NEWEST ALTA CALT FINAL EXAM COMPLETE 200
QUESTIONS WITH BEST SOLUTIONS 2025
How do periodic tune-ups in manuscript and/or cursive, in which students
practice writing the alphabet from memory, benefit students? - ANSWER-
Without periodic practice, handwriting becomes less legible and/or more
efforful
What are reasons teaching handwriting has value? - ANSWER-Other
people can more easily read what a student has written. It helps in letter
recognition that relates to reading. Teacher judge performance more
positively.
What are the lessons to be learned from research for handwriting? -
ANSWER-Handwriting enhances letter recognition and leads to improved
word reading. Cursive writing link letters into word spelling units.
Handwriting as a tool in written language enhances learning.
Which of the following statements is true about assessment of executive
function? - ANSWER-Testing may identify difficulties in paying attention,
being persistent, and remembering. Testing may identify difficulties with
organization, impulse control, and frustration. Testing may identify some
reasons for academic underachievement.
What is difficulty with executive function? - ANSWER-A possible cognitive
difference that distinguishes good readers from poor readers.
Why is instructional intensity important for learners with executive function
difficulties? - ANSWER-Repeated, consistent, and intensive practice allows
learners to learn strategies to retain information and inhibit forgetting.
,Partially blocked sounds do which of the following? - ANSWER-Release the
tongue, teeth or lips during production
A student misreads splint as split. What does a teacher do to build the
student's accuracy? - ANSWER-Ask the student to name the letters in the
word.
Which set of words contains two types of syllables? - ANSWER-Shirt,
sheet, short, shout
A student struggles to read the word helpfulness. What should the teacher
ask to build the student's accuracy? - ANSWER-Are there any prefixes or
suffixes?
Which set of words contains all irregular words? - ANSWER-Heart, their,
once, been
How many phonemes are in the word extinct? - ANSWER-Eight
Which spelling error would receive a 3 using the spelling rubric? -
ANSWER-Tardee for tardy
A student spells the word typhoon as tifoon. To promote spelling accuracy,
the teacher does what? - ANSWER-Reminds the student that the word is of
Greek origin
How many words in this sentence follow the most frequent and reliable
spelling patters for a sound with more than one spelling? Such clever kids
kept the kite in the sky. - ANSWER-Five
, How many spelling rules are represented in this sentence? The silly woman
was hitting the flies with a hammer. - ANSWER-Four
Which of the following are part of a multimodal approach to handwriting? -
ANSWER-Visual input from seeing the letter form and Auditory input from
hearing letter names and sounds are part of a multimodal approach to
handwriting.
Which of the following aspects of reading fluency has grown in emphasis
since 2000? - ANSWER-Accuracy and Rate
Which of the following is NOT accurate when considering fluency? -
ANSWER-Reading fluency involves more than acceleration. Word-by-word
reading strains working memory, improved reading fluency supports
improved reading comprehension, and reading fluency starts early and
develops over many years.
Critics have been increasingly vocal in opposition to particular fluency-
building practices, resulting in school's discontinuing those practices. The
criticism focuses on which of the followin? - ANSWER-Repeated reading
A 2016 passionate published response to the aforementioned criticism
offers well-developed "solutions," highlighting a plan called The Fluency
Development Lesson (FDL). Who authorized this plan, and what does it
focus on? - ANSWER-Rasinski and Nageldinger, who focused on
performance-oriented re-reading
How does increased reading fluency in developing readers support verbal
working memory? - ANSWER-By helping students articulate more rapidly
QUESTIONS WITH BEST SOLUTIONS 2025
How do periodic tune-ups in manuscript and/or cursive, in which students
practice writing the alphabet from memory, benefit students? - ANSWER-
Without periodic practice, handwriting becomes less legible and/or more
efforful
What are reasons teaching handwriting has value? - ANSWER-Other
people can more easily read what a student has written. It helps in letter
recognition that relates to reading. Teacher judge performance more
positively.
What are the lessons to be learned from research for handwriting? -
ANSWER-Handwriting enhances letter recognition and leads to improved
word reading. Cursive writing link letters into word spelling units.
Handwriting as a tool in written language enhances learning.
Which of the following statements is true about assessment of executive
function? - ANSWER-Testing may identify difficulties in paying attention,
being persistent, and remembering. Testing may identify difficulties with
organization, impulse control, and frustration. Testing may identify some
reasons for academic underachievement.
What is difficulty with executive function? - ANSWER-A possible cognitive
difference that distinguishes good readers from poor readers.
Why is instructional intensity important for learners with executive function
difficulties? - ANSWER-Repeated, consistent, and intensive practice allows
learners to learn strategies to retain information and inhibit forgetting.
,Partially blocked sounds do which of the following? - ANSWER-Release the
tongue, teeth or lips during production
A student misreads splint as split. What does a teacher do to build the
student's accuracy? - ANSWER-Ask the student to name the letters in the
word.
Which set of words contains two types of syllables? - ANSWER-Shirt,
sheet, short, shout
A student struggles to read the word helpfulness. What should the teacher
ask to build the student's accuracy? - ANSWER-Are there any prefixes or
suffixes?
Which set of words contains all irregular words? - ANSWER-Heart, their,
once, been
How many phonemes are in the word extinct? - ANSWER-Eight
Which spelling error would receive a 3 using the spelling rubric? -
ANSWER-Tardee for tardy
A student spells the word typhoon as tifoon. To promote spelling accuracy,
the teacher does what? - ANSWER-Reminds the student that the word is of
Greek origin
How many words in this sentence follow the most frequent and reliable
spelling patters for a sound with more than one spelling? Such clever kids
kept the kite in the sky. - ANSWER-Five
, How many spelling rules are represented in this sentence? The silly woman
was hitting the flies with a hammer. - ANSWER-Four
Which of the following are part of a multimodal approach to handwriting? -
ANSWER-Visual input from seeing the letter form and Auditory input from
hearing letter names and sounds are part of a multimodal approach to
handwriting.
Which of the following aspects of reading fluency has grown in emphasis
since 2000? - ANSWER-Accuracy and Rate
Which of the following is NOT accurate when considering fluency? -
ANSWER-Reading fluency involves more than acceleration. Word-by-word
reading strains working memory, improved reading fluency supports
improved reading comprehension, and reading fluency starts early and
develops over many years.
Critics have been increasingly vocal in opposition to particular fluency-
building practices, resulting in school's discontinuing those practices. The
criticism focuses on which of the followin? - ANSWER-Repeated reading
A 2016 passionate published response to the aforementioned criticism
offers well-developed "solutions," highlighting a plan called The Fluency
Development Lesson (FDL). Who authorized this plan, and what does it
focus on? - ANSWER-Rasinski and Nageldinger, who focused on
performance-oriented re-reading
How does increased reading fluency in developing readers support verbal
working memory? - ANSWER-By helping students articulate more rapidly
