What is technical vocabulary?
a. Words that people use in everyday conversation
b. Words that have more than one meaning
c. Words that represent specific concepts that are applicable to specific content subjects
d. High-frequency words.
[Ques. 2] A structured overview is
a. a graphic organizer.
b. an illustration of the hierarchical relationships among key concepts.
c. a structure for incorporating new concepts.
d. all of the above.
[Ques. 3] What type of instruction is most effective for developing students vocabulary?
a. Direct, systematic, explicit, teacher-led instruction
b. Having students look up words in a dictionary and write the formal definitions in a notebook
c. Informal instruction as needed
d. Teaching students the word meanings they request
[Ques. 4] Teachers can increase students understanding and memory of words most by encouraging students to
a. use their experience and background knowledge to determine word meanings.
b. spell words before defining them.
c. use neurological impress.
d. write the words and a dictionary definition.
[Ques. 5] What is the best way for students to refine word meanings?
a. By studying the dictionary
b. By using the glossary
c. By combining context clues with dictionary and glossary
d. By memorizing diacritical markings
[Ques. 6] What is the situation when students have many associations between words and meanings?
a. They become confused.
c. Their vocabularies tend to be superficial.
b. They have rich vocabularies.
d. None of these apply.
[Ques. 7] What does it mean to know a word in-depth?
a. The reader recognizes how the words meaning changes in different contexts.
b. The reader knows how to spell the word.
c. The reader has a formal dictionary definition for the word.
d. The reader can use the word in a sentence.
[Ques. 8] Which of the following is the
best way to identify vocabulary that should be included in an instructional program?
a. Identifying all polysyllabic words
b. Assessment of current knowledge
c. Selecting words that appear in chapter headings
d. None of the above
[Ques. 9] Which of the following is
most important for a persons ability to grasp concepts?
a. The individuals age
b. The number of television shows the individual watched from ages three to six
c. The individuals experiences
d. The individuals ability to articulate
[Ques. 10] The number of word meanings a student knows indicates the students
a. ability to understand written material.
c. visual acuity.
b. grade placement.
d. ability to integrate modes of input.
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