The ability to read quickly, accurately, and with expression.
What is reading fluency?
100
The psychologist who developed ZPD.
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
100
A theory that seek scientific, demonstrable explanations for simple behaviors.
What is behaviorist theory?
100
Name at least one concept of print that students are expected to master.
What is either
- knowing how to hold a book the right way
- differentiating between print and pictures
- turning pages left to right, and
- being able to tell the front of the book from the
back
200
A complex set of abilities needed to understand the dominant symbol systems of a culture.
What is literacy?
200
This form of reading fluency is achieved through corrected
practice.
What is automaticity?
200
What Vygotsky believed that was an essential part of the learning process.
What is peer interaction?
200
A pioneer of innatist theory.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
200
Complete the sentence: Without a firm grasp on print
concepts, children will have trouble learning _______________.
What is learning to read and write?
300
Literacy touches every aspect of individual and ______________ .
What is community life?
300
These students have less attention to
devote to comprehension.
What are non-fluent readers?
300
The name of the theory based on observation and scientific study about how people learn.
What is constructivism?
300
Give a description of the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
What is a built-in device that allows humans at birth to learn language?
300
Name two of the seven functions of language.
What is either instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, heuristic, imaginative, or informative?
400
One of the four factors that determine "good readers".
What is memory, attention, sequencing, and processing speed/accuracy?
400
Name at least one strategy that students need in order to learn
What are decode words, how to automatically recognize words, and how to increase speed by maintaining accuracy?
400
A learning environment where strict adherence to a fixed curriculum is highly valued.
What is a traditional classroom?
400
What Jean Piaget believed plays a fundamental role in the
process of cognitive development.
What is human interaction?
400
Give a basic definition for the term "RTI".
What is RTI is a three-tiered system of response to support all students?
500
Name at least three components of language.
What are syntax, speech sounds, and written symbols?
500
Give another phrase for the term "structural analysis".
What is morphemic awareness?
500
Name one benefit of constructivist techniques.
What is it gives students ownership of what they
learn, since learning is based on students' questions
and explorations?
500
Name one of the principles of behaviorist theory as it relates to instruction.
What is either repetition, small, concrete, progressively sequenced tasks, and positive and negative reinforcement?
500
The percentage of students in a school environment who are targeted as Tier 2 in an RTI program.