ALTA CALT Exam Questions and Answers | Study Guide | Grade A+

ALTA CALT Exam Questions and
Answers | Study Guide | Grade A+
• Qualitative Research. CORRECT ANSWER: research that collects data through
various kinds of observations


• quantitative research. CORRECT ANSWER: research in which results are based
on a large sample that is representative of the population


• experimental research. CORRECT ANSWER: research in which the subjects are
randomly assigned to experimental and control groups


• quasi-experimental research. CORRECT ANSWER: Research conducted without
randomized assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups


• metacognition. CORRECT ANSWER: deliberate rearrangement of information
while thinking


• Broca's area. CORRECT ANSWER: area of the brain for articulation


• Parieto-temporal. CORRECT ANSWER: Area of the brain for word analysis


• occipito-temporal. CORRECT ANSWER: area of the brain for word form


• auditory. CORRECT ANSWER: related to hearing


• visual. CORRECT ANSWER: related to seeing

, • modality. CORRECT ANSWER: a specific sensory pathway


• kinesthetic. CORRECT ANSWER: related to muscle movement or memory


• multi-sensory. CORRECT ANSWER: pertaining to the simultaneous use of
multiple senses


• tactile. CORRECT ANSWER: related to touch


• word blindness. CORRECT ANSWER: early term for dyslexia


• explicit instruction. CORRECT ANSWER: clear, precise, and specific instruction


• dyslexia. CORRECT ANSWER: a specific language based disorder characterized
by difficulty with single-word reading


• phonetics. CORRECT ANSWER: the study of the characteristics of speech
sounds


• phonology. CORRECT ANSWER: the rules that determine how sounds are used
in spoken language


• Allophone. CORRECT ANSWER: a variation of a speech sound


• phonological awareness. CORRECT ANSWER: awareness of the overall sound
structure of words