EDUC 331 CH 9 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
In the Gillingham and Stillman approach to teaching spelling, echo speech refers to which of the
following descriptions? - Answers The teacher says the word and students repeat the word after the
teacher.
What is the cause of spelling difficulties for most students with learning and behavior disorders? -
Answers Phonological awareness problems
Which of the following choices is NOT a strategy for improving the writing of older students? -
Answers Instruct students to avoid writing complex sentences.
The following children reverse one or more letters when they write. Which child or children most
likely have dyslexia? - Answers 7-year-old Carlos
The self-questioning strategy for teaching spelling involves which of the following? - Answers Self-
questioning about the number of syllables in the word
Whereas revision of writing focuses mainly on content, editing focuses on: - Answers Mechanics.
When trying to determine whether there is a pattern to a student's spelling errors, all of the following
questions should be asked EXCEPT: - Answers Is the student purposely misspelling words?
Mrs. Gupta teaches a student who has illegible handwriting. The letters are jumbled and there is
inconsistent spacing between the letters. Some letters slant to the right while others slant to the left.
Mrs. Gupta suspects that the student might have: - Answers Dysgraphia.
Which of the following approaches to spelling is recommended for students with learning disabilities?
- Answers Error imitation and modeling
Ms. Kirchner provides lessons in specific writing skills for 15-20 minutes each day to her third-grade
class. Which of these topics would be appropriate to include in her focused writing skill lesson? -
Answers Using quotation marks
Graphic organizers can be used in the writing process in all of the following ways EXCEPT: - Answers
As replacements for rough drafts.
Which of the following groups of letters account for 48 percent of the errors made by students when
forming letters? - Answers q, j, z, u, n, and k
The following are all instructional strategies used to teach spelling EXCEPT: - Answers Graphic
organizers.
Students with learning and behavior problems often begin a writing task with the composing part of
the process. What should precede this step? - Answers Planning
Curriculum-based measures of writing (CBM-W) have been developed by researchers to provide
consistent ways to measure students' writing skills. Which of the following approaches is used with
CBM-W? - Answers Students receive a writing prompt such as a story starter.
Spelling is particularly difficult in English because: - Answers There is not a one-to-one
correspondence between individual sounds of spoken words and the letters of written words.
All of the following are critical points about teaching conventions of writing EXCEPT: - Answers
Writing conventions should be less emphasized for students with learning disabilities because they
have negative associations with writing.
Ms. Richmond is teaching her students to give appropriate feedback to their peers when they engage
in peer review of their narrative writing. Which response should be AVOIDED? - Answers I don't like
the topic of your story.
Fun and simple activities that families could do to help promote their children's writing might include
all of the following EXCEPT: - Answers Have them write a report of what they did that day.
The strategy of "box and explode" is used to assist students with which component of the writing
process? - Answers Revising
All of the following choices are ways for RTI to be used for students with writing difficulties EXCEPT: -
Answers Replace writing with computer usage.
Mrs. Koenig is teaching her fifth-grade class to spell "democracy." First, she shows the class the word.
Then she shows the class the word with the vowels missing "d_m_cr_c_" and students write the
word, supplying the missing vowels. Then she shows the class the word with the consonants missing
"_e_ o _ _ a _y." The students write the word again and try to fill in the blanks. Then students write
the word without a model. She is using which method of spelling instruction? - Answers Cloze spelling
approach
Which of the following factors would NOT influence the writing of an English language learner (ELL)? -
Answers Proficiency in their native language
In the Gillingham and Stillman approach to teaching spelling, echo speech refers to which of the
following descriptions? - Answers The teacher says the word and students repeat the word after the
teacher.
What is the cause of spelling difficulties for most students with learning and behavior disorders? -
Answers Phonological awareness problems
Which of the following choices is NOT a strategy for improving the writing of older students? -
Answers Instruct students to avoid writing complex sentences.
The following children reverse one or more letters when they write. Which child or children most
likely have dyslexia? - Answers 7-year-old Carlos
The self-questioning strategy for teaching spelling involves which of the following? - Answers Self-
questioning about the number of syllables in the word
Whereas revision of writing focuses mainly on content, editing focuses on: - Answers Mechanics.
When trying to determine whether there is a pattern to a student's spelling errors, all of the following
questions should be asked EXCEPT: - Answers Is the student purposely misspelling words?
Mrs. Gupta teaches a student who has illegible handwriting. The letters are jumbled and there is
inconsistent spacing between the letters. Some letters slant to the right while others slant to the left.
Mrs. Gupta suspects that the student might have: - Answers Dysgraphia.
Which of the following approaches to spelling is recommended for students with learning disabilities?
- Answers Error imitation and modeling
Ms. Kirchner provides lessons in specific writing skills for 15-20 minutes each day to her third-grade
class. Which of these topics would be appropriate to include in her focused writing skill lesson? -
Answers Using quotation marks
Graphic organizers can be used in the writing process in all of the following ways EXCEPT: - Answers
As replacements for rough drafts.
Which of the following groups of letters account for 48 percent of the errors made by students when
forming letters? - Answers q, j, z, u, n, and k
The following are all instructional strategies used to teach spelling EXCEPT: - Answers Graphic
organizers.
Students with learning and behavior problems often begin a writing task with the composing part of
the process. What should precede this step? - Answers Planning
Curriculum-based measures of writing (CBM-W) have been developed by researchers to provide
consistent ways to measure students' writing skills. Which of the following approaches is used with
CBM-W? - Answers Students receive a writing prompt such as a story starter.
Spelling is particularly difficult in English because: - Answers There is not a one-to-one
correspondence between individual sounds of spoken words and the letters of written words.
All of the following are critical points about teaching conventions of writing EXCEPT: - Answers
Writing conventions should be less emphasized for students with learning disabilities because they
have negative associations with writing.
Ms. Richmond is teaching her students to give appropriate feedback to their peers when they engage
in peer review of their narrative writing. Which response should be AVOIDED? - Answers I don't like
the topic of your story.
Fun and simple activities that families could do to help promote their children's writing might include
all of the following EXCEPT: - Answers Have them write a report of what they did that day.
The strategy of "box and explode" is used to assist students with which component of the writing
process? - Answers Revising
All of the following choices are ways for RTI to be used for students with writing difficulties EXCEPT: -
Answers Replace writing with computer usage.
Mrs. Koenig is teaching her fifth-grade class to spell "democracy." First, she shows the class the word.
Then she shows the class the word with the vowels missing "d_m_cr_c_" and students write the
word, supplying the missing vowels. Then she shows the class the word with the consonants missing
"_e_ o _ _ a _y." The students write the word again and try to fill in the blanks. Then students write
the word without a model. She is using which method of spelling instruction? - Answers Cloze spelling
approach
Which of the following factors would NOT influence the writing of an English language learner (ELL)? -
Answers Proficiency in their native language
