PECT Reading and Math Intervention Strategies 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A second-grade student decodes words slowly and laboriously, hurting comprehension. Which intervention most directly builds reading fluency?
- Repeated oral reading of connected text (Correct answer)
- Silent sustained reading of new books
- Increased vocabulary worksheets
- Daily spelling tests
Correct answer: Repeated oral reading of connected text
Repeated reading of connected text builds automaticity, the core of fluency.
Question 2: Which math intervention best supports a student who cannot recall basic addition facts?
- Explicit timed practice with immediate feedback (Correct answer)
- Open-ended word problems only
- Independent textbook reading
- Calculator use for all tasks
Correct answer: Explicit timed practice with immediate feedback
Explicit, timed practice with feedback builds fact fluency and retrieval.
Question 3: A teacher uses a phonics intervention that teaches letter-sound relationships in a planned sequence. This approach is best described as:
- Systematic and explicit instruction (Correct answer)
- Incidental whole-language instruction
- Balanced literacy by immersion
- Sustained silent reading
Correct answer: Systematic and explicit instruction
Teaching sound-symbol relationships in a planned order is systematic, explicit phonics.
Question 4: Within an MTSS framework, a Tier 2 reading intervention is typically delivered:
- In small groups with targeted skill focus (Correct answer)
- One-on-one by a special educator only
- To the whole class during core instruction
- Solely through standardized testing
Correct answer: In small groups with targeted skill focus
Tier 2 supports use small-group, targeted instruction supplementing the core.
Question 5: Which strategy best helps a student struggling with reading comprehension of expository text?
- Teaching graphic organizers to map text structure (Correct answer)
- Increasing the reading speed requirement
- Removing all illustrations
- Assigning longer passages
Correct answer: Teaching graphic organizers to map text structure
Graphic organizers make text structure visible, improving comprehension.
Question 6: A student understands counting but cannot link quantities to numerals. Which intervention targets this number sense gap?
- Using manipulatives to connect quantity and symbol (Correct answer)
- Drilling multiplication tables
- Assigning long division worksheets
- Reading number stories aloud only
Correct answer: Using manipulatives to connect quantity and symbol
Manipulatives link concrete quantities to abstract numerals, building number sense.
Question 7: Progress monitoring during an intervention is primarily used to:
- Determine whether the intervention is working and adjust it (Correct answer)
- Assign final report-card grades
- Compare students to national norms only
- Replace all formal evaluations
Correct answer: Determine whether the intervention is working and adjust it
Frequent progress monitoring informs whether to continue, intensify, or change an intervention.
PECT Reading and Math Intervention Strategies 2
A second-grade student decodes words slowly and laboriously, hurting comprehension.
Which intervention most directly builds reading fluency?