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A student who learns better from a lecture/class discussion rather that the printed page is - ANS - a poor
visual learner
Multisensory strategies (VAKT) - ANS - most students will learn and retain info better if instruction is given
in this manner
intelligence test - ANS - identifies intelligence and cognitive strengths and weaknesses. Includes measures
of verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory and processing speed (WISC-IV); verbal
reasoning, quantitative reasoning, abstract/visual reasoning and short-term memory (Stanford-Binet).
Examples: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV), Stanford-Binet
achievement test - ANS - designed to measure students' specific knowledge and skills (basic academic skills
- are they performing at level?). Woodcock Johnson, WRAT)
norm-referenced test - ANS - assessment that (provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and
weaknesses.) Compares a person's score against the scores of people who have already taken the test, the
"norming group," a national sample of similar students (any test with research on). (WISC-IV, DIBELS)
criterion-referenced test - ANS - assessment that (measures knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be
acquired in a domain.) tells how well students are performing on specific goals or standards (do they meet
the criteria?).
standardized tests - ANS - any tests that are administered and scored in a pre-specified, standard manner;
each test-taker is asked the same questions and/or given the same tasks, provided the same information
before and during the test, has the same amount of time to take the test. All tests are also scored in the
same manner. These tests can be either norm-referenced or criterion-referenced, and either an
achievement or an aptitude test.
,curriculum-based measurement - ANS - assessment that measures (knowledge that has been taught.) a
student's performance in a local curriculum. The CBM is a quick probe into student achievement that
provides current, week-by-week information on the progress a child is making.
behavior rating scales - ANS - completed by parents and sometimes teachers and used to check for
symptoms of ADHD; measure and compare a child's behavior to that of other children the same age.
Examples: Connor's Rating Scale, Child Behavior Checklist, Behavior Evaluation Scale, Burk's Behavior
Rating Scale
screening - ANS - brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional or alternate forms of
instruction (benchmark).
progress monitoring - ANS - periodic assessment that measures progress in response to specific instruction
and/or intervention.
diagnostic measure - ANS - assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and
weaknesses
outcome measure - ANS - assessment that classifies a student in terms of achievement or improvement
or grade-level performance based on targeted outcomes
formal assessment - ANS - standardized assessment that must be administered and scored according to
prescribed procedures. Used to compare overall achievement to that of others of the same age and grade,
or to identify comparable strengths and weaknesses (state assessments).
informal assessment - ANS - (assessments that are not standardized) a process for gathering information
used to make educational decisions using means other than assessments; can include projects,
presentations, experiments, demonstrations, performances, portfolios, observations, etc. (spelling tests,
etc.).
Strephosymbolia - ANS - means twisted symbols. The first term Orton used for dyslexia.
phonetics - ANS - the study of speech sounds in spoken language
, phonological awareness - ANS - the ability to focus on units of sound in spoken language at the sentence,
word, syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness - ANS - awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in spoken words
phonics - ANS - instruction that connects sounds and letters
synthetic phonics - ANS - explicitly teaches individual grapheme-phoneme correspondences before they
are blended to form syllables or whole words
alphabetic principle - ANS - the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by written
letters
consonant - ANS - blocked / voiced or unvoiced sounds - a class of speech sounds with air flow that is
constricted or obstructed
vowel - ANS - open and voiced sounds - a class of open speech sounds produced by the passage of air
through an open vocal tract
phonology - ANS - the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken language
fluency - ANS - reading with rapidity and automaticity with prosody
prosody - ANS - the rhythmic flow of oral reading
pragmatics - ANS - set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of language, rules we
communicate by
syntax - ANS - sentence structure, grammar, usage
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A student who learns better from a lecture/class discussion rather that the printed page is - ANS - a poor
visual learner
Multisensory strategies (VAKT) - ANS - most students will learn and retain info better if instruction is given
in this manner
intelligence test - ANS - identifies intelligence and cognitive strengths and weaknesses. Includes measures
of verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory and processing speed (WISC-IV); verbal
reasoning, quantitative reasoning, abstract/visual reasoning and short-term memory (Stanford-Binet).
Examples: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV), Stanford-Binet
achievement test - ANS - designed to measure students' specific knowledge and skills (basic academic skills
- are they performing at level?). Woodcock Johnson, WRAT)
norm-referenced test - ANS - assessment that (provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and
weaknesses.) Compares a person's score against the scores of people who have already taken the test, the
"norming group," a national sample of similar students (any test with research on). (WISC-IV, DIBELS)
criterion-referenced test - ANS - assessment that (measures knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be
acquired in a domain.) tells how well students are performing on specific goals or standards (do they meet
the criteria?).
standardized tests - ANS - any tests that are administered and scored in a pre-specified, standard manner;
each test-taker is asked the same questions and/or given the same tasks, provided the same information
before and during the test, has the same amount of time to take the test. All tests are also scored in the
same manner. These tests can be either norm-referenced or criterion-referenced, and either an
achievement or an aptitude test.
,curriculum-based measurement - ANS - assessment that measures (knowledge that has been taught.) a
student's performance in a local curriculum. The CBM is a quick probe into student achievement that
provides current, week-by-week information on the progress a child is making.
behavior rating scales - ANS - completed by parents and sometimes teachers and used to check for
symptoms of ADHD; measure and compare a child's behavior to that of other children the same age.
Examples: Connor's Rating Scale, Child Behavior Checklist, Behavior Evaluation Scale, Burk's Behavior
Rating Scale
screening - ANS - brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional or alternate forms of
instruction (benchmark).
progress monitoring - ANS - periodic assessment that measures progress in response to specific instruction
and/or intervention.
diagnostic measure - ANS - assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and
weaknesses
outcome measure - ANS - assessment that classifies a student in terms of achievement or improvement
or grade-level performance based on targeted outcomes
formal assessment - ANS - standardized assessment that must be administered and scored according to
prescribed procedures. Used to compare overall achievement to that of others of the same age and grade,
or to identify comparable strengths and weaknesses (state assessments).
informal assessment - ANS - (assessments that are not standardized) a process for gathering information
used to make educational decisions using means other than assessments; can include projects,
presentations, experiments, demonstrations, performances, portfolios, observations, etc. (spelling tests,
etc.).
Strephosymbolia - ANS - means twisted symbols. The first term Orton used for dyslexia.
phonetics - ANS - the study of speech sounds in spoken language
, phonological awareness - ANS - the ability to focus on units of sound in spoken language at the sentence,
word, syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness - ANS - awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in spoken words
phonics - ANS - instruction that connects sounds and letters
synthetic phonics - ANS - explicitly teaches individual grapheme-phoneme correspondences before they
are blended to form syllables or whole words
alphabetic principle - ANS - the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by written
letters
consonant - ANS - blocked / voiced or unvoiced sounds - a class of speech sounds with air flow that is
constricted or obstructed
vowel - ANS - open and voiced sounds - a class of open speech sounds produced by the passage of air
through an open vocal tract
phonology - ANS - the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken language
fluency - ANS - reading with rapidity and automaticity with prosody
prosody - ANS - the rhythmic flow of oral reading
pragmatics - ANS - set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of language, rules we
communicate by
syntax - ANS - sentence structure, grammar, usage
