REED 401 Quiz II

RTI is the acronym for:

• Rate of Transitional Instruction

• Return to Intervention

• Response to Intervention

• Relearning to Intervene

   

_______________ is not the primary focus of assessment for RTI Tiers 2 & 3.

• 1. outcome assessment

• 1. progress-monitoring assessment

• 1. screening assessment

• diagnostic assessment

Literacy instruction and learning is a social as well as a cognitive endeavor because:

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• students must possess advanced cognitive skills in order to participate in social learning activities

• students’ previous social experiences do not influence how they respond to new literacy learning activities in large groups

• social skills are not required for independent reading activities

• iteracy instruction involves the entire class in socially shared activities.

The teaching method that relates spoken sounds to written symbols in systematic and predictable ways and can be used to decode words in print is:

• phonics

• print concepts

• literacy

• decoding

To effectively locate where a child is in literacy development, the teacher should chart:

 

 

• what the child can do.

• what the child cannot do.

• the child’s growth pattern.

• only the child’s learning gaps

What term involves the conceptual understanding that spoken language can be broken down into smaller units?

• Fluency

• Phonological and phonemic awareness

• Comprehension

• Vocabulary

Which of the following would help a student overcome learned helplessness?

             

              

•   providing the student with easy tasks.

• sitting down with the student and providing help as requested.

                

• telling the student he is smart and can do anything he puts his mind to.

                

• providing help only when needed.

Which of the following is the best approach for struggling readers?

• a bottom-up approach

   

• a top-down approach

• a part-whole approach

• an interactive approach

A major problem with the discrepancy definition is that:

              

              

• mostly bright students were identified.

• a large percentage of students who had serious reading difficulties were not                identified.

• it is difficult to calculate.

• often there is a delay in identifying students who have reading problems.

Which of the following is an example of phonemic awareness?

• saying “bear” when shown a picture of a bear

• saying the separate sounds in cat

• noting that d and p are different letters

• noting that d and p are different letters