-
Thorndike - "What is Reading"
Thorndike answered the question by saying that learning had to do with changes in behavior. -
Schema Theory
Fredric Bartlett proposed the idea that old knowledge influences new knowledge. -
Literary Theory Perspective
The reader response theory discusses that each reader has their own reading experience based off of who they are and what they know. -
Reading Comprehension Test
This test measured the level and speed of the comprehension of students. -
McGuffrey Readers
A series of books were designed to teach reading to students in 1st-6th grade. -
Look Say Approach
This approach teaches children to read words as whole units instead of a group of letters. -
Reading Basals
Textbooks designed to teach students reading and other skills. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Separate but equal education rights for the whites and African Americans. -
National Defense Education Act
Federal funding for improving instruction in the subjects in the classroom. -
First Grade Studies
Early instruction improves children's spelling and comprehension. -
Head Start Program
This program was created to help promote literacy development in infants and toddlers. -
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Set of 1965
Fair and equal opportunity for children to receive high quality education. -
Scope and Sequence
This is a list of all the ideas that will be covered based on a specific curriculum. -
Title IX
No child will be denied education based on their sex. -
Children's Literature Association
A non for profit organization that is focused on academic advancments. -
Center for the Study of Reading
A federally funded program that helps promote the understanding of the text. -
American Language Program
This program was created to better English instruction. -
Family Literacy Theory
This theory focuses on the students literacy outside of the classroom and promotes the idea that teachers and parents discuss literacy. -
Whole Language
This is an approach that states students should create their own meaning of what they are reading and look at words as whole pieces of language. -
Reading Excellence Act
Competitive grants given to schools to help improve skills of students and instructions for teachers. -
Class Libraries
Libraries were introduced in order to promote reading for students and surrounded them with books that they all could read and enjoy. -
Phonics Bill
Familiarize teachers with the English sound symbol system. -
Engagement Theory
Thematic units in literacy. -
No Child Left Behind
Setting standards for students would improve outcomes for individual students. -
Transactional Reader Response Theory
Transaction between reader and the text. -
RTI- Response to Intervention
This is a multi tier approach that catches students learning and behavioral needs. -
Race to the Top
Schools competed for grants that would be given to their schools to help innovate their classrooms. -
Common Core State Standards
Academic Standards for math and and English. -
MTSS - Multi Tier Support
This is a response to the rti approach and is the instruction and help that students need with learning or behavioral needs. -
Technology
Technology has been incorporated into each classroom and has changed the way the world teaches and learns. -
Role of a Literacy Coach
Students who are at risk of failing need help from a good teacher who is willing to help them. -
Works Cited
Sutori, www.sutori.com/story/history-of-literacy-instruction-timeline--RNQBSeSQzc87fbSqeEgukqFZ. The Timeline of the History of Literacy in America. www.preceden.com/timelines/34135-the-timeline-of-the-history-of-literacy-in-america.