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What is the effect of a smaller vocabulary on reading comprehension?Read the answer and worked solution →Biemiller suggests teachers give topic-related words at which point?Read the answer and worked solution →Studying prefixes, suffixes and roots to understand words is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Who introduced the SQ3R study technique in his 1946 book Effective Study?Read the answer and worked solution →Which procedure did Anthony Manzo design in 1969?Read the answer and worked solution →Which four activities does reciprocal teaching train students to use?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is summarizing after each paragraph encouraged in reading lessons?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tool is popular in primary schools to analyse a child's oral reading?Read the answer and worked solution →How should a teacher set up the setting for a running record?Read the answer and worked solution →After a child finishes reading for a running record, what is asked next?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the final teaching step after analysing a running record?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is an example of an informal comprehension assessment tool?Read the answer and worked solution →Which classroom routine is a verbal formative assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is named as a quick formative check at the end of a lesson?Read the answer and worked solution →What do think-alouds ask a reader to do while reading?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the W in KWL ask the reader to think about?Read the answer and worked solution →What is making inferences often called in everyday terms?Read the answer and worked solution →Previewing outlines and contents to set a reading goal is which strategy?Read the answer and worked solution →Asking sensory questions helps students become better at what?Read the answer and worked solution →In partner reading, what do pupils do after finishing their own book?Read the answer and worked solution →Which strategy is among those showing positive effects for comprehension?Read the answer and worked solution →Which reading material improves engagement and motivation?Read the answer and worked solution →How is comprehension described by researchers?Read the answer and worked solution →Which elements make up the structure of a story?Read the answer and worked solution →In later stages of comprehension teaching, teachers gradually...Read the answer and worked solution →What is the teacher as a reading instructor expected to be for students?Read the answer and worked solution →Classroom discussion helps students most in which way?Read the answer and worked solution →Which neural system is linked to meaning in reading?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1968 book did Benjamin Bloom use to take up formative assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →Formative assessments are generally described as having what stakes?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What is the effect of a smaller vocabulary on reading comprehension?

  1. Learners read faster overall
  2. Learners comprehend less text
  3. Learners rely less on context
  4. Learners decode more slowly only
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Correct answer: B. Learners comprehend less text

1. Knowing what words mean directly affects knowing what a text means. 2. Students with a smaller vocabulary comprehend less of what they read. 3. Speed or decoding alone does not capture this effect. _Source: Wikipedia, Reading comprehension, section The role of vocabulary_

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Biemiller suggests teachers give topic-related words at which point?

  1. Before reading a book
  2. After the final test
  3. During silent reading only
  4. At the end of term
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Correct answer: A. Before reading a book

1. Andrew Biemiller argues for an intensive vocabulary approach. 2. Teachers should give out topic-related words and phrases before reading a book to students. 3. Giving them afterwards would not prepare the learner for the reading. _Source: Wikipedia, Reading comprehension, section The role of vocabulary_

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Studying prefixes, suffixes and roots to understand words is called what?

  1. Choral reading practice
  2. Running record taking
  3. Think-aloud modelling
  4. Morphemic word analysis
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Correct answer: D. Morphemic word analysis

1. Prefixes, suffixes and roots are the meaningful parts (morphemes) of words. 2. Studying them is called incidental morphemic analysis and helps understanding. 3. A running record and a think-aloud are other tools with different purposes. _Source: Wikipedia, Reading comprehension, section The role of vocabulary_

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