ALTA - CALP Review Set #4
questions and answers
prefix - answer an affix attached to the beginning of a
word that changes the meaning of that word
systematic and culumative instruction - answer MSLE
instruction requires that organization on material the
logical order of the language; sequence must begin with
the easiest and progress to more difficult material; each
step must be based on prior knowledge
top-down reading approach - answer proceeds from
whole to part; suggests that processing of a text begins in
the mind of the readers; meaning is brought to print not
derived from print; Frank Smith and Goodman
analytic - answer present the whole and teaches how this
can be broken down into component parts
bottom up reading approaches - answer proceeds from
the part to the whole; reading is driven by the text;
, emphasizes the written or printed text (Flesch, Gough,
LaBerge and Samuels)
Components of reading instruction - answer phonemic
awareness; phonics; vocabulary development; reading
fluency including oral reading skills, reading
comprehension strategies
diagnostic teaching - answer individualized teaching
based on continual assessment of the student's needs;
content should be mastered to a level of automaticity
direct instruction - answer inferential learning of a
concept cannot be taken for granted
language experience - answer whole language; expects
child to learn reading as naturally as speech, uses child's
oral language as content for reading, uses child's oral
language as basis for spelling instruction; learn to read by
reading and re-reading big books, teacher gradually
withdraws prompts so child appears to be reading that
book
linguistic method - answer supported only by qualitative
research instead of quantitative research; teaches whole
words in word families; students not explicitly taught that
questions and answers
prefix - answer an affix attached to the beginning of a
word that changes the meaning of that word
systematic and culumative instruction - answer MSLE
instruction requires that organization on material the
logical order of the language; sequence must begin with
the easiest and progress to more difficult material; each
step must be based on prior knowledge
top-down reading approach - answer proceeds from
whole to part; suggests that processing of a text begins in
the mind of the readers; meaning is brought to print not
derived from print; Frank Smith and Goodman
analytic - answer present the whole and teaches how this
can be broken down into component parts
bottom up reading approaches - answer proceeds from
the part to the whole; reading is driven by the text;
, emphasizes the written or printed text (Flesch, Gough,
LaBerge and Samuels)
Components of reading instruction - answer phonemic
awareness; phonics; vocabulary development; reading
fluency including oral reading skills, reading
comprehension strategies
diagnostic teaching - answer individualized teaching
based on continual assessment of the student's needs;
content should be mastered to a level of automaticity
direct instruction - answer inferential learning of a
concept cannot be taken for granted
language experience - answer whole language; expects
child to learn reading as naturally as speech, uses child's
oral language as content for reading, uses child's oral
language as basis for spelling instruction; learn to read by
reading and re-reading big books, teacher gradually
withdraws prompts so child appears to be reading that
book
linguistic method - answer supported only by qualitative
research instead of quantitative research; teaches whole
words in word families; students not explicitly taught that
