Disorder Flashcards
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A passage describes a student who can read fluently and accurately but becomes extremely anxious when asked to read aloud in class, which significantly reduces their performance. What does this scenario illustrate about reading assessment?
Answer: Anxiety and performance conditions can affect reading assessment results, potentially masking true ability
A student who reads well privately but performs poorly when anxious demonstrates that testing conditions can distort results — anxiety is masking their true reading ability.
A passage explains that a student with a reading disorder also struggles with spelling, writing, and organizing written work. What concept does this illustrate?
Answer: Reading disorders often co-occur with difficulties in related language-based skills
Reading, spelling, and writing are all language-based skills that share underlying processes. Difficulty in one area frequently co-occurs with difficulties in related areas.
A passage discusses how two students both score below grade level in reading but for different reasons: one struggles with sounding out words while the other reads words accurately but cannot understand connected text. What principle of reading assessment does this illustrate?
Answer: Reading difficulties must be diagnosed specifically because different underlying causes require different interventions
Two students with the same reading level but different underlying problems (decoding vs. comprehension) need different interventions, demonstrating why specific diagnosis matters.
A passage mentions that a reader with a phonological processing disorder struggles most with which of the following tasks?
Answer: Sounding out unfamiliar words by breaking them into individual sounds
Phonological processing involves manipulating speech sounds. A disorder in this area specifically impairs the ability to break words into individual sounds (phonemes) for decoding.
A passage describes accommodations for a student with a reading disorder, including extended time on tests, text-to-speech software, and audiobook versions of assigned readings. What is the primary purpose of these accommodations?
Answer: To remove barriers so the student can demonstrate their knowledge and understanding despite reading difficulties
Accommodations don't change WHAT is tested but HOW it's accessed — they remove reading-specific barriers so students can show what they actually know and understand.
According to a passage about the prevalence of reading disorders, approximately what percentage of the population is estimated to have some form of reading disability?
Answer: 5-17%, depending on the definition and criteria used
Research consistently estimates reading disability prevalence at 5-17% of the population, with variation depending on how strictly or broadly the condition is defined and measured.