Full Exam #2

IDEA 2004 says a transition plan must be in place in a students IEP by age 16. The Texas Senate Bill 1788 (passed in 2011) changed the required age for transition planning in Texas schools to

14

Public Law 94-142 was passed by Congress in:

1975

A teacher presents students with the following number pattern: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, _____. Given this pattern, the next number would be:

21

A fifth-grade teacher writes the following math problem on the board and tells students to remember the order of operations as they solve it. (2+4)x5=_____. The correct answer to this problem is:

30

Which of the following fractions are equivalent to 0.625?

5/8

What committee did Texas put in place to meet IDEA's requirement for a system of determination of eligibility for students with disabilities?

ARD

What does FAPE stand for?

Free and Appropriate Public Education

FBA stands for

Functional Behavior Assessment

One advantage of recorded books is that:

They provide students with a model of fluent reading and can be turned off when the students wants to read on their own.

Instructional modification is:

a change to the content students are learning

According to IDEA guidelines, which of the following elements is NOT required to be included in a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)?

a description of the interventions that will be used including who will be involved, procedures that will be followed, and an explanation of how data will be collected

Given the algebraic equation a=b+7, which of the following statements is true?

a is greater than b

An appropriate tool for evaluating an authentic assessment task is:

a rubric

Which of the following students would likely benefit most from recorded books?

a student with dyslexia

A teacher in an ALE classroom provides each student with a plastic 10-frame and 10 small plastic rectangles that fit on the 10-frame. The math concept of the teacher is most likely planning to teach with this manipulative is

addition

What must be administered to the student with the disability before a transition plan can written for the student's IEP?

age-appropriate transition assessments

Which of the following sentences has a syntax error?

along the way sees Jesse a cat

an acute angle

an angle bigger than 0 degrees but less than 90 degrees

A sixth-grade language arts teacher arranges her classroom with desks facing the front and an area in the back with three clipboards on the wall. Masking tape denotes a small area of floor near each clipboard. As the teacher explains her expectations for school year, she points out the clipboards and the taped-off sections of the floor. She says, "During the lesson, if you are having a difficult time paying attention, feel free to stand up and walk quitely to the back and grab a clipboard if one is available. The clipboards will always have paper and pencil so that you can take notes while standing in the taped-off area." What is the teacher most likely trying to accomplish by implementing this classroom arrangement?

anticipating and meeting the needs of tactile/kinesthetic learners in her classes

A Special Education teacher in an ALE classroom is preparing to lift a student with limited mobility. Which of the following guidelines for lifting is NOT true?

approach from the front and place arms underneath the student's arms to lift

Tia is an eleventh grader with Downs Syndrome. Her transition-needs evaluation indicates that she loves to count coins and can count up to the number 1,000, but she only counts by 1s, not 5s, or 10s. Tia is nervous around people she does not know, but she can be quite chatty once she is comfortable with someone. Tia takes some time to learn a routine, but once she has it down, she really knows it. She washes her hands obsessively after using the restroom and sometimes has to be redirected. Tia's Special Education teacher reaches out to a local board-game company to ask about internship opportunities for Tia. The president of the game company supports programs for students with special needs and is open to bringing in Tia for an internship. He suggests the following jobs at his company. Which is the most appropriate for Tia based on her transition-needs evaluation?

assembling board games and making sure each game has the correct number of playing pieces, dice, game cards, and play money

A Special Education teacher in a middle-school ALE classroom sets up student roles in her class that change each week. One of the roles involves filing the class's folder games by skill (indicated by a picture symbol on the file folders). Another role requires students to put homework activities in order and staple them. A third role involves watering the class plants. The teacher's purpose in developing these class roles most likely is to:

assess informally and build student's basic job skills in preparation for the transition plan in their IEP

A Special Education teach consults with a student's inclusion teacher to plan for the upcoming district assessment. Based on the student's work and behavior in the classroom, they agree to allow the student to mark her/his answers directly in the test booklet, and to provide the student with a study carrel in which to take the test. What are the teachers developing?

assessment accommodations

Which of the following statements about assistive technology is true?

assistive technology can be as simple as a pencil grip or as elaborate as a multi-thousand-dollar machine

A summative assessment would be administered:

at a conclusion of a unit

Which the following assistive technology examples was created specifically to help nonverbal students interact at school, at home, and in the community?

augmentative communication device

Which of the following types of assessment is informal?

behavioral checklist

The primary indicator that a Special Education student needs to have a Behavior Intervention Plan as part of an IEP is that:

behaviors are impeding learning

A teacher in an elementary ALE classroom notices that one of her students with autism is reacting to changes in classroom routines much more emotionally than usual. The student has a 30-minute meltdown when rain prevents the students from going to the playground at their normal recess time. When the third meltdown happens in two days, the teacher calls the preferred contact number on the student's information card and requests a conference with the parents. The teacher does not hear back that day. The next day, there is a message waiting at the front office from the student's mother explaining she is out of town on business and in a time zone that is two hours different from the teacher's. The mother asks if the teacher can call her that evening after 6 p.m. What is the most appropriate response by the teacher?

call the parent after 6 p.m. and thank her for calling back while being out of town. Explain the situation with the student, and brainstorm ideas with the parent to help the student feel more secure

The purpose of the re-authorizations of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is to:

clarify, update, revise, and expand the original law

Which of the following factors can effect behavior?

cognitive, environmental, effective

What is common issue for children on all levels of the autism spectrum?

communication and social interaction

Two high school ALE teachers plan a trip to the local grocery store for their students. The class works together on a shopping list. Using old magazines and grocery store flyers, students place a picture next to each item on the list. On the day of the trip, students are paired up, and each pair receives a copy of the shopping list. The partners must find all of the groceries on the list and meet at the checkout counter. What kind of instruction is this?

community-based instruction

A fourth-grader is observed exhibiting awkward social behaviors, anxiety, and poor handwriting. After implementing several accommodations recommended by the school's RTI committee, the classroom teacher reports that the student is not showing any improvement in these areas. Special Education testing is recommended, and the parents are notified that the district proposes to conduct evaluations in all academic, emotional, behavioral, and social areas. The district also indicates that they would like to have their autism team evaluate the student for an autism spectrum disorder. The parents give consent for all testing except the autism team's evaluation. They claim that they know their child doesn't have autism, and they do not want any evaluations in that area. The appropriate response by the school district is to:

conduct only the evaluations for which the parents gave consent

Fifth-grade student walk into class to find a huge poster on each wall with the word "radius" on it. There is a circular paper spinner on each desk. The teacher has a large cardboard circle taped to his chest with a line from the edge of the circle to the middle of the circle. The teacher is most likely trying to:

draw attention to a new math vocabulary word

What is a common term for a written language learning disability?

dysgraphia

The term used to describe a reader who is just beginning to make the letter-sound connection and who recognizes a few sight words is:

emergent

A Special Education teacher in an ALE classroom sets up a classroom store and labels items with various prices from $0.49 to $4.99. She then distributes five play dollars to each student and provides time for each student to "shop" for an item. Once a student has selected an item, the student takes it to the teacher to "pay" for it. The teacher instructs students to look at the price, add 1 to the first number in the price, and give her that many dollars. She calls this the "next dollar" strategy. The most likely reason for teaching this strategy is to:

ensure that students have an easy way to pay for items at stores and will never be cheated out of more than $0.99

A child must be reevaluated to determine continued eligibility for Special Education services...?

every three years

A Special Education teacher in a PPCD (Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities) classroom is assigned a paraprofessional who has never worked with young children before. The paraprofessional states that she is used to supervising children as they complete their work quitely and independently. What would be the most appropriate way for the teacher to respond?

explain that young children with disabilities, like all young children, tend to be active learners who need manipulatives and time to practice good social skills. The teacher will be sitting on the floor with the the children during circle time and participating in station activities with the children, and she expects the paraprofessional to do the same

The purpose of a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) is to:

explain what behaviors are being targeted for change and how school staff will implement the change

When working with students with disabilities in math, teachers should plan instruction that is primarily:

explicit

What is Council for the Exceptional Children's stance on the involvement of families in the Special Education process, based on the organization's code of ethics?

families deserve respect and should be actively involved in the educational decision making process

If a teacher assesses a student's rate, accuracy, and expression, what area of reading is being evaluated?

fluency

It is important for students to develop procedural fluency in math so students can:

focus on learning higher order math skills

To determine a child's eligibility for Special Education services, a school district will administer:

formal diagnostic assessments

An eighth-grade US history teacher has a diverse class and wants to ensure that they all gain a deep sense of the causes and effects of the events in our country's past. She asks her co-teacher for some suggestions. Which of the following strategies would be the most appropriate one to suggest given the social studies teacher's goals?

have a small groups create parts of a multi-sensory timeline, placing each event in the wall in the sequence it occurred

A student with ADHD has a difficult time maintaining focus in his third-grade classroom. The classroom seating arrangements that would be most appropriate for this student and help him focus is to:

have the student sit with his peers, but make his chair an exercise ball

A third-grade teacher with a diverse class has just attended a professional development session on colored overlays and how reading with a colored background can help some students with reading disabilities because the color does not reflect fluorescent light like white paper does. The teacher has two students in her class who have complained that their eyes hurt when they read or that the print is blurry. The school nurse has checked their eyesight, and it is 20/20. The teacher decides to a colored overlay experiment with the whole class. Students try each of the colors the teacher provides and write down feedback about whether the text is any easier to read with each color. The teacher is delighted when both of the students who reported trouble with reading in the past find colors that they say"make the words stop moving." Several other students in class also report that the color makes it easier to read. The most likely reason for the teacher deciding to run the experiment with the whole class instead of just the two students it to:

help the students understand learning differences and ensure that any use of colored overlays by students in the class will not be viewed as "weird"

Which of the following post-secondary options is NOT included in IDEA 2004's definition of post-school activities?

home health

A sixth-grade language arts teacher assigns partners and then gives each pair an index card with a saying on it. Sayings include "it's raining cats and dogs," "He broke my heart," and "Drop Grandma a line." The teacher asks each pair to illustrate the saying on their cards as if it was a literal statement. Then she directs the partners to talk about the real meaning behind the phrase when used in everyday speech. The type of expression this teacher is introducing is:

idioms

A Special Education teacher is extremely frustrated with one of her students who constantly sneers at her directions and often says, "This class is so boring." Which of the following management strategies would NOT be appropriate with this student?

ignoring the behavior

Which of following instructional accommodations is most appropriate for a student with visual impairments?

increase the point size and leading between lines for all reading materials presented to the student

For a social studies unit, a high-school Special Education teacher with an autism class teaches the meanings of indoor and outdoor signs that students will see in the community. Several of the students are nonverbal, so the teacher shows them a large sign, names the sign, and then gives them a card with the same sign on it. As the activities progress, the students who are nonverbal learn to identify the sign when it is paired with one and then two distractors. The teacher also does simulations where she displays the sign and has the students act out how they would react to seeing that sign (for example, mimic washing hands when they see an "All Employees Will Wash Hands" sign or stopping when they see a "Stop" sign). In addition to adapting the social studies content, what required skills is the teacher focusing on with this unit?

independent-living skills

How did the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 2001 (better known as No Child Left Behind) affect IDEA in the reauthorization of 2004?

it influenced language that reflected greater accountability for all students and the selection of research-based instructional programs

Which of the following student activities is an example of comprehension?

matching words to pictures

What kind of goals must a Special Education student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) include?

measurable and annual

To prepare students in a middle-school intervention math class for a unit on fractions, a Special Education teacher puts together a Power Point presentation on the interactive whiteboard using videos and images from the Internet. The presentation shows people using fractions at work, at home, and in the community. What is the teacher most likely trying to accomplish with this presentation?

motivate the students with reasons to learn fractions

A third-grade student with learning disabilities often cries and complains about her peers disliking her. Her classroom teacher says the student's classmates are not acting inappropriately, but the student's own behaviors are causing other students to back away from her. Of the following strategies, what would be the most appropriate intervention for this student?

obtain parental permission to add her to a small-skills groups with the school counselor where she can role-play how to make friends and react in socially appropriate ways

Mrs. Tomas, a third-grade teacher, is teacher, is teaching students to write in cursive. Anna, one of the students, is struggling with this task, and her handwriting in incomprehensible. Which of the following related service providers would be most qualified to evaluate Anna's needs and suggest appropriate accommodations?

occupational therapists

What are generic problem-solving strategies in math instruction?

organizational steps that can be applied to a range of math problems

A Special Education co-teacher is working with a small group of students on the concept of "greater than" and "less than." She wants to scaffold their learning, so she uses several different activities to move them toward mastery of the concept. Of the following activities, which one should be last in the teaching sequence?

pair students, and provide each pair with a spinner with the numbers 1 to 20 on it and two blank worksheets. Tell students to take turns spinning. The first number spun should go on the left side of the first space on the worksheet, and the second number spun should go on the right side. Once both numbers are written, partners should agree whether the first number is greater than, less than, or equal to the second number, and write the appropriate symbol

Before districts can share personal information about students with community agencies providing and paying for transition services, IDEA requires:

parental consent, or the consent of an eligible child who has reached the age of maturity

A sixth-grade teacher divides her class into two sides. She explains that they are going to have a mock debate in class that day. Side A has to argue for why peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are the best. Side B has to argue for why grilled cheese sandwiches are the best. Each side has 20 minutes to put the arguments together and then present them to the class. The students quickly get to work brainstorming supportive ideas for their side. When the two sides are ready to present, the teacher says she will decide who wins by how hungry she is for their sandwich. After the debate, the teacher assigns homework in the form of paper each student will write to follow up on the debate. Which form of writing are students most likely going to use for their homework assignment?

persuasive

According to the National Reading Panel's 2000 report, "Teaching Children to Read," there are five evidence-based areas of reading instruction. What are the five areas?

phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension

A fourth-grade teacher is new to a school. She has a diverse classroom, and she wants to start the year off on a positive note. Which of the following activities would be the most appropriate way for the teacher to let students know she is excited to be their teacher and that she respects them and their learning needs?

play a "name game" to help students learn each other's names while the teacher also learns the name or nickname each student prefers

A seventh-grade mathematics teacher has several students with learning disabilities in one of his classes and is assigned a co-teacher from the Special Education department to help during that class period. The math teacher sets up a table with five chairs in the back of the room and directs the co-teacher and the four students with learning disabilities to sit there throughout the class. He tells the co-teacher that she can help her kids that way. The most appropriate response by the co-teacher would be to:

point out that the table, while a good place to use for flexible group instruction, should not be the permanent seating area for the students with learning disabilities as it segregates them and, therefore, does not meet the legal requirements for least restrictive environment

Mr. Takei, a regular education earth science teacher, is planning a lesson on why volcanoes erupt and the effects of an eruption on the environment. As he thinks about his students, he reflects that two of his students (Maggie who has an IEP, and Sean who does not) seem to need concrete examples to understand concepts. Another Special Education student, Marcus, seems to retain more information when he has to talk about it himself. Several students need to see a picture to better understand what the teacher is talking about. Which of the following lesson preparation ideas best meets the needs of all the learners in Mr. Takei's class?

prepare a model of a volcano, and ask Maggie and Sean to be assistants in causing it to erupt. Ask Marcus to serve as narrator for the entire experiment. Place chairs in a semi-circle around the experiment table to allow for a good view

A Special Education co-teacher is trying to explain to a regular education colleague why classroom time spent on pre-reading activities will actually improve comprehension. The regular education teacher is concerned about the time that would take away from discussion after the reading is complete. One important reason to spend time on pre-reading strategies is that:

preparing students to read significantly improves comprehension and teaches students strategies that make them more successful, independent readers in the future

During a mathematics test, a Special Education teacher provides a student with an MP3 player on which all of the test questions have been recorded. The student has a reading disability. What type of assessment accommodation has the teacher provided?

presentation

A Special Education teacher is planning a lesson on teaching the meaning of common outdoor signs to an Applied Learning Environment (ALE) class. One of the students is nonverbal. One way the teacher can ensure that the nonverbal student can fully participate in the lesson is to:

provide response cards with pictures of the signs for the student to hold up to indicate his/her answer

In a ninth-grade algebra class, a student with learning disabilities struggles to complete assignments in a timely manner. The teacher and a Special Education co-teacher spend time analyzing how the student approaches problems, and they find that his reasoning is sound but he is hampered by the fact that he has not memorized his basic math facts. The more appropriate way to help this student is to:

provide the student with a calculator for completing basic calculations on assignment and tests

Which of the following would be the best activity for teaching budgeting skills to high-school students?

providing menus from local restaurants and having students decide what they will order for less than 10 dollars

Which type of assessment describes qualities of a performance in order to indicate a level of achievement?

rating scale

A fourth-grade student knows all of his/her multiplication facts and can solve three digit multiplication problems with ease. However, he/she has difficulty solving word problems and is failing mathematics because of his/her poor performance on tests. What skills should the teacher target to best help this student improve his/her performance?

reading

Which of the following is NOT a procedural safeguard for parents in the federally mandated Special Education system?

right to select the best teacher for the child

In Special Education, the term co-morbidity refers to:

secondary or tertiary disability that exists alongside a child's primary diagnosis

Which of the following examples is NOT a concept of print?

simile

Which of the following conditions is NOT included in the IDEA definition of OHI?

specific learning disabilities

What are the two most prevalent disabilities for children ages 3-21 in the United States?

specific learning disabilities and speech/language impairments

A good communication strategy to use when conducting a parent-teacher conference is to:

start the meeting with a friendly, informal conversation, and share positive details about the student's strengths

What characterizes the work of a late-stage emergent writer?

strings of unrelated letters (patterned letters)

A Special Education teacher reviews her/his students' IEP objectives and results from the previous year's STAAR assessment to decide which skills to teach. She/he hinds three students who need to improve their summarization skills and plans a small-group lesson on summarization just for them. This kind of lesson planning is called:

targeted instruction

A Special Education teacher is working with a ninth-grade biology teacher. The Special Education teacher suggests that for the next chapter in the textbooks, they provide the students with five sticky notes each and then have the students read the chapter with a partner. During the reading, partners must stop five times to place a sticky note on the text and write a comment or question about the content. The purpose of the Special Education teacher's suggested activity is to:

teach students to self-monitor for comprehension

A tenth grader with reading disabilities wants to join the school newspaper club. The student approaches the journalism advisor and says she really wants to help with the school paper. She is especially interested in covering school sports. The journalism advisor approaches the student's English teacher and asks for her thoughts on the student's capabilities. Based on the Code of Ethics and Standard Practices for Texas Educators, which of the following replies is the most appropriate for the English teacher to make?

the English teacher relays the student's reading and writing strengths as well as the student's enthusiasm for sports. She also shares a couple of classroom adaptations, such as working with a partner and using colored overlays, which have really helped the student succeed on reading and writing tasks

Which of the following statements about post-secondary goals is true based on IDEA regulations?

the post-secondary goals must be measurable

Based on United States law, the entity ultimately responsible for providing a free and appropriate public education for all students, including students with disabilities, is...?

the states

A Special Education student is evaluated using a battery of achievement tests, and the results indicate the student has procedural learning deficits. How would these deficits most likely affect the student in math?

the student has difficulty solving multi-step word problems

Which of the following symptoms is NOT an indicator of a hearing impairment?

the student puts her/his hands over her/his ears repeatedly

If an ARD or IEP team meeting is called for the purpose of considering postsecondary goals for a student with a disability and the transition services necessary to assist the student in reaching those goals, according to IDEA regulations the IEP team must invite

the student with the disability

A Special Education teacher is using miscue analysis to diagnose students' reading difficulties. What would this look like in the classroom?

the teacher and student at a table in the back of the room with the student orally reading short passages and teacher making marks on a separate copy of the passages

Why is it important to identify the reasons for a student's misbehavior rather than simply administer a punishment?

to be able to address the cause of the negative behavior and, by extension, eliminate or modify the behavior

The primary reason for rename the Education for all Handicapped Children Act to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990 is:

to promote "people first" language, emphasizing the person, not the disability

Researchers look at the strategies successful readers use to help them identify reading strategies to teach explicitly to struggling readers. Which of the following strategies is an example of an activity most successful readers do after reading?

turning to a peer and talk about what was good about the book and what wasn't so good

A Special Education teacher in an ALE classroom uses communication notebooks to share information with parents about their children's academic work and behavior each day. She also uses the notebook to write questions to parents and to request supplies. Two days ago, the teacher wrote in a student's notebook that the student needed a spare set of clothes to have available if he has an accident or gets wet at the water fountain. There has been no reply from the parents, and no spare clothes have been sent. The most appropriate next step for the teacher to take would be to:

use another form of communication to contact the parents, such as a phone call or an email

A fifth-grade teacher is preparing to teach her students order of operations in math. Which of the following ideas would be a good way to help students remember this information?

use the mnemonic PEMDAS

Which of the following practices is an example of assessing students ethically?

using culturally and linguistically appropriate assessment procedures

Which of the following disabilities is an example of low-incidence disability?

visual impairments, including blindness

A second-grade student with a reading disability has difficulty associating sounds to letters. On which area of reading instruction should the teacher focus?

word analysis

A third-grade student is evaluated for Special Education services, and the assessments indicate she has a reading disability characterized by visual-spatial deficits. At the ARD committee meeting, the parents indicate an interest in learning more about these types of reading disabilities. Which of the following educational organization websites would be the most appropriate to recommend the parents explore?

www.cec.sped.org www.Idanatl.org www.interdys.org