SAL final exam
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
_______ in adolescents predicts academic success better than IQ - CORRECT
ANSWER executive functioning
- EF skills are teachable- the brain undergoes a lot of change in adolescence
_______ lend themselves to advanced syntax - CORRECT ANSWER persuasive
essays
4 basic goals of transition planning - CORRECT ANSWER - safe place to live
- participate in meaningful activities
- maintain reliable source of income
- develop and maintain relationships
4 key strategies for vocabulary development - CORRECT ANSWER - using context
clues
- use morphological analysis (ex. prefixes and suffixes)
- awareness of polysemy (multiple meaning words) (best done in context)
- developing word consciousness (understanding the effect of a word in a sentence and the
importance in choosing the right one)
address ________ and _______ together because they develop in tandem - CORRECT
ANSWER literate vocabulary, syntax
this is called lexicon-syntax interface
, basic structure of the persuasive essay - CORRECT ANSWER - clear opening
statement
- development of the argument (3 or more reasons with data)
- attempt to influence the audience's opinion
best ways to develop metacognition - CORRECT ANSWER - editing writing
- learn to ask "does this convey what i intended? will others get it?"
big picture - CORRECT ANSWER we are not teaching content, but modeling, thinking
aloud, and facilitating practice - every lesson should have a meta purpose
collaborative strategic reading - CORRECT ANSWER - uses cooperative learning
groups and focuses on comprehension monitoring
- provide explicit instruction in 4 strategies
-- preview
-- click and clunk (comprehend vs. not comprehend)
-- get the gist (restate important ideas)
-- wrap-up (summarize and ask questions, help students understand the levels of questions
and how to generate them)
comprehension teaching strategies - CORRECT ANSWER - establish a purpose
- activate prior knowledge
- make predictions
- ask questions
- visualize
EBP strategies for improving expository comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER -
comprehension monitoring (knowing when you start to "get lost")
- cooperative learning (talking to each other)
- graphic organizers
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
_______ in adolescents predicts academic success better than IQ - CORRECT
ANSWER executive functioning
- EF skills are teachable- the brain undergoes a lot of change in adolescence
_______ lend themselves to advanced syntax - CORRECT ANSWER persuasive
essays
4 basic goals of transition planning - CORRECT ANSWER - safe place to live
- participate in meaningful activities
- maintain reliable source of income
- develop and maintain relationships
4 key strategies for vocabulary development - CORRECT ANSWER - using context
clues
- use morphological analysis (ex. prefixes and suffixes)
- awareness of polysemy (multiple meaning words) (best done in context)
- developing word consciousness (understanding the effect of a word in a sentence and the
importance in choosing the right one)
address ________ and _______ together because they develop in tandem - CORRECT
ANSWER literate vocabulary, syntax
this is called lexicon-syntax interface
, basic structure of the persuasive essay - CORRECT ANSWER - clear opening
statement
- development of the argument (3 or more reasons with data)
- attempt to influence the audience's opinion
best ways to develop metacognition - CORRECT ANSWER - editing writing
- learn to ask "does this convey what i intended? will others get it?"
big picture - CORRECT ANSWER we are not teaching content, but modeling, thinking
aloud, and facilitating practice - every lesson should have a meta purpose
collaborative strategic reading - CORRECT ANSWER - uses cooperative learning
groups and focuses on comprehension monitoring
- provide explicit instruction in 4 strategies
-- preview
-- click and clunk (comprehend vs. not comprehend)
-- get the gist (restate important ideas)
-- wrap-up (summarize and ask questions, help students understand the levels of questions
and how to generate them)
comprehension teaching strategies - CORRECT ANSWER - establish a purpose
- activate prior knowledge
- make predictions
- ask questions
- visualize
EBP strategies for improving expository comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER -
comprehension monitoring (knowing when you start to "get lost")
- cooperative learning (talking to each other)
- graphic organizers
