MTEL Foundations of Reading 2

Question 1

According to the Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986), reading comprehension is the product of which two components?

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Decoding ability and language comprehension

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Fluency and vocabulary knowledge

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Phonemic awareness and background knowledge

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Word recognition and metacognitive skills

Question 2

Which vocabulary instruction approach organizes related words into visual networks to build conceptual understanding?

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Semantic mapping of word relationships

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Incidental learning through wide reading

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Contextual analysis using surrounding text clues

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Morphological analysis of word parts

Question 3

Which signal word most clearly indicates a cause-and-effect text structure?

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Consequently

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Similarly

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In contrast

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For example

Question 4

A second-grade student reads passages accurately and at an appropriate rate but cannot answer comprehension questions about what was read. According to the Simple View of Reading, this student most likely has difficulty with:

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Language comprehension

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Phonological processing

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Decoding accuracy

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Reading fluency

Question 5

Which of the following best describes Tier 2 vocabulary words according to Beck, McKeown, and Kucan's three-tier model?

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High-utility academic words like 'analyze,' 'conclude,' and 'significant' that appear across content areas

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Basic, high-frequency words like 'the,' 'and,' and 'is'

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Technical, domain-specific words like 'photosynthesis' or 'mitosis'

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Proper nouns specific to historical events or geographic locations

Question 6

Schema theory explains that prior knowledge affects reading comprehension primarily by:

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Providing a framework that helps readers interpret, organize, and remember new information

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Improving a reader's speed of phonological decoding

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Increasing a reader's phonological awareness skills

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Helping readers recognize high-frequency sight words more quickly

Question 7

Which comprehension strategy specifically involves readers generating mental pictures of events, settings, or characters while reading?

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Visualizing

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Making text-to-self connections

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Determining importance

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Inferencing