All of the following points about conferring with students are true EXCEPT:
A) Make sure the student is writing in the way you would write it.
B) Ask the student what steps in the writing process he/she used to develop this piece.
C) Ask questions that teach.
D) Agree on the steps the student will take to improve the paper.
Sheila frequently laughs out loud at inappropriate times during class discussion. She
likes the reaction of her students and her teacher when they look at her and scold her to
be quiet. Her teacher ignores these outbursts and also advises the students to ignore
those who interrupt discussion. To eliminate Sheila’s behavior, her teacher is using:
A) Extinction.
B) Peer confrontation.
C) Peer interaction.
D) Punishment.
According to Axelrod (1998), group contingencies include which of the following
steps?
A) Extinguish the behavior.
B) Let only one member of the group know they are behaving appropriately.
C) Select only one behavior to change.
D) Reinforce and shape all behaviors.
What might be a Tier 1 component of schoolwide behavioral support in a response to
intervention (RTI) model?
A) Provide specific interventions at the individual level.
B) Provide small group intensive interventions.
C) Screen for behavior problems schoolwide.
D) Group students who have similar behavior problems together.
Students who are considered special education may be provided services within which
tiers?
A) 1 and 2
B) 1 and 3
C) 2 and 3
D) 3 and 4
Cue cards are most often used to assist during which component of the writing process?
A) Prewriting
B) Revising
C) Composing
D) Editing
What is the first step in conducting an effective FBA?
A) Develop a hypothesis of the conditions under which the target behavior occurs.
B) Develop an intervention plan that considers antecedents and reinforcers.
C) Record events and behaviors that precede or follow the target behavior.
D) Define the target behavior in behavioral terms.
Miss Schultz reads the first page of a story to her kindergarten class: “Henry put on his
mittens, scarf, and wool sweater. He would have to wear his boots today.” She then asks
hers class, “What do you think the weather is like in this story?” To answer this
question, the children need to do all of the following choices EXCEPT:
A) Use implicit information.
B) Use their background knowledge.
C) Use their ability to form inferences.
D) Use explicit information.
What is the onset for the word split?
A) sp-
B) spl-
C) -it
D) -lit
Which of the following is NOT required as part of an individualized education
program?
A) The student’s IQ score
B) Annual goals
C) The extent to which the student will not participate in general education classes
D) When services begin, frequency, location, and duration of services and modifications
All of the following choices are ways for RTI to be used for students with writing
difficulties EXCEPT:
A) Provide extra time each day.
B) Provide extra instruction.
C) Implement specific research-based strategies.
D) Restrict computer usage.
Which of the following is a recommended practice for teaching affixes (morphemic
analysis)?
A) Incorporate morphemic analysis instruction in at least 50 percent of writing
instruction.
B) Only 1 or 2 prefixes or suffixes should be introduced at a time.
C) Focus more on morphemic analysis for younger than for older students.
D) Morphemic analysis works with an unlimited set of words.
In the Gillingham and Stillman approach to teaching spelling, echo speech refers to
which of the following descriptions?
A) The teacher says the word and students sound out each letter in it.
B) The teacher says the word and students repeat the word after the teacher.
C) The teacher says the word and students hold up a card with the first letter.
D) The teacher says the word and students check their own writing to see if they have
used it and spelled it correctly.
Which of the following choices is NOT a characteristic that should be used in
evaluating textbooks and texts?
A) Text organization
B) Audience appropriateness
C) Coherence
D) Implicitness of main ideas.
Which of the following choices is NOT one of the deficits that can hinder math
acquisition?
A) Sensory and motor ability (gross and fine motor skills)
B) Education factors (quality and amount of instruction)
C) Self-regulation factors (persistence, attitude toward math, and math anxiety)
D) Neuropsychological patterns (perception and visual spatial skills)
Which of the following choices is NOT one of the four skills necessary for the
successful resolution of interpersonal problems?
A) The student must be able to identify and define the problem.
B) The student must be able to avoid alternative solutions and focus in on one way of
solving any given problem.
C) The student must be able to identify and evaluate the possible consequences of each
alternative.
D) The student must be able to implement the solution and determine the effects of the
solution implementation.
All of the following choices are examples of instructional features that incorporate
executive functioning EXCEPT:
A) Activating prior knowledge
B) Relating new learning to existing schemas
C) Teaching and monitoring the use of metacognitive strategies
D) Decreasing undesirable behavior through consequences
Carla has the following goal on her IEP: “Carla will improve her reading by the end of
the year.” Based on that, which of the follow statements is FALSE?
A) It is not measurable.
B) It does not state the criterion of mastery.
C) It does not include the circumstances under which the behavior will take place.
D) It states what Carla can reasonably achieve in a year.
Progress monitoring involves all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Frequent or ongoing assessment of student knowledge.
B) Frequent or ongoing assessment of student skills.
C) Examination of student data to evaluate instruction
D) Examination of student data to determine the student’s next placement.
Mrs. Koenig is teaching her fifth-grade class to spell “democracy.” First, she shows the
class the word. Then she shows the class the word with the vowels missing
“d_m_cr_c_” and students write the word, supplying the missing vowels. Then she
shows the class the a card in which the word is missing the consonants “_e_ o _ _ a _y.”
The students write the word again and try to fill in the blanks. Lastly, the students write
the word without a model. She is using which method of spelling instruction?
A) Fernald method
B) Cloze spelling approach
C) Johnson and Myklebust technique
D) Five-step word-study strategy
Which of the following features of language refers to the rules for combining and
patterning sounds within the language?
A) Morphology
B) Phonology
C) Syntax
D) Semantics
Johnny is a second grader who continues to sound out many words when he reads and
who reads very slowly. He uses so much effort in identifying the words that he
frequently misses the main points of the story. He concentrates his effort on unlocking
the word rather than on reading the word automatically. Johnny’s main barrier to
comprehension is his:
A) Background knowledge
B) Fluency
C) Self-monitoring skills
D) Vocabulary knowledge
Which of the following statements about semantic mapping is NOT true?
A) It develops background knowledge by using brainstorming ideas about the topic to
general a list of words related to the key concept.
B) It requires that students know formal definitions before they can use it on a topic.
C) It provides teachers with valuable information about their students’ knowledge.
D) It can serve as an initial blueprint for teaching.
All of the following strategies are ways for dealing with attention problems EXCEPT:
A) Use clear ways of cueing students to obtain their attention
B) Look for times when students are attending and focusing
C) Consider where in the classroom and near whom students work, and make
adjustments to promote better focus on assignments
D) Ignore the students demonstrating problems to force them to concentrate
Which is used to record student progress across a set of skills or knowledge and for a
significant length of time?
A) Progress chart
B) Progress graph
C) Curriculum-based measurement
D) Performance record
In the following sentence, what type of context clue allows the reader to understand the
word “amiable”? “Lucy was very friendly. In fact, she was so amiable that she had more
friends than she could count.”
A) Synonym
B) Contrast
C) Description
D) Definition
Which of the following instructional procedures for teaching math facts involves:
1.presenting a student with a math fact; 2. allowing the student at a specific amount of
time to give a correct answer; 3. modeling the correct response if the student doesn”t
respond within the allotted time; and 4.having the student repeat the model?
A) Peer-assisted practice
B) Constant time-delay procedure
C) Didactic instruction
D) Cognitive approach
What is the purpose of the “Questioning the Author” technique?
A) To increase students’ active engagement with the text
B) To assist students in previewing a text
C) To assist students learning vocabulary relevant to the text
D) To assist student in summarizing the text
At Oak Grove School, more than half of the students did not reach benchmarks for
reading at midyear. What should be the next step of the school?
A) To observe the teachers to ensure that the program is well-implemented
B) To immediately replace the reading program with a different one.
C) To rearrange the classroom environment.
D) To assign more homework to students.
Pragmatic skills refer to all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Eye contact.
B) Ignoring others.
C) Interaction.
D) Sharing.
Graphic organizers can be used in the writing process in all of the following ways
EXCEPT:
A) As a method to assist with brainstorming
B) As semantic maps
C) As replacements for rough drafts.
D) As structured organizers
The words that a reader recognizes or uses in print refer to:
A) Receptive vocabulary.
B) Expressive vocabulary.
C) Oral vocabulary.
D) Reading vocabulary.