CALT Exam Practice and Answers Grade A+
Strephosymbolia - Answer-Learning disorder in which symbols and especially
phrases, words, or letters appear to be reversed or transposed in reading.
Who coined word "Strephosymbolia" to differentiate between itself and "word-
blindness"? - Answer-Samuel Orton
What is synthetic teaching - Answer-Part to whole (teaching letter sounds, building
up to blending to make words)
What is analytic teaching - Answer-Whole to part
What researcher has the most current finding of phonemic awareness? - Answer-
Reid Lyons
What is quantitative research? - Answer-Research in which numerical data are
collected and statistically analyzed using a large sample.
What is qualitative research? - Answer-Research that collects data through various
observations.
What is experimental research? - Answer-Research in which subjects are randomly
assigned to experimental and control groups.
What is quasi-experimental research? - Answer-Research in which subjects are
NOT randomly assigned to experimental and control groups.
,Which activity uses both analytic and synthetic teaching? - Answer-Syllable
division
Forms of language (3) - Answer-Phonology, morphology, and syntax
What is dyspraxia? - Answer-Speech problems caused by sensorimotor disruption.
What is dysarthria? - Answer-Speech problems caused by musculature weakness.
Affixes - Answer-Prefixes and suffixes
Pragmatics - Answer-Set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of
language.
Metalinguistics - Answer-The ability to think about, analyze, and reflect on
language as an object. (Awareness of language)
Aspiration - Answer-Puff of air
The sound /u/ in unaccented syllable (such as the 'a' in 'final' - Answer-Schwa
sound
Suprasegmentals - Answer-The melody of speech, stress, pitch, loudness
Discovery learning involves what pathways? - Answer-3 pathways - Visual,
auditory, tactile-kinesthetic
Socratic questions are what kind of questions - Answer-Guided questions
,Socratic questions (guided questions) are what type of learning? - Answer-
Auditory discovery
Semantics - Answer-Meaning of words and sentences, study of meaning, content of
language.
Diagnostic teaching - Answer-Teaching that is informed by a continual assessment
of student needs.
Outcome measure - Answer-An assessment that classifies a student in terms of
achievement or improvement of a grade-level performance.
Summative data - Answer-Data that provides information about knowledge to be
applied to long term comprehensive goals.
Formative data - Answer-Data taken that provides information during learning
process.
Final stable syllables come from what language? - Answer-Latin
Affixes come from what language? - Answer-Anglo-Saxon
Combining forms come from what language - Answer-Greek
'CH' pronounced /k/ is what language? (As in 'school') - Answer-Greek
Consonant cluster 'ph' is from what language? - Answer-Greek
, ine, ice, ile - Answer-Latin (endings or final stable syllables)
Cedilla 'c' /s/ - Answer-Latin
Common every day words are from - Answer-Anglo-Saxon
'R' controlled vowels are from which language? - Answer-Latin
Initial consonant clusters - rh, pt, pn, ps, - are from which language? - Answer-
Greek
Consonant pairs - gn, kn, and wr - are from what language? - Answer-Anglo-Saxon
Roots ending in - ct and pt- are from what language? (edict, adept) - Answer-Latin
Chameleon prefixes (changes spelling to match first letter of root word) are from
what language? - Answer-Latin
Consonant digraphs - ch, sh, th, wh - come from what language? - Answer-Anglo-
Saxon
Vowel teams (also called vowel digraphs such as ai, oa, oo, ay, etc.) - Answer-
Anglo-Saxon
Compound words are from what language? - Answer-Anglo-Saxon
Medial 'y' comes from what language? (gym) - Answer-Greek
Strephosymbolia - Answer-Learning disorder in which symbols and especially
phrases, words, or letters appear to be reversed or transposed in reading.
Who coined word "Strephosymbolia" to differentiate between itself and "word-
blindness"? - Answer-Samuel Orton
What is synthetic teaching - Answer-Part to whole (teaching letter sounds, building
up to blending to make words)
What is analytic teaching - Answer-Whole to part
What researcher has the most current finding of phonemic awareness? - Answer-
Reid Lyons
What is quantitative research? - Answer-Research in which numerical data are
collected and statistically analyzed using a large sample.
What is qualitative research? - Answer-Research that collects data through various
observations.
What is experimental research? - Answer-Research in which subjects are randomly
assigned to experimental and control groups.
What is quasi-experimental research? - Answer-Research in which subjects are
NOT randomly assigned to experimental and control groups.
,Which activity uses both analytic and synthetic teaching? - Answer-Syllable
division
Forms of language (3) - Answer-Phonology, morphology, and syntax
What is dyspraxia? - Answer-Speech problems caused by sensorimotor disruption.
What is dysarthria? - Answer-Speech problems caused by musculature weakness.
Affixes - Answer-Prefixes and suffixes
Pragmatics - Answer-Set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of
language.
Metalinguistics - Answer-The ability to think about, analyze, and reflect on
language as an object. (Awareness of language)
Aspiration - Answer-Puff of air
The sound /u/ in unaccented syllable (such as the 'a' in 'final' - Answer-Schwa
sound
Suprasegmentals - Answer-The melody of speech, stress, pitch, loudness
Discovery learning involves what pathways? - Answer-3 pathways - Visual,
auditory, tactile-kinesthetic
Socratic questions are what kind of questions - Answer-Guided questions
,Socratic questions (guided questions) are what type of learning? - Answer-
Auditory discovery
Semantics - Answer-Meaning of words and sentences, study of meaning, content of
language.
Diagnostic teaching - Answer-Teaching that is informed by a continual assessment
of student needs.
Outcome measure - Answer-An assessment that classifies a student in terms of
achievement or improvement of a grade-level performance.
Summative data - Answer-Data that provides information about knowledge to be
applied to long term comprehensive goals.
Formative data - Answer-Data taken that provides information during learning
process.
Final stable syllables come from what language? - Answer-Latin
Affixes come from what language? - Answer-Anglo-Saxon
Combining forms come from what language - Answer-Greek
'CH' pronounced /k/ is what language? (As in 'school') - Answer-Greek
Consonant cluster 'ph' is from what language? - Answer-Greek
, ine, ice, ile - Answer-Latin (endings or final stable syllables)
Cedilla 'c' /s/ - Answer-Latin
Common every day words are from - Answer-Anglo-Saxon
'R' controlled vowels are from which language? - Answer-Latin
Initial consonant clusters - rh, pt, pn, ps, - are from which language? - Answer-
Greek
Consonant pairs - gn, kn, and wr - are from what language? - Answer-Anglo-Saxon
Roots ending in - ct and pt- are from what language? (edict, adept) - Answer-Latin
Chameleon prefixes (changes spelling to match first letter of root word) are from
what language? - Answer-Latin
Consonant digraphs - ch, sh, th, wh - come from what language? - Answer-Anglo-
Saxon
Vowel teams (also called vowel digraphs such as ai, oa, oo, ay, etc.) - Answer-
Anglo-Saxon
Compound words are from what language? - Answer-Anglo-Saxon
Medial 'y' comes from what language? (gym) - Answer-Greek
