LETRS UNIT 1
NOTES.
, LETRS- Unit 1 Session 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
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.
d. Its spelling patterns have not been completely stable over time.
Which skills are least correlated with reading comprehension in children?
a. spelling and writing
b. oral language skills
c. word-reading accuracy and fluency
d. visual-motor skills and visual-spatial reasoning
According to the Simple View of Reading model, which is more important to reading
comprehension—word recognition or language comprehension?
a. Word recognition is much more important.
b. Language comprehension is much more important.
c. Word recognition is slightly more important.
d. Both are equally important.
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 achievement.
What is a writing system for representing language?
orthography
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NOTES.
, LETRS- Unit 1 Session 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
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.
d. Its spelling patterns have not been completely stable over time.
Which skills are least correlated with reading comprehension in children?
a. spelling and writing
b. oral language skills
c. word-reading accuracy and fluency
d. visual-motor skills and visual-spatial reasoning
According to the Simple View of Reading model, which is more important to reading
comprehension—word recognition or language comprehension?
a. Word recognition is much more important.
b. Language comprehension is much more important.
c. Word recognition is slightly more important.
d. Both are equally important.
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 achievement.
What is a writing system for representing language?
orthography
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