If a student is not succeeding with one approach or program, the teacher should
A) Refer the student for a full evaluation.
B) Provide extra homework for practice.
C) Place the student in tier 3 instruction.
D) Change the approach or program.
It is important to alleviate handwriting problems in students for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT:
A) Handwriting difficulties are associated with a reduced interest in writing.
B) Students with handwriting difficulties often spell worse than those without
handwriting problems.
C) Handwriting difficulties influence written expression.
D) Handwriting difficulties will prevent that student from going to college or getting a
job.
According to the Common Core State Standards, by fourth grade, what percentage of
student reading should be expository or informational text?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 75%
The following statements about students with attention deficits and/or hyperactivity
who are treated with medication are all true EXCEPT:
A) Unwanted side effects can occur.
B) Monitoring the effectiveness of the medication is the responsibility of family
members and teachers.
C) Medications do not make the learning disability disappear.
D) The least effective technique for monitoring the effects of drugs is observing the
student’s behavior for any changes.
Difficulties with traditional math curricula have included all of the following EXCEPT:
A) The reading vocabulary is too difficult and the reading level is too high.
B) Too many applied problems and not enough that focus on basic computation.
C) The sequencing of material presented is poor.
D) There is too much variance in the formatting of the pages.
Whether a student’s understanding of a number and of its use and meaning is flexible
and fully developed refers to which of the following choices?
A) Curriculum-based measures
B) Number sense
C) Progress monitoring measures
D) Comprehensive math performance
Which of the following instructional concepts would most likely be mastered first in
writing development?
A) Capital letters in place names
B) Colons in sentences
C) Quotation marks in titles
D) End of sentence punctuation
Which of the following skills is associated with phonological awareness?
A) Segmenting or manipulating syllables
B) Reading fluently
C) Comprehending text
D) Sight word recognition
A student who has word-finding problems has difficulty with what aspect of language?
A) BICS
B) Use
C) Content
D) Form
The main advantage of group-administered math measures over individually
administered math measures is that:
A) Group-administered measures provide more specific information on an individual’s
performance as compared with their peers.
B) Group-administered measures take less time to administer.
C) Group-administered measures allow for more specific error analysis.
D) Group-administered measures are more accurate.
All of the following assertions for teaching spelling words are based in research on
spelling interventions EXCEPT:
A) Students with LD should not be shown the correct spellings of any words they spell
wrong, but should be encouraged to sound it out.
B) Students with LD should be introduced to only a few words at a time.
C) Computer-assisted instruction has been shown to be effective in improving spelling
skills.
D) Peer tutoring is effective for reviewing spelling words.
Many students who have learning disabilities and experience difficulty with
mathematics tend to:
A) Do well applying money concepts despite their difficulties in other areas.
B) Do well with spatial relations.
C) Have good memory skills despite their difficulties understanding mathematical
concepts.
D) Lack the prerequisite skills required to move from one area to the next.
Another concept of the social learning relates to the role of the teacher or expert, who
encourages learners by providing temporary and adjustable support as they develop new
skills, strategies, and knowledge. This is referred to as:
A) Scaffolded instruction.
B) Reciprocal teaching.
C) Executive functioning
D) Retrieval
What is the purpose of using independent learning as a grouping format?
A) To allow students to practice a skill that they have already learned
B) To allow students to learn new skills independently
C) To allow students of different levels to assist each other
D) To allow students to work collaboratively
Al is a seventh grader who loves to talk to people. He often approaches other students
and abruptly starts talking about his computer game collection. When the child takes a
turn in the conversation (e.g., “I”ve got a computer game collection too!”), Al does not
seem to hear and continues to talk about his own collection. He includes a lot of detail
about specific computer games and does not seem to notice when his conversational
partner gets bored or walks away. Al has difficulty with:
A) Content.
B) Pragmatics.
C) Form.
D) Semantics.
Mr. Vrabel is an eighth-grade social studies teacher. He is teaching a unit on the Great
Depression. Before the students read the text, he informs them of the purpose of
learning about the Depression and provides some background information. In addition,
he introduces new vocabulary and provides an overview of the unit. He is providing:
A) A schematic organizer.
B) Semantic mapping.
C) An advance organizer.
D) A graphic organizer.
In a collaborative model, the special education teacher collaborates with all of the
following people EXCEPT:
A) Family
B) Regular education teacher
C) Specialists associated with the students’ needs
D) Lawyers
Expression skills are study skills that include all of the following skills EXCEPT:
A) Retrieval skills.
B) Time management skills.
C) Test-taking skills.
D) Using oral/written expression to demonstrate understanding.
When working with students with difficulties with social-emotional communication
skills, a speech-language teacher may do all of the following strategies EXCEPT:
A) Provide information regarding the link between social-emotional problems and
social communication skills.
B) Assist in training school staff to use effective verbal and nonverbal communication
strategies in conflict resolution.
C) Demonstrate lessons to enhance pragmatic communication skills.
D) Adopt the role of a special education teacher and coteach in the general education
classroom.
“Getting the Gist” is a strategy that is designed to assist students in:
A) Activating their prior knowledge.
B) Identifying the main idea of a paragraph.
C) Engaging with the text.
D) Making predictions about what they”re going to read.
What activity can teachers use to orient students to the material before reading or class
presentation?
A) Classwide peer tutoring
B) POSSE
C) Advance organizers
D) SLAM
What is the cause of spelling difficulties for most students with learning and behavior
disorders?
A) Phonological awareness problems
B) Visual memory problems
C) Handwriting difficulties
D) Ineffective instruction
All of the following choices are true about the strategy of verbalization EXCEPT:
A) It is a common feature of cognitive strategy instruction.
B) Covert verbalization is used before overt verbalization.
C) Verbalization can be used as a form of self-monitoring.
D) Students can be more active participants in their learning using verbalization.
In a schoolwide behavioral support program, students who display similar behavior
problems might be provided with an intervention that provides additional supports,
prompts, feedback, and acknowledgement to ensure that behavior changes occur. Which
stage of RTI does this describe?
A) Tier 1
B) Tier 2
C) Tier 3
D) No specific Tier, but it is an overarching principle of RTI in general.
Mr. Goodenough teaches an eighth-grade language arts class. He has collaborated with
the special education teacher to measure the reading fluency of four students in his class
who struggle with reading. Each week, they use 100-word passages from the reading
curriculum and record fluency rates over time. This type of performance measure is
called a:
A) Curriculum-based measurement.
B) Progress chart.
C) Learning log.
D) Weekly portfolio.
Within the RTI model, a student who responds poorly to intervention may be referred
for further evaluation and considered for:
A) Special education.
B) Tier 1 instruction.
C) Progress monitoring.
D) Systematic instruction.
Approximately how many phonemes are there in the English language?
A) 10
B) 26
C) 30
D) 45
Which of the following choices is NOT true of Tier 2 instruction?
A) Tier 2 support is under the domain of special education.
B) Tier 2 interventions are provided in small groups.
C) Tier 2 instruction is more intensive than Tier 1 instruction.
D) Tier 2 instruction is for students who are not making adequate progress in Tier 1.
Mrs. Gupta has a child in her class who has illegible handwriting. The letters are poorly
formed and there is inconsistent spacing between the letters. Some letters slant to the
right while others slant to the left. Mrs. Gupta suspects that the student might have:
A) A phonological awareness deficit.
B) Dyslexia.
C) Dysgraphia.
D) Aphasia.
Mr. Capolongo shows his students a pattern of numbers “5, 10, 15, ___, 25, 30, ___”
and asks them to figure out what goes in the blanks. This activity provides practice in
A) Computation.
B) Identification of missing numbers.
C) Number identification.
D) Quantity discrimination.