Chapter 9

Question 1

Achievement tests

Answer 1

Tests designed to assess the academic progress of a student

Question 2

affective comprehension

Answer 2

A reading comprehension skill whereby the student reads a paragraph or story, and the examiner evaluates the student’s emotional responses to the text.

Question 3

Applications

Answer 3

In math, this consists of measurement, reading graphs and tables, money and budgeting, time and problem solving.

Question 4

Arithmetic

Answer 4

The operations or computations performed in math.

Question 5

composition

Answer 5

The ability to generate ideas and express them in an acceptable grammar, while adhering to certain stylistic conventions.

Question 6

Critical comprehension

Answer 6

A reading comprehension skill where the student reads a paragraph or story and then analyzes, evaluates, or makes judgments on what he or she has read.

Question 7

Disregard of punctuation

Answer 7

The oral reading miscue where a student fails to observe punctuation

Question 8

gross mispronunciation

Answer 8

An oral reading miscue where a student’s pronunciation of a word bears little resemblance to the proper pronunciation.

Question 9

Incorrect algorithm

Answer 9

Occurs when the procedures used by the student to solve a math problem are inappropriate. The student may skip a step, apply the correct steps in the wrong sequence, or use an inaccurate method.

Question 10

incorrect number fact

Answer 10

Occurs when the number fact recalled by the student on a math problem is inaccurate. For example, the student recalls the product of 9 and 6 as 52.

Question 11

incorrect operation

Answer 11

Occurs when the student selects the incorrect operation on a math problem. For example, the problem requires subtraction and the student adds.

Question 12

inferential comprehension

Answer 12

A reading comprehension skill where a student reads a paragraph or story and must interpret what has been read.

Question 13

insertion

Answer 13

An oral reading miscue where a student inserts one or more words into the sentence being orally read.

Question 14

Inversion

Answer 14

An oral reading miscue where a student changes the order of words appearing in a sentence.

Question 15

lexical comprehension

Answer 15

A reading comprehension skill where a student reads a paragraph or story, and the examiner assesses his or her knowledge of vocabulary words.

Question 16

listening comprehension

Answer 16

A reading comprehension skill where a student listens to a paragraph or story read to him by someone else and is then asked questions about what was read.

Question 17

literal comprehension

Answer 17

A reading comprehension skill where the student reads the paragraph or story and is then asked factual questions based on it.

Question 18

miscue`

Answer 18

The difference between what a reader states is on a page and what is actually on the page.

Question 19

omissions

Answer 19

An oral reading miscue where a student skips individual words or groups of words when reading aloud.

Question 20

QUALitative miscues

Answer 20

With this type of miscue analysis, the focus is on the quality of the error rather than the number of different mistakes.

Question 21

QUANTitative miscues

Answer 21

With this type of miscue analysis, the evaluator counts the number of reading errors made by the student.

Question 22

random error

Answer 22

When referring to math, this occurs when a student’s response is incorrect and apparently random.

Question 23

Word attack skills

Answer 23

Skills used to derive meaning and/or pronunciation of a word through context clues, structural analysis, or phonics.

Question 24

word recognition tests

Answer 24

Tests that explore a student’s ability with respect to sight vocabulary.