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Science of Teaching Reading Exam Questions and Correct Answers & Latest Updated
It is helpful to know the learning styles of students AND teachers in order to write effective
lesson plans. True or False
o :## True or False *True*
Knowledge of students as learners is only important in the sense of creating and
implementing effective assessments for students. True or False
o :## True or False *False*
The generation MOST conversant with technology is?
Millennials
You Answered Gen X'ers
Baby Boomers
o :## Millennials
(Choose all that apply) Teachers rely on a knowledge of which of the following to effectively
teach and assess their students?
grades received in this subject area last year
preferred learning styles
students' background and prior experiences
readiness for learning
o :## Correct! preferred learning styles
Correct! students' background and prior experiences
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Correct! readiness for learning
Which of the following definitions most closely matches the meaning of "crosswalk" as it
pertains to the field of education?
ways to move from the old to the new
pedestrian walkway
means to move from the business sector to the educational
how to connect the present to the future
o :## ways to move from the old to the new
A first-grade teacher is reading aloud from an instructional text on the life cycle of a
butterfly. During the reading, she stops to think-aloud with the goal of teaching the class a
specific reading skill. Here is an excerpt of the think-aloud with the teacher's dialogue in
italics.
There are four parts to the life cycle of a butterfly. First, a butterfly lays an ovum, or egg,
on a leaf. I wonder what an "ovum" is. I'm going to reread the sentence before and look
at the phrases around the word to see if I can figure it out. The word "egg" is right after,
and that makes sense. The butterfly chooses a plant that can provide the larvae with
food. Once born, the tiny caterpillar starts eating and molts its skin often. I wonder what
the word "larvae" means. After reading before and after the word, it seems like the next
sentence calls the "larvae" a "tiny caterpillar." You might see pieces of skin coming off
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the larvae a
o :##
A second-grade teacher is starting a new science unit on living organisms and their
environments. She seats students in pairs and assigns them an article and multiple-choice
questions on the topic. That afternoon, she checks their work and notices most students
missed a majority of the comprehension questions. Which of the following statements best
describes why students were unsuccessful on the assignment?
The students were not able to decode words featuring a CVC pattern and require additional
phonics instruction in this area.
The students are largely uninterested in the topic and would rather read an article about
something else.
The students had not achieved mastery in the following areas: reading rate, prosody, or
word accuracy.
The students were likely unfamiliar with the tier-three vocabulary words and concepts
discussed in the article.
o :##
A first-grade teacher is using the strategy of phoneme-grapheme mapping to help students
master necessary phonics skills. The teacher reads students short, predictable texts focused
on a particular letter sound, such as short i or short o. At the end of one week of reading a
particular short text, the teacher presents a small group of students with the chart below.
The teacher calls out one target word from the books at a time while students write the
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Science of Teaching Reading Exam Questions and Correct Answers & Latest Updated
It is helpful to know the learning styles of students AND teachers in order to write effective
lesson plans. True or False
o :## True or False *True*
Knowledge of students as learners is only important in the sense of creating and
implementing effective assessments for students. True or False
o :## True or False *False*
The generation MOST conversant with technology is?
Millennials
You Answered Gen X'ers
Baby Boomers
o :## Millennials
(Choose all that apply) Teachers rely on a knowledge of which of the following to effectively
teach and assess their students?
grades received in this subject area last year
preferred learning styles
students' background and prior experiences
readiness for learning
o :## Correct! preferred learning styles
Correct! students' background and prior experiences
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Correct! readiness for learning
Which of the following definitions most closely matches the meaning of "crosswalk" as it
pertains to the field of education?
ways to move from the old to the new
pedestrian walkway
means to move from the business sector to the educational
how to connect the present to the future
o :## ways to move from the old to the new
A first-grade teacher is reading aloud from an instructional text on the life cycle of a
butterfly. During the reading, she stops to think-aloud with the goal of teaching the class a
specific reading skill. Here is an excerpt of the think-aloud with the teacher's dialogue in
italics.
There are four parts to the life cycle of a butterfly. First, a butterfly lays an ovum, or egg,
on a leaf. I wonder what an "ovum" is. I'm going to reread the sentence before and look
at the phrases around the word to see if I can figure it out. The word "egg" is right after,
and that makes sense. The butterfly chooses a plant that can provide the larvae with
food. Once born, the tiny caterpillar starts eating and molts its skin often. I wonder what
the word "larvae" means. After reading before and after the word, it seems like the next
sentence calls the "larvae" a "tiny caterpillar." You might see pieces of skin coming off
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the larvae a
o :##
A second-grade teacher is starting a new science unit on living organisms and their
environments. She seats students in pairs and assigns them an article and multiple-choice
questions on the topic. That afternoon, she checks their work and notices most students
missed a majority of the comprehension questions. Which of the following statements best
describes why students were unsuccessful on the assignment?
The students were not able to decode words featuring a CVC pattern and require additional
phonics instruction in this area.
The students are largely uninterested in the topic and would rather read an article about
something else.
The students had not achieved mastery in the following areas: reading rate, prosody, or
word accuracy.
The students were likely unfamiliar with the tier-three vocabulary words and concepts
discussed in the article.
o :##
A first-grade teacher is using the strategy of phoneme-grapheme mapping to help students
master necessary phonics skills. The teacher reads students short, predictable texts focused
on a particular letter sound, such as short i or short o. At the end of one week of reading a
particular short text, the teacher presents a small group of students with the chart below.
The teacher calls out one target word from the books at a time while students write the
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