Deck 7: Reading: Comprehension

Question 1

Which of the following is not a method of reporting results of formal assessments?

A) Percentiles
B) Grade and age equivalents
C) Standard scores
D) Anecdotal reports

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which educational theory holds that new information is learned and understood when integrated with prior knowledge?

A) Whole language instruction
B) Story frames
C) Semantic mapping
D) Peer mediated strategies

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The most significant problem faced by adolescent learners is ability to:

A) identify the three phases of reading.
B) differentiate between the types of text structures.
C) read effectively.
D) be assessed by formal measures.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is not an informal technique used to assess reading comprehension?

A) Cloze passages
B) Informal reading inventories
C) Direct instruction
D) Direct observation

Question 5

Which activity is useful for encouraging students to make predictions about what they are going to read before they begin to read the text?

A) Self-questioning
B) Reciprocal teaching
C) DRTA
D) Peer-mediated strategies

Question 6

Word knowledge means that:

A) students understand the meaning of words and word variations such as figurative language.
B) students know what words are.
C) students are able to make sense out of passages of varying length and to use this information in a variety of words.
D) students are able to spell phonetically with no teacher assistance.

Question 7

Why are graphic-aid strategies useful in teaching comprehension?

A) They require students to read less and write more.
B) Students can organize their thoughts and make notes about the text.
C) They are the most effective whole-class comprehension approach.
D) Students learn specific strategies that foster comprehension without any teacher input rather than simply asking questions about what they have read.

Question 8

The majority of reading done in adulthood has been found to be:

A) creative.
B) expository.
C) narrative.
D) a much higher rate than ever predicted.

Question 9

Which of the following levels of comprehension refers to refining what was read to a level where the student produces new insights and thoughts that spin off the content read?

A) Literal
B) Inferential
C) Creative
D) Critical

Question 10

What is one reason why teachers would have to motivate struggling adolescent readers while teaching reading skills?

A) Adolescent readers' lessons are systematic, structured, and provide for repetition and therefore need more motivation to build interest.
B) Adolescent readers have experienced considerable frustration and failures in the past.
C) Adolescent readers need more incentives than younger students.
D) Adolescent readers need a sequential developmental pattern of skill building.

Question 11

The ability to comprehend text involves two facets of understanding, word knowledge and:

A) vocabulary.
B) grammar.
C) morphology.
D) text comprehension.

Question 12

Reciprocal teaching is characterized by:

A) self-questioning strategies.
B) reading the text aloud with the teacher and then summarizing it.
C) visual formats to assist students in organizing information.
D) students taking turns to lead small group discussions about the text.

Question 13

What is a benefit of basal reading programs to students?

A) They provide students with a consistent exposure to a basic vocabulary.
B) They are cheap and last a long time.
C) They allow for creativity.
D) They are the only types of books suitable for whole class reading and comprehension instruction.

Question 14

Which strategy is an important part of vocabulary development?

A) Provision of both a social and literature-based vocabulary.
B) Inclusion of instruction that is organized around themes or topics.
C) Use of repeated reading.
D) Utilization of authentic text which can include current interests for diverse populations.

Question 15

All the following are reasons why students may have reading difficulties except:

A) unfamiliarity with text structures.
B) ability to develop strategies to monitor reading.
C) limited working memory.
D) problems in decoding.

Question 16

When should most comprehension instruction take place?

A) Before reading
B) During reading
C) After reading
D) Before and after reading

Question 17

Students with reading difficulties may need which of the following to acquire and maintain new vocabulary?

A) Be given a new set of words each week throughout the school year to memorize independently.
B) Be required to memorize difficult new words just like their peers.
C) Spend more time splitting words into syllables and less time reading.
D) Be given direct instruction of new words each week along with opportunities to use the previous words in context.

Question 18

Which method of instruction encourages students to verbalize their thoughts and experiences, which are written down by the teacher or student and can be read?

A) Direct Instruction
B) Repeated Readings
C) LEA
D) Whole language approach

Question 19

Which form of text structure relates to material that is factual?

A) Expository text
B) Narrative text
C) Script implicit text
D) Text explicit structure

Question 20

Which of the following typically does not occur in the "during reading" phase of the reading process?

A) Monitoring comprehension
B) Questions generated about what is being read
C) Main idea and key points identified
D) Inferences regarding topics presented

Question 21

Which is not an evidence-based text comprehension strategy?

A) Story structure
B) Generative approach
C) Graphic organizers
D) Cooperative learning

Question 22

Differentiate between teacher-directed and student-directed comprehension strategies for teaching comprehension skills to struggling readers.

Question 23

Struggling older readers may experience all of the following, except:

A) years of repeated and chronic academic failure.
B) a "performance gap" between them and their peers that widens more every year.
C) only a few specific learning difficulties, such as poor fluency and decoding skills.
D) an expectation for failure that may lead to dropping out of school.

Question 24

Explain three informal measures which may be used to test reading comprehension.

Question 25

This strategy involves questioning, including both student-generated questions and peer mediation, to activate comprehension.

A) Summarization
B) Reciprocal teaching
C) Semantic mapping
D) Story structure

Question 26

"One of the most useful questioning techniques to teach comprehension of content or expository material is the directed reading/thinking activity (DRTA)." Discuss.

Question 27

Which approach is mostly used in elementary and middle schools, and is used to promote vocabulary development?

A) Reciprocal teaching
B) Basal readers
C) Literature-based program
D) Language experience approach

Question 28

Why is vocabulary instruction important in reading?

Question 29

Which of these strategies help students retain, maintain and generalize vocabulary which they may have otherwise forgotten?

A) Generative approach
B) Mnemonic instruction
C) Basal reading programs
D) LEA

Question 30

Explain two types of peer-mediated strategies that teachers may use to help students develop comprehension skills.