EDUC 331 CH 8 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
What level of text should be used for repeated reading? - Answers At the student's independent to
instructional reading level
Reading skill is essential in all academic areas. Much of students' early instruction focuses on reading.
What is the essence of reading and the ultimate goal of reading instruction? - Answers
Comprehension
Neil reads rapidly and without pause. When he comes to the end of the sentence, he often does not
use appropriate intonation to signify punctuation. After he finishes reading, he is unable to answer
comprehension questions about what he has just read. What interferes most with Neil's
comprehension? - Answers Neil has poor comprehension monitoring skills.
Which of the following categories of comprehension refers to information that is not stated in the
text and requires readers to activate and use their background knowledge to obtain the information?
- Answers Scripturally implicit
Allie is a second grader who read 60 words during a one-minute sample and made 7 errors. What is
her WCPM for this assessment? - Answers 53
Within the Common Core State Standards pertaining to fluency and comprehension, four strands
weave throughout the grades. Which of the following choices is NOT one of the strands? - Answers
Self-monitoring ability
According to the Common Core State Standards, by fourth grade, what percentage of student reading
should be expository or informational text? - Answers 50%
Which of the following fluency measures provides leveled reading passages for assessing fluency on
the individual basis for kindergarten through sixth grade? - Answers DIBELS
Which of the following aspects of reading is the MOST difficult aspect to assess? - Answers Reading
comprehension
Which of the following choices refers to the quick, effortless, and accurate reading of words? -
Answers Automaticity
Which of the following choices refers to both the amount and type of reading in which children are
engaged? - Answers Wide reading
The strategies "Previewing," "Click and Clunk," "Getting the Gist," and "Wrap-Up" are all associated
with: - Answers Collaborative strategic reading.
Which of the following choices correctly lists the components of reading fluency? - Answers Rate of
reading, accuracy of word reading, and prosod
When teachers use the repeated reading strategy to help struggling students improve their fluency,
how long should fluency practice sessions generally be? - Answers 10-15 minutes
When information can be derived directly from the text, it is referred to as: - Answers Textually
explicit.
Ms. Schultz reads the first page of a story to her kindergarten class: "Henry put on his mittens, scarf,
and wool sweater. He would have to wear his boots today." She then asks hers class, "What do you
think the weather is like in this story?" To answer this question, the children need to do all of the
following EXCEPT: - Answers Use explicit information.
Text that is designed to explain phenomena or provide information is called: - Answers Expository
text.
The purpose of a directed reading-thinking activity (DR-TA) is to provide readers with the ability to do
all of the following things EXCEPT: - Answers Improve fluency through independent reading.
After reading Where the Wild Things Are, Mrs. Lillman asked her students to think about the story and
decide what they thought the boy would dream about next. What type of information will the
students need to answer this question? - Answers Textually implicit
Ms. Abram wants to assess the comprehension of her fifth graders as they read informational text for
science class. Which of the following approaches is most appropriate? - Answers Asking students to
answer questions about the content
Lupe is an eighth grader who has just moved to Boston from Nicaragua. Her class is learning about the
13 colonies. Lupe is a good reader in Spanish and knows English well enough to converse with her
friends, but she struggles to comprehend the concepts in the social studies text. She is more
comfortable reading the science text because the topics were covered in her science class the year
before. The main reason for Lupe's difficulty with the social studies text is most likely: - Answers Her
background knowledge.
What level of text should be used for repeated reading? - Answers At the student's independent to
instructional reading level
Reading skill is essential in all academic areas. Much of students' early instruction focuses on reading.
What is the essence of reading and the ultimate goal of reading instruction? - Answers
Comprehension
Neil reads rapidly and without pause. When he comes to the end of the sentence, he often does not
use appropriate intonation to signify punctuation. After he finishes reading, he is unable to answer
comprehension questions about what he has just read. What interferes most with Neil's
comprehension? - Answers Neil has poor comprehension monitoring skills.
Which of the following categories of comprehension refers to information that is not stated in the
text and requires readers to activate and use their background knowledge to obtain the information?
- Answers Scripturally implicit
Allie is a second grader who read 60 words during a one-minute sample and made 7 errors. What is
her WCPM for this assessment? - Answers 53
Within the Common Core State Standards pertaining to fluency and comprehension, four strands
weave throughout the grades. Which of the following choices is NOT one of the strands? - Answers
Self-monitoring ability
According to the Common Core State Standards, by fourth grade, what percentage of student reading
should be expository or informational text? - Answers 50%
Which of the following fluency measures provides leveled reading passages for assessing fluency on
the individual basis for kindergarten through sixth grade? - Answers DIBELS
Which of the following aspects of reading is the MOST difficult aspect to assess? - Answers Reading
comprehension
Which of the following choices refers to the quick, effortless, and accurate reading of words? -
Answers Automaticity
Which of the following choices refers to both the amount and type of reading in which children are
engaged? - Answers Wide reading
The strategies "Previewing," "Click and Clunk," "Getting the Gist," and "Wrap-Up" are all associated
with: - Answers Collaborative strategic reading.
Which of the following choices correctly lists the components of reading fluency? - Answers Rate of
reading, accuracy of word reading, and prosod
When teachers use the repeated reading strategy to help struggling students improve their fluency,
how long should fluency practice sessions generally be? - Answers 10-15 minutes
When information can be derived directly from the text, it is referred to as: - Answers Textually
explicit.
Ms. Schultz reads the first page of a story to her kindergarten class: "Henry put on his mittens, scarf,
and wool sweater. He would have to wear his boots today." She then asks hers class, "What do you
think the weather is like in this story?" To answer this question, the children need to do all of the
following EXCEPT: - Answers Use explicit information.
Text that is designed to explain phenomena or provide information is called: - Answers Expository
text.
The purpose of a directed reading-thinking activity (DR-TA) is to provide readers with the ability to do
all of the following things EXCEPT: - Answers Improve fluency through independent reading.
After reading Where the Wild Things Are, Mrs. Lillman asked her students to think about the story and
decide what they thought the boy would dream about next. What type of information will the
students need to answer this question? - Answers Textually implicit
Ms. Abram wants to assess the comprehension of her fifth graders as they read informational text for
science class. Which of the following approaches is most appropriate? - Answers Asking students to
answer questions about the content
Lupe is an eighth grader who has just moved to Boston from Nicaragua. Her class is learning about the
13 colonies. Lupe is a good reader in Spanish and knows English well enough to converse with her
friends, but she struggles to comprehend the concepts in the social studies text. She is more
comfortable reading the science text because the topics were covered in her science class the year
before. The main reason for Lupe's difficulty with the social studies text is most likely: - Answers Her
background knowledge.
