Professor Hess

During reading, your eyes typically stop on a word for about 250 milliseconds. In what situation(s) do your eyes need to fixate longer on a word? a. when you read silently b. when you read aloud c. when you read an unfamiliar word b. when you read aloud c. when you read an unfamiliar word Select the lobe of the brain that is responsible for higher-level thinking and planning, and for processing the sounds of speech. Frontal Lobe Select the lobe of the brain that is responsible for recogn...

What is one important distinction between the Four-Part Processing Model for Word Recognition and the Three Cueing Systems model? a. The Four-Part Processing Model emphasizes visual processes. b. The Three Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of phonology. c. The Three Cueing Systems model emphasizes the role of phonology. d. The Three Cueing Systems model omits semantic processing. Many students at risk for reading problems enter school without exposure to the academic languag...

b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized. - answerWhich is a characteristic of discourse in spoken language? a. It generally uses complete, well-formed sentences. b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized. c. It may use unusual or topic-specific vocabulary. d. Its sounds are coarticulated in words. a. As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than oral reading fluency. - answerWhich statement best describes the relative importanc...

Phonology Rule system within a language by which phonemes can be sequenced, combined, and pronounced to make words Phonology--(Example) No English word begins with the sound /ng/ the sounds /p/ and /k/ are never adjacent in the same syllable Orthography A writing system for representing language. Orthography-- (Example) Every English word ending in /v/ is spelled with -ve; the letter x is never doubled

What characteristic makes English a "deep" alphabetic orthography? - ANS - Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as sounds. Which statement most accurately describes how the human brain has evolved to process spoken and written language? - ANS - Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more easily than alphabetic writing. Which skills are least correlated with reading comprehension in children? - ANS - visual-motor skills and visual-spatial re...

phoneme - answerin language, the smallest distinctive sound unit Grapheme - answerthe written or printed representation of a phoneme Phonics - answerThe predictable relationship between phonemes and graphemes Phonemic Awareness - answerThe ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language. phonological awareness - answerthe ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound structure of spoken language syllable - answera word part that contains a vowel...

What is vocabulary? - answerKnowledge of and memory for word reading Receptive Vocabulary - answerwhat we understand when we hear or read words (what they understand) Expressive Vocabulary - answerwords we use to speak and write (what they defend) What is the four part processing model of word recognition? - answer1. Context processor 2. Meaning processor 3. Phonological processor 4. Orthographic processor Strategies to teach ELL students new vocab? - answerDemonstrations and prior knowl...

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1. A nurse is teaching a client who has multiple allergies about using an epinephrine autoinjector. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? a. Administer the medication through clothing if necessary. b. Avoid massaging the site after injection. c. Aspirate prior to administration of the medication. d. Inject the medication into the abdomen. 2. A nurse is preparing to administer medication to a client and discovers a medication error. The nurse recognizes which of the ...

Test Bank to accompany Neuroscience, Sixth Edition Purves • Augustine • Fitzpatrick • Hall • LaMantia • Mooney • Platt • White Chapter 1: Studying the Nervous System Multiple Choice 1. Which part of DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA? a. Exon b. Intron c. Promoter d. Non-coding DNA e. Regulatory DNA Answer: a Textbook Reference: Genetics and Genomics Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding 2. Genomics is the analysis of a. coding DNA sequences for a species. b. regula...