The term Adolf Kussmaul came up with in 1877 to describe patients who presented with age-appropriate intellect, the ability to see and speak, however, lacking the ability to read.
What is word-blindness?
100
The side of the brain that is related to language.
What is the left side?
100
The smallest unit of sound in a language that differentiates one word from another.
What is a phoneme?
100
Fill in the blanks: Dyslexia is a _________ _________ and not a weakness in intelligence.
What is "language problem"?
100
bat hat
man pan
mop hop
cup pup
What is rhyming?
200
The study done where 455 children were followed through school (Kindergarten through high school) to assess reading development.
What is The CT Longitudinal Study?
200
The system of the brain where sounds of language are combined to develop words as well as segmenting them down to basic sounds.
What is the phonological system?
200
The two components of the reading process:
~ requires translating text into speech resulting in word identification
~ is related to meaning and comprehension..
What is decoding and encoding?
200
TRUE OR FALSE: Dyslexia only affects students in lower socioeconomic populations where children of single parents aren't exposed to literature from infancy.
What is false?
200
The test used to assess a child's ability to read real and nonsense words as well as reading for comprehension and fluency.
What is The Woodcock-Johnson III?
300
Parents with children who were of age-appropriate intelligence and speaking ability but couldn't learn to read brought them to this type of doctor in the 19th century.
What is an ophthalmologist or eye doctor?
300
The part of the brain located just behind the left temple and causes a person to not be able get the words out but can fully understand language.
What is Broca's area?
300
Using automaticity to read correctly, quickly, effortlessly and with appropriate expression so the student understands what they are reading.
What is fluency?
300
TRUE OR FALSE: If people with dyslexia are diagnosed early enough, they can get the appropriate instruction and be cured.
What is false?
300
The test that requires the student to segment a word and eliminate a specific phoneme (ie: Can you say frame without the r? or Can you say sleep without the l?).
What phoneme deletion test or elision test?
400
In the 1800's, Dyslexia was categorized as part of this large family of language disorders.
What is aphasia?
400
What can be found on the left side of the brain in 2 major areas and causes a person to speak with ease but does not understand what is being said to them.
What is Wernicke's area?
400
A method of teaching reading and writing by connecting different sounds and letter combinations to form words.
What is phonics?
400
The test that is no longer required to diagnose dyslexia since a student can score in the high range of this test and still have a reading disability.
What is the IQ test?
400
Having difficulty decoding words phonologically, a dyslexic reader often possesses strengths in critical thinking, reasoning, and problem solving.
What is a "sea of strengths"?
500
Pablo Picasso, Steven Spielberg, Henry Winkler, Charles Schwab, Dan Malloy, Jay Leno, Tom Cruise
Who are famous people who are or were dyslexic readers?
500
A brain imaging scan that measures the magnetic changes in the brain's blood flow.
What is the fMRI or functional MRI or functional magnetic resonance imaging?
500
A practice that can be done in a resource room setting prior to a lesson in the regular class that allows the student to have prior exposure to the material.
What is pre-reading?
500
Due to this, boys have been referred for evaluation more often, thus allowing the evaluater to discover the possibility of dyslexia in them sooner than in girls who are quiet and cooperative.
What is classroom behavior issues?
500
The reading approach that helps students remember what they read (survey, question, read, recite, review).