LETRS unit 1 session 1
1. According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress,
what percentage of fourth-grade students have scored "basic" or "below
basic" in reading?
a. 33% of students nationally, equally split among white, African-
American, and Hispanic students
b. 23% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making
up a disproportionate amount
c. 50% nationally, with white students making up a disproportionate amount
d. 64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up
a disproportionate amount✔✔✔ d. 64% nationally, with African-American
and Hispanic students making up a disproportionate amount
2. Reading comprehension is not a single construct. Rather, the ability to
understand what you read relies on multiple components. Once readers
become more skilled in word recognition, which of the following
components increase in their importance?
a. spelling and phonemic awareness
b. orthographic knowledge and background knowledge
c. cognates and syllable awareness
d. background knowledge and vocabulary✔✔✔ d. background
, knowledge and vo- cabulary
3. Which statement most accurately describes how the human brain
has evolved to process spoken and written language?
a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more
easily than alphabetic writing.
b. Our brains have evolved to process spoken and written language
equally well.
c. Our brains process spoken language and pictorial writing equally well,
but have not evolved to process alphabetic writing.
d. Our brains process spoken language extremely well, and we process
alphabetic writing surprisingly well given that it is a relatively recent
achieve- ment.✔✔✔ a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken
language much more easily than alphabetic writing.
4. What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic orthography?
a. Its spelling system is entirely phonetic.
b. Its spelling system shares many word roots with other languages.
c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as
sounds.
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1. According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress,
what percentage of fourth-grade students have scored "basic" or "below
basic" in reading?
a. 33% of students nationally, equally split among white, African-
American, and Hispanic students
b. 23% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making
up a disproportionate amount
c. 50% nationally, with white students making up a disproportionate amount
d. 64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up
a disproportionate amount✔✔✔ d. 64% nationally, with African-American
and Hispanic students making up a disproportionate amount
2. Reading comprehension is not a single construct. Rather, the ability to
understand what you read relies on multiple components. Once readers
become more skilled in word recognition, which of the following
components increase in their importance?
a. spelling and phonemic awareness
b. orthographic knowledge and background knowledge
c. cognates and syllable awareness
d. background knowledge and vocabulary✔✔✔ d. background
, knowledge and vo- cabulary
3. Which statement most accurately describes how the human brain
has evolved to process spoken and written language?
a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more
easily than alphabetic writing.
b. Our brains have evolved to process spoken and written language
equally well.
c. Our brains process spoken language and pictorial writing equally well,
but have not evolved to process alphabetic writing.
d. Our brains process spoken language extremely well, and we process
alphabetic writing surprisingly well given that it is a relatively recent
achieve- ment.✔✔✔ a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken
language much more easily than alphabetic writing.
4. What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic orthography?
a. Its spelling system is entirely phonetic.
b. Its spelling system shares many word roots with other languages.
c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as
sounds.
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