Praxis II Introduction to the Teaching of Reading Exam
This exam is designed for individuals with a bachelor’s degree who would like to teach beginning reading at a variety of grade levels. You will be given 2 hours to complete this 120 multiple choice question exam. There will be 15 questions regarding sociocultural and environmental factors, 10 questions covering affective aspects, 40 questions regarding the instructional process for the teaching of reading, 20 questions regarding the structure of text and, 15 questions regarding language, thought processes and text structure.
Environmental and Sociocultural Factors
This section of the exam will assess your knowledge of family, peer, ethnic, environmental and cultural differences. The impact that literacy, biliteracy, parental support and expectations of the instructor have on learning to read will also be covered.
Affective Aspects
This section of the exam will assess your ability to utilize drama, the media, and expressive art to motivate students interest in reading and writing.
Instructional Process in the Teaching of Reading
This section of the exam will assess your knowledge of individual and group student assessment methodologies, the utilization of computers, cooperative grouping and peer learning/teaching, writing centers, learning centers, and the utilization of paraprofessionals in classroom management. Your ability to instruct students regarding study skills such as note taking, outlining, planning, and test taking will be assessed. Your knowledge of the following instructional strategies will be assessed: silent and oral reading, story grammar, language expansion, organizational patterns, activating schema, scaffolding, monitoring, critical questioning, and reciprocal teaching.
Text Structure
This section of the exam will assess your knowledge of graph phonic and experiential cues, narrative and expository texts, vocabulary and concept load, organization, syntactic complexity story grammar, and, semantic and syntactic cues.
Reading as a Language Thought Process
This section of the exam will assess your knowledge of the language process of reading. The section of the exam will cover the relationship between speaking, reading, and writing. The construction of meaning from a printed text, understanding and acquisition of language, and metacognition will also be covered in this section of the exam.
