MTLE Reading and Literacy Instruction 2

Question 1

A first-grade teacher assesses a student by asking them to segment the word 'cat' into its individual sounds (/k/ /æ/ /t/). This assessment measures:

Accepted Answer

Phonemic awareness

Answer

Segmenting a spoken word into individual phonemes is a phonemic awareness task, which operates entirely in the oral/auditory domain without print.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the Simple View of Reading?

Accepted Answer

Reading comprehension equals word recognition plus language comprehension

Answer

The Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986) holds that Reading Comprehension = Decoding (Word Recognition) × Language Comprehension.

Question 3

A teacher conducts a running record and finds a student's accuracy rate is 85%. What does this indicate about the text level?

Accepted Answer

The text is at the student's frustration level

Answer

An accuracy rate below 90% typically indicates the text is at the frustration level, where the student encounters too many challenges for effective learning.

Question 4

Which instructional technique is most appropriate for introducing new decoding patterns to a group of struggling readers?

Accepted Answer

Explicit, systematic phonics instruction with immediate corrective feedback

Answer

Struggling readers benefit most from explicit, systematic phonics instruction with corrective feedback, as it directly targets the decoding skills they lack.

Question 5

A teacher asks students to read a story and then discuss what the author means versus what the author says. This activity primarily develops which comprehension skill?

Accepted Answer

Inferential comprehension

Answer

Distinguishing what an author explicitly states from what is implied requires inferential comprehension, which goes beyond the literal text.

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MTLE Reading and Literacy Instruction 2