ALTA CALT EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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Free morpheme: function words - ANSWER prepositions, conjunctions,
pronouns, auxiliary verbs, articles
Free morpheme: content words - ANSWER nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
Free morpheme: compounds - ANSWER generally composed of Anglo-Saxon
words, combinations of two free morphemes
Bound morphemes - ANSWER work as meaningful units only in combination
with other morphemes (suffixes, bound roots [Latin], and prefixes).
Inflections - ANSWER bound morphemes that show possession, gender, or
number (noun - s, a, es); tense, voice, or mood (verb - ed, en, could have been);
and comparison (adjective - er, est).
Derivational suffixes - ANSWER morphemes, added to roots or bases to form
new words that usually change the grammatical category of a word.
, Greek-derived morphemes - ANSWER not necessarily assigned specific roles
as prefixes, suffixes, or roots and may combine with other bound morphemes of
equal importance in flexible order.
Derivational complexity - ANSWER characterizes the number and type of
changes that have been made in the base word or root when it is combined with
other morphemes. Types of phonological change are: syllable regrouping, vowel
alternation, consonant alternation, and stress alternation.
Principles of ALTA Code of Ethics - ANSWER standards of personal conduct,
standards of professional conduct, conflict of interest, confidentiality
Developmental auditory imperception - ANSWER disorder related to dyslexia
dysphasia - ANSWER disorder related to dyslexia
Specific developmental dyslexia - ANSWER disorder related to dyslexia
developmental dysgraphia - ANSWER disorder related to dyslexia
developmental spelling disability - ANSWER disorder related to dyslexia
Ability - ANSWER test designed to measure either general intelligence or
mental aptitude in a particular area.
, Academic Achievement Test - ANSWER standardized test designed to
efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired,
usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical
profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learning in comparison with a
standard or norm.
Accent - ANSWER stress on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in
a phrase or sentence. It is spoken louder, longer, and/or in a higher tone. The mouth
opens wider while saying it.
Accommodation - ANSWER provide different ways for kids to take in
information or communicate their knowledge. Changes do not alter or lower the
standards or expectations of a subject or test.
Accuracy - ANSWER The number of words a student can read correctly in a
given period of time.
ADHD - ANSWER Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Adolf Kusmaul - ANSWER 1877 - first used the term "word-blindness".
Age equivalent - ANSWER a type of test score that is calculated based on the
age at which an average person earns a given score within the tested population.
Alvin and Isabel Liberman - ANSWER Alphabetic principle and its relationship
to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading.
, Anglo Saxon - ANSWER Also Old English - spoken and written between at
least the mid 5th century and the mid 12th century
Anglo-Saxon Layer of Language - ANSWER Vocabulary stressed the events of
daily life. Common, everyday, down-to-earth words. Most are one-syllable words.
Anna Gillingham - ANSWER 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York;
along with Samuel T Orton at Columbia University, developed a non-traditional
approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time, began
working with Sally Childs, and trained 50 teachers.
Attention - ANSWER selective focus on what is important while screening out
distractions
Auditory Learners - ANSWER participate in classroom discussions, make
speeches/presentations, use tape recordings for lectures, read text out loud, create
musical jingles, create mnemonics to aid memorization, discuss ideas verbally
Auditory Processing - ANSWER Given normal hearing, the ability to
understand spoken language in a meaningful way
Battery - ANSWER a group of several tests standardized on the same sample
population so that results from the several tests are comparable
Chall's Six Stages of Reading - ANSWER Students proceed through predictable
stages of learning to read
2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH
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Free morpheme: function words - ANSWER prepositions, conjunctions,
pronouns, auxiliary verbs, articles
Free morpheme: content words - ANSWER nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
Free morpheme: compounds - ANSWER generally composed of Anglo-Saxon
words, combinations of two free morphemes
Bound morphemes - ANSWER work as meaningful units only in combination
with other morphemes (suffixes, bound roots [Latin], and prefixes).
Inflections - ANSWER bound morphemes that show possession, gender, or
number (noun - s, a, es); tense, voice, or mood (verb - ed, en, could have been);
and comparison (adjective - er, est).
Derivational suffixes - ANSWER morphemes, added to roots or bases to form
new words that usually change the grammatical category of a word.
, Greek-derived morphemes - ANSWER not necessarily assigned specific roles
as prefixes, suffixes, or roots and may combine with other bound morphemes of
equal importance in flexible order.
Derivational complexity - ANSWER characterizes the number and type of
changes that have been made in the base word or root when it is combined with
other morphemes. Types of phonological change are: syllable regrouping, vowel
alternation, consonant alternation, and stress alternation.
Principles of ALTA Code of Ethics - ANSWER standards of personal conduct,
standards of professional conduct, conflict of interest, confidentiality
Developmental auditory imperception - ANSWER disorder related to dyslexia
dysphasia - ANSWER disorder related to dyslexia
Specific developmental dyslexia - ANSWER disorder related to dyslexia
developmental dysgraphia - ANSWER disorder related to dyslexia
developmental spelling disability - ANSWER disorder related to dyslexia
Ability - ANSWER test designed to measure either general intelligence or
mental aptitude in a particular area.
, Academic Achievement Test - ANSWER standardized test designed to
efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired,
usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical
profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learning in comparison with a
standard or norm.
Accent - ANSWER stress on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in
a phrase or sentence. It is spoken louder, longer, and/or in a higher tone. The mouth
opens wider while saying it.
Accommodation - ANSWER provide different ways for kids to take in
information or communicate their knowledge. Changes do not alter or lower the
standards or expectations of a subject or test.
Accuracy - ANSWER The number of words a student can read correctly in a
given period of time.
ADHD - ANSWER Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Adolf Kusmaul - ANSWER 1877 - first used the term "word-blindness".
Age equivalent - ANSWER a type of test score that is calculated based on the
age at which an average person earns a given score within the tested population.
Alvin and Isabel Liberman - ANSWER Alphabetic principle and its relationship
to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading.
, Anglo Saxon - ANSWER Also Old English - spoken and written between at
least the mid 5th century and the mid 12th century
Anglo-Saxon Layer of Language - ANSWER Vocabulary stressed the events of
daily life. Common, everyday, down-to-earth words. Most are one-syllable words.
Anna Gillingham - ANSWER 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York;
along with Samuel T Orton at Columbia University, developed a non-traditional
approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time, began
working with Sally Childs, and trained 50 teachers.
Attention - ANSWER selective focus on what is important while screening out
distractions
Auditory Learners - ANSWER participate in classroom discussions, make
speeches/presentations, use tape recordings for lectures, read text out loud, create
musical jingles, create mnemonics to aid memorization, discuss ideas verbally
Auditory Processing - ANSWER Given normal hearing, the ability to
understand spoken language in a meaningful way
Battery - ANSWER a group of several tests standardized on the same sample
population so that results from the several tests are comparable
Chall's Six Stages of Reading - ANSWER Students proceed through predictable
stages of learning to read
