Special Education: Core Knowledge And
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Cognitive Assessment
Q: What is the purpose of a cognitive assessment?
A: To measure intellectual ability.
Behavior and Management
Q: What is the term for having students track their own behavior and rewarding
them for appropriate actions?
A: Contingency-based self-management.
Strategies for Students with Disabilities
Q: Mark is a tenth-grade student with a severe visual impairment. What strategy
would be most beneficial in helping him understand 3D figures?
A: Providing manipulatives of the objects.
Q: Alyse, an eighth grader with a severe cognitive impairment, often comments
that she is hungry. Her teacher places snacks on Alyse’s desk throughout the day to
stop this behavior. What is this an example of?
A: Satiation.
Passive-Aggressive Behaviors
Q: Which behaviors are most likely associated with a student exhibiting passive-
aggressive behaviors?
A: Pretending to agree with others, performing poorly on written tasks, and
damaging intimate relationships.
Evaluating Quality of Life
Q: What should be included when evaluating the quality of life for a 19-year-old
student with severe disabilities?
A: Social inclusion.
Classroom Behavior and Management
, Q: Bruce and Lou distract each other in class. The teacher separates them to
opposite ends of the room, and they no longer distract each other. What is this an
example of?
A: Manipulating the antecedent stimulus.
Q: What activity is most likely to help a class empathize with a new student who
has a severe visual impairment?
A: Finding the pencil sharpener while wearing a blindfold.
Q: What strategy would most benefit a student with a severe visual impairment
joining a fourth-grade class?
A: Giving verbal descriptions of classroom activities.
Assessment Tools
Q: Which test is most likely used to identify intellectual disabilities?
A: The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales.
Q: What is the best example of a summative assessment?
A: Having students complete a set of ten word problems independently.
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
Q: Martha, a student with spina bifida, uses a motorized wheelchair and has
limited fine motor skills. What accommodation is likely to benefit her in her
history class?
A: Providing Martha with copies of notes to reduce the need for writing.
Q: What is the most important information gained from conducting a functional
behavioral assessment?
A: The causes of the behavior.
Q: How can a teacher best help a student with ADHD focus during class?
A: Seating the student in an area with fewer distractions.
Q: In a full-inclusion model, where are services for students with disabilities
provided?
A: In general education classrooms.
Q: What is one of the most critical components for creating an appropriate learning
environment for a student with autism spectrum disorder?
A: Creating a structured environment with clear routines and procedures.
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