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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






2. Individual Educational Plan






3. Whole body learning






4. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






5. 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






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






7. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






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






9. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






10. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






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






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






13. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






14. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






15. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






16. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






17. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






18. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






19. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






20. 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.






21. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






22. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






23. Open syllable






24. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






25. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






26. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






27. 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






28. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits


29. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






30. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






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






32. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






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


34. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






35. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






36. Feeling through fingertips






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


38. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






39. 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.






40. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






41. Closed syllable






42. 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






43. r-controlled syllable






44. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






45. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






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






47. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






48. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






49. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






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