The Science of Reading Modules
Below forty - correct answersLow student achievement was one of the factors that prompted The Right
to Read Act (Act 1063 of 2017). What is listed as the approximate percentage of Arkansas students who
were actually reading at grade level when this research was being done?
Images - correct answersIn examining brain scans as children read, it has been found that proficient
readers access words from the left side of the brain, while struggling readers "pull" words from the right
side. What kind of information is stored within the right side of the brain?
The student has been explicitly taught the phonetic skills necessary to read most words found in the
text. - correct answersArkansas educators are being asked to make a shift from using levelized readers
to using decodable texts in small-group reading instruction. What makes a text truly decodable for a
student?
So any teacher can be an active voice in advocating for a struggling reader. - correct answersWhy is a
basic knowledge of how children learn to read important for all teachers, regardless of grade level or
subject area?
Twenty-five - correct answersRegarding the number of hours a child has been read to, there are drastic
discrepancies between children from middle-class homes and children growing up in poverty. On
average, children from a typical middle-class home have been exposed to over a thousand hours of
reading. About how many hours of reading are children growing up in poverty exposed to?
The number of books in the home. - correct answersAssistant Commissioner Smith mentions studies
that have correlated the educational attainment of students to which of the following considerations?
Having the ability to read, but choosing not to - correct answersWe know that illiteracy is the inability to
read. What is aliteracy?
Morphology, or word study, with vocabulary words. - correct answersPhonics instruction should
continue throughout all grade levels, but what does that look like for general education intermediate
and secondary educators?
Four - correct answersIt's commonly heard that the English language is "crazy" or "random," but that is
not the case. About what percentage of English words do not follow any spelling patterns or rules?
Auditorily - correct answersMany students have been instructed to read through visual memorization of
high frequency words. How do learners actually anchor words for permanent word storage?
"Research-based" means there are theoretical suggestions, but no actual evidence that the practice is
effective. - correct answersAccording to Commissioner Key, why should educators search out and trust
"evidence-based" practices over those labeled "research-based'?
Spelling patterns - correct answersWhat is the most effective way to group high-frequency words?
Research based - correct answersWhich term has lost its value due to its use as a marketing tool?
, Every Student Succeeds Act - correct answersWhich educational act calls for the use of evidence-based
practices in the classroom?
The fluid coordination of language comprehension and word recognition. - correct answersAccording to
Scarborough's Rope, what is skilled reading?
Any words overlearned to the point of automaticity. - correct answersOne of the three main
components of the word recognition strand of Scarborough's Rope is "sight recognition". What does this
term actually mean?
Lack of automaticity - correct answersWhat may the majority of older students who struggle with
reading actually have difficult with?
Dyslexia - correct answersA teacher used the equations in the Simple View of Reading and found that a
particular student is low in decoding, but has high language comprehension skills. What disorder is
suggested by this finding?
Low scores in both decoding and language comprehension. - correct answersWhich of the following
scenarios does Dr. Farone refer to as "garden variety" difficulty or disability?
Orthographic - correct answersDr. Farone points out the left side of an area toward the back of the brain
called the occipital lobe. Which processor is seated in this area?
Nonsense word - correct answersThe connection between the phonological and orthographic
processors can be tested through which fluency assessment?
Later Alphabetic - correct answersWhich phase is a child most likely in if able to recognize a few words
on sight, such as her own name or the word mom?
Third - correct answersBy the end of what grade are "good readers" able to correctly read 120 to 130
words per minute?
Memorization - correct answersWhat strategy should be avoided when teaching children to read?
To allow their energy to be spent on inferring, understanding vocabulary, and making connections. -
correct answersDr. Farone stresses that students must be automatic in word reading. Why?
Scarborough's Rope - correct answersDr. Farone mentions that, because one of the models is highly
detailed, it is an incredibly powerful tool, both for developing a multi-component instructional approach
and for pinpointing specific deficits that must be addressed. To which models was she referring?
An environment that stimulates language areas in the brain - correct answersWhat does the average
young child need in order to develop oral language skills?
Use existing brain areas and connections for a new function - correct answersNeuronal recycling, or
plasticity, is the brain's ability to do what?
Below forty - correct answersLow student achievement was one of the factors that prompted The Right
to Read Act (Act 1063 of 2017). What is listed as the approximate percentage of Arkansas students who
were actually reading at grade level when this research was being done?
Images - correct answersIn examining brain scans as children read, it has been found that proficient
readers access words from the left side of the brain, while struggling readers "pull" words from the right
side. What kind of information is stored within the right side of the brain?
The student has been explicitly taught the phonetic skills necessary to read most words found in the
text. - correct answersArkansas educators are being asked to make a shift from using levelized readers
to using decodable texts in small-group reading instruction. What makes a text truly decodable for a
student?
So any teacher can be an active voice in advocating for a struggling reader. - correct answersWhy is a
basic knowledge of how children learn to read important for all teachers, regardless of grade level or
subject area?
Twenty-five - correct answersRegarding the number of hours a child has been read to, there are drastic
discrepancies between children from middle-class homes and children growing up in poverty. On
average, children from a typical middle-class home have been exposed to over a thousand hours of
reading. About how many hours of reading are children growing up in poverty exposed to?
The number of books in the home. - correct answersAssistant Commissioner Smith mentions studies
that have correlated the educational attainment of students to which of the following considerations?
Having the ability to read, but choosing not to - correct answersWe know that illiteracy is the inability to
read. What is aliteracy?
Morphology, or word study, with vocabulary words. - correct answersPhonics instruction should
continue throughout all grade levels, but what does that look like for general education intermediate
and secondary educators?
Four - correct answersIt's commonly heard that the English language is "crazy" or "random," but that is
not the case. About what percentage of English words do not follow any spelling patterns or rules?
Auditorily - correct answersMany students have been instructed to read through visual memorization of
high frequency words. How do learners actually anchor words for permanent word storage?
"Research-based" means there are theoretical suggestions, but no actual evidence that the practice is
effective. - correct answersAccording to Commissioner Key, why should educators search out and trust
"evidence-based" practices over those labeled "research-based'?
Spelling patterns - correct answersWhat is the most effective way to group high-frequency words?
Research based - correct answersWhich term has lost its value due to its use as a marketing tool?
, Every Student Succeeds Act - correct answersWhich educational act calls for the use of evidence-based
practices in the classroom?
The fluid coordination of language comprehension and word recognition. - correct answersAccording to
Scarborough's Rope, what is skilled reading?
Any words overlearned to the point of automaticity. - correct answersOne of the three main
components of the word recognition strand of Scarborough's Rope is "sight recognition". What does this
term actually mean?
Lack of automaticity - correct answersWhat may the majority of older students who struggle with
reading actually have difficult with?
Dyslexia - correct answersA teacher used the equations in the Simple View of Reading and found that a
particular student is low in decoding, but has high language comprehension skills. What disorder is
suggested by this finding?
Low scores in both decoding and language comprehension. - correct answersWhich of the following
scenarios does Dr. Farone refer to as "garden variety" difficulty or disability?
Orthographic - correct answersDr. Farone points out the left side of an area toward the back of the brain
called the occipital lobe. Which processor is seated in this area?
Nonsense word - correct answersThe connection between the phonological and orthographic
processors can be tested through which fluency assessment?
Later Alphabetic - correct answersWhich phase is a child most likely in if able to recognize a few words
on sight, such as her own name or the word mom?
Third - correct answersBy the end of what grade are "good readers" able to correctly read 120 to 130
words per minute?
Memorization - correct answersWhat strategy should be avoided when teaching children to read?
To allow their energy to be spent on inferring, understanding vocabulary, and making connections. -
correct answersDr. Farone stresses that students must be automatic in word reading. Why?
Scarborough's Rope - correct answersDr. Farone mentions that, because one of the models is highly
detailed, it is an incredibly powerful tool, both for developing a multi-component instructional approach
and for pinpointing specific deficits that must be addressed. To which models was she referring?
An environment that stimulates language areas in the brain - correct answersWhat does the average
young child need in order to develop oral language skills?
Use existing brain areas and connections for a new function - correct answersNeuronal recycling, or
plasticity, is the brain's ability to do what?
