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1. What is the purpose of To activate 2 or more learning pathways simultaneously through
Multi-sensory teaching? which the student can process new instructions, procedures, or
information. To enable students strongest input channel (VAK) to
take the lead in their learning and strengthen weaker pathways.
2. What is the purpose of the To link all properties of each letter (name, shape, sound, and "feel")
8 linkages? through every pathway to the students learning. To provide alternate
channels through which students can read, write, or spell.
3. What are a letters proper- Name, shape, sound and "feel". The letters name is the most stable
ties? property.
4. It's sometimes called Old English
the Anglo-Saxon lan-
guage. But usually it's
called .
5. has always Latin
been the official language
of the Catholic Church.
6. was once the Greece
center of learning for
the whole world. But af-
ter being weakened by
many wars was finally
conquered by Rome.
7. Modern English
is the name scholars have
given to the English lan-
guage from 1500 to today.
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8. Scholars call the period Middle period
between 1066, when the
Normans conquered Eng-
land, and 1500, when a
large number of Latin
and Greek words became
a part of the English
language, the
.
9. Neuropsychiatrist who Samual T. Orton (1879-1948)
coined the word
"strephosymbolia" to re-
place the term "word
blindness". He was an
American physician who
pioneered the study of
learning disabilities. He
examined the causes and
treatment of dyslexia.
10. Developed the education- Anna Gillingham (1878-1963)
al remediation side of
the Orton-Gillingham ap-
proach. She was an ed-
ucator and psychologist.
Trained Sally Child's. Stud-
ied with Aylett Cox.
11. Therapist and teacher at Sally Childs (1905-1988)
Hockaday school in Dal-
las. Trained under Gilling-
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ham. She was a language
training specialist, with an
emphasis on furthering
the research on dyslex-
ia and educating dyslex-
ic students. She along
with several colleagues,
opened an organization
to help create dyslexia
awareness called The Or-
ton Society (later renamed
International Dyslexia As-
sociation), in 1949.
12. Developed curriculum Aylett Cox (1915-2006)
called Alphabetic Phonics
based on the OG's work.
In the late 1950's she
studied Anna Gillingham's
techniques for teaching
reading.
13. What does MSL stand for? Multisensory structured language
14. What are the 5 principals 1. Simultaneous, multisensory
of MSL instruction? 2. Systematic and cumulative
3. Direct instruction
4. Diagnostic teaching
5. Synthetic and analytic instruction
15. Harvard Graduate psy- Jeanne Chall (1921-1999)
chologist, writer, and lit-
eracy researcher, believed
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1. What is the purpose of To activate 2 or more learning pathways simultaneously through
Multi-sensory teaching? which the student can process new instructions, procedures, or
information. To enable students strongest input channel (VAK) to
take the lead in their learning and strengthen weaker pathways.
2. What is the purpose of the To link all properties of each letter (name, shape, sound, and "feel")
8 linkages? through every pathway to the students learning. To provide alternate
channels through which students can read, write, or spell.
3. What are a letters proper- Name, shape, sound and "feel". The letters name is the most stable
ties? property.
4. It's sometimes called Old English
the Anglo-Saxon lan-
guage. But usually it's
called .
5. has always Latin
been the official language
of the Catholic Church.
6. was once the Greece
center of learning for
the whole world. But af-
ter being weakened by
many wars was finally
conquered by Rome.
7. Modern English
is the name scholars have
given to the English lan-
guage from 1500 to today.
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CALT & CALP Prep 2025
8. Scholars call the period Middle period
between 1066, when the
Normans conquered Eng-
land, and 1500, when a
large number of Latin
and Greek words became
a part of the English
language, the
.
9. Neuropsychiatrist who Samual T. Orton (1879-1948)
coined the word
"strephosymbolia" to re-
place the term "word
blindness". He was an
American physician who
pioneered the study of
learning disabilities. He
examined the causes and
treatment of dyslexia.
10. Developed the education- Anna Gillingham (1878-1963)
al remediation side of
the Orton-Gillingham ap-
proach. She was an ed-
ucator and psychologist.
Trained Sally Child's. Stud-
ied with Aylett Cox.
11. Therapist and teacher at Sally Childs (1905-1988)
Hockaday school in Dal-
las. Trained under Gilling-
, ALTA Certification Exam Study Guide & Practice Questions |
CALT & CALP Prep 2025
ham. She was a language
training specialist, with an
emphasis on furthering
the research on dyslex-
ia and educating dyslex-
ic students. She along
with several colleagues,
opened an organization
to help create dyslexia
awareness called The Or-
ton Society (later renamed
International Dyslexia As-
sociation), in 1949.
12. Developed curriculum Aylett Cox (1915-2006)
called Alphabetic Phonics
based on the OG's work.
In the late 1950's she
studied Anna Gillingham's
techniques for teaching
reading.
13. What does MSL stand for? Multisensory structured language
14. What are the 5 principals 1. Simultaneous, multisensory
of MSL instruction? 2. Systematic and cumulative
3. Direct instruction
4. Diagnostic teaching
5. Synthetic and analytic instruction
15. Harvard Graduate psy- Jeanne Chall (1921-1999)
chologist, writer, and lit-
eracy researcher, believed
