Classroom Diversity IRIS

According to the Module, why is it important to examine our own perceptions?

Our perceptions can influence our expectations for students in the classroom.

Which of the following best describes why it is important to recognize the persistence of misperceptions about students with exceptionalities?

Teachers sometimes focus on the negative stereotypical characteristics associated with disability labels.

In addition to helping address some of these students' fundamental needs, there are a number of ways teachers can help them to be successful in school. Especially critical for many students from low-SES households is

creating a structured and well-managed classroom.

Culturally-based conflicts are known as

cross-cultural dissonance

Teachers are said to be culturally responsive when they do which of the following?

embrace a fuller understanding of their students' backgrounds and personal experiences and use them as a tool to make connections for all of their students.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA '04), the national law that guarantees an appropriate education to students with disabilities, recognizes

fourteen disability categories.

A teacher might be confused that a student who appears to be proficient in English when communicating with his friends on the playground struggles to communicate and understand the content presented in class. This student likely

has Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS), but not Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP).

Teachers with low expectations for their students

provide less reinforcement

Research shows that students from low-SES households face a variety of challenges that can lead to negative educational outcomes. Teachers may not sufficiently recognize that

schools are often based around middle-class norms and values.

The individualized education program (IEP) for each student with a disability is used to outline which of the following?

supports and services needed by the student

Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) typically

take one to two years to develop.

Academic language, also known as Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP), typically

takes five to seven years to develop.

When we use the word "culture," we are generally referring to which of the following?

the beliefs, values, customs, and social behaviors of a group that are reflected in their everyday life

Cross-cultural dissonance can occur when

the expectations, methods of instruction, and interaction styles used in school differ from what students are used to.

Stereotyping is a natural function of how the human mind perceives the world. However,

through reflection, reconsideration, and careful self-examination we can mitigate the worst effects of stereotyping.

Teachers are culturally responsive when they

use a variety of instructional techniques that align with the way in which students are taught in their own culture.

When teachers enhance student comprehension during instruction by speaking more slowly and clearly, monitoring vocabulary, using multimodal techniques, and keeping clauses and sentences short, they are doing which of the following?

using techniques of sheltered instruction

Which of the following statements about students from low-SES families is typically true?

They achieve at lower levels than do students from middle- and high-SES families.

Which of the following statements about diverse students is most accurate?

They will display different ways of learning, behaving, communicating, and interacting with others

According to the Module, in addition to cultural and linguistic diversity, U.S. schools are also seeing increasing diversity among their students in which of the following aspects?

Family situations (e.g., two-parent, adoptive, divorced, single-parent, households headed by grandparents or other relatives)

Over 10% of all public school students ages 6-17 receive special education services. Which of the following is true of these students?

More than half of them spend greater than 80% of their school day in the general education classroom

In addition to English, more than 150 languages are spoken in U.S. schools. Which of them is the most common?

Spanish

Which of the terms below is defined as "the human mind's tendency to simplify people or groups into a narrow range of characteristics, habits, or reactions"?

Stereotype

Which of the following statements about "exceptionalities" in K-12 schooling is accurate?

The term refers to both disabilities and giftedness.

A service or support that allows a student to access the general education curriculum without changing the content or curricular expectations (e.g., audio books for students who have difficulty reading) is called

an accommodation.

Teachers should understand that students from low-SES backgrounds most often have which of the following?

an independent mindset that can cause tension in the classroom

Teachers who embrace a fuller understanding of their students' backgrounds and personal experiences and use them as a tool to make connections for all of their students are practicing which of the following?

culturally responsive teaching

Complete this statement: Students in U.S. classrooms today are more diverse than ever, including

different races, ethnicities, cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, languages, abilities, and skills.

Which of the factors below are used to define a family's socioeconomic level or status (SES)?

income, education, and occupation of members of the household

Schools in suburban and rural areas are enrolling greater numbers of diverse students, particularly where

local economies, such as those based around agriculture and food processing, are dependent on immigrant labor.

English language learners (ELLs) speak a language other than English at home or speak English with difficulty. These students represent

one in five students in the United States ages 5-17.