EDU 345 Midterm Questions

An assessment that assesses the following 3 components of reading: (1) word recognition, (2) language comprehension, and (3) strategic knowledge, in order to see if the student has a reading problem.

Which model of reading assessment does this represent?

• Deficit Model

• Cognitive Model

• Stage Model

• Contextual Model

A competency-based assessment on which students' scores are compared to a pre-established benchmark. For example, the written portion of the state driver's exam.

Which type of test does this represent?

• Norm-Referenced

• Informal

• Criterion-Referenced

• Diagnostic

A teacher administers an Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) to her students. One of her students, James, scores 81% on the flash word recognition list, 96% on word recognition in context, and 88% on comprehension on this IRI.

What is James' reading level for this IRI?

• Independent

• Frustration

• Gray Area

• Instructional

Why is it important for students to learn letter names to become proficient readers?

(Select all that apply)

• Fluent readers don't recognize word as whole units, but rather by identifying the component letters.

• So students can learn the alphabet song.

• Teachers must have some means of referring to the letters during instruction.

• It's important for students to know the names of the letters in the words they memorize.

In the word "unsuccessful," which part is the prefix, suffix, and root?

• The prefix is "-ful," the suffix is "un-," and the root is "success."

• The prefix is "success," the suffix is "-ful," and the root is "un-."

• The prefix is "un-," the suffix is "-ful," and the root is "success."

• The prefix is "un-," the suffix is "success," and the root is "-ful."