B - ANSWER The theory of automatic information processing relates the
human mind to?
a. a literary work
b. a computer
c. a calculator
d. music
C - ANSWER In reading fluency, which component of reading suffers if a
student struggles with decoding?
a. blending
b. phonics
c. comprehension
d. vocabulary
D - ANSWER Correct text phrasing can be referred to as
a. reading rate.
b. juncture.
c. comprehension.
d. chunking
B - ANSWER Reading fluency guarantees reading comprehension.
a. True
b. False
A - ANSWER The one-minute reading test is used to assess which component
of fluency?
a. accuracy and reading rate
b. expression
c. phrasing
d. comprehension
,D - ANSWER Which assessment can offer extensive and reliable information
about reading volume and expression?
a. one-minute reading test
b. self-assessment
c. DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency test
d. Multidimensional Fluency Scale
A - ANSWER What is the correct definition of explicit instruction?
a. direct, unambiguous teaching
b. indirect, ambiguous teaching
c. modeling
d. effortless instruction
B - ANSWER How should the time spent on fluency instruction be divided
between explicit instruction and reading practice?
a. 20/80
b. 30/70
c. 40/60
d. 50/50
C - ANSWER Which evidence-based teaching strategy presented in the
chapter involves students using a reading genre wheel to self-select an
independent-level book of interest?
a. fluency time focus
b. repeated reading
c. Scaffolded Silent Reading
d. choral readings
B - ANSWER If you are involving your students in reading different text types
across a range of genres, you are engaging them in
a. Fluency-Oriented Reading Instruction.
b. wide oral reading.
c. choral reading.
d. Scaffolded Silent Reading
B - ANSWER Which is the recommended sequence for daily fluency
instruction?
a. 2-3 minutes of guided practice followed by 12-15 minutes of reading practice
, b. 5-9 minutes of explicit instruction followed by 15-20 minutes of reading
practice
c. 7-9 minutes of modeling followed by 2-4 minutes of demonstration
d. 3-6 minutes of silent reading practice followed by 5-10 minutes of oral
reading instruction
C - ANSWER Two groups taking turns reading passages aloud refers to which
type of choral reading?
a. unison reading
b. echo reading
c. antiphonal reading
d. reading in rounds
D - ANSWER Fluency problems can be attributed to slow and inaccurate word
reading or
a. difficulty with phonics.
b. inaccurate phrasing.
c. letter recognition.
d. unfamiliar vocabulary
C - ANSWER The neurological impress method involves
______________reading the same text aloud simultaneously.
a. three students with similar reading abilities
b. two students with differing reading interests
c. two students, a struggling student with a more fluent reader,
d. three students with similar cognitive abilities
A - ANSWER Which method of performance reading should not be used in
the classroom?
a. round-robin reading
b. readers' theatre
c. radio reading
d. choral reading
A - ANSWER Which motivational strategy has children read scripts from
familiar texts to build fluency?
a. readers' theatre
b. reading buddies
human mind to?
a. a literary work
b. a computer
c. a calculator
d. music
C - ANSWER In reading fluency, which component of reading suffers if a
student struggles with decoding?
a. blending
b. phonics
c. comprehension
d. vocabulary
D - ANSWER Correct text phrasing can be referred to as
a. reading rate.
b. juncture.
c. comprehension.
d. chunking
B - ANSWER Reading fluency guarantees reading comprehension.
a. True
b. False
A - ANSWER The one-minute reading test is used to assess which component
of fluency?
a. accuracy and reading rate
b. expression
c. phrasing
d. comprehension
,D - ANSWER Which assessment can offer extensive and reliable information
about reading volume and expression?
a. one-minute reading test
b. self-assessment
c. DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency test
d. Multidimensional Fluency Scale
A - ANSWER What is the correct definition of explicit instruction?
a. direct, unambiguous teaching
b. indirect, ambiguous teaching
c. modeling
d. effortless instruction
B - ANSWER How should the time spent on fluency instruction be divided
between explicit instruction and reading practice?
a. 20/80
b. 30/70
c. 40/60
d. 50/50
C - ANSWER Which evidence-based teaching strategy presented in the
chapter involves students using a reading genre wheel to self-select an
independent-level book of interest?
a. fluency time focus
b. repeated reading
c. Scaffolded Silent Reading
d. choral readings
B - ANSWER If you are involving your students in reading different text types
across a range of genres, you are engaging them in
a. Fluency-Oriented Reading Instruction.
b. wide oral reading.
c. choral reading.
d. Scaffolded Silent Reading
B - ANSWER Which is the recommended sequence for daily fluency
instruction?
a. 2-3 minutes of guided practice followed by 12-15 minutes of reading practice
, b. 5-9 minutes of explicit instruction followed by 15-20 minutes of reading
practice
c. 7-9 minutes of modeling followed by 2-4 minutes of demonstration
d. 3-6 minutes of silent reading practice followed by 5-10 minutes of oral
reading instruction
C - ANSWER Two groups taking turns reading passages aloud refers to which
type of choral reading?
a. unison reading
b. echo reading
c. antiphonal reading
d. reading in rounds
D - ANSWER Fluency problems can be attributed to slow and inaccurate word
reading or
a. difficulty with phonics.
b. inaccurate phrasing.
c. letter recognition.
d. unfamiliar vocabulary
C - ANSWER The neurological impress method involves
______________reading the same text aloud simultaneously.
a. three students with similar reading abilities
b. two students with differing reading interests
c. two students, a struggling student with a more fluent reader,
d. three students with similar cognitive abilities
A - ANSWER Which method of performance reading should not be used in
the classroom?
a. round-robin reading
b. readers' theatre
c. radio reading
d. choral reading
A - ANSWER Which motivational strategy has children read scripts from
familiar texts to build fluency?
a. readers' theatre
b. reading buddies