CALT Alliance exam Questions and Answer
synthetic phonics - Correct Answerssound symbol correspondences - taking parts to the whole
analytic -
... [Show More] Correct Answersspelling - hear a whole word and segment the word into phonemes - whole to parts
phonological memory - Correct Answersholding information about words and sounds in memory
phonological working memory - Correct Answersprocess of receiving, analyzing and processing sound elements in language
Greek words - Correct Answerswords related to Olympics, theater, ology, silent p & ph,
ch pronounced k
Latin words - Correct Answerslong words - 3 or more syllables, double consonants, fancy words
Anglo Saxon - Correct Answersshort words with silent letters, common words,
receptive language - Correct Answersability to understand spoken or signed language - oral language development
expressive language - Correct Answersability to produce language in any of a number of different modalities such as speech, sign or writing
Language acquisition - Correct Answersoral receptive, oral expressive, written receptive, written expressive
Oral language development includes - Correct Answersreceptive and expressive
Components of language - Correct Answersform, content, use
pragmatics - Correct Answersuse of language socially
phonology - Correct Answerssound structure of language - begins at oral level
phonetics - Correct Answersproduction of sounds andd the study of speech sounds
orthography - Correct Answersunderstanding and recognizing patterns of written language (form)
semantics - Correct Answersmeaning conveyed by language (content)
morphology - Correct Answersstudy of the meaning - way words are formed and related to to one another
phonological awareness - Correct Answersknowledge of and and sensitivity to the phonological structure of the words in a language
phonemic awareness - Correct Answersawareness of the smallest units of speech and the ability to isolate or manipulate the individual phonemes in words
alphabetic principle - Correct Answersconcept that the letters on a page represent the csounds in spoken words
alphabetic language - Correct Answersa language such as English - letters are used systematicall to represent speech sounds or phonemes
automaticity - Correct Answersability to respond or react without attention or conscious effect
chameleon prefixes - Correct AnswersLatin origin - double letters near the beginning of a word (same meaning but different spelling) ad, con, dis ex, in, ob, sub
metacognition - Correct Answersdeliberate rearrangement, regrouping or modal transfer of information
Dr. Orton - Correct Answersstrephosymbolia, word deafness, father of dyslexia,
dyslexia - Correct Answersspecific learning disability
identify dyslexia - Correct Answersrti, early screeners
Norm referenced tests - Correct Answersscores that permit comparison among people, standardized
criterion referenced tests - Correct AnswersSTAAR, descriptions of one child's knowledge within the domains of knowledge represented in the test, may be standardized or informal
curriculum referenced tests - Correct Answersquestions taken from curriculum, standardized or or informal - child's previous performance is the standard for judging progress
validity - Correct Answersscores measure the construct they are purported to measure
reliability - Correct Answersconsistency with which scores mear a trait or construct
reading words in isolation test - Correct AnswersWJ, TOWRE
word decoding test - Correct AnswersWIAT, WJ,
phonological awareness test - Correct Answersctopp
letter knowledge test - Correct Answerspat, wist
rapid naming test - Correct Answersctopp, wjIII
fluency test - Correct Answersgort, wj, towre,
reading comprehension test - Correct Answerswiat, wjiii, fort, gray silent reading test
spelling test - Correct Answerstest of written spelling, wj, wiat,
listening comprehension test - Correct Answersowls, wiat, wj`
multisensory teaching - Correct AnswersVisual, auditory, kinesthetic, tactile instruction
multisensory, structured language approach - Correct AnswersVAKT, systematic and cumlative, direct instruction, diagnostic teaching, synthetic and analytic, comprehensive and inclusive
whole language - Correct Answersken goodman and frank smith
Isabelle Liberman - Correct Answersweakness with the language system in the brain itself
Keith stanovich - Correct Answersphonological processing, - matthew effect - students with phonemic awareness in place become richer better readers
Torgesen, Lundbert, and Foorman - Correct Answersphonological awareness is a critical factor in dyslexia
martha denckla and rita rudel - Correct Answerstrouble with rapid naming
Maryanne Wolf and Patricia Bowers - Correct Answersdouble deficit - phonological processing and rapid naming
Shaywitz - Correct AnswersConnecticut Longitudinal Study
Reid Lyon - Correct AnswersNICHD - Chief of the Child Development and Behavior Branch - National reading panel
Chall - Correct AnswersStages of reading development
Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Correct Answers504 - Not federally funded - civil rights
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) - Correct Answersspecial ed law - federally funded
etymology - Correct Answersorigin of words
synthetic phonics - Correct Answerstransform letters into sounds and then blend
explicit and systematic ways to teach spelling - Correct Answersteach letter sound relationship, then blending, and continue to reinforce the basic principles syllable division, mnemonics,
spelling deriviatives - Correct Answersprefix first
Hinshelwood - Correct Answersword blindness
Dr OWEN - Correct Answers1987 Drive to Congress to study learning disabilities
Comprehension Monitoring - Correct Answersactive awareness of whether one is understanding or remembering text
Cooperative learning - Correct Answersinvolvement in clearly defined activities in which they work together to achieve their individual goals
Collaborative Strategic Reading - Correct Answersdiscuss material, help each other understand it, encourage each other, learn collaborative skills, learn comprehension strategies
language acquisition - Correct AnswersMoats - parallel talk, self talk, and expansion. shared storytime, [Show Less]