MTLE Reading Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
schema - CORRECT ANSWER - how knowledge is created and used by learners...hard to
learn new info without existing schema...must activate prior knowledge first
Constructivist Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Schema Theory, Inquiry, Transactional
Response, Whole Language, Metacognitive
Schema Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - All knowledge is organized into units called
schema
Interactive Model of Reading - CORRECT ANSWER - The reader simultaneously uses
information from multiple sources during the reading process higher and lower processes interact
Vygotsky's Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Social interaction plays a fundamental role in
the development of cognition
Zone of Proximal Development - CORRECT ANSWER - ideal level of task difficulty to
facilitate learning a task a learner cannot complete independently...scaffold
Matthew Effect - CORRECT ANSWER - The rich get richer...the gap widens between
struggling and proficient readers over time
Concepts of Print - CORRECT ANSWER - Word boundaries, purpose of punctuation,
upper/lower case letters, identify book parts, directionality
Sociocultural Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - learner is influenced by social interaction
by home, school, community, culture
, 5 Factors of Reading Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - Phonemic awareness, phonics,
fluency, vocabulary, comprehension
4 Domains of Literacy Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - Comprehension,
Composition, Language Convention (grammar/syntax), Literary Aspects (theme, plot, character,
setting, response to literature)
Role of Reading Motivation and Engagement - CORRECT ANSWER - Relevance,
usefulness, choice, wide range of texts, teacher/student relationship, carefully selected rewards
can support motivation, high interest, positive attitudes towards reading,
Explicit Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - explain, model, scaffold
Extrinsic Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER - external rewards do not motivate reading
achievement in the long term
Intrinsic Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER - belief in oneself important to
achievement...lower achieving students exaggerate limitations
Planning Phonemic Awareness Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER - should not be
overemphasized...blend into all parts of the day, clap, music, movement, concrete cues
(manipulatives)...isolate, segment, blend, substitute, delete, identify, rhyme,
Planning Phonics/Decoding Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER - explicit and
systematic-many approaches, all valid...decode, encode words and letter patterns
Planning Fluency Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER - Should not dominate
instruction...automaticity, prosody, move readers from decoding to word recognition with
repetition of one text 3-8 times or wide reading of multiple texts on time (shown to increase
comprehension)
Questions and CORRECT Answers
schema - CORRECT ANSWER - how knowledge is created and used by learners...hard to
learn new info without existing schema...must activate prior knowledge first
Constructivist Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Schema Theory, Inquiry, Transactional
Response, Whole Language, Metacognitive
Schema Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - All knowledge is organized into units called
schema
Interactive Model of Reading - CORRECT ANSWER - The reader simultaneously uses
information from multiple sources during the reading process higher and lower processes interact
Vygotsky's Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Social interaction plays a fundamental role in
the development of cognition
Zone of Proximal Development - CORRECT ANSWER - ideal level of task difficulty to
facilitate learning a task a learner cannot complete independently...scaffold
Matthew Effect - CORRECT ANSWER - The rich get richer...the gap widens between
struggling and proficient readers over time
Concepts of Print - CORRECT ANSWER - Word boundaries, purpose of punctuation,
upper/lower case letters, identify book parts, directionality
Sociocultural Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - learner is influenced by social interaction
by home, school, community, culture
, 5 Factors of Reading Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - Phonemic awareness, phonics,
fluency, vocabulary, comprehension
4 Domains of Literacy Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - Comprehension,
Composition, Language Convention (grammar/syntax), Literary Aspects (theme, plot, character,
setting, response to literature)
Role of Reading Motivation and Engagement - CORRECT ANSWER - Relevance,
usefulness, choice, wide range of texts, teacher/student relationship, carefully selected rewards
can support motivation, high interest, positive attitudes towards reading,
Explicit Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - explain, model, scaffold
Extrinsic Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER - external rewards do not motivate reading
achievement in the long term
Intrinsic Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER - belief in oneself important to
achievement...lower achieving students exaggerate limitations
Planning Phonemic Awareness Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER - should not be
overemphasized...blend into all parts of the day, clap, music, movement, concrete cues
(manipulatives)...isolate, segment, blend, substitute, delete, identify, rhyme,
Planning Phonics/Decoding Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER - explicit and
systematic-many approaches, all valid...decode, encode words and letter patterns
Planning Fluency Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER - Should not dominate
instruction...automaticity, prosody, move readers from decoding to word recognition with
repetition of one text 3-8 times or wide reading of multiple texts on time (shown to increase
comprehension)
