Peer assisted strategies (PALS) are only beneficial in helping older students learn to read because younger students are incapable of acting as peer helpers.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 2] Engaging multiple senses increases the chances that the learner will receive the information.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 3] For some students writing is actually easier than reading, because reading requires a more complex series of steps to decode language.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 4] Diverse learners, particularly those learning a second language, typically learn the academic vocabulary of a new language before the social vocabulary.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 5] Reading materials that contain few unknown words but reinforce the words a student is learning help to develop automaticity.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 6] Although the systematic instruction of phonemic awareness and the alphabetic principle have proven successful with children for whom English is their first language, it has not been shown to benefit English language learners.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 7] Balanced literacy combines the direct instruction of phonics and word study with opportunities for meaningful interactions with literature, language, and writing.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 8] Comprehension and fluency are often lost when a student has to spend too much time and mental energy in decoding a text.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 9] Students who struggle with text and other print material from which they are expected to gain information are not capable of the thought processes and learning expected in a typical general education classroom.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 10] Podcasting has the potential to do all of the following, EXCEPT:
a. enable education to become more portable.
b. support visual learners by displaying pictorial representations.
c. support visual learners by displaying pictorial representations.
d. support auditory and English language learners.
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