FTCE K-6 Language Arts questions with complete solutions

Phonemic awareness instruction is most effective when: correct answer: children are taught to manipulate phonemes using letters of the alphabet What does research say is the most effective type of phonics instruction correct answer: systematic and explicit What is a characteristic of an emergent reader correct answer: realizes print carries a message How is fluency most directly measured correct answer: timed oral reading Which of these strategies is the most effective means of developing fluency in a struggling reader correct answer: repeated oral reading with guidance Which of the following strategies would be best for elementary-grades students to use to help develop critical thinking skills correct answer: constructing a cause and effect chart This type of assessment uses pre-set criteria correct answer: performance-based This type of assessment usually has its scores reported in percentile ranks correct answer: norms-referenced This type of assessment is used to measure how well a student has mastered material in a specific grade or subject correct answer: criterion-referenced Which method for assessing student progress would benefit from story maps correct answer: story retelling Which of the following assessments would be most effective if given during the first month of school correct answer: screening Which of the following would not be a benefit of differentiating instruction correct answer: only low-performance students could have their-learning needs met Which of these activities would demonstrate differentiated instruction correct answer: learning centers that are multi-stepped, used a variety of activities What does it mean when a student scored in the 64th percentile correct answer: that he or she scored better then 64% of the norming group