A reading teacher is reviewing a recently published book about a new approach to
improving reading
comprehension. Which of the following features should the teacher look for when
evaluating the reported
success of this approach? - whether the results of the research the author
conducted on the...
FTCE reading k -12 certification A reading teacher is reviewing a recently published book about a new approach to improving reading comprehension. Which of the following features should the teacher look for when evaluating the reported success of this approach? - ✔✔whether the results of the research the author conducted on the approach are reliable and valid In a classroom, the teac her has an area for small -group instruction and another area for whole -group instruction. The learning environment is information intensive with students collaborating on a variety of assignments and projects with the teacher roaming the room and helping i ndividuals and groups of students. Which theorist best describes the teachers disposition for instruction? - ✔✔Lev Vygotsky social constructivist - ✔✔A teacher firmly believes that collaboration among students is essential for learning. Which of the follo wing theories is closely aligned with this philosophy? Use the following excerpt to answer the question. The high price of oil in the 1970s resulted in a serious problem for many Americans. Long lines to purchase gasoline for cars were unavoidable. People were subjected to higher prices for oil to heat their homes. Oil companies looked to other nations for new oil supplies. They also began drilling for oil on the ocean floor. Which of the following is the excerpt an example of? - ✔✔problem and solution narrative nonfiction - ✔✔A biography Which of the following is NOT a criterion for selecting multicultural literature? - ✔✔exclusion of leaders A teacher collects reading records and rubric -scored writing samples over time on select students to document change over time. Which term best describes the teacher's purpose for collecting this type of assessment? - ✔✔Monitoring The assessment tools for the purpose of evaluating expertise include - ✔✔research papers, formal presentations, and formal debates what is the best way to determine reading instructional groups in a classroom with students who have a wide range of skills and abilities? - ✔✔review state reading test scores, then administer an IRI Teachers at a middle school made a commitment to use obse rvational notes to monitor students' strengths and needs and to use that information for providing differentiated instruction and flexible grouping. What type of grouping is this an example of? - ✔✔data-based grouping An effective way for a teacher of Eng lish language learners to integrate speaking and listening into the classroom would be to use - ✔✔role play. Which adaptation of the basal reading program is the most efficient for struggling readers? - ✔✔repeated readings During a shared reading of an e nlarged text in a primary learning environment, the teacher focuses instruction on the structure of the language by engaging students periodically in conversation. Which cognitive working system is the teacher scaffolding during the lesson? - ✔✔syntactic w orking system Students who cannot decode and rely on context and initial letters to figure out unknown words demonstrate characteristics of which phase of word recognition? - ✔✔partial -alphabetic Which of the following is most appropriate for developing the concept that print is "speech written down"? - ✔✔language experience approach Which of the following statements is true in relation to early literacy skill acquisition? - ✔✔Naming letters with phonological awareness and sounds is an effective method. A teacher working with diverse learners in the emergent stage of literacy development should - ✔✔first develop students' oral and academic vocabulary knowledge. A teacher uses the following instructional procedures. 1. Teach the students to recognize ora lly the individual sounds in words. 2. Teach the students to blend the sounds in words. What is the focus of this instruction? - ✔✔phonemic awareness Which of the following is the most effective strategy to assist a middle -schooler struggling with 3rd -grade highfrequency words? - ✔✔create an individual word bank for the student Which of the following descriptions best matches tier 1 vocabulary words? - ✔✔prevalent in everyday language Which procedure is most appropriate for teaching multiple -meaning word s? - ✔✔Contextual analysis Which of the following instructional practices are the most appropriate to use to aid English language learners in a mathematics classroom from Tier 1 to Tier 2 word meanings? - ✔✔student matches words with both common and appli ed definitions For intentional vocabulary development, which of the following is the most effective to implement in instruction? - ✔✔before, during, and after the reading of text with emphasis on repeated exposure An oral reading fluency measure indicate s that a student reads in two - and three -word phrases causing the reading to sound choppy. Additionally, the measure reveals that the student made improper stresses and intonations which failed to indicate the end of sentences or clauses. From this measure , the teacher should work in which of the following areas of fluency? - ✔✔phrasing A teacher encourages his 1st -grade English language learners to read selected narrative decodable texts to their parent or guardian five times over the course of a week. Th e primary purpose of this oral reading activity is to increase - ✔✔automaticity In preparing 3rd -grade students to read informational text on the importance of recycling, the teacher is primarily concerned with activating students' prior knowledge. Which of the following would be most effective? - ✔✔KWL KWL - ✔✔is an instructional reading strategy that is used to guide students through a text. Students begin by brainstorming everything t hey Know about a topic. ... This new information that they have Learned is recorded in the L column of the K -W-L chart. Which strategy would best help students develop the ability to synthesize reading material? - ✔✔reading two passages and brainstorming in small groups to create Venn diagrams that compare and contrast theme, content, characters, and details of the texts
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