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LETRS Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read Quiz
According to results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which of the following is true?
a. Every state is about the same, on average.
b. Approximately 50 percent of fourth-graders are "proficient" or "advanced."
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LETRS Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read Quiz
According to results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP), which of the following is true?
a. Every state is about the same, on average.
b. Approximately 50 percent of fourth-graders are "proficient" or "advanced."
c. There is a steady increase in reading scores across all groups.
d. Gaps persist between certain subgroups of students. - Correct AnswersGaps
persist between certain subgroups of students.
Reading comprehension is not a single construct. Rather, the ability to understand
what you read relies on multiple components. Once readers become more skilled
in word recognition, which of the following components increase in their
importance?
a. spelling and phonemic awareness
b. orthographic knowledge and background knowledge
c. cognates and syllable awareness
d. background knowledge and vocabulary - Correct Answersbackground
knowledge and vocabulary
Which statement most accurately describes how the human brain has evolved to
process spoken and written language?
a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more easily than
alphabetic writing.
b. Our brains have evolved to process spoken and written language equally well.
c. Our brains process spoken language and pictorial writing equally well, but have
not evolved to process alphabetic writing.
d. Our brains process spoken language extremely well, and we process alphabetic
writing surprisingly well given that it is a relatively recent achievement. - Correct
AnswersOur brains have evolved to process spoken language much more easily
than alphabetic writing.
, What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic orthography?
a. Its spelling system is entirely phonetic.
b. Its spelling system shares many word roots with other languages.
c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as sounds.
d. Its spelling patterns have not been completely stable over time. - Correct
AnswersIts spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as
sounds.
According to the Simple View of Reading model, which is more important to
reading comprehension—word recognition or language comprehension?
a. Word recognition is much more important.
b. Language comprehension is much more important.
c. Word recognition is slightly more important.
d. Both are equally important. - Correct AnswersBoth are equally important.
Which statement best describes the relative importance of oral reading fluency
and verbal comprehension as factors in reading comprehension?
a. As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than
oral reading fluency.
b. Oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension are equally important
throughout childhood and adolescence.
c. As children get older, verbal comprehension matters less, and oral reading
fluency becomes more important.
d. Although oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension are both important, a
child with problems in one domain can usually use the other domain to
compensate. - Correct AnswersAs children get older, verbal comprehension
becomes more important than oral reading fluency.
Which of these is an example of morphology?
a. We use polite phrases like excuse me and thank you when addressing someone
of higher social status.
b. We recognize that the nonsense word hufflelumps could be a real word in
English, but ngapkez could not.
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