Which of the following is the major reason why students with special needs may have
difficulty completing their homework assignments?
a. There is too little time for students to complete all assignments.
b. Assignments are too difficult to begin with.
c. Assignments are not of interest to the student.
d. Parents do not encourage students to complete difficult assignments.
In social interactions, teachers can assist students who are deaf-blind by ____.
a. prompting typical learners to avoid the student with special needs
b. interpreting the deaf-blind students behaviors to other students in the classroom
c. having them interact only with peers who also have sensory impairments
d. prompting the deaf-blind student to minimize interaction with typical learners
The use of a “grading rubric” ____.
a. helps students judge the quality of their own work
b. waters down academic standards
c. makes changes to letter and number grades
d. uses only letter grades for all students
A method that combines the definition, positive examples, and negative examples
approach with graphic organizers is ____.
a. a concept diagram
b. a visual synonym
c. a pre-skills plotter
d. key idea graphing
____ consist of a series of statements, some of which may not be true, related to the
material the student is about to read.
a. Anticipation guides
b. Planning think sheets
c. Graphic organizers
d. Concept maps
Which of the following is not a disability defined by IDEA?
a. emotional disturbances
b. developmental disabilities
c. obesity
d. traumatic brain injury
When students with learning and behavioral disabilities struggle with spatial
organization in math, they may ____.
a. miss a step in solving a problem
b. reverse the order of reading a math problem
c. write numbers poorly or too largely
d. not see obvious errors in responses
One of the main reasons students at risk differ from other students is that they ____.
a. are more likely to be diagnosed as ADHD
b. are more likely to be intellectually slow
c. are more likely to drop out of school before earning a high school diploma
d. are more likely to rise above their circumstances and be labeled as gifted and talented
Drill-and-practice software programs are often effectively used with students with
special needs for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that such programs ____.
a. allow students to learn in small, incremental steps
b. provide students with an opportunity to engage in authentic situations
c. provide students with immediate, systematic feedback
d. allow students ample opportunity for practice to mastery
Which of the following is a characteristic of an effectively designed learning strategy?
a. Each step starts with a word that is easy to remember.
b. Strategy applies to a single content area.
c. Strategy has no more than three steps.
d. Strategy reviews headings and examines boldface words.
Each of the following is true of students with cerebral palsy EXCEPT:
a. it occurs due to injury to the brain before, during, or after birth
b. they typically have intellectual disabilities
c. it affects a combination of limbs with varying degrees of severity
d. about 10,000 infants and preschoolers are diagnosed with cerebral palsy each year
The person who typically has the most detailed, day-to-day knowledge of the student’s
academic, social and physical needs within the classroom is the ____.
a. general education teacher
b. special education teacher
c. adaptive physical educator
d. school psychologist
Which of the following is true about mainstreaming?
a. If the student requires even minimal assistance to be academically successful, he/she
should be removed from the general education classroom.
b. Only students with mild disabilities should participate in some of the activities of a
general education classroom.
c. Students should be placed in a general education setting only when they can meet
traditional academic expectations with minimal assistance.
d. All students are considered mainstreamed when they receive special education
assistance for no more than thirty minutes during a school day.
Which of the following is an example of a product problem in the writings of students
with learning and behavioral disabilities?
a. little systemic planning
b. little useful revision
c. overuse of simple subject-verb constructions
d. failure to self-monitor writing
The ability to talk oneself into calming down when faced with a difficult or frustrating
task is _____.
a. working memory
b. control of emotions and motivation
c. self-directed speech
d. reconstitution
Which of the following is a way that scaffolding can increase the effectiveness of
non-direct instructional methods for students with special needs?
a. It provides students with little guided practice to reinforce key skills and concepts.
b. Continuous corrective feedback throughout the process increases success while
diminishing the establishment of erroneous patterns.
c. It provides practice within a narrow context, facilitates the process of transference of
concepts and skills, and increases independence.
d. Student independence is fostered through the maintenance of scaffolding throughout
cognitive skill development.
The step of the shared problem solving process in which the collaborative team
considers whether an idea is feasible and will resolve the problem is ____.
a. evaluating outcomes
b. planning specifics
c. proposing solutions
d. evaluating ideas
Students in this group are at risk for being under-identified as gifted:
a. very young girls
b. adolescent girls
c. adolescent boys
d. students from higher socioeconomic levels
A majority of students receiving special education services in public schools have ____.
a. learning disabilities
b. autism
c. emotional disturbances
d. speech or language disorders
PReP ____.
a. is a general term for outlines and abstracts that emphasize important information in
the text.
b. primarily focuses on the tool skills for reading, writing and math
c. is a teaching strategy for determining how much knowledge students already have
about a topic
d. is a study skills strategy which focuses on previewing the reading material before
actually studying it
Many students with disabilities are able to participate in district and statewide
assessments when provided with appropriate accommodations. However, some students
are not required to meet the same standards and are allowed to use ____ to provide
evidence that they meet the same broad standards as other students.
a. psychological tests
b. alternate assessments
c. individually administered tests
d. teacher-made tests
Which of the following provides the best example of a “reasonable” accommodation?
a. The teacher develops a separate test with different items for a student with a learning
disability.
b. The teacher writes an outline of the new science lesson, including key terminology,
on the board to help a hearing impaired student.
c. The teacher spends at least half an hour each morning working one-on-one with a
student with autism.
d. The teacher produces audiotapes of all the trade books used in his classroom for a
student who is visually impaired.
Students protected by Section 504 often benefit from the same strategies as students
identified by IDEA. false
Detailed and frequent assessment of students’ progress, made to determine if student
learning is accelerating and the gap between the student’s functioning and that
considered typical is becoming smaller, is ____.
a. universal screening
b. fidelity of implementation
c. evidence-based instruction
d. progress monitoring
Which of the following is the fourth step a teacher should follow when using the
INCLUDE strategy?
a. look for potential problem areas
b. brainstorm ways to differentiate
c. check for potential areas of student success
d. identify classroom demands
Rashid’s student file indicates that he has dyslexia. Describe the five key elements of a
researched-based reading program that would benefit Rashid.
Once unmet needs have been identified, one of the first strategies a teacher should
implement is to ____.
a. request a formal screening
b. contact the family
c. contact colleagues
d. identify intervention strategies
Which of the following is not a primary role of the special education teacher?
a. They provide direct classroom instruction to students with disabilities
b. They write, implement and monitor the Individualized Programs.
c. They document student behavior when a disability may be suspected
d. They manage and coordinate the services a student is to receive.
Which of the following teacher responses would work best with students with ADHD?
a. “Tony, waving your pencil is dangerous.”
b. “Tony, put your pencil down on your desk and raise your hand.”
c. “Tony, please try harder to sit still. Moving around bothers your classmates and you
could poke someone’s eye out with that pencil.”
d. “Tony, you are sitting very nicely today. Now just stop waving your pencil around.”
Which of the following is not true about constructing alternate assessments?
a. Alternate assessments focus on authentic skills.
b. Alternate assessments measure skills that are integrated across many areas.
c. Alternate assessments must be measured at the beginning and end of the school year.
d. Alternate assessments measure district accountability.
When working collaboratively with parents, teachers should try all of these except
____.
a. engage in shared problem solving
b. establish regular, consistent interactions
c. participate in home visits to resolve conflicts
d. involve parents in monitoring their child’s learning
In describing the extent of the student’s participation in general education, the IEP must
include all of the following except ____.
a. explanations for placements for extracurricular activities
b. a justification for placement outside of a general education classroom
c. a justification for placement in a general education classroom
d. explanations for placements for non academic activities
Jocelyn, a student with a learning disability, has trouble remembering large amounts of
information for tests. Jocelyn’s teacher decides to make Jocelyn responsible only for the
key terms in the chapter. Therefore, Jocelyn’s test has only 25 questions compared to
the 50 questions for the rest of the class. Jocelyn answered 24 questions correctly and
received an “A” for the test. Jocelyn’s teacher ____.
a. used a pass/fail system for Jocelyn
b. incorporated improvement grades for Jocelyn
c. changed the grading criteria for Jocelyn
d. modified an authentic learning task for Jocelyn
Which is not an accountability requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001?
a. adequate yearly progress (AYP)
b. highly qualified teachers in specific content areas
c. teaching strategies based on rigorous research
d. assessment results reported only in terms of percentiles
What are the defining characteristics of the federal disability category “intellectual
disability?
Mrs. Richey is noticing three students are falling behind and she has decided to
implement Tier 2 of the RtI process. Explain when, where and for how long Tier 2
instruction would take place. Include in your response specific examples.
What is the purpose of the Wizcom Readingpen?
As a student uses positive behavior more and more, the amount and the intensity of the
reward should also increase.
Provide one example of where Tier 2 instruction might take place and who would be
responsible to carry out the instruction.
Testing accommodations stated in the IEP are for high-stakes testing only.
Social cues are signals given by individuals to communicate messages.
Describe students with learning and behavior needs who do not receive special
education services.
Explain two examples found in your text regarding how you can make a parent feel
welcome in your classroom.
“Multiply the outermost terms’ is a step of the “FOIL” strategy.
Although difficult to achieve, one-on-one instruction is typically the most effective
grouping arrangement.
Story grammar analyzes whether the characters in a story use proper English grammar
or some alternate dialect.
Using scaffolding as an instructional approach always requires the teacher to help
bridge the gap between the student’s current level and the behavioral goal.
Describe three controversial therapies in learning and behavioral disabilities. Discuss
why it is important for you as an educator to be well informed of various therapies.
It is important to remember to praise students no matter what the quality of their work
in order to help enhance their self-image.
Language can exist without speech.
Consultation and collaboration have the same purpose.
Describe the role of the teacher in “inquiry learning.”
Team roles can be both formal and informal
Describe three ways you can encourage your students to advocate for themselves.