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TExES 161_Practice Exams 100% Correct SolutionsIDEA's "Least Restrictive Environment" mandate requires that? - ANSWER students with
disabilities be educated with non-disabled students to the maximum extent appropriate
Since learning to read is the most challenging task that students will have to master, it
should be taught explicitly and systematically focusing on developing phonological and
phonemic awareness? - ANSWER True
The neurons in a baby's brain are incapable of responding to the sounds of all
languages on this planet. ANSWER True
Nine-year-old Marvin demonstrates significant achievement deficits, average
intellectual ability, and a severe hearing loss. He would not be eligible for special
education under the category of learning disabilities because? - ANSWER The federal
definition of learning disabilities clearly excludes students whose learning problems are
primarily due to a disability in the area of either hearing or vision
Because each of the hemispheres specializes in different functions, they do not work in
concert when?. - ANSWER False
What is the most common problem of students who are learning disabled? - ANSWER
Reading
Eight-year-old Helen has difficulty interpreting accurately non-verbal gestures used in
everyday conversation. This may indicate a deficit in? - ANSWER Pragmatics
*Pragmatics is a system of rules governing the use and function of language.
Most recently the use of a discrepancy model was replaced by the model referred to as
the? - ANSWER Response to intervention model (RTI)
,Federal special education law uses which one of the following terms to describe
children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders? - ANSWER Emotionally
Disturbed (ED)
The major purpose of IDEA is? - ANSWER To assure a free, appropriate public education
for all students with disabilities
IDEA's "Child Find" mandate requires school personnel to? - ANSWER Engage in
activities that locate and identify students with disabilities
For which U.S. Supreme Court case did the court decide that schools must provide
adequate educational services and not services designed to maximize performance? -
ANSWER Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley
OHI includes students with - ANSWER Attention Deficit Disorder (AD/HD)
What is the federal definition of special education? - ANSWER Specially-designed
instruction adapted to meet the needs of the child with the disability and provided at no
cost to the parents.
Child find was established to help track students who were once identified as requiring
special services and are now receiving education in the general education classroom? -
ANSWER False
IDEA was designed to ensure that all children with disabilities receive an appropriate
education through special education and related services? - ANSWER True
Tai Ling has also realized that most of her first graders have difficulty in segmenting
words into their individual sounds and blending individual sounds into words. What is
this skill referred to as? - ANSWER Phonemic Awareness
, Molly has been diagnosed as having ADHD. She is often forgetful and easily distracted.
Her teachers refer to her as a daydreamer. She often stares out the window and claims
she's writing plays or poems in her mind. Molly's characteristics of ADHD can be
characterized as? - ANSWER Inattentive
Terry always raises his hand in class. However, he is unable to put his ideas and points
of view down on paper in writing and frequently does not complete his homework
assignments. His handwriting is unreadable and even Terry has a hard time making
sense of what he has written. What is the term that best describes Terry's condition? -
ANSWER Dysgraphia
That no child with disabilities can be excluded from receiving a free appropriate public
education, is one of IDEA's primary characteristics, and is referred to as? - ANSWER
FAPE
Students who can perform a new learning task well are likely to retain it? - ANSWER
False
Students learn best when multiple sensory modalities are engaged in purposeful
learning activities? - ANSWER True
There is solid empirical support for the existence of "learning styles."? - ANSWER False
The left hemisphere originates spoken language? - ANSWER True
Extrinsic motivation does not increase working memory's processing time? - ANSWER
False
Content area instruction should be an "emotion-free" activity to increase student
learning outcomes? - ANSWER False
Holding a test review session for students before actually administering the test will
allow teachers to determine? - ANSWER If the information is in working memory
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