ELED 3100 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is explicit vocabulary instruction? - Answer-Picking words and teaching them
using a lesson.
What is implicit vocabulary instruction? - Answer-words that are taught in the moment
Why is explicit and implicit vocabulary instruction so important? - Answer-students need
several meaningful interactions with words to learn them
What is the ultimate goal with students in their use of comprehension strategies? -
Answer-Read actively with a purpose, think about what they are reading, connect
events to life.
What are the 10 comprehension strategies? - Answer-1. Question answering
2. Question generation
3. Story structure
4. Graphic organizer
5. Summarization
6. Retell
7. Monitoring Comprehension
8. Visualization
9. Schema/Background knowledge
10. Inference
What is the best way to model comprehension? - Answer-Think alouds
Describe metacognition - Answer-thinking about how we think
What is conceptual understanding? - Answer-A way to remember what you have read.
It's putting the knowledge you have read into bigger concepts. If the explanation of that
enables the learner to see the significance of the information is not provided in the
reading, the learner must seek it out. (pg. 421 in text)
How do you develop conceptual understanding? - Answer-text to text, text to self
questions etc.
What are the two main text categories? - Answer-narrative and expository
, What do the NRP, NELP, NPLMY, IES, and FCRR have in common? - Answer-They
are all sources of information on effective practices for reading instruction.
What is the IES? - Answer-It is the 'Institute of Education Sciences'. Its mission is to
identify what works, what doesn't, and why.
What is the NRP? - Answer-It is the 'National Reading Panel'
What is the NELP? - Answer-It is the 'National Early Literacy Panel'
What does CCSS stand for? - Answer-Common Core State Standards
What are the 4 CCSS ELA strands? - Answer-reading, writing, speaking & listening, and
language
What are the 3 subparts of reading in the CCSS? - Answer-literature, informational text,
and foundational skills
What is the meaning of 'scope and sequence'? - Answer-a clearly stated set of K-12
learning objectives that reflects local, state, and national expectations. Sequence is the
order in which those objectives are taught
What are the levels of teacher questioning? - Answer-literal, inferential,
evaluative/critical
What is literal questioning? - Answer-Questions where the answers can be found in the
text
What is inferential questioning? - Answer-Where the answer to a question has to be
inferred from the text.
What does RTI stand for? - Answer-Response to Intervention
What is the purpose of RTI? - Answer-To help the students who are "at risk"
RTI should support the instruction for what percentages of students? - Answer-80% of
students at "proficient" level
Describe Tier 1 - Answer-What the teacher can do in the classroom to differentiate the
instruction for the at risk students. "universal"- all students receive.
Describe Tier 2 - Answer-When other experts/teachers/parents form a committee and to
decide what is the best way to bring the student back up to the level they are supposed
to be at. Students who need more support in addition to the core curriculum.
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is explicit vocabulary instruction? - Answer-Picking words and teaching them
using a lesson.
What is implicit vocabulary instruction? - Answer-words that are taught in the moment
Why is explicit and implicit vocabulary instruction so important? - Answer-students need
several meaningful interactions with words to learn them
What is the ultimate goal with students in their use of comprehension strategies? -
Answer-Read actively with a purpose, think about what they are reading, connect
events to life.
What are the 10 comprehension strategies? - Answer-1. Question answering
2. Question generation
3. Story structure
4. Graphic organizer
5. Summarization
6. Retell
7. Monitoring Comprehension
8. Visualization
9. Schema/Background knowledge
10. Inference
What is the best way to model comprehension? - Answer-Think alouds
Describe metacognition - Answer-thinking about how we think
What is conceptual understanding? - Answer-A way to remember what you have read.
It's putting the knowledge you have read into bigger concepts. If the explanation of that
enables the learner to see the significance of the information is not provided in the
reading, the learner must seek it out. (pg. 421 in text)
How do you develop conceptual understanding? - Answer-text to text, text to self
questions etc.
What are the two main text categories? - Answer-narrative and expository
, What do the NRP, NELP, NPLMY, IES, and FCRR have in common? - Answer-They
are all sources of information on effective practices for reading instruction.
What is the IES? - Answer-It is the 'Institute of Education Sciences'. Its mission is to
identify what works, what doesn't, and why.
What is the NRP? - Answer-It is the 'National Reading Panel'
What is the NELP? - Answer-It is the 'National Early Literacy Panel'
What does CCSS stand for? - Answer-Common Core State Standards
What are the 4 CCSS ELA strands? - Answer-reading, writing, speaking & listening, and
language
What are the 3 subparts of reading in the CCSS? - Answer-literature, informational text,
and foundational skills
What is the meaning of 'scope and sequence'? - Answer-a clearly stated set of K-12
learning objectives that reflects local, state, and national expectations. Sequence is the
order in which those objectives are taught
What are the levels of teacher questioning? - Answer-literal, inferential,
evaluative/critical
What is literal questioning? - Answer-Questions where the answers can be found in the
text
What is inferential questioning? - Answer-Where the answer to a question has to be
inferred from the text.
What does RTI stand for? - Answer-Response to Intervention
What is the purpose of RTI? - Answer-To help the students who are "at risk"
RTI should support the instruction for what percentages of students? - Answer-80% of
students at "proficient" level
Describe Tier 1 - Answer-What the teacher can do in the classroom to differentiate the
instruction for the at risk students. "universal"- all students receive.
Describe Tier 2 - Answer-When other experts/teachers/parents form a committee and to
decide what is the best way to bring the student back up to the level they are supposed
to be at. Students who need more support in addition to the core curriculum.
