RICA RICA Reading Comprehension

Question 1

According to the Simple View of Reading, reading comprehension is the product of which two components?

Accepted Answer

Decoding and language comprehension

Answer

The Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986) states that Reading Comprehension = Decoding × Language Comprehension, meaning both are necessary for proficient reading.

Question 2

A student reads a passage accurately and fluently but cannot answer questions about what she read. What is the most likely area of instructional need?

Accepted Answer

Language comprehension, including vocabulary, background knowledge, and inferencing skills

Answer

When a student can decode fluently but not comprehend, the deficit lies in language comprehension — the second component of the Simple View of Reading.

Question 3

Which comprehension strategy involves students actively predicting what will come next, reading to confirm or disconfirm predictions, and revising their thinking?

Accepted Answer

Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA)

Answer

The DR-TA is a structured strategy where students make predictions before and during reading, then use text evidence to confirm or revise those predictions.

Question 4

What is the purpose of teaching students to identify text structures such as cause-and-effect, compare-contrast, and problem-solution?

Accepted Answer

Understanding text structure helps students anticipate how information is organized, improving their ability to locate, remember, and summarize content

Answer

Recognizing the organizational structure of a text provides readers with a framework for processing and retaining information, which directly improves comprehension.

Question 5

Which instructional approach is Reciprocal Teaching, and what four strategies does it employ?

Accepted Answer

A collaborative discussion format in which students take turns leading group application of predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing

Answer

Reciprocal Teaching (Palincsar & Brown, 1984) uses predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing in a structured dialogue that gradually releases comprehension strategy use to students.

RICA - Reading Instruction Competence Assessment Practice Test

RICA - Reading Instruction Competence Assessment Practice Test

RICA RICA Reading Comprehension