Which of the following is the most accurate description of Public Law 94-142?
a. Students with exceptionalities should be taught in as normal a school setting as possible that still meets the students' special academic, social, and physical needs.
b. Students with exceptionalities should be given as much extra academic assistance as necessary to accommodate their special learning needs and help them compete acceptably with non-exceptional students.
c. Students with exceptionalities should be provided with the extra counseling services needed to help them maintain self-esteem and learn to cope with their physical, emotional, and academic exceptionalities.
d. Students with exceptionalities must be taught by teachers with the special education and training needed to help these students reach their maximum potential.
Ques. 2The guarantee of parents' rights to be involved in identifying and placing their children in special programs, to access school records, and to obtain an independent evaluation if they are not satisfied with the one conducted by the school is referred to under IDEA as:
a. legal aid.
b. least restrictive environment.
c. due process.
d. individual education program.
Ques. 3Which of the following is not a provision under IDEA?
a. Free and Appropriate Public Education
b. Educate children in the least restrictive environment.
c. Develop an individualized education program of study for each student.
d. Provide extra before- and after-school assistance for all special needs learners.
Ques. 4Which student (or students) best illustrates Piaget's description of external morality? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5From the perspective of learning styles, which of the following approaches is best described as viewing information being studied or the problems being solved as a means to understanding the content?
a. Metacognitive approaches to processing information
b. Deep approaches to processing information
c. Surface approaches to processing information
d. Developmental approaches to processing information
Ques. 6Students' approaches to learning, problem solving and processing information best describes:
a. intelligence.
b. culture.
c. socioeconomic status.
d. learning style.
Ques. 7Which of the following is not a problem associated with ability grouping?
a. Low-ability groups are stigmatized by peers as well as teachers.
b. There is potential for placement in the wrong group.
c. Placement in a group tends to be inflexible.
d. Low-ability groups are often given work that is too difficult.
Ques. 8Now identify one characteristic for Henry that is unlike typical students placed at risk.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 9Research indicates that ability grouping often has negative effects on students placed in low-ability groups, resulting in lower than expected achievement. Which of the following best explains these results?
a. Organizing instruction is more difficult for low-ability students than it is for high-ability students, and as a result, achievement is lowered.
b. Low-ability students are usually more fearful of their teachers, and as a result, achievement is lowered.
c. Teachers tend to have lowered expectations for low-ability students, and as a result, their instructional efforts are lowered.
d. Teachers of low-ability students tend to have less access to materials that enhance learning, and as a result, achievement is lowered.
Ques. 10If the students' achievement in each class is consistent with patterns identified by research, the teacher who is least likely to be successful in promoting resilience is:
a. Donna.
b. Enita.
c. Keith.
d. Joe.
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