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Grade level(s) currently teaching:
Average number of students in your class:
Indicate how many, if any, aides are present for the entire duration of reading instruction?
Number of students in your classroom receiving supplemental instruction for reading difficulties (e.g., Title I, special needs, reading support, etc.):
Number of students in your classroom who have diagnosed reading difficulties (e.g., dyslexia, specific reading disability, etc.):
Learn to read on their own? Learn to read with the aid of formal reading instruction? Have reading difficulties?
Which of the following are risk factors for reading difficulty?
How would you describe the following individual/group's approaches to beginning reading instruction?
If you feel that any of the following cannot be categorized along the continuum, mark "No consensus."
Rate your knowledge of the following.
How familiar are you with the following terms?
How appropriate is code-based instruction for:
How appropriate is literature-based instruction for:
Indicate whether and to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statements.
Indicate whether and to what extent you explicitly teach the following as components of your classroom reading curriculum, 1) for all students in your classroom and 2) for those students who are struggling readers.
Answer the following for 1) all students and 2) struggling readers.
In your classroom, do you:
Indicate whether and to what extent the following influence the reading instruction that takes place in your classroom (e.g., curriculum, material, activity decisions, etc.).
Do you use any commercial reading programs in your classroom?
If you use commercial reading programs which are mandated by your building or district administration, rate the effectiveness of these programs.
Indicate whether and to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statements.
Indicate whether and to what extent the following adversely impacts your success in teaching all of your students to read.
Indicate whether and to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statements.
To what extent do the following limit your knowledge of research findings?
Indicate whether and to what extent the following limit your incorporation of scientific findings in classroom reading instruction.
The following is an attempt to develop a better understanding of teachers' underlying linguistic knowledge. Please select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Which word contains a short vowel sound?
A pronounceable group of letters containing a vowel sound is a:
If "tife" were a word, the letter "i" would probably sound like the "i" in:
A combination of two or three consonants pronounced so that each letter keeps its own identity is called a:
Example of a voiced and unvoiced consonant pair would be:
Two combined letters that represent one single speech sound are a:
How many speech sounds are in the word "eight?"
How many speech sounds are in the word "box?"
How many speech sounds are in the word "grass?"
What type of task would this be: "Say the word 'cat.' Now say 'cat' without the /c/ sound."
What type of task would this be: "I am going to say some sounds that will make one word when you put them together. What does /sh/ /oe/ say?"
Mark the statement that is false:
What is the second sound in the word "queen?"
A reading method that focuses on teaching the application of speech sounds to letters is called:
A soft "c" is in the word:
Identify the pair of words that begins with the same sound.
The next two items involve saying a word and then reversing the order of the sounds. For example, the word "back" would be "cab."
If you say the word, and then reverse the order of the sounds, "ice" would be:
If you say the word, and then reverse the order of the sounds, "enough" would be:
All of the following nonsense words have silent letters, except:
Indicate whether and to what extent you use the following methods of furthering your professional knowledge and skills in the teaching of reading.
Are you currently a member of any of the following professional organizations? Mark all that apply.
How many college/university courses have you taken in the following areas?
How many professional development sessions have you attended that addressed the following areas?
In what capacity do you currently teach?
In your current capacity?
What is your current level of licensing?
What type(s) of license(s) do you currently hold? Mark all that apply.
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