Ed Psych Final
For a long period of time, Brian has had a condition that clearly exists to a marked degree, and for which his teacher believes he may be eligible for special education. Upon arriving at a team meeting to discuss his potential eligibility, the most crucial questions that the teacher should be ready to discuss is whether the condition is _____
Adversely affecting his educational performance
An eight year old in the third grade is given an IQ test. Which of the following best describes in norm group in the situation
All eight-year-olds who have taken the same test
Which of the following best describes a self fulfilling prophecy?
An expectation that leads to the teacher to act in ways that make the expectations come true
Contingency management is the most accurately described as:
An intervention involving the use of consequences that are tied to specific behaviors
An assessment is:
Any procedure for gathering information about students
The social interaction and communication problems associated with autism:
Are observable and early life
All of the following are methods that help maximize learning opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities except:
Avoid over practicing a skill
Most students who receive special education do so because of _____ disabilities
Cognitive
Adaptive behavior consist of ____ skills
Conceptual, social, and practical
Marcella persistently bullies others, destroys property, is deceitful, and violates school rules. Which disorder is most characteristic for Marcella?
Conduct disorder
Gender differences in IQ scores are ____
Consider to be very small
Evidence relating to the extent to which the test score relates to another measure of the same construct, such as the scores on a new IQ test correlating with the scores on an established IQ test, is called ____ validity evidence
Convergent
Mr. Hugo wants to assess the extent to which his students have mastered the basic competencies of calculus. Which grading procedure is most appropriate for him to use?
Criterion-Reference degrading
Which of the following best describes a method used by teachers to provide accelerated instruction for students with exceptional achievements in reading or mathematics?
Cross grade grouping
Checklist are a fast and convenient way of grading the quality of a student work on a performance assessment
False
Summative assessment is used to gather information about students knowledge prior to instruction, whereas formative assessment is used to evaluate what students have learned after instruction
False
The primary means of identifying students as eligible for gifted programs is parent nomination
False
There is no connection between IQ and Socio economic status
False
Very few individuals with autism also have intellectual ability
False
A teacher gives her class a spelling test and obtains scores that result in a very small standard deviation. The teacher will be
Happy that the scores are so close to one another
Addison has autism spectrum disorder. Which Statement best describes the impact of his disability on his academic performance?
His struggles with communication and social interaction skills will have a negative impact on his ability to learn
Which of the following best describes the Flynn effect?
IQ scores have increased over successive generations throughout the world
Which most accurately describes systematic desensitization?
Relaxation training is a combination with gradual exposure to an anxiety provoking stimulus in order to unlearn fear or anxiety responses
Mr. Reynolds has created a test for his ninth grade civics class. The scores that students receive in this test are affected by their mood, the time of day, and how well disposed Mr. Reynolds is feeling towards them while he is grading, this test has very poor:
Reliability
And assessment that yields consistent results is
Reliable
When identifying students for gifted programs, educators often emphasize ____ giftedness but overlook ____ giftedness
School house; creative-productive
Which grading method is the most beneficial for a lower achieving students and students with disabilities?
Self referenced grading
All of the following are objective tests, except:
Short answer
What are the relative advantages of short answer and completion questions?
Short answer items state the problems more clearly, whereas completion items are more concise
Which best describes a criterion needed for a diagnosis of ADHD?
Some symptoms must be present in two or more settings
In terms of numbers served, the largest special education category is:
Specific learning disabilities
Jennifer took a test in school that indicated drinks in her reading but relative weakness on her mathematical skills. She probably took what kind of test?
Standardized achievement test
The Gratitude Admissions Committee requires a test measuring the applicants potential to be successful in graduate school. What type of test should they use?
Standardized aptitude test
Which most accurately describes the cognitive behavior management?
Students learn instructions to Develop new thinking patterns in regulate their own behavior
What does a positive item discrimination item index tell you?
Students who did well on the test were likely to answer correctly and students who did not do well tend to answer it correctly
Informal assessments are usually used to collect ____ where is formal assessments are often used to collect ____
Subjective data; objective data
Reliability refers to the extent at which a test:
Yields consistent test scores
A student got 700 on the SAT. Given that the mean of the SAT is 500 and the standard deviation is 100, what is the students Z score?
2
On a typical IQ test, the typical criterion for identifying an intellectual disability is a score of ____ or lower
70
The standard deviation is a measure of the variability among scores. Which of the following is the information that you can get from a standard deviation?
A small standard deviation indicates that the majority of students scored close to the average
Which best describes an IEP team?
A students parents, teachers, school psychologist, And others determine which services a student with disabilities needs to receive educational benefit
Hands on learning is used with students with intellectual disabilities because they have difficulty with:
Abstract thinking
Having completed third grade, Damien's parents want him to skip directly to fifth grade. This is best described as _____
Acceleration
Determining whether a student has an intellectual disability primarily involves evaluating whether the student exhibit significant impairment in cognitive ability and _____
Adaptive behavior
Which of the following is a criterion that must be met for a disorder to be considered an emotional disturbance?
Adversely affecting educational performance
A normal distribution is best described as:
Bell shaped and symmetrical
Which is the best term to describe when an impairment in specific cognitive processes affects performance in a particular skill area?
Deficit
Which is the best term to describe when students cognitive skills are poorer than the same age peers but similar to younger students
Developmental delay
Researchers generally believe that differences in IQ scores between racial groups occur primarily as a result of ____
Different experiences in and out of school due to SES
Which best reflects a raw score?
Emma completed and 80% of the problems correctly
Which of the following statements about validity and reliability is correct?
If your test is not valid, it might still be reliable
The laws are currently defines each students who have disabilities that Warren special education is the _____
Individuals with disabilities education improvement act
Dr. Kennedy is a school psychologist who has been asked to assess whether Jonathan, a second grade student, might qualify for A diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Kennedy observed Jonathan's behavior at school and at home to help with her evaluation. What kind of assessment is she conducting?
Informal
Which of the following most accurately depicts an application of Sternberg theory of successful intelligence?
Instruction should be balanced so that over the course of the unit, students are exposed to lessons that emphasize analytical, creative, and practical abilities
Which of the following characteristics should a well-known distractor on a multiple-choice question have?
It should be selected by more students who did poorly on the test than by high achieving students
What is the term for the statistic that can be used to see how well each item differentiates between students who understand the material and students who do not?
Item discrimination
A valid classroom test measures:
Knowledge of all the content in an instrumental unit
One of the main advantages of alternative response questions is
Many learning objectives can be assessed in a short time
Which statement about students with mathematics disability is true?
Many students with mathematics disability also have a reading disability
Which statement about timing or scheduling accommodations is correct?
Many testing accommodations make a test administration longer, so timing or scheduling accommodations are also needed
All of the following are constructed response items except:
Matching exercises
A teacher interested in central tendency would be most interested in the ____
Mean
In order to construct reliable tests, teachers need to minimize the:
Measurement error
Validity refers to the extent of which a test:
Measures what is intended to measure
The term intellectual disabilities is a common term that replaced the term _____
Mental retardation
Which of the following is the best description of what occurs when IQ test scores are used as the main criterion for giftedness
Minority students in those from impoverished backgrounds are overlooked
Which of the following is a method for collecting objective data?
Multiple-choice tests
What is the ideal distribution for scores in the classroom assessment?
Negatively skewed
It is most accurate to say that ADHD is a condition whose origins are primarily:
Neurological
A teacher obtained scores of nine, nine, 10, and 12. Which is the mode?
Nine
If a teacher is concerned about the reliability of her assessment, she should use:
Objective assessment, but I'm sure she follows research-based guidelines for testing construction
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between levels of Bloom's taxonomy and type of assessment?
Objective assessments are typically used for a lower level Objectives whereas performance assessments are typically used for higher level objectives
What kind of praise sure teachers avoid when giving feedback to the students?
Person prayers
Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, teachers are not allowed to:
Post a list of student grades in the classroom
What is not a subtype of ADHD?
Predominantly disruptive
The simplest measure of variability is called the ____
Range
The most effective tool for reducing fear or anxiety, based on the assumption that fears are learned and so can be learned, is ____
Systematic desensitization
Children with ADHD in children with conduct disorders may be found in eligible for special education under IDEA because ____
The definition of emotional disturbance list as a criterion "inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances"
All of the following are criticisms of the IQ achievement discrepancy except that ____
The discrepancy approach over-relies on complicated statistical methods
Kelly has impressed her geography teacher Miss Basildon with her willingness to participate in class and her eagerness to learn. When Miss Basildon is grading the students term papers, she expects a lot from Kelly. Kelly's paper is mediocre because she did not really grasp the concepts, but Miss Basildon gives Kelly a B+. This generous grade is due to:
The halo effect
What is an item discrimination index of zero tell you?
The question does not reliably discriminate between the students who did well on the test in those who did not
A confidence interval is the measure of:
The range within which an individual true score lies
Which of the following is not a common trait of students who are gifted?
They are often dependent learners who need oversight by teachers in order to complete work
A disadvantage of matching exercises is:
They encourage students to memorize material without necessarily understanding it
Renzulli's approach to giftedness is called the ____ conception of giftedness
Three ring
Teachers should consider using norm referenced test for which of the following scenarios?
To compare the mathematics achievement of a certain fourth grade class with the other fourth graders in the whole school district
Miss jasmine assigns four short papers and four exams in her psychology class. Each of the papers is worth 25 points in each exam is worth 100 points. To get an a in her class, students need to get 450 points or more. What grading method is Miss Jasmine using?
Total points method
A standardized achievement test is an example of a summative assessment
True
A teacher interested in whether a students performance meets a sick curricular standard would be most likely to use a criterion referenced test
True
Almost all psychologist agree that intelligence involves adaptation to the environment
True
Anxiety disorders typically involve physical symptoms
True
Assessment accommodations should be provided for classroom assessments as well as for standardized testing
True
Individuals with ADHD have a neurological condition that impairs self-regulation
True
Selected response items can be scored without interpretation or judgment
True
Systematic phonics instruction is one of the most effective interventions to date for teaching reading to students with reading disabilities
True
To be eligible for special education as a student with emotional disturbance, the students condition or characteristics must adversely affect their educational performance
True
To be identified as having an intellectual disability, how far below the mean must students IQ score be?
Two standard deviation's below
A student takes an achievement test on a day in which she forgot to take her medication for ADHD. As such, the store may not reflect her level of achievement. The most accurate way to describe the problem in the situation is to say that the test is not ____
Valid
Which of the following statements is most consistent with the theory of successful intelligence?
We balance our abilities to create, problem solve, and apply knowledge to real life situations by adapting to, shaping, and selecting our environments to be successful in life
Which of the following statements is the most consistent with the theory of multiple intelligences?
We have independent parts of our intellects that interact during activities
