Science of teaching reading (STR) Exam|
81 Questions with Verified answers
differentiation -pacing - -how much content is presented and how fast
content is presented
EX: teachers may need to adjust pacing to allow students time to
comprehend difficult text.
- prosody - -the readers ability to convey expression including using correct
emphasis, punctuation, and tone, while reading aloud.
- mentor text - -books or other pieces of literature that are revised
throughout the school year for different purposes in literacy instruction
EX: due to its unique narrative and abundance of figurative language, owl
moon by jane yolen is a popular mentor text use in a language arts
classroom
- intrinsically motivated - -when students draw their motivation from the
learning process itself they are...
- flexible grouping - -grouping students based on their learning needs or
interests
EX: after reviewing the students test results a teacher can use flexible
grouping to organize groups based on students' areas of weakness.
- phonemic awareness/ sound awareness - -the ability to hear, identify and
recreate individual sounds in spoken words.
ex: a student can herar that "b" makes first sound in the word "blue"
- interest survey - -questions that ask students the types of books they
enjoy reading
they are given by the teacher at the beginning of the year to determine what
books to assign to meet the interests of the class
- dyslexia - -a disorder manifested by a difficulty in learning to read, write,
or spell, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and
sociocultural opportunity
, - literature circles - -a strategy in which a teacher organizes students into
small groups to discuss a common text
- response to intervention (RtI) - -a process to monitor and measure student
progress in the general education curriculum after instructional intervention
is provided.
EX: small group pull out, tutoring
- extrensic/ external motivation - -the motive for the activity that comes
from outside the individual
- auntonomy - -a students ability to self govern or self motivate
- Scaffolding - -a method of teaching that involves gradually removing aids
when teaching new concepts.
EX: when teaching how to identify adjectives, a teacher starts with explicit
teaching. Then she leads the class in guided instruction, and repeats or
rephrases the necessary information. Next, she prompts the students with
questions like "what kind?" and "which one?" eventually, students identify
adjectives independently.
- differentiation -complexity - -how difficult the vocabulary, sentence
structure and organization is to understand within a text
EX: when assessing the complexity of a task a teacher should determine if
the skill or a content can be broken down into more simple components
- Dysgraphia - -language-based disorder in which one struggles with the
mechanics of writing resulting in impaired or illegible handwriting.
- messy handwriting (due to issues such as poor formation of letters,
improper size, spacing between letters or words , or slant of words is the
main indicator of this disorder.
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - -a label applied to
individuals who have great difficulty concentrating on what they are doing
AND are extremely active, impulsive, distractible and excitable.
- morphology - -the study of forms of words, including affixes, roots, stems,
and parts of speech
EX: the word "bicycles" is made up of 3 individual morphemes. the prefix
"bi-", the stem "cycle", and the suffix "-s".
81 Questions with Verified answers
differentiation -pacing - -how much content is presented and how fast
content is presented
EX: teachers may need to adjust pacing to allow students time to
comprehend difficult text.
- prosody - -the readers ability to convey expression including using correct
emphasis, punctuation, and tone, while reading aloud.
- mentor text - -books or other pieces of literature that are revised
throughout the school year for different purposes in literacy instruction
EX: due to its unique narrative and abundance of figurative language, owl
moon by jane yolen is a popular mentor text use in a language arts
classroom
- intrinsically motivated - -when students draw their motivation from the
learning process itself they are...
- flexible grouping - -grouping students based on their learning needs or
interests
EX: after reviewing the students test results a teacher can use flexible
grouping to organize groups based on students' areas of weakness.
- phonemic awareness/ sound awareness - -the ability to hear, identify and
recreate individual sounds in spoken words.
ex: a student can herar that "b" makes first sound in the word "blue"
- interest survey - -questions that ask students the types of books they
enjoy reading
they are given by the teacher at the beginning of the year to determine what
books to assign to meet the interests of the class
- dyslexia - -a disorder manifested by a difficulty in learning to read, write,
or spell, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and
sociocultural opportunity
, - literature circles - -a strategy in which a teacher organizes students into
small groups to discuss a common text
- response to intervention (RtI) - -a process to monitor and measure student
progress in the general education curriculum after instructional intervention
is provided.
EX: small group pull out, tutoring
- extrensic/ external motivation - -the motive for the activity that comes
from outside the individual
- auntonomy - -a students ability to self govern or self motivate
- Scaffolding - -a method of teaching that involves gradually removing aids
when teaching new concepts.
EX: when teaching how to identify adjectives, a teacher starts with explicit
teaching. Then she leads the class in guided instruction, and repeats or
rephrases the necessary information. Next, she prompts the students with
questions like "what kind?" and "which one?" eventually, students identify
adjectives independently.
- differentiation -complexity - -how difficult the vocabulary, sentence
structure and organization is to understand within a text
EX: when assessing the complexity of a task a teacher should determine if
the skill or a content can be broken down into more simple components
- Dysgraphia - -language-based disorder in which one struggles with the
mechanics of writing resulting in impaired or illegible handwriting.
- messy handwriting (due to issues such as poor formation of letters,
improper size, spacing between letters or words , or slant of words is the
main indicator of this disorder.
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - -a label applied to
individuals who have great difficulty concentrating on what they are doing
AND are extremely active, impulsive, distractible and excitable.
- morphology - -the study of forms of words, including affixes, roots, stems,
and parts of speech
EX: the word "bicycles" is made up of 3 individual morphemes. the prefix
"bi-", the stem "cycle", and the suffix "-s".
