Chapters 1-6
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 standard and are allowed to use______ to provide evidence that they meet the same broad standards as other students.
alternate assessments
Probes of basic academic skills______.
consist of timed samples of academic behaviors
The highest level of thought in Bloom's taxonomy is ______.
creating
Decisions that involve the initial instructional level for students are _____.
curriculum placement
A method for measuring the level of achievement of students in terms of what they are taught in the classroom is_______.
curriculum-based assessment
The co-teaching approach in which two teachers take turns, with one leading the lesson and the other gathering data to improve instructional decisions is called ________.
one teach, one observe
Students with autism spectrum disorder are likely to need ______.
opportunities during the day to work and be alone
In order to support student comprehension, textbook content should be ______.
organized with meaningful headings and subheadings
The co-teaching method that increases the student's opportunity for participation in responses to teacher questions is ________.
parallel teaching
Which guideline for selecting manipulative and models helps students who that may have trouble with transference from one concept to another?
use a range of manipulative materials
"Instructional methods" includes which of the following?
ways in which teachers present content
Curriculum-based assessment measures the student's level of achievement related to _______.
what is taught in the classroom
Decisions in instructional evaluation involve_____.
whether to continue or change instructional procedures
Collaboration is best defined as a group of people ________.
working in a team that feel their contributions are valued
Most students with multiple disabilities have a(n)______.
intellectual disability and physical impairment or sensory impairment
Two common methods of assessments used in making educational decisions for students with special needs are _____.
standardized and high stakes
In understanding a parent's perspective on their child's disabilities, a teacher's experience can prepare him/her ________.
to listen to the parent's discussion of the child's strengths
Which of the following is an aspect of classroom management?
transition time
Which category protected under IDEA includes students with characteristics that may include short-term memory loss, developmental delays, vision loss and needs that may change over time?
traumatic brain injury
Which of the following statements is true regarding group-administered and high stakes achievement tests?
Group-administered and high stakes tests are often used in making administrative decisions at the school district level
The average score on most psychological tests is______.
100
In addition to significant difficulty with adaptive behaviors, students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities generally have IQ scores of_______.
55
In order for independent student practice to be more effective in promoting student growth and achievement, most students need to complete practice items at an accuracy rate of _____.
90%
Which of the following is true about evidence-based practice?
All interventions, strategies, techniques, policies, and programs should be grounded in research with demonstrated effectiveness.
Which of the following introduced the concept of integration into public education?
Brown v. Board of Education
Charmaine's teacher sampled her reading from a passage at the fifth grade level and found that she read at a correct rate of 43 words per minute with no errors. What is Charmaine's teacher most likely to conclude based on this information?
Charmaine has a problem with reading rate
Which of the following legal cases was crucial in establishing the principles of inclusive practices?
Oberti v. Board of Education of Clementon School District
One of the outcomes of the civil rights movement of the 1960s directly led to the passage of ________.
Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act
Which of the following is a provision of Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act?
Some students not eligible for special education services may be entitled to receive specific types of assistance to be academically successful.
Which of the following is true about mainstreaming?
Students should be placed in a general education setting only when they can meet traditional academic expectations with minimal assistance.
Which of the following represents an accommodation within the physical organization of the classroom to improve the instructional environment?
The teacher arranges a work and reading area with soft light instead of flourescent
One example of a work environment that supports collaboration is ________.
arranged shared planning time
In consultation, teachers seek the help of another professional with specific expertise so that the professional is able to ________.
assist the teacher needing the benefit of their expertise
Equipment used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability is ______.
assistive technology
Children with _____ compromise the largest group of chronically ill students in the United States
asthma
A student whose behavior is characterized in part by a lack of appropriate social responsiveness from a very early age is likely to be diagnosed with ________.
autism
Students who have difficulty in social interactions and communication are referred to as having ________.
autism syndrome disorder
Planning specifics when engaged in shared problem solving requires collaborative team participants to do all of the following EXCEPT ________.
brainstorm possible solutions to the problem
Autism spectrum disorder_______.
can exist in many form, from mild to severe
Immediate feedback on practice items is important so that students ______.
can make meaningful corrections of their work
The largest group of students with orthopedic impairments in publice schools is _______.
cerebral palsy
Which of the following students receive services under IDEA?
children who exhibit significant developmental delays
Positive ongoing collaboration between a teacher and paraprofessional is dependent upon ________.
clear communication
Success of teams ultimately depends upon the ________.
commitment of the members
Because of the unique learning, especially in the domain of communication, these students are likely to receive special education services beginning at birth.
deaf-blindness
Accommodation for individuals with multiple disabilities differ from individuals with intellectual disabilities in ______.
degree and complexity
Students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities often are______.
dependent upon ongoing support throughout and beyond their school years
The primary purpose of student evaluation is to _____.
determine the level of student mastery
In order for collaborative efforts to work effectively, members of a collaborative team must ________.
develop tolerance of other member's beliefs
Miss Littlefield is wondering if her third-grade student, Laura, meets established federal guidelines for being classified as having a disability, and if so, what the nature and extent of Laura's disability is. These questions most closely concern________.
diagnosis
Which of the following is a high-incidence disability?
emotional disturbances
The IDEA category "other health impairments" includes ______.
epilepsy
When accommodating students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, teachers should remember to _____.
establish collaborative efforts with the student's family
During an initial parent-teacher conference, the teacher should focus on the goal of ________.
establishing a two way exchange of information with the parent
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 ________.
evaluating ideas
Students with traumatic brain injury typically______.
experience social difficulties
Children with autism spectrum disorder often ______.
find making and maintaining eye contact difficult
How quickly a student is able to perform a skill or recall academic material is called student _______.
fluency
Manipulatives and models can benefit students with special needs in each of the following ways EXCEPT ______.
focusing their attention throughout lessons
To view a situation from another person's perspective is ________.
frame of reference
Direct instruction involves_______.
guided student practice
When assigned independent student practice, students are more likely to be successful if they _____.
have a desire to learn what they are practicing
Jacob wants to take calculus during his sophomore high school year. His guidance counselor looks at the math courses. Jacob has completed to see if he has the necessary academic background. Jacob's guidance counselor understands that in order for Jacob to be successful in calculus, he must _____.
have the necessary prerequisites skills
Mr. Boggs reads aloud the spelling words for his fourth-grade class and his students spell out the words on their papers. This an example of which of the following probe classifications_______.
hear-write
The most critical step of the shared problem solving process is ________.
identifying the problem
In the first half of the twentieth century, a student with a relatively mild learning disability was most likely to receive instruction ________.
in a general education classroom
Noticeable characteristics of students with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities include difficulty with all of the following EXCEPT_____.
learning basic skills of semi-independent living
A majority of students receiving special education services in public schools have_______.
learning disabilities
In order for co-teaching to be most effective, teachers must ________
let the curriculum guide the choice of approach
Teachers need to remember that students with hearing loss who use amplification devices ___________.
may be directed by amplified background noises
Because of the nature of the teacher-paraprofessional partnership, collaboration ________.
may sometimes occur in shared problem solving
Effectively using classroom time includes______.
meaningful engagement in academic activities
The peer comparison method of screening through probes uses the________ to summarize the scores because it is affected less by extreme scores.
median
Teachers should use classmates to assist with individuals with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities in all of the following ways EXCEPT______.
monitoring physiological needs
Compared to the professional requesting help, the consultant should always be ________.
more knowledgeable about the area of concern
This category is used only when a student's disabilities are so serious and interrelated that none can be identified as a primary disability.
multiple disabilities
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 ________.
positive behavior supports
Scottie's IEP team has decided that Scottie's special education services will take place in a full time general education classroom. This decision mainly concerns Scottie's_______.
program placement
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 ________.
progress monitoring
When schools refer to students with disabilities, they mean students who ________.
receive special education services according to federal/state guidelines
Teachers may need to modify their teaching to accomodate the student with visual impairment by _______.
reciting what is written on boards and overheads
After a parent-teacher conference, it is important for teachers to complete each of the following EXCEPT ________.
schedule a meeting with your principal
This assessment determines whether a particular student's performance is different enough from peers to require further, more in-depth assessments.
screening
Effective classroom rules______
should accommodate all students' cultures
Interactions of individuals with autism spectrum disorder are characterized by ______.
significant difficulty with social relationships
The type of grouping that provides students with special needs a range of positive models for academic and social behavior is _____.
small, mixed-skill group
Which type of grouping works best when some, but not all, students are having trouble mastering a skill?
small, same-skill group
When a student has extraordinary difficulties communicating for reasons other than maturation, they are typically diagnosed with ________.
speech or language impairments
Each of the following falls into the federal disability category of "other health impairments EXCEPT _____.
spina bifida
Accommodation for students with "orthopedic impairments" take into consideration each of the following EXCEPT the _____.
student's social skills
When using manipulatives to enhance student learning, it is important to remember that ______.
students should be encouraged to verbalize their use of manipulatives to clarify their conceptual understanding
Teachers should assess student accuracy and rate on basic academic skills because_____.
students who are proficient in a basic skill are better able to master advanced skills
When trying to modify the learning environment to support the needs of students with hearing loss, teachers should _____.
support instruction with visual aids.
Which if the following is a guideline for selecting effective textbooks?
support is provided for student comprehension
To be an efficient member of a collaborative team, a teacher must have excellent communication skills, which includes all of the following except ________.
taking the lead
One fundamental problem teachers face in their working relationships with paraprofessionals is that ________.
teachers often lack experience supervising others
Least restrictive environment is a student's right to be educated in an environment ________.
that best supports his/her special physical, emotional or cognitive needs
Darrell's scores on his group-administered standardized achievement test indicate he is two years below grade level in reading. However, Darrell's teacher is having difficulty using the achievement test data to help Darrell learn because the test contains too few items to determine Darrell's areas of difficulty. This scenario refers most closely to ____.
the results of the standardized test provide little data to guide instruction
Classroom climate is influenced by this component
the teacher's positive attitude toward individual differences
Accurate assessment of diverse students can be difficult because_____.
they may lack exposure to test content
