PRAXIS Flashcards
Which of the following is an accurate statement about a student with a language-based learning disability.
A. The student may engage in repetitive activities and movements when presented with challenging assignments.
B. The student may find it difficult to pay attention ad control impulsive behaviors during lessons.
C. The student may experience difficulty in academic activities especially in reading comprehension and oral expressions.
D. The student may lack problem-solving and other executive function skills required for academic success.
C. The student may experience difficulty in academic activities in reading comprehension and oral expression.
Jan is a child with a visual impairment. Which of the following is the best way for Jan’s parents to assess her recreation and leisure skills?
A. A classroom visit.
B. A conversation with a school counselor
C. A checklist from the Expanded Core Curriculum.
D. An evaluation by a trained specialist in visual disabilities.
C. A checklist from the Expanded Core Curriculum.
A student with an emotional and behavioral disturbance (EBD) will most likely have difficulty with which of the following?
A. Reading and writing during independent activities.
B. Building and maintaining relationships with teachers and peers.
C. Maintaining focus during lessons for short periods of time.
D. Transitioning between activities throughout the day.
B. Building and maintaining relationships with teachers and peers.
Ms. Sanders teaches an 8th grade ELA inclusion class. She is developing a differentiated lesson plan for assessing her students’ comprehension of the book they have just finished reading. Which of the following activities should Ms. Sanders include as part of the differentiated lesson plan?
A. Providing all students with a menu of assessment options to choose from.
B. Providing students, the opportunity to use a computer when answering open-ended questions.
C. Providing choices from a word bank for answers to test questions.
D. Providing additional time to students with IEPs as stated under their accommodations.
A. Providing all students with a menu of assessment options to choose from.
Which of the following accommodations is most likely to appear on the IEP of a student whose only classification is for ADHD.
A. Allowing unlimited visits to the bathroom and water fountain.
B. Providing for short and frequent refocusing breaks.
C. Having a school medical emergency plan in place.
D. Adjusting or waiving participation regulations in the classroom.
B. Providing for short and frequent refocusing breaks.
In full settings, the most appropriate role for the special education teacher is to..
A. Manage both content planning and behavior intervention while coteaching all students in the class with the general education teacher.
B. Serve as an instructional assistant to the general education teacher and reinforce lessons as needed.
C. observe the general education teacher at least once a week in order to discuss teaching strategies that seem to work well.
D. Manage the behavior of the student receiving special education while the general education teacher presents academic content.
A. Manage both content planning and behavior intervention while coteaching all students in the class with the general education teacher.
Which TWO of the following steps occur during the special education prereferral process?
A. Identifying, developing, and implementing alternative education strategies for students who struggle in the general education classroom.
B. Monitoring progress frequently to make academic or behavioral decisions.
C. Conducting intelligence (IQ), behavioral, and achievement assessments.
D. Implementing a legal contract between the parents and the school district that describes the special education services to be provided by the school district.
A. Identifying, developing, and implementing alternative education strategies for students who struggle in the general education classroom.
B. Monitoring progress frequently to make academic or behavioral decisions.
To promote the transfer or word-attack skills to digital newspaper reading, a middle school teacher of students with mild intellectual disabilities is most likely to..
A. Prepare teacher-made newspaper articles for the students to read.
B. Select articles from the local online newspaper for the students to read
C. Develop writing exercises using vocabulary from the curriculum
D. Prepare worksheet exercises based on singe sentences from the textbooks.
B. Select articles from the local online newspaper for the students to read.
Which of the following statements best defines the ecological perspective on emotional and behavioral disturbance (EBD)?
A. Poisons in the physical environment case EBD
B. EBD involves interactions between the child and the child’s social environment
C. Children with EBD need exposure to an ever-broadening social environment.
D. Inclusion settings are less beneficial for students with EBD
B. EBD involves interactions between the child and the child’s social environment
Which of the following is a procedural safeguard according to IDEA?
A. If a parent disagrees with the school’s evaluation, the parent has the right to get an independent educational evaluation that the school must accept.
B. A parent can demand in writing that services be given to the child regardless of the child’s disability.
C. The school must give a parent written notice before making any changes to the child’s placement.
D. A parent has the right to request an IEP meeting at any time of the day or night so that the parent can attend
C. The school must give a parent written notice before making any changes to the child’s placement.
Using a student’s classwork as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
A. Curriculum-based assessment
B. Standardized achievement testing
C. Summative assessment
D. Diagnostic testing
A. Curriculum-based assessment
Which of the following is the best rationale for using task analysis in instructing students with disabilities.
A. Instruction is delivered in steps that are easily achievable and that promote student success.
B. Students can eventually learn to analyze assigned tasks without guidance.
C. Students learn classification skills by identifying similar aspects of different kinds of tasks.
D. Instruction can be delivered effectively to many students at once without a need for individualization.
A. Instruction is delivered in steps that are easily achievable and that promote student success.
Jodeen is a 7 year old who has been evaluated and found to have mild expressive language delay. Her hearing is normal, and her functioning in all areas other than expressive language is age appropriate. Which of the following placements would be most appropriate for Jodeen?
A. Self-contained special education class with speech and language services.
B. A part-time placement in a resource room for developmental and oral reading.
C. A full-time general education placement with speech and language services
D. A full-time general education placement with an emphasis on reading support.
C. A full-time general education placement with speech and language services
A 4th grade special education teacher delivers a lesson on context clues. The statement, “The stench of the street was like the smell of garbage” would best fit which of the following types of context clues?
A. Definition
B. Example
C. Inference
D. Antonym
B. Example
Shania is a 10th grade student classified with a specific learning disability (SLD). She receives direct reading instruction in decoding skills to facilitate word recognition of vocabulary words. Shania’s instruction represents a…
A. Remedial approach
B. Compensatory approach
C. Metacognitive strategy
D. Cooperative learning strategy
A. Remedial approach
