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SPED 730
October 4, 2010
Question | Answer |
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What is the most likely cause when a person's reading comprehension is lower than their listening comprehension? | Inaccurate and slow word recognition |
Why do older students avoid reading when they are poor readers? | It is taxing, slow, and frustrating |
What are some difficulties presented when poor readers avoid reading for these reasons? | The are not familiar with vocabulary, sentence structure, text organization, and concepts of academic "book" language |
Very poor readers must have their _____________ _______ strengthened. | Phonological skills |
Less severely impaired readers need to work on ___________ _______ _______. | Text reading fluency |
If students can decode, they need practice on and exposure to ________________. | Vocabulary |
The ability to map speech sounds to letter symbols is called the __________ principle. | Alphabetic |
The ability to recognize letter sequences accurately and quickly is called ___________ processing. | Orthographic |
How many words per minute do adults typically read? | 300 |
Older poor readers can be taught to read if what two following elements are incorporated into the curriculum? | Foundational language skills and opportunity to apply those skills in meaningful text reading |
Putting new information into categories grouped by date, people, formulas, etc. is a strategy called what? | Sort information |
Studying new information the same day you heard or read it is a strategy called what? | Frequent review |
Using colored pens, highlighters, post-it notes, and flags to organize information into categories is a strategy called what? | Color coding |
Pictures, graphs, charts, tables, time lines, and illustrations are examples of what? | Visual aids |
How does turning memory practice into a game help a student remember information? | The process of making the game and then playing it |
What is a good starting point when teaching time management? | Task analysis |
What is task analysis? | The process of identifying what needs to get done to finish a given undertaking |
What is the purpose of a Task Analysis and Time Estimation worksheet? | To raise a student's awareness of the multiple steps involved to complete a task |
What are two problems students face when preparing for a task? | Underestimating the time it will take and not having enough time to complete; overestimating the time it will take to complete and feeling overwhelmed |