EDUC 326 – Mid-Term Question 1
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Educators who believe that learning is the result of stimulus and response actions subscribe to
the theory known as:
Select one:
a. behaviorism
b. constructivism
c. inquiry learning
d. reader response
Question 2
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In the English language, there are approximately:
Select one:
a. 44 speech sounds
b. 100 speech sounds
c. over 500 speech sounds
d. 10 speech sounds
Question 3
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Shared writing differs from modeling because in shared writing:
Select one:
a. teachers edit the students' work
b. students contribute to the writing activity
c. students work with their parents
d. teachers select the writing topics
Question 4
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During guided reading instruction, students usually work in:
Select one:
a. homogeneous groups
b. mixed-age groupings
c. self-selected groupings
d. heterogeneous groups
Question 5
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A balanced literacy program integrating components such as reading, writing, oral languge, and
content-area study is recommended for:
Select one:
a. students in the primary grades
b. students who struggle to learn to read and write
c. all students
d. students who are English language learners
Question 6
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The Common Core standards are organized into how many strands?
Select one:
a. 3
b. 5
c. 2
d. 4
Question 7
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The primary purpose of a Grand Conversation is to:
Select one:
a. develop socialization and social skills
b. motivate students to read expositiory texts
c. test students' understanding of a text
d. clarify and deepen students' understanding of a text
Question 8
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The best way to assess the quality of students' writing is to use a running record.
Select one:
True
False
Question 9
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Every day first grade teacher Mary Tomlin works with a small group of students who are reading
at the same level. She selects a book for them at their instructional level and helps the children
apply strategies as they read. This teacher is using the instructional technique known as:
Select one:
a. guided reading
b. echo reading
c. buddy reading
d. sustained silent reading
Question 10
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It is most appropriate for students to seek and receive feedback on their writing during the
revising stage.
Select one:
True
False
Question 11
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Six-year-old Madison selected a book,, Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus, from the
classroom library. Madison was able to read most of the words but she needed her teacher's help
to fully comprehend the story. Consequently, this book fit to be on Madison's:
Select one:
a. independent level
b. frustrational level
c. lexile level
d. instructional level
Question 12
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An informal reading inventory usually contains:
Select one:
a. only expository passages
b. narrative and expository passages at many grade levels
c. only narrative passages
d. narrative and expository passages at only one grade level
Question 13
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High-stakes tests are designed to objectively measure students' ability to meet:
Select one:
a. their personal goals
b. their parents' expectations
c. grade-level standards
d. teacher-created rubrics
Question 14
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Match these terms with their definitions.
Logos on cereal boxes and signs for a favorite toy store or restaurant are:
Grade in which students should be fluent readers.
Repeated words and sentences, rhymes or other familiar patterns.
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Students are most likely to use conventional spelling in the:
Select one:
a. fluent reading and writing stage
b. beginning reading and writing stage
c. emergent reading and writing stage
d. readiness reading and writing stage
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The smallest units of speech are known as:
Select one:
a. graphemes
b. phonemes
c. morphemes
d. phonics
Question 17
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The belief that there should be a one-to-one correspondence between phonemes and graphemes
so that each sound is consistently represented by one letter is known as:
Select one:
a. The Matthew effect
b. morphemic analysis
c. the Peter effect
d. the Alphabetic Principle
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The Language Experience Approach is
Select one:
a. most appropriate for older students
b. is focused on oral language development
c. an effective approach for fluent readers and writers
d. based on children's language and experiences
Question 19
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Minilessons are:
Select one:
a. texts that have repeated sentences rhyme, or other patterns
b. a way to share books with children that are too difficult for the children to read themselves
c. a daily literacy routine teachers use to teach literacy concepts, strategies, and skills
d. a way to take dictations from children
Question 20
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Six-year-old Bill said he could read the word will because it looked like his name. Bill used the
stragegy of:
Select one:
a. morphemes
b. syllabic analysis
c. phonic analysis
d. analogies
Question 21
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A first grade teacher introduced the word cat on Monday. On Tuesday, the teacher could help
her students read the words bat, flat and rat. This teacher was helping the students learn to
decode words by:
Select one:
a. prefixes and suffixes
b. analogy
c. root words and suffixes
d. syllables
Question 22
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Of the following the best way to help students develop reading fluency is to use:
Select one:
a. round-robin reading
b. readers theatre
c. phonics drills
d. popcorn reading
Question 23
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Many older struggling readers are unfamiliar with word identification strategies. Teachers can
help students overcome this obstacle by doing all of the following EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. providing more time for teaching and writing practice
b. encouraging them to guess at unknown words based on the first letter
c. teaching word-identification strategies
d. develop studetns' background knowledge and introducce new vocabulary words before
reading.
Question 24
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To help students develop prosody in reading, teachers can,
Select one:
a. have students copy the text they are reading
b. model expressive reading when they read aloud and think aloud about their performance.
c. encourage word by word reading
d. have students participate in round-robin reading
Question 25
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The most important recommendation for students who struggle with fluency is to
Select one:
a. send them to special classes
b. drill and practice sight word recognition
c. have them complete worksheets
d. dramatically increase the amount of reading and writing they do every day