TED 3301 Final Review Questions and
Answers
achievement test - Answer-test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject
area
formal; after you teach
anchor chart - Answer-reinforce learning and support students
anecdotal notes - Answer-Informal assessment where teacher makes small notes based of observations
of student behavior or performance
author's chair - Answer-The chair that the teacher sits in to read from used to teacher aloud and for
children to read their own class writing to the class
chain or circular story - Answer-If you give a mouse a cookie,
End in the same place that you began
cumulative story - Answer-There was an old lady who swallowed a fly,
Each time a new event occurs, the previous events are repeated
,criterion-referenced tests - Answer-designed to measure student performance against a fixed set of
predetermined criteria or learning standards
compare score to specialized performance level rather than other students
curriculum-based assessment - Answer-This is a particular type of criterion-referenced test in which the
test items are taken from the curriculum being taught to the student. This type of test can provide
information regarding how well the student is learning the curriculum being taught.
decoding - Answer-reading
diagnostic reading tests - Answer-age related, norm referenced assessment of specific skills and
behaviors that children have acquired compared with other children of the same age
dictated writing - Answer--Teacher and children compose the text together
-The teacher is the scribe/does all the writing
-Children contribute the words of the composition and reread it many times
-Teacher may ask a child to say a word slowly and think how it is spelled
-Text becomes a model for student writing and discussion
encoding - Answer-writing/spelling
entrance and exit tickets - Answer-integrating writing all day; quick writes
formal assessment - Answer-guides teachers as the make instructional decisions
, formative assessment - Answer-Assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge
students' understanding and inform and guide teaching
familiar sequence story - Answer--Days of the week, numbers, alphabet books, seasons
-Eating the alphabet
frustration level text - Answer-more than 1-10 words difficulty - 90%
genres of writing - Answer-descriptive, expository, journals, narrative, persuasive, poetry
guided writing - Answer--Students write and attempt to apply what has been previously demonstrated
and practiced
-Teacher guides, responds, and extends the students' thinking
graphophonic cue system - Answer-does it look right?
high-stakes assessment - Answer-assessment tools mandated by the state or district in which the
teachers work that are often used to determine how well children are doing compared with other
children in the area, state or nation and whether certain programs will be funded
independent level texts - Answer-less than 1-20 words difficulty - 95%
informal assessment - Answer-often teacher administered in the classroom, has specific information
that teachers can use to guide their teaching, include tools like checklists, rubrics, portfolios
informal reading inventory - Answer-Student reads aloud while teacher notes miscues. Student then
answers comprehension questions. Then the student is timed while reading the passages silently and
answering comprehension questions.
Answers
achievement test - Answer-test designed to determine a person's level of knowledge in a given subject
area
formal; after you teach
anchor chart - Answer-reinforce learning and support students
anecdotal notes - Answer-Informal assessment where teacher makes small notes based of observations
of student behavior or performance
author's chair - Answer-The chair that the teacher sits in to read from used to teacher aloud and for
children to read their own class writing to the class
chain or circular story - Answer-If you give a mouse a cookie,
End in the same place that you began
cumulative story - Answer-There was an old lady who swallowed a fly,
Each time a new event occurs, the previous events are repeated
,criterion-referenced tests - Answer-designed to measure student performance against a fixed set of
predetermined criteria or learning standards
compare score to specialized performance level rather than other students
curriculum-based assessment - Answer-This is a particular type of criterion-referenced test in which the
test items are taken from the curriculum being taught to the student. This type of test can provide
information regarding how well the student is learning the curriculum being taught.
decoding - Answer-reading
diagnostic reading tests - Answer-age related, norm referenced assessment of specific skills and
behaviors that children have acquired compared with other children of the same age
dictated writing - Answer--Teacher and children compose the text together
-The teacher is the scribe/does all the writing
-Children contribute the words of the composition and reread it many times
-Teacher may ask a child to say a word slowly and think how it is spelled
-Text becomes a model for student writing and discussion
encoding - Answer-writing/spelling
entrance and exit tickets - Answer-integrating writing all day; quick writes
formal assessment - Answer-guides teachers as the make instructional decisions
, formative assessment - Answer-Assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge
students' understanding and inform and guide teaching
familiar sequence story - Answer--Days of the week, numbers, alphabet books, seasons
-Eating the alphabet
frustration level text - Answer-more than 1-10 words difficulty - 90%
genres of writing - Answer-descriptive, expository, journals, narrative, persuasive, poetry
guided writing - Answer--Students write and attempt to apply what has been previously demonstrated
and practiced
-Teacher guides, responds, and extends the students' thinking
graphophonic cue system - Answer-does it look right?
high-stakes assessment - Answer-assessment tools mandated by the state or district in which the
teachers work that are often used to determine how well children are doing compared with other
children in the area, state or nation and whether certain programs will be funded
independent level texts - Answer-less than 1-20 words difficulty - 95%
informal assessment - Answer-often teacher administered in the classroom, has specific information
that teachers can use to guide their teaching, include tools like checklists, rubrics, portfolios
informal reading inventory - Answer-Student reads aloud while teacher notes miscues. Student then
answers comprehension questions. Then the student is timed while reading the passages silently and
answering comprehension questions.
