LETRS Unit 1 Session’s 1 - 8
LETRS unit 1 session 1
1. According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, what
percentage of fourth-grade students have scored "basic" or "below basic"
in reading?
a. 33% of students nationally, equally split among white, African-American,
and Hispanic students
b. 23% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up
a disproportionate amount
c. 50% nationally, with white students making up a disproportionate amount
d. 64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up a
disproportionate amount✔✔✔ d. 64% nationally, with African-American and
Hispanicstudents making up a disproportionate amount
2. Reading comprehension is not a single construct. Rather, the ability to
understand what you read relies on multiple components. Once readers
become more skilled in word recognition, which of the following components
increase in their importance?
a. spelling and phonemic awareness
b. orthographic knowledge and background knowledge
,c. cognates and syllable awareness
d. background knowledge and vocabulary✔✔✔ d. background knowledge
and vo-cabulary
3. Which statement most accurately describes how the human brain has
evolved to process spoken and written language?
a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more easily
than alphabetic writing.
b. Our brains have evolved to process spoken and written language equally
well.
c. Our brains process spoken language and pictorial writing equally well, but
have not evolved to process alphabetic writing.
d. Our brains process spoken language extremely well, and we process
alphabetic writing surprisingly well given that it is a relatively recent achieve-
ment.✔✔✔ a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more
easilythan alphabetic writing.
4. What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic orthography?
a. Its spelling system is entirely phonetic.
b. Its spelling system shares many word roots with other languages.
c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as
sounds.
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,d. Its spelling patterns have not been completely stable over time.✔✔✔
c. Itsspelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as
sounds.
5. According to the Simple View of Reading model, which is more important
to reading comprehension—word recognition or language comprehension?
a. Word recognition is much more important.
b. Language comprehension is much more important.
c. Word recognition is slightly more important.
d. Both are equally important.✔✔✔ d. Both are equally important.
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LETRS unit 1 session 1
1. According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, what
percentage of fourth-grade students have scored "basic" or "below basic"
in reading?
a. 33% of students nationally, equally split among white, African-American,
and Hispanic students
b. 23% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up
a disproportionate amount
c. 50% nationally, with white students making up a disproportionate amount
d. 64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up a
disproportionate amount✔✔✔ d. 64% nationally, with African-American and
Hispanicstudents making up a disproportionate amount
2. Reading comprehension is not a single construct. Rather, the ability to
understand what you read relies on multiple components. Once readers
become more skilled in word recognition, which of the following components
increase in their importance?
a. spelling and phonemic awareness
b. orthographic knowledge and background knowledge
,c. cognates and syllable awareness
d. background knowledge and vocabulary✔✔✔ d. background knowledge
and vo-cabulary
3. Which statement most accurately describes how the human brain has
evolved to process spoken and written language?
a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more easily
than alphabetic writing.
b. Our brains have evolved to process spoken and written language equally
well.
c. Our brains process spoken language and pictorial writing equally well, but
have not evolved to process alphabetic writing.
d. Our brains process spoken language extremely well, and we process
alphabetic writing surprisingly well given that it is a relatively recent achieve-
ment.✔✔✔ a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more
easilythan alphabetic writing.
4. What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic orthography?
a. Its spelling system is entirely phonetic.
b. Its spelling system shares many word roots with other languages.
c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as
sounds.
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,d. Its spelling patterns have not been completely stable over time.✔✔✔
c. Itsspelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as
sounds.
5. According to the Simple View of Reading model, which is more important
to reading comprehension—word recognition or language comprehension?
a. Word recognition is much more important.
b. Language comprehension is much more important.
c. Word recognition is slightly more important.
d. Both are equally important.✔✔✔ d. Both are equally important.
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