CALT Alliance Exam - Terms to Know questions and answers latest 2023
accommodations - correct answersreduced assignments; adapted test procedures; and use of computers, calculators, and tape recorders
*This term is not used in the IDA
alphabetic language - correct answersa language , such as...
CALT Alliance Exam - Terms to Know
questions and answers latest 2023
accommodations - correct answersreduced assignments; adapted test procedures; and
use of computers, calculators, and tape recorders
*This term is not used in the IDA
alphabetic language - correct answersa language , such as English in which letters are
used systematically to represent speech sounds or phonemes
alphabetic principle - correct answersthe concept that the letters on the page represent
the sounds in spoken words
analytic - correct answersseparates the whole word into its constituent parts so that the
students can deduce the phonic relationships of the separate orthographic patterns
WHOLE TO PART = reading
assessment - correct answersuse of the child's educational history, proven methods and
tools of psych-educational evaluation to clarify and confirm teacher and parent
concerns.
auditory discovery - correct answerslistening and responding to guided questions to
discover new information, such as when students echo words dictated by the teacher to
discover a new common sound
chalk talk - correct answerswriting on the board or table top
chameleon prefix - correct answersprefix whose final consonant changes based on the
initial letter of the base word or root
the result is easier to say and often results in a double consonant
euphony - correct answersa pleasing sound (Greek)
Conners Report - correct answersused to rate ADHD
criterion-referenced test - correct answersa test in which performance is assessed in
terms of the kind of behavior expected of a person with a given score
it shows an item-by-item description of knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be
acquired
curriculum-referenced test - correct answersa test in which items are taken from the
curriculum used in that child's classroom so the student will not be tested on material
that hasn't been taught
, decode - correct answersto determine the pronunciation of a word by noting the position
of the vowels and consonants
digraph - correct answerstwo adjacent consonants or two adjacent vowels in the same
syllable representing a single speech sound
diphthong - correct answerstwo adjacent vowels in the same syllable whose sounds
blend together with a slide or shift during the production of the syllable
directionality - correct answersthe direction used in language for reading and writing
English is governed by left to right directionality
discovery learning - correct answersalso called Socratic Method, is learning through
guided questioning
dyscalculia - correct answersmath related disorder
dysgraphia - correct answerstrouble with small motor writing skills
dyslexia - correct answersa specific language-based disorder of constitutional origin
involving atypical phonological processing ability and correlated weaknesses; which are
not the result of inadequate intellectual potential, instructional or environmental
opportunity, motivation, sensory anomalies or other unrelated cause, and are
manifested by variable difficulty with expressive and receptive language, often including
a conspicuous problem with acquiring proficiency in reading, writing, and spelling
echolalia - correct answersrepeating sounds over and over, 6 to 12 months of age
encoding - correct answersSpelling
explicit, direct instruction - correct answersinstruction that is systematic (structured),
sequential, and cumulative
instruction is organized and presented in a way that follows a logical sequential plan, fits
the nature of language (alphabetic principle) with no assumption of prior skills of
language knowledge, and maximizes student engagement
expository writing - correct answerswriting that explains or informs, including
persuasive, descriptive, and compare/contrast compositions
expressive language - correct answersspelling/writing
FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education) - correct answersensures that students with
disabilities receive necessary education and services without cost to the family
Fernald Method - correct answerstechnique for learning words that involves the visual,
auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile (VAKT) modalities
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