CSET multiple subject Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Scaffolding - Correct answer-Temporary support that is tailored to a learner's needs
and abilities and aimed at helping the learner master the next task in a given
learning process
Daily minimum LA time K-3 - Correct answer-2.5 hours
Daily minimum LA time 4-8 - Correct answer-2 hours
Prosody - Correct answer-The patterns of stress and intonation in a language.
Students need to use proper stress, emphasis, pitch, pauses, phrasing, intonation
Segmenting - Correct answer-Breaking word down into individual phonemes.
Linguist who popularized critical period - Correct answer-Eric Lenneberg
Phonemic awareness assessment - Correct answer-Yopp Singer test of phonemic
awareness (or one of many others on internet)
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,Alphabetic Principle - Correct answer-Letters and letters patterns represent the
sounds of spoken language.
There is a systematic and predictable relationship between letters and sounds.
Automaticity - Correct answer-The ability to process information with little or no
effort
Blending - Correct answer-Combining individual phonemes to form words or
combining onsets and rimes to make syllables, then combining syllables to make
words.
Concepts of Print - Correct answer-Basic knowledge about how print and books
work, for example, print represents spoken language; print is directional from left
to right and top to bottom; books are read from front to back; the strings of letters
separated by spaces in text are words, and individual letters are different from
words; sentences begin with capital letters and end with periods, return sweep
etc.....
Assessment: Marie Clay
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,Phonemic Awareness - Correct answer-The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate
the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
According to National Reading Panel, it is the single best predictor of reading
success for beginners. Most kids can develop by first grade.
Assessment: Yopp Singer test
Phonics - Correct answer-Method of teaching reading by training beginners to
associate letters with their sound values. Goal is to help learners use alphabetic
principle.
Assessment: make sure it has enough multisyllabic words
Phonological awareness - Correct answer-Phonological awareness is a broad skill
that includes identifying and manipulating units of oral language - parts such as
words, syllables, and onsets and rimes. A small part of that is phonemic awareness,
which refers to the specific ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds
(phonemes) in spoken words.
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, Universal language acquisition theory - Correct answer-Chomsky, language is
innate, prewired
Vygotsky's Theory - Correct answer-This theory proposes that social interaction
precedes development; consciousness and cognition are the end product of
socialization and social behavior
Contrast with Piaget, who proposed that development precedes learning. Vygotsky
thought social development preceded learning.
Krashen's hypotheses - Correct answer-Learning vs acquisition
Monitor
Natural order
Comprehensible input
Affective filter
Instructional strategies for phonemic awareness - Correct answer-Phoneme
isolation (what's first sound in ball)
Phoneme identity (what sound is same in these words)
Phoneme classification (which word does not belong)
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Questions and Answers
Scaffolding - Correct answer-Temporary support that is tailored to a learner's needs
and abilities and aimed at helping the learner master the next task in a given
learning process
Daily minimum LA time K-3 - Correct answer-2.5 hours
Daily minimum LA time 4-8 - Correct answer-2 hours
Prosody - Correct answer-The patterns of stress and intonation in a language.
Students need to use proper stress, emphasis, pitch, pauses, phrasing, intonation
Segmenting - Correct answer-Breaking word down into individual phonemes.
Linguist who popularized critical period - Correct answer-Eric Lenneberg
Phonemic awareness assessment - Correct answer-Yopp Singer test of phonemic
awareness (or one of many others on internet)
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,Alphabetic Principle - Correct answer-Letters and letters patterns represent the
sounds of spoken language.
There is a systematic and predictable relationship between letters and sounds.
Automaticity - Correct answer-The ability to process information with little or no
effort
Blending - Correct answer-Combining individual phonemes to form words or
combining onsets and rimes to make syllables, then combining syllables to make
words.
Concepts of Print - Correct answer-Basic knowledge about how print and books
work, for example, print represents spoken language; print is directional from left
to right and top to bottom; books are read from front to back; the strings of letters
separated by spaces in text are words, and individual letters are different from
words; sentences begin with capital letters and end with periods, return sweep
etc.....
Assessment: Marie Clay
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,Phonemic Awareness - Correct answer-The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate
the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
According to National Reading Panel, it is the single best predictor of reading
success for beginners. Most kids can develop by first grade.
Assessment: Yopp Singer test
Phonics - Correct answer-Method of teaching reading by training beginners to
associate letters with their sound values. Goal is to help learners use alphabetic
principle.
Assessment: make sure it has enough multisyllabic words
Phonological awareness - Correct answer-Phonological awareness is a broad skill
that includes identifying and manipulating units of oral language - parts such as
words, syllables, and onsets and rimes. A small part of that is phonemic awareness,
which refers to the specific ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds
(phonemes) in spoken words.
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, Universal language acquisition theory - Correct answer-Chomsky, language is
innate, prewired
Vygotsky's Theory - Correct answer-This theory proposes that social interaction
precedes development; consciousness and cognition are the end product of
socialization and social behavior
Contrast with Piaget, who proposed that development precedes learning. Vygotsky
thought social development preceded learning.
Krashen's hypotheses - Correct answer-Learning vs acquisition
Monitor
Natural order
Comprehensible input
Affective filter
Instructional strategies for phonemic awareness - Correct answer-Phoneme
isolation (what's first sound in ball)
Phoneme identity (what sound is same in these words)
Phoneme classification (which word does not belong)
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