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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






2. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






3. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






4. Open syllable






5. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






6. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






7. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






8. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






9. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






10. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






11. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






12. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






13. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






14. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.


15. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






16. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






17. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






18. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






19. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






20. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






21. r-controlled syllable






22. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






23. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






24. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






25. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






26. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






27. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies


28. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






29. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






30. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






31. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






32. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






33. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






34. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






35. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






36. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






37. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






38. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






39. Students proceed trough predictable stages of learning to reading.


40. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view


41. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






42. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






43. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






44. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






45. Wide Range Achievement Test






46. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






47. Final stable syllable


48. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






49. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






50. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes