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Students with special educational needs

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Question 1

Which of the following is NOT one of the five rights guaranteed by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?

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Question 2

What is the primary requirement of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504?

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Question 3

What is the term for a specific impairment of academic learning that interferes with a particular aspect of schoolwork and is not due to other handicaps or language challenges?

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Question 4

According to the text, what percentage of all students with special needs are accounted for by learning disabilities (LDs)?

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Question 5

What is the defining characteristic of an 'impulsive cognitive style' as it relates to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?

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Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a defining feature of a behavioral disorder according to the text?

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Question 7

What is the term for the instructional strategy of supplementing conventional assignments with collections of a student's work that demonstrate development over time?

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Question 8

What does the term 'legal blindness' mean in terms of visual acuity?

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Question 9

In the context of intellectual disabilities, which level of support is described as being continuous in all realms of living and potentially lifelong?

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Question 10

What is the term for a perception of complete lack of control in mastering a task, which can develop from very low self-efficacy?

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Question 11

When assisting a student with a learning disability like Irma, who incorrectly adds two-digit numbers, what is the behaviorist approach to helping her?

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Question 12

What is a potential negative consequence of a student having excessively high self-efficacy?

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Question 13

What does the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) define as the 'least restrictive environment' (LRE)?

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Question 14

Which statement accurately reflects the text's description of a 'slow learner'?

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Question 15

What is one of the main challenges of using direct instruction as a teaching model?

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Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a recommended strategy for teaching a student with a hearing loss?

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Question 17

In the context of behavioral disorders, what are contingency contracts?

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Question 18

What is a key difference between the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?

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Question 19

When is the tendency to 'over-diagnose' ADHD more likely, according to the text?

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Question 20

What is one of the three general strategies summarized for teaching students with mild or moderate intellectual disabilities?

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Question 21

What is a defining feature of a well-structured problem?

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Question 22

What is the term for a well-defined procedure for solving a particular kind of problem, such as the steps for multiplying two numbers?

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Question 23

According to the text, what is one of the main effects of high self-efficacy on student behavior?

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Question 24

Which of these is NOT listed as a major source of self-efficacy beliefs?

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Question 25

What is a potential trigger for inappropriate behavior in a student with a behavioral disorder?

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Question 26

What does the text identify as a sign of a mild hearing loss that might be overlooked or mistaken for another problem?

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Question 27

What is the primary benefit of including students with special needs in regular classrooms for the non-disabled classmates?

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Question 28

In the case of Irma, the student with a learning disability in math, what was the specific error she consistently made?

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Question 29

What is the primary difference between an intellectual disability and a learning disability?

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Question 30

Why might a classroom setting sometimes aggravate ADHD-like behaviors?

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Question 31

What is a constructivist approach to helping a student with a learning disability?

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Question 32

When is vicarious experience (watching others) most effective at increasing a student's self-efficacy?

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Question 33

What is the term for students with only a mild or moderate loss of hearing?

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Question 34

Which statement best describes the current trend in defining the intensity of intellectual disabilities?

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Question 35

What is the primary purpose of an 'anticipatory set' in Madeline Hunter's effective teaching model?

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Question 36

According to the text, what is a key feature of 'low vision'?

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Question 37

What is the recommended teaching strategy for a student with an intellectual disability who needs to learn basic arithmetic?

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Question 38

Why must an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) be developed by a team rather than a single teacher?

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Question 39

What is 'functional fixedness'?

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Question 40

What does the text suggest is the most important source of self-efficacy beliefs?

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Question 41

The IDEA provision for 'fair evaluation' means that tests and other evaluations should not assume test-taking skills that a person with a disability might lack. Which of the following is an example of such a skill provided in the text?

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Question 42

What is the primary goal of an adaptive, functional approach to teaching a student with an intellectual disability?

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Question 43

In the context of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), what is 'due process'?

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Question 44

Which of the following students, described as having a learning disability, had trouble decoding individual words and letters if they were unfamiliar?

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Question 45

When is it NOT considered a learning disability (LD)?

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Question 46

What is a practical problem associated with the use of medications like Ritalin for ADHD?

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Question 47

In Madeline Hunter's effective teaching model, what is a method for checking for understanding that involves all students?

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Question 48

What does the text describe as a major challenge of mastery learning?

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Question 49

Which of these is a recommended strategy for teaching a student with a visual impairment?

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Question 50

What is the term for a problem where information is not necessarily contained within the problem statement and solution procedures are potentially numerous?

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