CALT Exam Study Guide Questions with
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__ letters representing __ phonemes - Answer -26, 44
15-20% - Answer -Percentage of people who have symptoms of dyslexia
1968 - Answer -World Federation of Neurology approves dyslexia definition
5 vowel letters, __ vowel sounds - Answer -15
85% - Answer -The percentage of LD students who have a primary learning disability in reading
and language processing
Affricates - Answer -ch/j
Alexia - Answer -the loss of the ability to read, usually the result of brain injury
Alphabetic principle - Answer -an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the
sounds of spoken language
Alveolar - Answer -Articulation made with the ridge behind the teeth
Angular gyrus - Answer -transforms visual representations into an auditory code
Anna Gillingham and Bessie Stillman - Answer -Developed a phonics approach following Orrin's
theories using V-A-K instruction
Apraxia - Answer -A disorder that prevents certain complex muscular movements, caused by
damage to the brain
Aylett Cox - Answer -Developed Alphabetic Phonics curriculum with Dr. Waites and the staff at
Scottish Rite. She built off of Gillingham, adding key words and discovery learning.
Base word - Answer -The simplest form of an English word
Blending & segmenting at syllable level - Answer -Develops at 3-4 years
Child learns relation btwn letters and sounds, printed and spoken words; can read simple text (grades 1-
2.5) - Answer -Jean Chall's Stages of Reading Development, stage 1-initial reading and decoding
Child pretends to read, can name letters of alphabet (6 mos-6 yrs) - Answer -Jean Chall's stages of
reading development, Stage 0-pre-reading
Child reads critically from a broad range of complex materials (high school) - Answer -Jean Chall's
stage 4- Reading from Multiple Viewpoints
, Child reads simple stories with increasing fluency (grades 2.5-3) - Answer -Jean Chall's Stages of
Reading Development, stage 2-confirmation and fluency
Congenital word blindness - Answer -Dr. W. Pringle Morgan and Dr. James Hinshelwood used this
term to describe an inability to learn to read despite no injury or illness — 1896
Criterion-referenced tests - Answer -Tests where the student's performance is compared to a
standard or criterion. The student's score is not based on how he/she compared with other students, but
rather on how the student did as measured by the criteria or standards. (Dibels, TPRI, STAAR, SAT)
Decode - Answer -Determine pronunciation of a word by breaking it down into sounds
Derivational endings - Answer -Endings that change the meaning and part of speech of a word.
Example: er, ism, its, ful, able, ation, ness, ment, ify, ly (teach, teacher)
Dysarthria - Answer -the inability to use speech that is distinct and connected because of a loss of
muscle control after damage to the peripheral or central nervous system
Dyslexia - Answer -A specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is a deficit in the
phonological component of language and is characterized by poor spelling and decoding abilities.
Dysphasia - Answer -Difficulty in learning both listening and speaking skills despite adequate
hearing, intelligence, and opportunity
Dyspraxia - Answer -Sensorimotor disruption in which the motor signals to the muscles, such as
those necessary for speech production, are not consistently or efficiently received (a person is born with
dyspraxia)
Echolalia - Answer -The uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another
person
Encode - Answer -To spell
Expressive oral language - Answer -Speaking
Expressive written language - Answer -Writing
Fernald - Answer -Developed a kinesthetic system for teaching the deaf; Orton was influenced by
her work
Free morpheme - Answer -Unbound word part, can stand alone as a word
Fricatives - Answer -produced by a constant flow of air through the vocal tract (f and v)
Glides - Answer -W, y
Glottal - Answer -Articulation made from the throat
IDEA law - Answer -Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a federal Sped law that ensures
FAPE in the least restrictive environment
Approved Answers (Download 100 out 0f 100)
__ letters representing __ phonemes - Answer -26, 44
15-20% - Answer -Percentage of people who have symptoms of dyslexia
1968 - Answer -World Federation of Neurology approves dyslexia definition
5 vowel letters, __ vowel sounds - Answer -15
85% - Answer -The percentage of LD students who have a primary learning disability in reading
and language processing
Affricates - Answer -ch/j
Alexia - Answer -the loss of the ability to read, usually the result of brain injury
Alphabetic principle - Answer -an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the
sounds of spoken language
Alveolar - Answer -Articulation made with the ridge behind the teeth
Angular gyrus - Answer -transforms visual representations into an auditory code
Anna Gillingham and Bessie Stillman - Answer -Developed a phonics approach following Orrin's
theories using V-A-K instruction
Apraxia - Answer -A disorder that prevents certain complex muscular movements, caused by
damage to the brain
Aylett Cox - Answer -Developed Alphabetic Phonics curriculum with Dr. Waites and the staff at
Scottish Rite. She built off of Gillingham, adding key words and discovery learning.
Base word - Answer -The simplest form of an English word
Blending & segmenting at syllable level - Answer -Develops at 3-4 years
Child learns relation btwn letters and sounds, printed and spoken words; can read simple text (grades 1-
2.5) - Answer -Jean Chall's Stages of Reading Development, stage 1-initial reading and decoding
Child pretends to read, can name letters of alphabet (6 mos-6 yrs) - Answer -Jean Chall's stages of
reading development, Stage 0-pre-reading
Child reads critically from a broad range of complex materials (high school) - Answer -Jean Chall's
stage 4- Reading from Multiple Viewpoints
, Child reads simple stories with increasing fluency (grades 2.5-3) - Answer -Jean Chall's Stages of
Reading Development, stage 2-confirmation and fluency
Congenital word blindness - Answer -Dr. W. Pringle Morgan and Dr. James Hinshelwood used this
term to describe an inability to learn to read despite no injury or illness — 1896
Criterion-referenced tests - Answer -Tests where the student's performance is compared to a
standard or criterion. The student's score is not based on how he/she compared with other students, but
rather on how the student did as measured by the criteria or standards. (Dibels, TPRI, STAAR, SAT)
Decode - Answer -Determine pronunciation of a word by breaking it down into sounds
Derivational endings - Answer -Endings that change the meaning and part of speech of a word.
Example: er, ism, its, ful, able, ation, ness, ment, ify, ly (teach, teacher)
Dysarthria - Answer -the inability to use speech that is distinct and connected because of a loss of
muscle control after damage to the peripheral or central nervous system
Dyslexia - Answer -A specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is a deficit in the
phonological component of language and is characterized by poor spelling and decoding abilities.
Dysphasia - Answer -Difficulty in learning both listening and speaking skills despite adequate
hearing, intelligence, and opportunity
Dyspraxia - Answer -Sensorimotor disruption in which the motor signals to the muscles, such as
those necessary for speech production, are not consistently or efficiently received (a person is born with
dyspraxia)
Echolalia - Answer -The uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another
person
Encode - Answer -To spell
Expressive oral language - Answer -Speaking
Expressive written language - Answer -Writing
Fernald - Answer -Developed a kinesthetic system for teaching the deaf; Orton was influenced by
her work
Free morpheme - Answer -Unbound word part, can stand alone as a word
Fricatives - Answer -produced by a constant flow of air through the vocal tract (f and v)
Glides - Answer -W, y
Glottal - Answer -Articulation made from the throat
IDEA law - Answer -Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a federal Sped law that ensures
FAPE in the least restrictive environment
