People & Orgs CALT Exam Prep Questions And
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Rudolph Flesch - ANSWER started debate & brought to public’s attention how
best to teach reading; plain English proponent; praised phonics; book "Why
Johnny Can't Read" (1955)
NICHD - ANSWER Looking at the issue deemed the inability to read as
"national health issue" and began to fund research in the area of reading; 1997
asked to create Reading Panel
"Learning to Read: The Great Debate" Jeanne Chall - ANSWER This book caught
the attention of professionals and the government that our nation is in a reading
crisis. Children are not learning to read since the look and say method came
about. (1967)
Basal Reading Programs - ANSWER These programs begin to drive reading
instruction. 70% of American Schools bought one or more of the best selling
programs. (1960s to mid 80s); focus on basic linguistic concepts, reading skills,
vocab; 1st were McGuffey Readers (1830s)
Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith - ANSWER Developed the Top-Down
approach to reading instruction. Believed that reading should be taught through
immersion in children's literature . Teaches reading without breaking it down into
parts. Whole Language based, emphasis is on guessing at words rather than
sounding them out (1967 journal article, G said reading is a "psycholinguistic
guessing game."
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G. Reid Lyon - ANSWER NICHD former coordinator of reading research; former
Chief of Child Development and Behavior Branch (1991)
National Reading Panel Report - ANSWER Produced scientifically based
research that demonstrated that approximately 40% of the population "have
reading problems severe enough to hinder their enjoyment of reading." (2000)
IMSLEC - ANSWER International Multisensory Structured Education Council
NICHD - ANSWER National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Which prominent names are closely associated with research on phonological
awareness (Montessori/Clay/Liberman*** - ANSWER Isabelle Liberman
Research by NICHD indicates that of the students with specific learning disabilities
receiving special education services - ANSWER 70 - 80% have deficit in reading
According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), what represents the
strongest indication of a reading disability - ANSWER a deficit in phonology
D. Berlin (1887) - ANSWER Coined the term "dys" -- meaning difficult, "lexia" --
meaning pertaining to words.
James Hinshelwood (1917) - ANSWER "word blindness" -- ophthalmologist
from Scotland that discovered that the left hemisphere of the brain affected word
storage
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