Sometimes students with learning and behavioral disabilities know how to act in a
socially appropriate manner but don”t because they ____.
a. are impulsive and act before they think
b. are overly cautious in social situations
c. don”t have to be accepted by peers
d. are expected to behave in a specific way
Which of the following accommodations may need to be made when using
performance-based tests for students with special needs?
a. Incorporate paper and pencil items into performance-based tests.
b. Don”t score their performance-based tests; have students complete the assessment for
review.
c. Teach students with special needs preskills for problem solving.
d. Eliminate all reading demands from performance-based assessment items.
Grading criteria are ____.
a. the standards upon which students’ grades are based
b. ways to help students analyze the kinds of mistakes they make on tests
c. ways to change students’ grades with written comments or symbols
d. checklists that show which key concepts students have learned
When using manipulatives to enhance student learning, it is important to remember that
____.
a. manipulatives may interfere with a student’s ability to transfer from concrete to
abstract
b. student understanding is reduced with too much teacher guidance and structure
c. using manipulatives only in teacher demonstrations is sufficient for re-enforcing
concepts
d. students should be encouraged to verbalize their use of manipulatives to clarify their
conceptual understanding
Which of the following is a guideline for selecting effective textbooks?
a. Support is provided for student comprehension.
b. Graphic aids are de-emphasized.
c. Levels of students’ background knowledge are assumed.
d. Multiple facts in isolation are stressed.
Students born with hearing loss often struggle academically because they have ____.
a. limited intelligence as measured by IQ tests
b. problems developing social skills
c. distinct cultural needs and expectations
d. difficulty understanding language
Throughout the assessment process, it is critical that school personnel ____.
a. have adequate training to administer and evaluate the tools that are used
b. perform a consistent assessment battery of tests on all students
c. evaluate the assessment data by comparing it to how typical learners at that grade
level perform
d. follow parental decisions about their child’s services, disregarding the assessment
outcome
During an initial parent-teacher conference, the teacher should focus on the goal of
____.
a. establishing a two way exchange of information with the parent
b. telling the parent all you know about their child
c. gaining information about the child’s home life
d. determining expected outcomes in the IEP
Which of the following is a true statement regarding reinforcers?
a. Activity reinforcers that are recreational are preferable to activity reinforcers that
directly relate to a student’s educational goals.
b. Tangible reinforcers should always be tried first before other positive reinforcers.
c. Food and other items related to basic human needs are types of social reinforcers.
d. Social reinforcers are the most natural type of rewards in a school environment.
With the technique of differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors, ____.
a. reinforcers are used to decrease inappropriate behavior by increasing related
appropriate behavior
b. students receive the same reward over a period of time and eventually no longer find
it rewarding
c. inappropriate behaviors are decreased by taking something away from the student
that is desired by the student
d. students are removed from opportunities to earn rewards
The specialist who focuses on developing a student’s fine motor skills is the ____.
a. physical therapist
b. occupational therapist
c. adaptive physical educator
d. mobility specialist
The amount of background knowledge students have about a content-area lesson ____.
a. is an important consideration for students with reading disabilities only
b. has little influence on whether or not students can read subject matter with
understanding
c. is often far less important than the quality of the textbook for students’ understanding
of the material
d. is often just as important as the instructional presentation for students’ understanding
of the material
Which of the following statements is true regarding the use of portfolios with students
with special needs?
a. Students with special needs need to be taught how to select and evaluate portfolio
pieces.
b. Portfolios are not sensitive to the progress of students with special needs.
c. Portfolios are of little benefit to students with special needs.
d. The portfolio process does not need to be modified for students with special needs.
All of the following are accommodations for individuals with autism spectrum disorder
except ____.
a. changing the classroom seating assignments
b. creating a structured, predictable environment
c. promoting appropriate, positive social interactions
d. understanding students’ perspectives of behavior
When schools refer to students with disabilities, they mean students who_____.
a. demonstrate difficulty with specific learning tasks
b. could benefit from mandated special education services
c. receive special education services according to federal/state guidelines
d. require assistance to benefit from special education
All means used to enable students to succeed in a general education setting is/are:
a. supplementary aids and services
b. special education
c. related services
d. inclusion
The highest level of thought in Bloom’s taxonomy is _____.
a. creating
b. evaluating
c. understanding
d. applying
Autism spectrum disorder ____.
a. falls into the same category as emotional disorder
b. is addressed as a specific form of intellectual disability
c. can exist in many forms, from mild to severe
d. typically affects four times as many girls as boys
In order for collaborative efforts to work effectively, members of a collaborative team
must ____.
a. agree on every aspect of their common goal
b. ensure the group’s initial vision is maintained
c. debate each critical issue thoroughly
d. develop tolerance of other member’s beliefs
Holly, a first grade student, got very angry and hit her classmate. Holly’s teacher told
her to sit in the chair in the quiet corner of the room for a few minutes where Holly
could not take part in the art project. Holly’s teacher used a punishment strategy called
____.
a. extinction
b. response cost
c. time-out
d. overcorrection
Each of the following is a reason why prevalence of giftedness varies from state to state
EXCEPT:
a. funding levels
b. federal laws
c. definitional variations
d. identification procedures
Periodic observations of a student, recording the observations at two minute intervals
during a twenty minute time period is called ____.
a. duration recording
b. time sampling
c. event recording
d. anecdotal recording
Manipulatives and models can benefit students with special needs in each of the
following ways EXCEPT:
a. focusing their attention throughout lessons
b. providing tangible objects to reinforce difficult concepts
c. helping to make connections between concepts and real-life problems
d. providing physical representations of complex abstractions
Food or other items related to basic human needs are ____.
a. activity reinforcers
b. social reinforcers
c. primary reinforcers
d. tangible reinforcers
Mr. Boggs reads aloud the spelling words for his fourth-grade class and his students
spell out the words on their papers. This is an example of which of the following probe
classifications?
a. think-write
b. see-write
c. hear-write
d. see-say
Most students with multiple disabilities have a(n) ____.
a. intellectual disability and physical impairment or sensory impairment
b. learning disability and sensory impairment
c. orthopedic impairment and autism
d. traumatic brain injury and physical impairment
Effective self-advocacy training ____.
a. adopts an autocratic teaching style in class
b. forces them to look out for themselves or suffer the consequences
c. helps students learn their strengths and weaknesses
d. sets goals for them
Which of the following is the best example of appropriate feedback when teaching your
students to perform learning strategies?
a. “That is incorrect. Please try again.”
b. “Excellent work!”
c. “Your summary includes all the important information. How did you know what to
include?”
d. “You received 100% on your history test. Your parents must have helped you study.”
General education teachers who engage in collaborative efforts realize that such efforts
____.
a. require the same amount and level of work from everyone in the collaborative team
b. are easy to accomplish and stimulating to all the members of the collaborative team
c. foster a sense of shared decision making, trust and respect among participants
d. are significantly less time consuming since all team members are sharing and
participating
Which of the following is a true statement concerning Section 504 of the Vocational
Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
a. The definition of disability is considerably broader in IDEA than in Section 504.
b. The responsibility for making accommodations for students qualifying as disabled
through Section 504 belongs to general education personnel.
c. Moderate funding is provided to school districts to carry out the requirements of
Section 504.
d. For students to receive financial assistance through 504, their parents must submit
proof
of financial hardship and request in writing an assessment hearing.
When a student displays problematic behavior, professionals implement increasingly
intensive interventions to try to clearly identify the reason for the behavior and to help
the student to learn alternative behaviors that are acceptable in the school setting, an
approach termed _____.
a. positive behavior supports
b. multi-tiered system of support
c. response to intervention
d. fidelity of implementation
The “SCROL” strategy ____.
a. teaches students to use text headings to aid comprehension and help them
find/remember important information
b. is a simplified textbook reading strategy that is good for younger students or students
without much experience using textbook reading strategies
c. is a self-questioning strategy that can be used to help students find answers to
questions about what is important in a story
d. is a pre-listening strategy that helps students prepare themselves for lectures
____ allows more student opportunities for practice and recitation.
a. Unison responding
b. Group volunteering
c. Massed practice
d. Grouped practice
Compared to the professional requesting help, the consultant should always be ____,
a. more knowledgeable about the area of concern
b. as knowledgeable about the area of concern
c. more knowledgeable about most special education issues
d. as knowledgeable about most special education issues
Explain “accommodations’ and describe one example of how you would apply this
concept to teaching a student with disabilities.
Family-centered practices are built upon the premise that students are best served when
the perspective of the family is represented and respected by school personnel.
Explain the co-teaching method, ‘station teaching.” Include the specific role of each
teacher in your response.
Experts say that asking someone to restate the problem is of no benefit to team
participants.
The IEP team has determined a behavior plan is needed for a particular student. Explain
why the team would decide to add this component.
Explain how to construct a study guide. Include a specific example of the
accommodation.
Define “dyslexia”.
What communication disorder is present when a student is having problems with an
inability to understand what people mean when they speak?
Provide an explanation of “informed instructional decision making” as it would apply to
working with an English-language learner.
The one teach, one assist method of co-teaching enables one professional to collect data
that can be used in instructional decisions.
Epilepsy is often diagnosed immediately after an individual’s first seizure.
Teachers should help students create visually complex graphic organizers to help the
students remember isolated details.
Valerie, a gifted student in your social studies class, is bored. What intervention could
you use to eliminate instruction for goals that she has already met?
Your textbook explains two strategies used in the “R” step of the “SCROL” strategy;
they are “Highlight It!” and “Mark It!” Select one of these strategies and explain how it
could be used by a student with special needs.
The INCLUDE strategy recommends you make accommodations that fit the assignment
not the student.