OSAT OSAT Reading Comprehension and Fluency 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A reader who monitors comprehension and rereads a confusing sentence is demonstrating:
- Decoding automaticity
- Metacognitive strategy use (Correct answer)
- Prosodic fluency
- Phonological awareness
Correct answer: Metacognitive strategy use
Recognizing confusion and applying a fix-up strategy like rereading is a hallmark of metacognitive comprehension monitoring.
Question 2: Which of the following is the best example of an inferential comprehension question?
- What color was the character's jacket?
- On what page does the chapter begin?
- Based on her actions, how is the character probably feeling? (Correct answer)
- How many characters are in the story?
Correct answer: Based on her actions, how is the character probably feeling?
Inferential questions require readers to use text evidence plus reasoning to reach conclusions not explicitly stated.
Question 3: A student reads a passage and then retells it with all the main events in order and key details. This performance most directly demonstrates:
- Literal recall and text structure understanding (Correct answer)
- Phonics mastery
- Vocabulary acquisition
- Prosodic fluency
Correct answer: Literal recall and text structure understanding
Retelling main events in sequence with key details shows literal recall and an understanding of narrative or informational text structure.
Question 4: According to the Simple View of Reading, reading comprehension is the product of:
- Phonics and vocabulary
- Decoding and language comprehension (Correct answer)
- Fluency and prior knowledge
- Phonemic awareness and sight words
Correct answer: Decoding and language comprehension
The Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986) states that Reading = Decoding × Language Comprehension.
Question 5: A teacher wants students to understand how word choice affects tone. Which activity is most aligned with this goal?
- Having students time themselves reading a passage
- Comparing two versions of a sentence with different word choices and discussing the effect (Correct answer)
- Asking students to look up definitions in a glossary
- Having students underline every adjective in the text
Correct answer: Comparing two versions of a sentence with different word choices and discussing the effect
Comparing alternative word choices directly focuses students' attention on how diction shapes tone and meaning.
Question 6: Which reading fluency benchmark tool compares a student's oral reading rate and accuracy to national norms by grade level?
- Informal reading inventory (IRI)
- DIBELS or AIMSweb fluency probes (Correct answer)
- Lexile level assessment
- Running record
Correct answer: DIBELS or AIMSweb fluency probes
Tools like DIBELS and AIMSweb include normed oral reading fluency probes that compare student performance to national grade-level benchmarks.
Question 7: A student reads a historical fiction novel set during the Civil War and connects it to facts learned in social studies class. This is an example of:
- Text-to-text connection
- Text-to-world connection (Correct answer)
- Text-to-self connection
- Context clue strategy use
Correct answer: Text-to-world connection
Connecting the text to knowledge about real-world history is a text-to-world connection.
OSAT OSAT Reading Comprehension and Fluency 5
A reader who monitors comprehension and rereads a confusing sentence is demonstrating: