Question 1

Which of the following signal words or phrases would most likely indicate a comparison-contrast text structure?

Accepted Answer

A)  for example; for instance 
B)  but; however 
C)  since; because 
D)  next; finally 
A)  for example; for instance 
B)  but; however 
C)  since; because 
D)  next; finally B

Question 2

According to the text?s taxonomy of types of questions, which of the following levels requires making connections between the text and prior knowledge?

Accepted Answer

A)  organizing 
B)  elaborating 
C)  monitoring 
D)  comprehending 
A)  organizing 
B)  elaborating 
C)  monitoring 
D)  comprehending B

Question 3

Which of the following questions would be best at developing a deeper conceptual understanding of the topic of rivers?

Accepted Answer

A)  ?Where does the Nile River start and end?? 
B)  ?What is the largest river in the United States?? 
C)  ?How is a river similar to but different from a lake?? 
D)  ?How are rivers formed?? 
A)  ?Where does the Nile River start and end?? 
B)  ?What is the largest river in the United States?? 
C)  ?How is a river similar to but different from a lake?? 
D)  ?How are rivers formed?? C

Question 4

What is text structure and what role does it play in comprehension?

Accepted Answer

Text structure is the way the author has

Question 5

The major differences between a guided reading lesson and a directed reading-thinking activity (DR-TA) is in

Accepted Answer

A)  the time spent in reading. 
B)  the type and length of selection read. 
C)  the person deciding on the reading purpose. 
D)  the balance of oral and silent reading. 
A)  the time spent in reading. 
B)  the type and length of selection read. 
C)  the person deciding on the reading purpose. 
D)  the balance of oral and silent reading.

Question 6

Consider the steps needed to conduct a guided reading lesson. Choose one step and discuss how you would adapt it for teaching English Language Learners (ELLs).

Accepted Answer

Guided reading is well-suited to working

Question 7

What is retelling? What are the levels of developmental retelling and what is the significance of each level?

Accepted Answer

Retelling, a simple technique often negl

Question 8

Which questions are best for helping students activate schema and read with a purpose in mind?

Accepted Answer

A)  questions asked before a selection is read 
B)  questions asked at key stopping points during the reading of a selection 
C)  questions asked after each page has been read 
D)  questions asked after a selection has been read 
A)  questions asked before a selection is read 
B)  questions asked at key stopping points during the reading of a selection 
C)  questions asked after each page has been read 
D)  questions asked after a selection has been read

Question 9

How is the directed reading-thinking activity (DR-TA) both alike and different from the guided reading lesson?

Accepted Answer

In the guided reading lesson, the teache

Question 10

Which technique is especially helpful for students who have little background to bring to a selection?

Accepted Answer

A)  responsive elaboration 
B)  KWL 
C)  DR-TA 
D)  guided reading lesson 
A)  responsive elaboration 
B)  KWL 
C)  DR-TA 
D)  guided reading lesson

Question 11

What is critical reading, and how should it be stressed when reading Internet material?

Accepted Answer

Critical reading demands cognitive and a

Question 12

What are the main skills involved in critical reading?

Accepted Answer

These critical reading skills are used f

Question 13

Which of the following techniques is best at getting students to use context and read for meaning on a sentence-by-sentence basis?

Accepted Answer

A)  directed reading-thinking activity (DR-T
A)  
B)  KWL 
C)  guided reading 
D)  cloze 
A)  directed reading-thinking activity (DR-T
A)  
B)  KWL 
C)  guided reading 
D)  cloze

Question 14

Responsive elaboration mainly attempts to

Accepted Answer

A)  expand on students? vocabularies. 
B)  improve students? recall skills. 
C)  redirect students? reasoning. 
D)  expand on students? organization skills. 
A)  expand on students? vocabularies. 
B)  improve students? recall skills. 
C)  redirect students? reasoning. 
D)  expand on students? organization skills.

Question 15

Most children first learn how to develop a schema for stories through

Accepted Answer

A)  listening to stories. 
B)  discussing the major elements of stories. 
C)  reading stories. 
D)  writing stories. 
A)  listening to stories. 
B)  discussing the major elements of stories. 
C)  reading stories. 
D)  writing stories.

Question 16

What are the six types of expository text structure and which is/are more likely to facilitate comprehension and retention? What are some ways to teach students about these structures?

Accepted Answer

The six types of expository text structu

Question 17

Which questioning procedure involves moving carefully from level to level to prompt for higher-level thinking processes?

Accepted Answer

A)  accountable talk 
B)  retelling 
C)  responsive elaboration 
D)  FELS 
A)  accountable talk 
B)  retelling 
C)  responsive elaboration 
D)  FELS

Question 18

What is guided reading? What are the steps in a guided reading lesson?

Accepted Answer

In guided reading, the teacher typically

Question 19

What are some effective questioning techniques?

Accepted Answer

Some techniques for asking questions inc

Question 20

What is cloze and what might be its role in building comprehension? What are some variations of this method?

Accepted Answer

The cloze procedure involves a selection

Which of the following signal words or phrases would most likely indicate a comparison-contrast text structure?

According to the text?s taxonomy of types of questions, which of the following levels requires making connections between the text and prior knowledge?

Which of the following questions would be best at developing a deeper conceptual understanding of the topic of rivers?

What is text structure and what role does it play in comprehension?

The major differences between a guided reading lesson and a directed reading-thinking activity (DR-TA) is in

Consider the steps needed to conduct a guided reading lesson. Choose one step and discuss how you would adapt it for teaching English Language Learners (ELLs).

What is retelling? What are the levels of developmental retelling and what is the significance of each level?

Which questions are best for helping students activate schema and read with a purpose in mind?

How is the directed reading-thinking activity (DR-TA) both alike and different from the guided reading lesson?

Which technique is especially helpful for students who have little background to bring to a selection?

What is critical reading, and how should it be stressed when reading Internet material?

What are the main skills involved in critical reading?

Which of the following techniques is best at getting students to use context and read for meaning on a sentence-by-sentence basis?

Responsive elaboration mainly attempts to

Most children first learn how to develop a schema for stories through

What are the six types of expository text structure and which is/are more likely to facilitate comprehension and retention? What are some ways to teach students about these structures?

Which questioning procedure involves moving carefully from level to level to prompt for higher-level thinking processes?

What is guided reading? What are the steps in a guided reading lesson?

What are some effective questioning techniques?

What is cloze and what might be its role in building comprehension? What are some variations of this method?

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Exam 8: Comprehension: Text Structures and Teaching Procedures

Which of the following signal words or phrases would most likely indicate a comparison-contrast text structure?

According to the text?s taxonomy of types of questions, which of the following levels requires making connections between the text and prior knowledge?

Which of the following questions would be best at developing a deeper conceptual understanding of the topic of rivers?

What is text structure and what role does it play in comprehension?

The major differences between a guided reading lesson and a directed reading-thinking activity (DR-TA) is in

Consider the steps needed to conduct a guided reading lesson. Choose one step and discuss how you would adapt it for teaching English Language Learners (ELLs).

What is retelling? What are the levels of developmental retelling and what is the significance of each level?

Which questions are best for helping students activate schema and read with a purpose in mind?

How is the directed reading-thinking activity (DR-TA) both alike and different from the guided reading lesson?

Which technique is especially helpful for students who have little background to bring to a selection?

What is critical reading, and how should it be stressed when reading Internet material?

What are the main skills involved in critical reading?

Which of the following techniques is best at getting students to use context and read for meaning on a sentence-by-sentence basis?

Responsive elaboration mainly attempts to

Most children first learn how to develop a schema for stories through

What are the six types of expository text structure and which is/are more likely to facilitate comprehension and retention? What are some ways to teach students about these structures?

Which questioning procedure involves moving carefully from level to level to prompt for higher-level thinking processes?

What is guided reading? What are the steps in a guided reading lesson?

What are some effective questioning techniques?

What is cloze and what might be its role in building comprehension? What are some variations of this method?

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: Theory and Strategies

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