Full Exam #1
A container of milk is 3/8 full. What percentage of the container is full?
0.375
At what age does the state of Texas say transition planning should begin?
14
What should precede the development of a Behavioral Intervention Plan (IEP)?
functional behavioral assessment
A middle-school Special Education teacher is teaching a mathematics class to seventh graders who failed the sixth-grade STAAR math test. The teacher provides highlighters to each of the students and shows them a list of keywords to look for and highlight is a series of word problems. Each time the students are assigned word problems, the teacher has them highlight keywords. She tells her students that this technique will help them on the test. The strategy that the teacher is providing her students is:
generic problem-solving strategy
In order to build student's fluency, an appropriate pre-reading strategy would be to:
have students scan the text and then predict what the text will be about
The primary reason to provide assessment accommodations is to:
help students with disabilities have an equal opportunity to demonstrate what they know
The purpose of a transition plan in a student's IEP is to:
help the student move from high school to post-graduation and adult life
A sixth-grade mathematics teacher uses her interactive whiteboard and individual student clickers to administer informal quizzes during her lessons at least twice a week. The most appropriate reason for this teacher to give students regular informal quizzes is to:
identify skills that the teacher should reteach
Which of the following students activities is an example of structural analysis?
identifying prefixes and suffixes in a list of words
Katie, a fourth-grade student with ADHD, is often off-task. Her regular education teacher places her at a table close to the front of the room with table-mates who are very focused on their work. What is Katie's teacher doing?
implementing a simple accommodation to improve Katie's performance
During the first two weeks of school, a first-grade teacher observes his/her students completing various assignments and notes down their strengths and weaknesses. What kind of assessment is the teacher giving?
informal
A veteran teacher advises a new colleague in the Special Education department to identify some strengths she sees in each of her students and to call parents in the first few weeks of school to compliment their child on these strengths. What is the primary advantage of this approach to parent-teacher communication?
it builds respect with parents who see that the teacher cares about their child and are often pleasantly surprised to be getting a "good" call
Which of the following statements is true of autism?
it is more common among boys and girls
What is likely an underlying cause of bullying behavior?
lack of sense of control
During a reading lesson, a first-grade teacher writes the word "boy" on the board. She points to the letter "b" and asks students to make the sound of the letter. Which of the following concepts is the teacher addressing?
letter-sound correspondence
A Special Education teacher working with a student with multiple disabilities moves the student to be part of the class's circle time as part of the student's IEP. The teacher can ensure her own safety and the safety of the student during the lift and transfer by:
lifting with her legs, not her back
According to the Council for Exceptional Children's code of ethics, Special Educators and related professionals are bound to:
maintain challenging expectations for individuals with exceptionalities, using evidence, instructional data, research, and professional knowledge to inform practice, advocating for professional conditions and resources that will improve learning outcomes of individuals with exceptionalities
A third-grade student is tested for learning disabilities and is found to have memory deficits. Based on this diagnosis, in which area of mathematics is this student likely to have difficulty?
math facts
A parent tells you her/his child has dyscalculia. In which academic area would you anticipate the student to have difficulties?
mathematics
The purpose of a standardized achievement test is to:
measure the amount of knowledge and skills a student has acquired in comparison to a large group
Mr. Boychuk is a seventh-grade mathematics teacher. He is assigned a co-teacher because he has several students with IEPs in his classes. Mr. Boychuk provides step-by-step explanations for each mathematical concept he presents. The co-teacher volunteers to illustrate the explanations on the interactive whiteboard while Mr. Boychuk gives the lesson. After the lesson, the co-teacher pulls together small groups and provides manipulatives. She then asks the students to use the manipulatives to demonstrate the steps Mr. Boychuk explained. She encourages students to narrate the steps as they demonstrate them. What instructional strategy is the co-teacher using?
multi-sensory approach
A fourth-grade teacher has a class of 22 students, including four students with IEPs, and two English learners. At the beginning of the school year, the teacher administers an inventory with questions about how students approach different learning tasks and what subjects they like best. She also structures a variety of activities, including a memory game similar to Concentration, a classroom scavenger hunt for clues to the answer to a question, and a math game with manipulatives. As students complete the activities, the teacher observes and makes notes on a clipboard. The teacher is most likely:
observing and noting each student's learning strengths so that she can plan appropriate activities
For Special Education students with intensive disabilities, school districts must offer public education until age 23. Which of the following curriculum choices would be most appropriate for students after high school to age 23?
on-the-job coaching and independent living skills
Two co-teachers choose to use the "One Teach, One Observe" model for a lesson on volcanoes. What would this model look like in action?
one teacher presents the normal progression of a volcanic eruption, using visuals and 3-D models, while the other teacher watches the students in the class and keeps notes on their level of participation and conceptual understanding
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 a strategy most successful readers use during reading, often without consciously thinking about it?
pausing every few paragraphs and mentally summarizing what just happened in the text
A sixth-grade social studies teacher is having difficulty motivating several students who are tactile/kinesthetic learner. The best way to deal with the problem is to:
place sheets of chart paper around the room. On each one, write an open-ended question about a debatable issue related to the content of the next unit. Have students walk around the room and write their stance on each issues
As part of the morning circle time in an elementary ALE classroom, the teacher has a small pocket chart with three pockets labeled "hundreds," "tens," and "ones." Each day, a student is selected to place a yellow straw in the "ones" pocket and then count all of the straws in that pocket. If there are 10 straws, the student gets to exchange them for a blue straw, which goes in the "tens" pocket. The mathematical concept the teacher is using to count the days of the school year is:
place value
A Special Education teacher is working with a small group of students with documented social-skills goals in the IEPs. An appropriate activity for the small group to do would be:
playing a board game built around conversation skills
When writing a Behavior Intervention Plan for the student whose behavior impedes learning, what kind of strategies does IDEA 2004 require the IEP team to consider?
positive behavioral interventions and supports
Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which of the following is NOT considered a disability category?
post-traumatic stress disorder
One week before a geography teacher begins the next unit in the textbook, her co-teacher conducts an activity where he provides each student with half an index card with part of a word on it. Students have to stand and find the student who has the other half of their card. They they work with their partner to find the definition for the vocabulary word on their card and draw a picture of what the word represents. The purpose of this lesson is to:
pre-teach vocabulary and thus improve students' ability to read and understand the next chapter
Why were the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Public Law 94-142, passed by Congress in 1975, so important for students with disabilities in the United States?
prior to these two pieces of federal legislation, individual states were not offering public education to the majority of children with disabilities
A Special Education co-teacher is working with a fifth-grade student with learning disabilities. As the student works through a series of math problems, the teacher observes that word problems, particularly ones with multiple steps, seem particularly challenging for the student. The student often does just the first operation he can figure out and then abandons the problem. Based on this informal assessment, what type of cognitive deficits is the student most likely exhibiting?
procedural learning deficits
A fifth-grade student with learning disabilities consistently procrastinates in completing his assignments and is in danger of failing two subjects due to incomplete assignments. The student's teacher has just assigned the class a research paper that will weigh heavily on the language arts grade. An appropriate behavioral for this student would be to
provide a daily planner and map out partial completion dates as well as the final completion date
What details must a written notice of an ARD committee meeting include?
purpose, time, and place of the meeting
As part of reading instruction, a Special Education teacher in a self-contained classroom has a student say a word, trace a word, identify a word in text, and complete a worksheet by matching the word to a picture. Which research-based instructional strategy is being demonstrated in this teacher's classroom?
repetition and review
If a child cries easily, does not want to interact with peers, and does not like coming to school on a consistent basis, the best course of action to take would be to:
report it to the school counselor and recommend behavioral observation by a school psychologist
When formulating instructional objectives for a student's Individualized Education Program (IEP), what should the Annual Review and Dismissal (ARD) committee do?
review the student's current level of performance, and write reasonable objectives that reflects the grade-level TEKS as closely as possible and promote academic growth
Ms. Tejeda, a Special Education teacher, is assigned to co-teach several classes with an eighth-grade algebra teacher. Which of the following interactions would be the most effective way for Ms. Tejeda to ensure successful collaboration?
schedule a time before or after school twice a week to plan lessons together
A fourth-grade teacher assigns several three-digit multiplication problems for her students to complete. In reviewing the paper, the teacher finds one with over 50 percent of the answers incorrect. Attempting to see what caused the mistakes, the teacher notices that the student has misaligned many of the numbers. The computation that was done is correct, but the wrong numbers were often multiplied or added together, In reflecting on this student's past math performance, the teacher recalls that geometry also proved difficult for the student. The assumption that would most likely be true about this student is that the student:
seems to be exhibiting visual-spatial deficits that are affecting academic performance
A test administrator, per a student's IEP, administers the test in a location with minimal distractions. What type of assessment accommodation would this be?
setting
A middle-school teacher is working with a small group of below-level readers. He brings in five print advertisements for various consumer products and uses sticky notes to cover all the words. He then displays the advertisements one at a time and ask the students to tell him what each advertisement is trying to tell consumers. The purpose of this activity is to:
show students how visual images in media communicate a message and how to interpret them
Which of the following skills would be an example of a child's gross motor capabilities?
skipping along the sidewalk
Which of the following is NOT a strategy that will help a teacher conduct productive and positive parent-teacher meetings?
state at the beginning of the meeting that the teacher has only 10 minutes and will have to end the meeting as soon as those 10 minutes are up
Mrs. Benson, a third-grade teacher, has a diverse class that includes students with learning disabilities, English learners, and gifted students. For a reading unit, she pairs the students based on personality. She then has the partners complete together every reading assignment in that unit. For text reading, partners decide how they will divide up the text for reading. For comprehension activities, partners turn in one paper representing the work from both students. While partners are working together, Mrs. Benson walks around the classroom observing pairs and assisting with questions. One of the primary advantages of Mrs. Benson's paired reading strategy is that:
students get a great deal more supported oral reading practice than they would in a group-reading situation
Which of the following situations would be a good reason to provide community-based instruction?
students in a high school ALE class have been practicing how to order food off a menu at a restaurant
For which students was the STAAR Alternate designed?
students with significant cognitive disabilities
Mr. Osborn, an ALE teacher, works one-on-one with each of his students. Early in the school year, he presents each student with a list of words. He says, "I am going to show you a list of words you may or may not know. If you know the word, read it out loud. If you do not know the word, say pass." As students read the list of words, Mr. Osborn makes notes on a separate checklist. He places a check mark next to any words the student reads correctly in a half second or less. He places an "X" next to any word the student cannot read, hesitates to read, or has to work to sound out. Mr. Osborn is most likely assessing:
students' sight-word automaticity
When talking to parents on the phone or at the parent-teacher conference, the most important thing a teacher can do is:
take time to listen to the parents' responses and concerns, and note anything that requires follow-up
When planning instruction for students with special needs, the best approach is to
teach to students' strengths
A first-grade teacher sets up several math stations for students to rotate through in groups of four or five. The teacher sits at a large table that serves as one station and assigns students to work in pairs or groups of three to represent and solve addition problems using plastic teddy bears. As students solve the problems, the teacher observes and immediately points out mistakes so that students can try again. The teacher praises each pair or small group upon successful completion of the problem. The instructional approach that this teacher is utilizing is:
teacher-directed cooperative learning
A Special Education teacher wants to share study strategies with students with learning disabilities and their families. He organizes an evening hands-on workshop where he presents information about different learning styles and models study strategies that fit each of the learning styles. What is this teacher trying to accomplish?
teaching students and their families how to recognize their strengths and use those strengths to achieve success in the regular education environment, no matter who the teacher is
A five-year-old child and his parents have just moved into the school district's boundaries. The parents bring the child to the school to register for kindergarten and explain that he is not yet speaking. The school psychologist immediately begins the paperwork to refer the child for Special Education evaluation. In selecting assessments for this child to complete, the psychologist and test administrators must keep in mind that:
tests must be selected and administered so that the child's inability to speak does not interfere with the assessment of the child's aptitude or achievement level, if at all possible
A student with an IEP is caught defacing a school wall. Based on the school's written code of conduct, the assistant principal suspends the student from school for three days. The student has not been suspended previously that school year, but the parents protest the suspension, saying that the student's status as a Special Education student prevents him from being suspended. The most appropriate response is that:
the assistant principal should call a meeting with the parents with another administrator present and point out that disciplinary sanctions of less than 10 days are not considered a change of placement under IDEA and are, therefore, legal
To fulfill the IDEA requirement of least restrictive environment (LRE), which of the following areas must be documented in a Special Education student's IEP?
the extent to which the student will not participate with non-disabled students in regular classes or nonacademic activities
In Special Education professional circles, the term "disproportionality" refers to:
the over-representation of racial, cultural, and linguistic minorities in Special Education
A second grader with autism who is nonverbal gets upset in the cafeteria at lunch and lies down on the ground and begins screaming. This goes on for several minutes , disrupting lunch. Which of the following is NOT a potential cause of this behavior?
the second grader wants everyone to look at him
A seventh-grade inclusion teacher uses the interactive whiteboard to model persuasive writing for her students. She writes a persuasive essay on why school should be year round. As she writes, she comments on her word choice and talks about points to make, expanding some of them and discarding others. The instructional strategy that this teacher is using is:
think-aloud
Mr. Martinez, an eighth-grade social studies teacher, begins a unit on Westward Expansion in the United States by dividing students into "families" and giving each family a destination to reach in the West. Each "family" receives an index card with a list of supplies and transportation. "Family" members must talk together to figure out how they will get to their destination. What is the most likely reason Mr. Martinez begins the unit this way?
to build students engagement in the topic
A Special Education teacher works with a biology teacher to create a mind map of the upcoming unit on plants. The most likely purpose for this collaboration is:
to help both teachers identify the big ideas and how they are related to each other so that they can identify the key elements to assess as the unit progresses
A Special Education teacher has two paraprofessionals assigned to her class. Which of the following would be the best use of these assistants' time?
train the paraprofessionals to help facilitate the instructional programs the teacher is using so that instruction can be divided into individual and small group time
Which of the following behaviors would be a potential warning sign for an epileptic seizure?
unexplained confusion, sleepiness, or weakness
Mr. Garcia has his fourth-grade students read to themselves the following sentence from a Texas history text: "Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States." Mr. Garcia then asks the students what the term "commemorating" means in the sentence. He suggests they look at other words in the sentence to help them find the meaning. What reading comprehension strategy is Mr. Garcia teaching his students to use?
using context clues
A grade 4 student with learning disabilities is struggling with language arts. The student likes to compose stories, but her handwriting is extremely difficult to read and she makes numerous spelling errors. What assistive technology would you recommend the child be evaluated for?
word processor with a spell checker
Which of the following academic difficulties may characterize a language learning disability?
Frequent misspelled words
What is the ARD committee in Texas equivalent to in federal regulations regarding Special Education evaluation procedures?
IEP committee
The first piece of federal legislation to address the civil rights of all people with disabilities:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
An initial ARD is held for a student evaluated for Special Education services. The student's parents gave permission for the evaluation, but during the ARD committee meeting, they talk about their concerns regarding Special Education labels and ultimately refuse to sign their agreement to the Special Education placement. The classroom teacher feels strongly that the child needs Special Education services and requests to pave a Special Education co-teacher work with the student one-on-one "off-the-record." What is the appropriate response to this suggestion?
Special Education laws requires parental consent. The student must be served in the regular classroom for now
Parents of a child with math learning disabilities want tips on how to help their child with homework. Which of the following Special Education journals would have articles that would be most appropriate to share with these parents?
TEACHING Exceptional Children from CEC
Which of the following transition goals meets IDEA 2004 requirements?
after high school, Alex will learn janitorial skills for placement in a supported employment positions in the local community
According to IDEA 2004 and CFR 300.43, transition services must be based on:
an individual student's needs, taking into account strengths, preferences, and interests
An elementary school hosts an open house a few days before school starts so that families can meet the teachers. Parents of a new student with autism come to the open house out of breath and scowling. They look around the classroom, and the mother immediately begins asking about types of sensory equipment she would like to see in the classroom. The father interrupts and says the student needs to be treated like every other students with no special equipment. The best way for the teacher to approach these parents is to:
approach bother parents with a warm smile and excitement about the goals for the upcoming school year, and encourage the student to explore the classroom while asking the parents to talk about their son's strengths
A Special Education teacher has several students who speak Spanish at home, but the teacher is not bilingual. The best approach for this teacher to take when communicating with Spanish-speaking parents is to:
arrange for a bilingual colleague to serve as an interpreter during all parent phone calls and parent-teacher conferences
At what point should a Special Education teacher in Texas advise parents of a child with intellectual disabilities to apply for state assistance programs?
as soon as the student has an official diagnosis
What is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder in children?
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
What term best describes an assessment that measures group performance against an established standard at defined points along the path toward the standard?
benchmark
What ages does an Individual Family Service Plan apply to?
birth to 3
A Special Education teacher working with students with intellectual disabilities and autism is teaching one-to-one correspondence. The most appropriate instructional tool for the teacher to use in teaching this concept would be:
blocks of different colors
One advantage of implementing a research-based Response to Intervention (RTI) programs from a Special Education teacher's perspective is that RTI:
can potentially reduce over-identification of students with learning disabilities
Which of the following in NOT an area in which diagnostic assessments to determine eligibility for Special Education services might be given?
career placement
A student in an ALE classroom has autism and is nonverbal. Symbol-based communication and a pictures based daily schedule are working, but progress is slow. The student has recently shown a fascination with the classroom tablet devices. What type of assistive technology might the teacher recommend the IEP committee consider for this student?
communication app for the tablet device
A sixth-grade teacher hands out copies of a blank Venn diagram for students to use during pre-writing. What form of writing are the students most likely going to be assigned?
compare/contrast
Which of the following areas is NOT a type of assessment accommodation?
content
Mrs. Seville, a seventh-grade mathematics teacher, creates an end-of-unit test for her geometry unit. all of the questions are open-ended and require students to show their work and write their answers. A Special Education co-teacher might modify this test for students with learning disabilities in Mrs. Seville's class by:
converting most of the questions to multiple choice, but still require students to show their work on the paper
A second-grade inclusion teacher arranges her student desks into small groups of four. She places her teacher desk on the right side of the class and an oval table on the left side. Around the oval table, she places four student chairs. She has a teacher chair on one side of the table. On the wall, she places a poster with the following words: Presenter, Researcher, Note Taker, and Discussion Leader. Given this classroom arrangement, what types of instruction would you expect to see if you visited?
cooperative learning and targeted small group instruction
Which of the following is NOT a stage of the writing process?
counting the words
The best way for dealing with a student who acts silly and talks loudly throughout class time is to:
create a leadership role for this student
What techniques may be used to conduct a functional behavioral assessment?
data analysis, structured interviews with current teachers, standardized behavioral assessment
The reason that Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act was ignored by state and local educational agencies for 20 years after it was passed in 1973 is that the law:
did not include provisions for federal funding or monitoring
A middle-school teacher believes in incorporating movement to help maintain student focus and engagement. Which of the following classroom situations would be an example of that philosophy?
each student is given an index card and asked to write a question he or she has about the lesson the teacher just presented. The teacher then has the students stand and find partners who are wearing the same color. Once all the students are standing next to their partners, the teacher asks them to exchange cards and answer each other's questions
Ms. Silva, a co-teacher in a second-grade classroom, works with a group of three students. She reads a sentence out loud and then has the students repeat the sentence. She instructs them to "mimic" her as closely as possible because she wants them to match her speed and expression. What modeling methods is Ms. Silva using?
echo reading
Marcus is a nine grader with intellectual disabilities. His transition needs evaluation indicates that he likes pets, especially dogs. he does not like doctors and becomes nervous around needles. Marcus is good at carrying out routine tasks. Based on this information, an appropriate supported employment opportunity for Marcus would be:
feeding and washing dogs at an animal shelter
Parents of a fifth grader with learning disabilities have a parent-teacher conference with the student's classroom teach and Special Education co-teacher. The parents indicate that they would like to learn more about learning disabilities and the potential schools and camps that may be appropriate for their child. An appropriate resource for the teachers to share with the parents would be information about:
LDA and a link to the organization's website
What does OHI stand for?
Other Health Impairment
This law that mandates that states provide a free appropriate public education to all children with disabilities or risk educational funding cuts or withholdings is:
Public Law 94-142
Which re-authorization of IDEA expanded the definition of disabilities to include children with developmental delays between the ages of three and nine?
Re-authorization of 1997
Which re-authorization of IDEA implemented a time-frame of not more than 60 days to conduct initial evaluations for Special Education eligibility?
Re-authorization of 2004
Which of the following examples would best serve as a transition for students moving from a concrete to an abstract conceptual understanding of fractions?
a pie graph divided into four parts with one part shaded
Which of the following curriculum development projects would a Special Education teacher be most likely to work with an SLP to develop?
a rubric for an oral presentation project
Research on effective math instructional strategies has indicated that explicit instruction is critical. Which of the following lessons is an example of an explicit teaching strategy?
a teacher demonstrates how to solve an addition problem using a number line, talking out loud through each step of the addition process
