, allowing readers to feel comfortable with learning because they are so fully

in- tegrated in putting it all together.

9. Reciprocal Teaching

Definition: students and teachers establish a dialogue and work together in

comprehending text. At the heart of reciprocal teaching are four shared goals: prediction,

summarization, questioning, and clarification. First, the teacher assigns a paragraph.

10. Fix-up Strategies

Definition: When used for resolving comprehension difficulties, these are often referred to

as fix-up strategies.

11. Critical literacy

Definition: deals with analytical reading, or reading between and beyond the lines

● This strategy can be used to assist the students in reading beyond the plot line in

a novel and looking critically at the text

12. Post-graphic Organizers

Definition: When students make graphic representations after the reading

13. Think-Aloud

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