EDSP 308 Quiz 5

15. The most common approach for determining a student's eligibility for learning disabilities is to:

- Compare student's scores on an intelligence test with achievement measures

16. Which of the following best describes the discrepancy model for determining a student's eligibility for learning disabilities?

- Compare student's scores on an intelligence test with achievement measures.

2. Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the causes of learning disabilities?

- Learning disabilities have many possible causes; an exact cause is unknown in most instances.

19. "The term learning disabilities does not include a learning problem that is primarily the result of visual, hearing, motor disabilities, or ______________________________."

- Mental retardation

7. Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding gender differences in the population of students with learning disabilities?

- More boys are identified as having learning disabilities.

4. States must permit the use of _____________________________ for identifying students with learning disabilities.

- Response to intervention

17. Students with learning disabilities comprise what percentage of the population of students with disabilities?

- approximately 50%

25. What percentage of school-aged children with learning disabilities spend nearly their entire school day in a regular classroom setting?

- approximately 50%

20. A high percentage of students with learning disabilities also have

- attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

12. Steps used to accomplish a task or solve a problem are called which of the following?

- conspicuous strategies

22. "When students' test results are based on an absolute standard, they are taking which type of test?"

- criterion-referenced

3. "Cory is a 16-year-old with learning disabilities. As mandated by federal law, school professionals must"

- develop a transition plan for Cory

8. Which of the following is a learning disability in math?

- dyscalculia

11. Providing opportunities to practice or apply information that was previously taught is called which of the following?

- judicious review

13. Brian asks for help from others on math word problems prior to even reading the problem. This is an example of

- learned helplessness

5. Students with learning disabilities have an intelligence level in the normal range and unexpectedly _____ achievement in one or more academic areas.

- low

18. "Alex is a seventh grader who has a learning disability and an external locus of control. When she succeeds on a science exam, she is most likely to attribute her success to"

- luck

10. "When students' test results are compared to a large number of other students, they are taking which type of test?"

- norm-referenced test

6. "If a student clearly sees the numbers 4-8-6 but his/her brain interprets the numbers as 6-8-4, this student is demonstrating a problem with"

- perception

24. "Most recently, the use of the ___________ was added to the discrepancy model as another method of identifying learning disabilities."

- response to intervention model

14. Students with learning disabilities typically have problems in

- short and long-term memory

21. Emily listened as her friends discuss their summer plans. She happily commented that she got a new pair of roller skates yesterday. Emily demonstrated a lack of

- social competence

23. Integrating knowledge to promote higher-level learning is called which of the following?

- strategic integration

9. "Nine-year-old Marvin has significant achievement problems, average intellectual ability, and a severe hearing loss. He would not qualify for special education under the category of learning disabilities because"

- the federal definition of learning disabilities explicitly excludes students whose learning difficulties are primarily the result of disabilities related to hearing and vision.

1. Students are typically NOT identified as having a learning disability at which level?

preschool