Question 1

Which of the following is an organizational strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  setting purposes 
B)  making predictions 
C)  constructing the main idea 
D)  creating images 
A)  setting purposes 
B)  making predictions 
C)  constructing the main idea 
D)  creating images C

Question 2

According to research, the most effective organizational strategy for comprehension is

Accepted Answer

A)  selecting or constructing the main idea. 
B)  comprehending the main idea. 
C)  summarizing. 
D)  determining the importance of information. 
A)  selecting or constructing the main idea. 
B)  comprehending the main idea. 
C)  summarizing. 
D)  determining the importance of information. C

Question 3

Which technique is especially designed for students having difficulty with inferences?

Accepted Answer

A)  reciprocal teaching 
B)  QAR 
C)  monitoring 
D)  imaging 
A)  reciprocal teaching 
B)  QAR 
C)  monitoring 
D)  imaging B

Question 4

Which of the following is an elaboration of the meaning of the word invention?

Accepted Answer

A)  learning the correct pronunciation of invention 
B)  judging the importance of several inventions 
C)  saying invention and its meaning repeatedly so as not to forget it 
D)  carefully noting the spelling of invention 
A)  learning the correct pronunciation of invention 
B)  judging the importance of several inventions 
C)  saying invention and its meaning repeatedly so as not to forget it 
D)  carefully noting the spelling of invention

Question 5

Reciprocal teaching includes the following:

Accepted Answer

A)  inferring, confirming, evaluating, repairing. 
B)  visualizing, setting goals, repairing, answering. 
C)  predicting, questioning, clarifying, summarizing. 
D)  evaluating, confirming, imaging, comprehending. 
A)  inferring, confirming, evaluating, repairing. 
B)  visualizing, setting goals, repairing, answering. 
C)  predicting, questioning, clarifying, summarizing. 
D)  evaluating, confirming, imaging, comprehending.

Question 6

What are the metacognitive strategies for improving reading comprehension, and what role do they play in the comprehension process?

Accepted Answer

The metacognitive strategies for improvi

Question 7

What are the elaborative strategies for improving reading comprehension, and what role do they play in the comprehension process?

Accepted Answer

The elaborative strategies for improving

Question 8

Juan has played soccer but has never played football. Football was not a popular sport where he grew up. Despite excellent word recognition skills, Juan, who generally has little difficulty comprehending selections, is unable to answer most of the questions about a boy who leads his team to the state football championship. What seems to be the main source of Juan?s difficulty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Juan focuses on pronouncing the words correctly and so fails to read for meaning. 
B)  Juan has little interest in the story because he cannot identify with the main character. 
C)  Juan lacks adequate comprehension strategies. 
D)  Juan has limited background knowledge for understanding the story. 
A)  Juan focuses on pronouncing the words correctly and so fails to read for meaning. 
B)  Juan has little interest in the story because he cannot identify with the main character. 
C)  Juan lacks adequate comprehension strategies. 
D)  Juan has limited background knowledge for understanding the story.

Question 9

What are the steps in teaching a comprehension strategy?

Accepted Answer

The six steps in teaching a comprehensio

Question 10

How are schema theory and situational (mental) model theory used in the teaching of comprehension?

Accepted Answer

Schema theory says that our knowledge is

Question 11

Compare the methods used in Reciprocal Teaching and Questioning the Author.

Accepted Answer

Reciprocal Teaching is a form of social-

Question 12

How would you use the six steps for teaching a comprehension strategy to teach imaging?

Accepted Answer

Student answers will vary regarding how

Question 13

What special comprehension strategies do bilingual readers use? How might you make use of those strategies in teaching a group of English Language Learners (ELLs)?

Accepted Answer

Bilingual students who have recently lea

Question 14

Which of the following methods focuses on content rather than strategy, occurs during reading rather than after reading, and uses a series of queries and moves?

Accepted Answer

A)  QTA 
B)  QAR 
C)  reciprocal teaching 
D)  ReQuest 
A)  QTA 
B)  QAR 
C)  reciprocal teaching 
D)  ReQuest

Question 15

Rereading, slow reading, and pausing during a confusing paragraph are examples of

Accepted Answer

A)  checking. 
B)  regulating. 
C)  repairing. 
D)  summarizing. 
A)  checking. 
B)  regulating. 
C)  repairing. 
D)  summarizing.

Question 16

What are the preparational strategies for improving reading comprehension, and what role do they play in the comprehension process?

Accepted Answer

The preparational strategies for improvi

Question 17

Which of the following is a preparational strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  summarizing key ideas 
B)  activating prior knowledge 
C)  noting relevant details 
D)  seeking main ideas 
A)  summarizing key ideas 
B)  activating prior knowledge 
C)  noting relevant details 
D)  seeking main ideas

Question 18

Which elaboration strategy works with concrete ideas as students learn to picture concepts in their minds?

Accepted Answer

A)  imaging 
B)  macro-cloze 
C)  making inferences 
D)  QAR 
A)  imaging 
B)  macro-cloze 
C)  making inferences 
D)  QAR

Question 19

The most important factor in comprehension is

Accepted Answer

A)  clarity of the selection. 
B)  length and word count of the selection. 
C)  quality of questions asked about the selection. 
D)  reader?s background knowledge about the topic of the selection. 
A)  clarity of the selection. 
B)  length and word count of the selection. 
C)  quality of questions asked about the selection. 
D)  reader?s background knowledge about the topic of the selection.

Question 20

In what ways can we define comprehension?

Accepted Answer

Comprehension is a constructive, interac

Which of the following is an organizational strategy?

According to research, the most effective organizational strategy for comprehension is

Which technique is especially designed for students having difficulty with inferences?

Which of the following is an elaboration of the meaning of the word invention?

Reciprocal teaching includes the following:

What are the metacognitive strategies for improving reading comprehension, and what role do they play in the comprehension process?

What are the elaborative strategies for improving reading comprehension, and what role do they play in the comprehension process?

What are the steps in teaching a comprehension strategy?

How are schema theory and situational (mental) model theory used in the teaching of comprehension?

Compare the methods used in Reciprocal Teaching and Questioning the Author.

How would you use the six steps for teaching a comprehension strategy to teach imaging?

What special comprehension strategies do bilingual readers use? How might you make use of those strategies in teaching a group of English Language Learners (ELLs)?

Which of the following methods focuses on content rather than strategy, occurs during reading rather than after reading, and uses a series of queries and moves?

Rereading, slow reading, and pausing during a confusing paragraph are examples of

What are the preparational strategies for improving reading comprehension, and what role do they play in the comprehension process?

Which of the following is a preparational strategy?

Which elaboration strategy works with concrete ideas as students learn to picture concepts in their minds?

The most important factor in comprehension is

In what ways can we define comprehension?

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Teaching All Students

Assessing for Learning

Fostering Emergentearly Literacy

Teaching Phonics, High-Frequency Words, and Syllabic Analysis

Building Vocabulary

Comprehension: Text Structures and Teaching Procedures

Reading and Writing in the Content Areas and Study Skills

Reading Literature

Approaches to Teaching Reading

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Exam 7: Comprehension: Theory and Strategies

Which of the following is an organizational strategy?

According to research, the most effective organizational strategy for comprehension is

Which technique is especially designed for students having difficulty with inferences?

Which of the following is an elaboration of the meaning of the word invention?

Reciprocal teaching includes the following:

What are the metacognitive strategies for improving reading comprehension, and what role do they play in the comprehension process?

What are the elaborative strategies for improving reading comprehension, and what role do they play in the comprehension process?

What are the steps in teaching a comprehension strategy?

How are schema theory and situational (mental) model theory used in the teaching of comprehension?

Compare the methods used in Reciprocal Teaching and Questioning the Author.

How would you use the six steps for teaching a comprehension strategy to teach imaging?

What special comprehension strategies do bilingual readers use? How might you make use of those strategies in teaching a group of English Language Learners (ELLs)?

Which of the following methods focuses on content rather than strategy, occurs during reading rather than after reading, and uses a series of queries and moves?

Rereading, slow reading, and pausing during a confusing paragraph are examples of

What are the preparational strategies for improving reading comprehension, and what role do they play in the comprehension process?

Which of the following is a preparational strategy?

Which elaboration strategy works with concrete ideas as students learn to picture concepts in their minds?

The most important factor in comprehension is

In what ways can we define comprehension?

The Nature of Literacy 1

Teaching All Students

Assessing for Learning

Fostering Emergentearly Literacy

Teaching Phonics, High-Frequency Words, and Syllabic Analysis

Building Vocabulary

Comprehension: Text Structures and Teaching Procedures

Reading and Writing in the Content Areas and Study Skills

Reading Literature

Approaches to Teaching Reading

Writing and Reading

Creating and Managing a Literacy Program

Filters