texes STR- Reading Pedagogy UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Deficit-Based Approach - CORRECT ANSWER - A traditional educational approach,
which focuses on strengthening a student's weak areas
Reading Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to read a text and
understand its meaning
Reading Intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - A strategy applied to assist a struggling
reader
Independent Reading - CORRECT ANSWER - Reading done by students independent of
the teacher. This reading can be either assigned or student selected. Typically silent
Retell - CORRECT ANSWER - A comprehension strategy in which students retell or tell
differently what they have read or listened to
Interest Survey - CORRECT ANSWER - Questions that ask students the types of books
they enjoy reading
Alphabetic Principle - CORRECT ANSWER - The understanding that there is a
logical/systematic relationship between the sounds of spoken English and the letters and letter-
patterns of written English
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - CORRECT ANSWER - A label
applied to individuals who have great difficulty concentrating on what they are doing AND are
extremely active, impulsive, distractible, and excitable
, Alphabetic Knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to recognize, name, and write
letters
Genre - CORRECT ANSWER - Various forms of text including short stories, essays,
folktales, fairy tales, poetry, historical fiction, biographies and autobiographies, memoirs,
comedies and tragedies
Phonological Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER - The understanding and ability to hear
individual words, syllables, and sounds in spoken language apart from print
Prosody - CORRECT ANSWER - The reader's ability to convey expression, including
using correct emphasis, punctuation, and tone, while reading aloud
Guided Reading - CORRECT ANSWER - Reading done by students with teacher support.
This reading will be done within the framework of a lesson and often in a small group setting
with the teacher
Reading Fluency - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to read with appropriate speed,
accuracy, and prosody
Dysgraphia - CORRECT ANSWER - Language-based disorder, in which one struggles
with the mechanics of writing resulting in impaired or illegible handwriting
Speed (when reading) - CORRECT ANSWER - The pace at which the reader reads the
text
Intrinsically Motivated - CORRECT ANSWER - Students draw their motivation from the
learning process itself
Syllable Awareness/Syllabication/Syllable Segmentation - CORRECT ANSWER - The
ability to hear individual parts/syllables of words
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Deficit-Based Approach - CORRECT ANSWER - A traditional educational approach,
which focuses on strengthening a student's weak areas
Reading Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to read a text and
understand its meaning
Reading Intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - A strategy applied to assist a struggling
reader
Independent Reading - CORRECT ANSWER - Reading done by students independent of
the teacher. This reading can be either assigned or student selected. Typically silent
Retell - CORRECT ANSWER - A comprehension strategy in which students retell or tell
differently what they have read or listened to
Interest Survey - CORRECT ANSWER - Questions that ask students the types of books
they enjoy reading
Alphabetic Principle - CORRECT ANSWER - The understanding that there is a
logical/systematic relationship between the sounds of spoken English and the letters and letter-
patterns of written English
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - CORRECT ANSWER - A label
applied to individuals who have great difficulty concentrating on what they are doing AND are
extremely active, impulsive, distractible, and excitable
, Alphabetic Knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to recognize, name, and write
letters
Genre - CORRECT ANSWER - Various forms of text including short stories, essays,
folktales, fairy tales, poetry, historical fiction, biographies and autobiographies, memoirs,
comedies and tragedies
Phonological Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER - The understanding and ability to hear
individual words, syllables, and sounds in spoken language apart from print
Prosody - CORRECT ANSWER - The reader's ability to convey expression, including
using correct emphasis, punctuation, and tone, while reading aloud
Guided Reading - CORRECT ANSWER - Reading done by students with teacher support.
This reading will be done within the framework of a lesson and often in a small group setting
with the teacher
Reading Fluency - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to read with appropriate speed,
accuracy, and prosody
Dysgraphia - CORRECT ANSWER - Language-based disorder, in which one struggles
with the mechanics of writing resulting in impaired or illegible handwriting
Speed (when reading) - CORRECT ANSWER - The pace at which the reader reads the
text
Intrinsically Motivated - CORRECT ANSWER - Students draw their motivation from the
learning process itself
Syllable Awareness/Syllabication/Syllable Segmentation - CORRECT ANSWER - The
ability to hear individual parts/syllables of words
