WIAT Orthographic Processing Skills 3

Question 1

A student reads fluently but scores poorly on a WIAT spelling subtest. The most likely explanation is:

Accepted Answer

Phonological awareness is stronger than orthographic output skills

Answer

Reading can rely on partial orthographic cues and context, while accurate spelling demands complete retrieval of stored letter sequences, so a dissociation is possible.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes an 'orthographic lexicon'?

Accepted Answer

A stored inventory of the visual-letter patterns of known words

Answer

The orthographic lexicon is the component of the language system that holds memorized visual representations of whole-word spellings.

Question 3

When a student misspells 'separate' as 'seperate,' this error most likely reflects:

Accepted Answer

Failure to store the correct vowel pattern orthographically

Answer

Both vowels sound similar in speech, so the error reflects an incomplete orthographic representation rather than a phonological confusion.

Question 4

On a pseudoword spelling task, a student who scores poorly but performs well spelling real words likely has:

Accepted Answer

Weak phonological recoding with strong orthographic knowledge

Answer

Pseudoword spelling demands phonological recoding because no stored orthographic form exists, so poor pseudoword performance with intact real-word spelling indicates reliance on the orthographic lexicon.

Question 5

The WIAT assesses orthographic processing partly through tasks that require a student to identify:

Accepted Answer

The correctly spelled word among foils that are phonetically similar

Answer

Choosing the correctly spelled word from phonetically equivalent alternatives measures the quality of the stored orthographic representation.

(WIAT) Wechsler Individual Achievement Test Practice Test

(WIAT) Wechsler Individual Achievement Test Practice Test

WIAT Orthographic Processing Skills 3