Back to quiz

6. Hulme et al (2012) Did vocabulary knowledge predict reading skill at the shortest time point?

  • Yes
  • No

7. Did vocabulary predict word recognition in Muter et al (2004) study?

  • NO
  • YES
  • I dont know

8. Hulme et al (2012) Did vocabulary knowledge predict reading skill longitudinally?

  • No
  • Yes

9. In Ehris (1992) Reading framework, which is the first stage?

  • Consolidated Alphabetic
  • Pre-alphabetic
  • Full Alphabetic
  • Partial-alphabetic

10. In letter-sound knowledge, what is the alphabetic principle?

  • A knowledge of mappings between printed letter forms and their phonological equivalents
  • A knowledge of mappings between printed letter forms and their alphabetic equivalents
  • A knowledge of mappings between printed letter forms and their semantic equivalents
  • A knowledge of mappings between printed letter forms and their rhyme equivalents

11. Although lower than in typically developing children, what are the 'strengths' of children with down syndrome?

  • Oral language, verbal memory and visual skills & visual memory
  • Oral language, verbal memory, speech perception & production
  • Social skills, reading and visual skills & visual memory
  • Social skills, reading and speech perception & production

12. What are the weaknesses of children with down syndrome?

  • Oral language, verbal memory, speech perception & production
  • Oral language, verbal memory and visual skills & visual memory
  • Social skills, reading and visual skills & visual memory
  • Social skills, reading and speech perception & production

13. Hulme et al (2012) What was the main finding for the DS group?

  • A relative advantage in oral compared to reading skills, but slower rate of reading development compared to typical
  • A relative advantage in oral compared to reading skills, but faster rate of reading development compared to typical
  • A relative advantage in reading compared to oral language skills, but slower rate of reading development compared to typical
  • A relative advantage in reading compared to oral language skills, but faster rate of reading development compared to typical

14. What was a better predictor of later literacy compared to rhyme awareness in Muter et al (2004) study?

  • Phoneme Awareness
  • Rhyme awareness
  • Letter-sound knowledge
  • Vocabulary

15. After how many weeks of training were improvements seen in vocabulary of taught words?

  • 54 weeks
  • 120 weeks
  • 20 weeks
  • 30 weeks

16. What is measured using rapid automatized naming (RAN)?

  • Semantic judgement
  • Awareness of print conventions
  • Letter-sound knowledge
  • Phonological processing

17. What did a meta-analysis by Naess et al (2012) show?

  • Children with DS and Typical matched on word recognition, but DS worse on non word decoding and phonological awareness
  • Children with DS and Typical matched on word recognition, but DS better on non word decoding and phonological awareness

18. Which of these is NOT a skill underlying successful decoding?

  • Awareness of letters
  • Letter sound knowledge
  • Awareness of print
  • Phonological processing

19. Are SLI and dyslexia similiar in the nature of their impairments in the relationship between phonological skill and literacy development?

  • No
  • Yes

20. Do SLI and dyslexia both share impairments in text decoding?

  • Yes
  • No