Anxiety-withdrawal refers to the combination of two major behaviors:
a. short attention span and failure to finish tasks
b. aggression toward others and shyness
c. extreme worry and seclusiveness
d. hitting others and excessive rocking
Victoria’s speech is sometimes difficult to understand because her language has an
irregular rhythm and flow. Victoria’s language problem is in the area of:
a. fluency
b. pitch and intensity
c. articulation
d. voice
As part of reading instruction on a new text, Ms. Lu grouped her students with varying
degrees of abilities in each group. This is known as what type of grouping?
a. skilled
b. ability
c. homogenous
d. heterogeneous
The number of children born with severe disabilities is:
a. remaining steady
b. increasing
c. decreasing
d. unknown
Social stories are used to:
a. assess how well students understood a concept
b. improve reading comprehension
c. improve social interactions
d. teach in the content area
Which program can secondary teachers use to assist their students in the acquisition of
social skills such as giving positive feedback, resisting peer pressure, negotiation skills,
and follow directions?
a. ASSET
b. FAST
c. SLAM
d. THINK
Which of the strategy instruction guidelines would you be addressing with your
students if you were teaching strategies in stages?
a. guideline 1
b. guideline 2
c. guideline 3
d. guideline 4
Research has indicated that successful adults with learning disabilities do NOT
a. make or persist at goals
b. make accommodations for the disability
c. live independently
d. receive post-secondary training
Peter is a fourth grader who has difficulty writing clearly. Even though he knows how
to add and subtract well, he often makes mistakes because he cannot read the numbers
he has copied from the board. What type of problem is Peter having?
a. motoric
b. visual detail
c. procedural
d. spatial organization
The current trend in mathematics instruction is the emphases on teaching students to
effectively problem solve and to spend less time on skill and drill. What implication do
many researchers believe the current trend will have on students with learning
problems?
a. The performance of students with learning problems will dramatically improve.
b. Students with learning problems will learn neither math computation nor higher order
mathematics.
c. Students performance on higher order mathematics will improve, but their
performance on computation skills will dramatically worsen.
d. The performance of these students will remain the same, because the essential issue
is still not being addressed. Students with learning problems must be taught strategies
and accommodations in order to succeed in mathematics.
When delivering secondary interventions to students how much time per week might
you be required to intervene with these students?
a. 1″2 time per week for 5 minutes a day
b. 2″3 times per week for 10 minutes or more
c. 3″5 times per week for 20 minutes or more
d. .5 times a weeks for 30 to 60 minutes
Rocking, flapping fingers, twirling or spinning object, and grinding teeth are examples
of:
a. biased responding
b. self-injurious behavior
c. depressive behavior
d. stereotypic behaviors
Two more recent movements in early reading instruction are:
a. basal reading and whole language approaches
b. phonological awareness and alphabetic principles
c. whole language and eclectic approach
d. phonemic language and basal reading programs
Audrey distributes a schedule form to all of her students and has them keep track of
their activities each week. This strategy is used to help students with
a. understanding reading assignments
b. analyzing coursework
c. time management skills
d. test taking skills
Myopia and hyperopia are visual impairments caused by:
a. diseases
b. refractive errors
c. trauma
d. injury
What is the biggest barrier to successful collaboration between special and general
education teachers?
a. Personality differences
b. Differing teaching styles
c. Lack of time to meet and plan
d. One teacher usually becomes the lead teacher and the other becomes a “glorified
aide.”
All of the following are components that appear in most interpersonal problem solving
programs EXCEPT:
a. Evaluate consequences
b. Alternative solution implementation
c. Question implementation
d. Problem identification
Reinforcing students in the classroom may come in the form of tangible or extrinsic to
internal or intrinsic. Which of the following would be considered an internal or intrinsic
reward?
a. Can of pop/soda
b. Tickets
c. Computer time
d. Receiving an “A” on a test.
Physical disabilities and health impairments caused by traumatic brain injury and
spinal cord injury are:
a. decreasing with modern medical advances
b. congenital and degenerative
c. preventable
d. induced by birth trauma
Students often have difficulties articulating what they want and need in appropriate
ways. These skills are referred to as
a. Self Evaluation Skills
b. Subject-Centered Skills
c. Teacher-Centered Skills
d. Self-Advocacy Skills
Which of the following is a reason that teachers assign homework?
a. The teacher likes to keep busy after school grading papers.
b. Parent-teacher communications
c. The administration requires homework assignments every day.
d. Ensuring students are stating in the house after school
Jeff’s fourth-grade classroom had students from Mexico, Japan, and other Asian
countries. Because several of his students came from fishing communities, Jeff
incorporated an extended segment on fishing communities into the unit he was
teaching. He checked out books and magazines about fishing and rural life in Mexico
and other Asian countries. The students also visited the fish market, as well as Asian
and Mexican food markets and compared how fish was prepared in these markets. Jeff’s
teaching is an example of:
a. Sheltered English
b. Equity pedagogy
c. Contributions approach
d. Context embedded instruction
One strategy teachers can use to help sift out important information in their assignments
is:
a. highlighting
b. subject matter content
c. instructional design
d. conceptual density
In your classroom you are having students write narratives. After having students write,
you find some are having problems with this type of writing. Which of the following is
one of the types of problems you might see in your students’ narrative writing?
a. lack of proper reference materials
b. lack of character development
c. lack of length of text
d. incomplete sentences throughout
Task-Analysis refers to:
a. the breakdown of each individual step of a skill
b. a review of the step or skill
c. fostering relationships for improved quality of life
d. family participation at meetings
As you would with students in the general education classroom, you will want to figure
out the likes and dislikes of the students with autism in your special education
classroom. In order to find out this information you would conduct:
a. a preference assessment
b. a curriculum-based assessment
c. an intelligence quotient
d. an achievement test
The English teacher, Mrs. Blough, has established a rule that a student who swears in
class will receive a detention. David is a student in her fourth-period class who has been
identified as having conduct disorder. David shouts out a curse word. An appropriate
action for Mrs. Blough to take would be to:
a. give David detention and ignore him for the rest of the class period.
b. give David detention and include him in the rest of the lesson.
c. give David detention and remove him from class.
d. understand the manifestations of conduct disorder and avoid giving David detention.
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 has created many changes in the way
education is delivered in the United States. Three areas of education the NCLB Act has
affected are:
a._________________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________________
A student with a conduct disorder would most likely be:
a. withdrawn, refusing to speak to authority figures
b. hyperactive
c. rocking excessively
d. defiant toward authority
Students with reading difficulties are most likely to have problems with:
a. phonological awareness
b. syntactic awareness
c. whole language reading
d. eclectic reading programs
Which of the following is one of the three initiatives that led to the eventual use of RTI?
a. State and local governments required the use of interventions before identification.
b. President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education held public hearings
about special education.
c. The governors of every state held a national conference on the need for early
identification of students with learning disabilities.
d. The federal government instituted NCLB to combat over identification of persons
with learning disabilities.
Following is a brief scenario about a parent’s reaction to the way his or her child was
treated at school. Play the role of the teacher and describe exactly what you would say
and do. Be sure to include examples of listening effectively and use of open questions.
The following are the words of a parent of a 6th grade girl with attention problems:
“My daughter came home from school today and had more than 2 hours of homework.
This is not the first time she has had this amount of work! She is spending too much
time doing work at home that she should be doing at school in your classroom. I do not
understand why it is necessary for any child to have this much work at home.”
Common planning time is essential to successful collaboration among professionals.
Chapter 3 provides several examples of ways in which professionals can secure
common planning time. List and explain two of these practices.
One of the strategies you may choose to use with your students is the DISSECT
Strategy. First describe the strategy and include the type and level of student you would
use the strategy with in your classroom. Second, describe how you would introduce the
process to students. Finally, identify three difficulties students may have while trying to
use the strategy.
Individuals who are at-risk or disabled often receive more negative feedback from
others and consequently their self-concepts are likely to be lower than those of other
students. How can you create a behavior support plan to enhance the self-concept of
students with learning and behavior problems? What are some of the things you can do
to assure acceptance of all students in your classroom?
In your career as a teacher you will have children with a myriad of physical disabilities,
health impairments or TBI. Knowing this, identify which of these are being described
below:
_______________ is a persistent inflammation of the air passage that causes episodes
of difficult breathing.
_______________ is caused by damage to the brain before birth and the severity can
vary for each child afflicted. The children may have lack of coordination, speech
disorders, motor problems, and extreme weakness.
_______________ is a birth defect that occurs when the spinal cord fails to close
properly and can cause paralysis but seldom affects intellectual ability.
There is a student in your special education resource classroom that is ready for a
transition plan. Explain to him what are transition services and transition plans. When
were they mandated and which ages does it affect? Why was it necessary to mandate
transition planning and services under IDEA? What is the role of the job developer?
Write three sample objectives that could be part of a transition plan.
If you have a student in your classroom with ________________ _____________ he or
she may have difficulties exchanging knowledge, ideas, opinions, desires, and feelings.
Writing instruction has changed just like other content areas. Describe and discuss three
current trends in writing instruction revealed in your text. Give examples of how you
foresee these trends affecting your teaching.
Children with autism or autism spectrum disorder often experience core deficits in
____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.
What are some ways that teachers can create an accepting classroom community for
students with speech disorders? Provide examples of ways you can make your
classroom a welcoming environment for students who struggle with language.
Using the 1992 American Association on Mental Retardation definition of mental
retardation as a guide, describe a person who would be considered to have mental
retardation.
Students with ADHD can learn just as students without ADHA but they require some
specialized educational interventions. Your text discusses 11 interventions. Four of
these interventions are:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
In your class you have a student who is having a difficult time staying in his seat during
class discussions. In order to help the student you have decided to use
the_________________ self-management strategy where the student is taught to
document their incremental progress toward the overall goal.
For years the term ____________________ was referred to as
____________________ which refers to students that have limited cognitive
functioning and often have slower rates of learning in more challenging, complex, and
abstract learning tasks.
If you have a student in your class whose overall cognitive functioning and academic
performance in subject areas other than mathematics are at or above grade level he/she
may be experiencing a ___________________________________________.
As a special education teacher you will be involved in the development of many IEP’s
and will take part in many IEP meetings. One of the tasks at the IEP meeting is to
inform parents and students of their rights. Knowing this the __________________
procedures were developed to ensure that everyone with a stake in the student’s
educational success is heard.
In Tier 1, _______________________ provide ______________________ instruction
to all students in the class.
You have several students in your class who is having difficult in math. They seems,
based on their scores on homework and tests, to be lacking in some of the basic skills
needed to be successful in mathematics. One program you are considering to use with
these students is the ________________________ by Englemann and Carnie because it
uses direct instruction to provide explicit practice on skills that are at a deficit for
students.
____________________ is the most common chromosomal disorder and can occur in
about 1 in 733 to 1,000 live births.