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1. decoding: recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound correspondence, and
blending sounds into a word are all part of-
2. Pre-Reading Stage: language appreciation, awareness of printed words, mas-
tery of alphabet and simple words
3. Greek elements: eu, chloro
4. Current Research on the brain and developmental dyslexia: A "glitch" may
have taken place during fetal development
5. Dyslexia and Social Development: May see: a lack of good judgement, the
inability to stick with a game, erratic emotional behavior
6. Grade equivalent scores: Not a dependable representation of progress
7. Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Education Battery: a cognitive/ norm referenced
test
8. synthetic instruction: Teaching phonics by taking sounds and blending them
together into words.
9. analytic instruction: Teaching phonics by taking words and breaking them into
parts. Whole to part approach.
10. linguistics: Study of production, properties, structure, meaning and or use of
language.
11. % of students with specific learning disabilities receiving special educa-
tion services that have a deficit in reading: 70-80%
12. According to the National Reading Panel (2000) this represents the
strongest indication of a reading disability: a deficit in phonology
13. Section 504 and IDEA: A person who has, has a history of having, or is
regarded as having an impairment that significantly limits one or more of life's major
functions receives benefits under
14. Appropriate education under Section 504 may include: regular classroom,
regular classroom with accommodations, or special education and related services
15. ALTA Code of Ethics and IMSLEC: provide reasonable expectations of student
outcomes to parents and students
16. Recommendations for private students: give parents documentation of the
services received from you and discuss gradual transition into the classroom
17. Professional Communication: Personal pronouns are unprofessional
18. ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
19. ALTA: Academic Language Therapy Association
20. ESL: English as a Second Language
21. IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
22. IEP: Individualized Education Plan
23. IMSLEC: International Multi-sensory Structured Education Council
24. MSL: Multisensory Structured Language
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25. MSLE: Multisensory Structured Language Education
26. NICHD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
27. VAKT: Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile
28. WRAT: Wide Range Achievement Test
29. swing up, stop: i,t,p,u,w,j,r,s
30. push up and over: m,n,v,x,y,z
31. curve under, over, stop: a, ca, d,g,o,q
32. curve way up, loop left: b,f,h,k,l,e
33. grapheme: single letters or groups of letter groups that represent specific
phonemes or speech sounds
34. Closed syllable: napkin, button
35. Open syllable: lilac, tulip
36. Vowel- consonant e: shake, shine
37. Vowel pair: bread, nail
38. Vowel-r: doctor, dollar
39. Final Stable: cable, sandle,stle
40. Inflectional suffixes: when added to a base word change the number, tense,
voice, mood, or comparison.
-s, -er (more than), -ed, -est -ing
41. Derivational suffixes are: added to a base word or root and change the part of
speech or the function of the base word.
-less, -ful, -ness, - cian
42. Doubling rule: one vowel, one consonant, one accent, and a vowel suffix is
being added
43. Silent e situations: to make a vowel long, to make a c or g soft, part of
consonant le, added when the word ends in a final v
44. norm-referenced test: assessment that measures performance in relation to a
norm cohort or group
45. criterion referenced test: assessment that measures knowledge attained and
knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain
46. curriculum-referenced test: assessment that measures knowledge that has
been taught
47. screening: brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional
or alternate forms of instruction
48. progress monitoring: periodic assessment that measures progress in re-
sponse to specific intstruction
49. diagnostic measure: assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a stu-
dent's strengths and weakenesses
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50. outcome measure: assessment that classifies a student in terms of achieve-
ment or improvement of grade-level performance
51. formal assessment: standardized assessment that must be administered and
scored according to prescribed procedures
52. informal assessment: assessments that are not standardized
53. pseudowords: nonsense words that are phonetically regular
54. formative data: data collected that provides information about knowledge to be
applied to short-term goals
55. summative data: data collected that provides information about knowledge to
be applied for long-term comprehensive goals
56. DIBELS: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills, K-3, early literacy skills
57. TPRI: Texas Primary Reading Inventory, starts in K and includes inventories
through 3rd grade. focuses on age appropriate skills.
58. PALS: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening, for PK-3rd, allows teachers
to find weaknesses
59. qualitative research: research that collects data through various kinds of ob-
servations
60. quantitative research: research in which results are based on a large sample
that is representative of the population
61. experimental research: research in which the subjects are randomly assigned
to experimental and control groups
62. quasi-experimental research: Research that determines cause and effect,
conducted without randomized assignment of subjects to experimental and control
groups
63. metacognition: deliberate rearrangement of information; strategies used to
accomplish and process feedback for learning
64. Parieto-temporal region: area of the brain for language development (word
analysis)
65. Broca's region of the brain: area of the brain for speech production (articula-
tion and word analysis)
66. occipito-temporal region: interractive neural area of the brain where phono-
logical, orthographic and semantic are integrated and synthesized (word form)
67. auditory: related to hearing
68. visual: related to seeing
69. modality: a specific sensory pathway
70. kinesthetic: related to muscle movement and memory
71. multisensory: pertaining to the simultaneous use of multiple senses
72. tactile: related to touch (kinsesthetic)
73. word blindness: early term for dyslexia
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1. decoding: recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound correspondence, and
blending sounds into a word are all part of-
2. Pre-Reading Stage: language appreciation, awareness of printed words, mas-
tery of alphabet and simple words
3. Greek elements: eu, chloro
4. Current Research on the brain and developmental dyslexia: A "glitch" may
have taken place during fetal development
5. Dyslexia and Social Development: May see: a lack of good judgement, the
inability to stick with a game, erratic emotional behavior
6. Grade equivalent scores: Not a dependable representation of progress
7. Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Education Battery: a cognitive/ norm referenced
test
8. synthetic instruction: Teaching phonics by taking sounds and blending them
together into words.
9. analytic instruction: Teaching phonics by taking words and breaking them into
parts. Whole to part approach.
10. linguistics: Study of production, properties, structure, meaning and or use of
language.
11. % of students with specific learning disabilities receiving special educa-
tion services that have a deficit in reading: 70-80%
12. According to the National Reading Panel (2000) this represents the
strongest indication of a reading disability: a deficit in phonology
13. Section 504 and IDEA: A person who has, has a history of having, or is
regarded as having an impairment that significantly limits one or more of life's major
functions receives benefits under
14. Appropriate education under Section 504 may include: regular classroom,
regular classroom with accommodations, or special education and related services
15. ALTA Code of Ethics and IMSLEC: provide reasonable expectations of student
outcomes to parents and students
16. Recommendations for private students: give parents documentation of the
services received from you and discuss gradual transition into the classroom
17. Professional Communication: Personal pronouns are unprofessional
18. ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
19. ALTA: Academic Language Therapy Association
20. ESL: English as a Second Language
21. IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
22. IEP: Individualized Education Plan
23. IMSLEC: International Multi-sensory Structured Education Council
24. MSL: Multisensory Structured Language
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25. MSLE: Multisensory Structured Language Education
26. NICHD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
27. VAKT: Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile
28. WRAT: Wide Range Achievement Test
29. swing up, stop: i,t,p,u,w,j,r,s
30. push up and over: m,n,v,x,y,z
31. curve under, over, stop: a, ca, d,g,o,q
32. curve way up, loop left: b,f,h,k,l,e
33. grapheme: single letters or groups of letter groups that represent specific
phonemes or speech sounds
34. Closed syllable: napkin, button
35. Open syllable: lilac, tulip
36. Vowel- consonant e: shake, shine
37. Vowel pair: bread, nail
38. Vowel-r: doctor, dollar
39. Final Stable: cable, sandle,stle
40. Inflectional suffixes: when added to a base word change the number, tense,
voice, mood, or comparison.
-s, -er (more than), -ed, -est -ing
41. Derivational suffixes are: added to a base word or root and change the part of
speech or the function of the base word.
-less, -ful, -ness, - cian
42. Doubling rule: one vowel, one consonant, one accent, and a vowel suffix is
being added
43. Silent e situations: to make a vowel long, to make a c or g soft, part of
consonant le, added when the word ends in a final v
44. norm-referenced test: assessment that measures performance in relation to a
norm cohort or group
45. criterion referenced test: assessment that measures knowledge attained and
knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain
46. curriculum-referenced test: assessment that measures knowledge that has
been taught
47. screening: brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional
or alternate forms of instruction
48. progress monitoring: periodic assessment that measures progress in re-
sponse to specific intstruction
49. diagnostic measure: assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a stu-
dent's strengths and weakenesses
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50. outcome measure: assessment that classifies a student in terms of achieve-
ment or improvement of grade-level performance
51. formal assessment: standardized assessment that must be administered and
scored according to prescribed procedures
52. informal assessment: assessments that are not standardized
53. pseudowords: nonsense words that are phonetically regular
54. formative data: data collected that provides information about knowledge to be
applied to short-term goals
55. summative data: data collected that provides information about knowledge to
be applied for long-term comprehensive goals
56. DIBELS: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills, K-3, early literacy skills
57. TPRI: Texas Primary Reading Inventory, starts in K and includes inventories
through 3rd grade. focuses on age appropriate skills.
58. PALS: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening, for PK-3rd, allows teachers
to find weaknesses
59. qualitative research: research that collects data through various kinds of ob-
servations
60. quantitative research: research in which results are based on a large sample
that is representative of the population
61. experimental research: research in which the subjects are randomly assigned
to experimental and control groups
62. quasi-experimental research: Research that determines cause and effect,
conducted without randomized assignment of subjects to experimental and control
groups
63. metacognition: deliberate rearrangement of information; strategies used to
accomplish and process feedback for learning
64. Parieto-temporal region: area of the brain for language development (word
analysis)
65. Broca's region of the brain: area of the brain for speech production (articula-
tion and word analysis)
66. occipito-temporal region: interractive neural area of the brain where phono-
logical, orthographic and semantic are integrated and synthesized (word form)
67. auditory: related to hearing
68. visual: related to seeing
69. modality: a specific sensory pathway
70. kinesthetic: related to muscle movement and memory
71. multisensory: pertaining to the simultaneous use of multiple senses
72. tactile: related to touch (kinsesthetic)
73. word blindness: early term for dyslexia
