PECT PREK-4 ALL MODULES
Explicit instruction - Answers -Direct, skill-based, holistic, in context, developmentally
appropriate, student centered and directed
Formative assessment - Answers -provides ongoing feedback, identifies strengths,
weaknesses, and target areas, low stakes, addresses problems immediately
Summative assessment - Answers -evaluates learning at the end of a unit and
compares it against some standard or benchmark, high stakes, (midterm, final, paper)
Scaffolding - Answers -Promotes deeper level of learning, support tailored to needs of
student (modeling, coaching) that is gradually removed
Inquiry-based learning - Answers -poses questions, problems or scenarios - rather than
simply presenting established facts; assisted by a facilitator
Assessment anchors - Answers -tools to better align curriculum, instruction, and
assessment practices
LEA (Language Experience Approach) - Answers -combines all 4 language skills, aids
fluency, centered around learner generated text.
Step 1) A shared experience, 2) creating the text, 3) read and revise, 4) read and
reread, 5) extension
Norm-referenced tests - Answers -Rank each student respective to achievement of
others in broad areas of knowledge, discriminates between high and low achievers,
each individual is compared with other examinees and assigned a score expressed as a
percentile, grade equivalent score, or a stanine.
Prosody - Answers -the defining feature of expressive reading, comprises all the
variables of timing, phrasing, emphasis, and intonation that speakers use to convey
meaning and make their speech lively.
Responsive listening - Answers -saying what you feel you heard the other person say.
Listening with the intent of understanding, instead of replying. Enhances the ability to:
obtain information, identify problems, resolve conflicts, improve the accuracy of
communication, solve problems, and motivate the speaker
Semantic map(ping)/web(bing) - Answers -a method of teaching reading using graphical
representations of concepts and the relationships between them. Maps or webs of
words the purpose of which is to visually display the meaning-based connections
between a word or phrase and a set of related words or concepts
, Automaticity - Answers -fast, effortless word recognition that comes from reading
practice. Refers to accurate, speedy word recognition, not to reading with expression.
Therefore it is necessary, but not sufficient, for fluency.
Story map - Answers -a strategy that uses a graphic organizer to help students learn the
elements of a book or story. By identifying story characters, plot, setting, problem and
solution, students read carefully to learn details
Reading rate - Answers -part of the broader umbrella of fluency and is measured in
words read per minute, while fluency is a bit more subjective
Syntactic - Answers -relating to the rules of language
Intonation - Answers -describes how the voice rises and falls in speech. The 3 main
patterns of intonation are: falling intonation, rising intonation, and fall-rise intonation
Structural analysis - Answers -the process of using familiar word parts (base words,
prefixes, and suffixes) to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
Cultural diffusion - Answers -the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one
group to another. The mixing of world cultures through different ethnicities, religions,
and nationalities has increased with advanced communication, transportation, and
technology
Institutional development - Answers -the creation or reinforcement of a network of
organizations to effectively generate, allocate and use human, material, and financial
resources to attain specific objectives on a sustainable basis
Bibliography - Answers -complete or selective list of works compiled upon some
common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer; a list of source
materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work, or that are referred to
in the text
Periodical index - Answers -provides access to periodical articles by subject or author;
can help you find articles about a specific topic. An index will point you to the correct
periodical, the specific date, volume and issue, and page numbers for the article
Civic - Answers -of or relating to a city; municipal, of or relating to citizenship; civil, of
citizens
Universal suffrage - Answers -consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult
citizens, although it may also mean extending that right to minors and non-citizens
Author's Purpose - Answers -3: To entertain, persuade, or inform