Mrs. Miller’s fourth grade students often interrupted the student in the author’s chair to
make critical comments. Which strategy may help students provide constructive
feedback to each other?
a. TAG
b. MOK
c. SOK
d. PLEASE
American Sign Language (ASL):
a. is a visual representation of English
b. is a simplified language that uses gestural contractions
c. is an aural language that occasionally uses finger-spelling
d. has its own unique grammar and usage
Which of the following is NOT included in the IEP?
a. Student’s present level of educational performance
b. Measurable annual goals and short-term objectives
c. General education teachers lesson plans
d. How student’s progress toward annuals goals are measured
Cindy, a fifth-grade teacher, uses the technique of asking students questions such as
“what are the supporting details in the paragraph?” and then calling on students until the
right answer is provided. In using this strategy the teacher:
a. expects students to infer what the supporting details are
b. emphasizes modeling and discussing the cognitive strategies
c. provides an advanced organizer for students
d. makes the learning visible
The term that refers to interventions being implemented in a proactive manner rather
than a traditional reactive manner is referred to as:
a. functional behavioral modifications
b. positive behavior supports
c. intrinsic behavior motivation
d. promotion of social competence
What percentage of school-age children receive special services for communicative
disorders?
a. 2 to 6 percent
b. 1 to 5 percent
c. 2,5 to 6 percent
d. 7 to 10 percent
Which of the following would help a student with writing difficulties?
a. having a classmate check his writing for spelling and punctuation
b. having the teacher privately check his writing for mechanics
c. sharing his writing, with the focus being on his intended meaning
d. giving the student an unlimited amount of time to complete writing assignments
Individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome typically exhibit all of the following behaviors
EXCEPT:
a. impairment in social interactions
b. significant clinical delay in language
c. delayed cognitive abilities
d. lack of social reciprocity
An intervention that involves allowing the student to regain composure and assists the
student in confronting and resolving personal conflicts is called:
a. targeting behavior
b. social learning
c. self-control intervention
d. Life-Space intervention
You are in a multidisciplinary team meeting regarding one of your students who is
being considered foe an SLD placement. To ensure a proper decision is made IDEIA
2004 says the student must meet three criteria. They are:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Matthew, an 11th-grade teacher, always begins each unit by presenting a framework for
learning. A framework for learning:
a. activates the students’ background knowledge
b. makes the learning visible
c. is an example of instructional conversation
d. should be presented orally
Response to intervention (RTI) continues to show nice gains academically for students
who struggle in the content and behavioral areas. RTI can also be effective in helping
with writing. Which of the following is a research-based practice that the Carnegie
Corporation of New York suggested to aid in writing instruction?
a. Students writing should be completed between other content areas.
b. Use writing as only a creative writing measure.
c. Teach students writing strategies that include planning, revising, and editing of their
compositions.
d. Teach students writing strategies that focus on the editing of their writing products.
The causes of emotional and behavioral disorders can be attributed to many different
reasons. However, causes of emotional and behavioral disorders usually come from
what two areas?
a. School and work
b. Environmental and school
c. Environmental and biological
d. Biological and hereditary
An example of ‘self talk” is when teachers
a. explain a homework assignment
b. describe what a student is doing while they do it
c. describe what they are doing while they do it
d. describe an event they remember
During which of the following do the general and special education teachers decide
who will take the lead and will provide individual or small-group instruction?
a. Long range co-planning
b. Lesson co-teaching
c. Co-assessment
d. Lesson co-planning
Often when differential instruction is addressed many focus on those students with
learning disabilities. However, even students without disabilities and those who are
gifted also can benefit from differential instruction. Students who are gifted can be quite
diverse which comes with how the term gifted is defined. What are the other two parts
that make up the diverseness of the gifted population?
a. individual differences and degree of giftedness
b. individual differences and ethnicity
c. ethnicity and degree of giftedness
d. cultural assimilation and degree of giftedness
A person who acquires limited intellectual functioning after the developmental period is
considered to have:
a. traumatic brain injury
b. mental retardation
c. adaptive behavior
d. environmental limitations
Emotional and behavioral disorders are grouped into two broad categories. These
categories are:
a. pervasive developmental disorders and anxious-withdrawn disorders
b. conduct disorders and socialized aggression
c. depression and withdrawal
d. externalizing and internalizing
What can James teach his ninth-grade science students to help them decode words and
determine their meanings?
a. phonemics
b. affixes
c. think alouds
d. semantics
This team of people who make decisions about eligibility for special education services
and includes local education agency representative, classroom teacher, special
education teacher, parents or guardians, person to interpret evaluation results, and the
student when appropriate.
a. Multidisciplinary team
b. Transdisciplinary team
c. Interdisciplinary team
d. Consultation assistance team
Michael has had difficulty reading throughout his school career. He is presently in the
fifth grade and has never been identified to receive special services to aid him with his
reading. Using the RTI model where should his teacher begin so Michael can receive
the help he needs in reading?
a. Tier I
b. Tier II
c. Tier III
d. Tier IV
Donald Graves’ observations revealed that even young children go through an authoring
process. What are the steps of the authoring process?
a. post-writing, revising, and editing
b. prewriting, composing, and post-writing
c. drafting, editing, and publishing
d. revising, editing, and publishing
Children with autism may experience some challenging behaviors. When you need to
understand the function of the behavior to intervene you could use what type of
assessment?
a. Functional Behavior Assessment
b. Curriculum Based Assessment
c. Criterion-referenced Assessment
d. Social Skills Training
Which term describes an individual who, with the best possible correction in the
better eye, has a measured visual acuity of 20/200 or worse or a visual field restricted to
20 degrees or less?
a. partially sighted
b. blind
c. legal blindness
d. low vision
Matt has observed that David, a student with communicative disorders in his
second-grade class, has a very limited vocabulary. Which strategies can Matt use to
help David develop a richer vocabulary?
a. advanced organizers
b. elaboration and modeling
c. self-recording and self-talks
d. assistive listening and receptivity modeling
What are the three major types of interventions for mathematics instruction identifies
by Mastropieri, Scruggs, and Shiah?
a. behavioral, cognitive, and alternative instructional delivery
b. compensatory, strategic, and cognitive
c. academic, behavioral, and interdisciplinary
d. emotional, compensatory, and strategic
What skills can students develop by playing word games that involve rhyming words,
sound substitutions, and opposites?
a. metalinguistic
b. semantic
c. articulation
d. fluency
When Joseph reads aloud, his reading is disconnected and halting. He has to stop
frequently to decode simple words. He is having trouble with:
a. phonological awareness
b. syntactic awareness
c. fluency
d. semantic awareness
One way to involve students is through vibrant discussions. Vibrant discussions
a. are teacher-led discussions about the topic being presented.
b. require one student to be assigned the role of a moderator and encourager.
c. allow students to use their personal knowledge and experience.
d. should not include the teacher so students feel free to express their
opinions.
In which year was P.L. 94-142, originally referred to as the Education for All
Handicapped Children Act, enacted?
a. 1950
b. 1969
c. 1990
d. 1975
All of the following are effective ways to organize notebooks EXCEPT:
a. including a semester calendar and to-do lists on the calendar
b. having a pouch for school supplies in the notebook
c. using a spiral-bound notebook
d. labeling all dividers
A problem with using the aptitude-discrepancy criterion for identifying learning
disabilities is:
a. It seems to identify more minorities for special education
b. Parents and teachers usually have to wait until children have struggled with learning
for several years before the discrepancy constitutes a ‘severe discrepancy”
c. It limits students from making substantial gains in school.
d. It is only manifested in one academic area
Many children with autism spectrum disorder need structure. In the classroom
you will need to establish a ____________________ so students have clear knowledge
of the day’s events from beginning to the end of the day.
________________________________ can be formal or informal interaction where
your students, guided by you the teacher, set mutual goals, solve problems and plan
activities.
List three difficulties in typical content area classes that pose problems for students.
Provide a strategy that teachers in the content areas can use to assist students with each
of the difficulties you listed.
There are several provisions and guidelines of IDEIA that you as a teacher need to
know. One of these provisions requires a plan be developed to meet the special learning
needs of each student with disabilities. This plan is called:
_______________________________.
_____________________ is a developmental disability that may appear prior to age 3.
The child may also have some stereotypic behavior like body rocking or hand flapping.
What does the research conclude about instruction for low achieving students? What are
four questioning practices teachers can use to effectively promote learning in low
achieving students?
One component of IDEA is parent participation. What is the intent of the law in
including parent participation? List two ways parent involvement will benefit the
student. What three things can you do so that parents serve as active, collaborative
resources?
In your classroom you have a student named Kyle who is very outgoing and well liked
by the teacher and his peers. However, Kyle is demonstrating a lack of reading
comprehension after reading a passage for his books. List and describe two strategies
you as Kyle’s teacher could use to help him develop his reading comprehension skills.
The authors discuss executive learning and refer to four guidelines related to the
strategy instruction. The first guideline, _____________________, discusses several
books marketed for secondary students.
________________________ is provided to those students who continue to experience
difficulties and show minimum progress during secondary or _____________
interventions.
What is the definition of Least Restrictive Environment? How does the availability of a
continuum of services ensure LRE for students with disabilities? What are related
services? Include in your answer the role the LRE should play when deciding a
student’s placement.
When you give sentences to students like:
“The dove flew overhead” or “He dove for the ball” you are showing students that
words have ______________ _____________.
The ________________ v ______________________ court case ruled that school
segregation by race was not constitutional, even if resources were allotted equally.
Define communication disorders. What are the three broad categories communication
disorders are divided into? Which of these categories most commonly affect students?
When addressing the vocabulary of your students, if the vocabulary used is part of the
student’s oral language it is referred to as _______________ ________________. If
however you want to see the type of vocabulary words students understand the meaning
of that may or may not be in their oral language then it is referred to as
_______________ __________________.
In the planning stages of writing you are helping students to develop a plan for the topic
they intend to write about. In order to create the plan for writing students must include
the three steps: ______________________________,
_______________________________, and _____________________________.
What should you take into consideration when adapting basal materials for students
with special needs? Your author lists nine resources that are helpful for students who
have difficulty learning math. Choose three and briefly describe what types of
difficulties are they designed to address.
In the teaching of reading there are many strategies you can employ as the teacher. One
that seems to be very beneficial to students is the K-W-L Strategy. Describe the use of
the K-W-L Strategy and why it is effective in a classroom that includes students with
diverse backgrounds and/or learning disabilities.