texes STR- Reading Pedagogy Exam Questions and Answers

texes STR- Reading Pedagogy Exam Questions and Answers Deficit-Based Approach - Ans:-A traditional educational approach, which focuses on strengthening a student's weak areas Reading Comprehension - Ans:-The ability to read a text and understand its meaning Reading Intervention - Ans:-A strategy applied to assist a struggling reader Independent Reading - Ans:-Reading done by students independent of the teacher. This reading can be either assigned or student selected. Typically silent Retell - Ans:-A comprehension strategy in which students retell or tell differently what they have read or listened to Interest Survey - Ans:-Questions that ask students the types of books they enjoy reading Alphabetic Principle - Ans:-The understanding that there is a logical/systematic relationship between the sounds of spoken English and the letters and letter-patterns of written English ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/12 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Ans:-A label applied to individuals who have great difficulty concentrating on what they are doing AND are extremely active, impulsive, distractible, and excitable Alphabetic Knowledge - Ans:-The ability to recognize, name, and write letters Genre - Ans:-Various forms of text including short stories, essays, folktales, fairy tales, poetry, historical fiction, biographies and autobiographies, memoirs, comedies and tragedies Phonological Awareness - Ans:-The understanding and ability to hear individual words, syllables, and sounds in spoken language apart from print Prosody - Ans:-The reader's ability to convey expression, including using correct emphasis, punctuation, and tone, while reading aloud Guided Reading - Ans:-Reading done by students with teacher support. This reading will be done within the framework of a lesson and often in a small group setting with the teacher Reading Fluency - Ans:-The ability to read with appropriate speed, accuracy, and prosody Dysgraphia - Ans:-Language-based disorder, in which one struggles with the mechanics of writing resulting in impaired or illegible handwriting Speed (when reading) - Ans:-The pace at which the reader reads the text ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/12 Intrinsically Motivated - Ans:-Students draw their motivation from the learning process itself Syllable Awareness/Syllabication/Syllable Segmentation - Ans:-The ability to hear individual parts/syllables of words Response to Intervention (RtI) - Ans:-A process to monitor and measure student progress in the general education curriculum after instructional intervention is provided Accuracy (when reading) - Ans:-The reader's ability to correctly pronounce words Instructional Interventions - Ans:-Additional focus on a specific skill in an effort to improve it Flexible Grouping - Ans:-Grouping students based on