Exam 10: Organization and Study Skills: Strategies and Techniques

Research by Cooper and Nye (1994) has indicated that the most effective form of homework for students with mild disabilities is ____________________.

When students with mild disabilities perform poorly on tests, it is often because the student did not study for the test and/or he or she lacks specific ____________________ skills.

Medical research has indicated that teenagers typically require how many hours of sleep per night?

You have become discouraged by the quality of work your students have demonstrated on recent assignments. Some students have turned assignments in late and others have not turned them in at all. Those students who have turned in assignments sometimes have completed the assignment incorrectly and most of the students' work is not of the quality you expect. What constructive steps can you take as a teacher to turn this problem around? What might you do to improve assignment completion rates in your classroom and improve the accuracy and quality of your students' work?

At the secondary level, research has indicated that students should expect an average of:

Organization skills are a central tenet of the elementary school curriculum, as much so as basic ____________________skills.

When asked to rate the characteristics of assignments, teachers rate the importance of ____________________ at levels lower than students with and without disabilities do.

What are key organizational skills required at the elementary, middle, and high school levels? Which of these skills do you anticipate students with mild disabilities will have the greatest difficulty managing?

An instructional practice that is NOT designed to improve student note-taking ability is:

When students with learning disabilities learn strategies for taking tests (i.e., PIRATES), research has indicated test scores improve:

In the Test-taking Strategy, students are prompted to make a plan for taking the test. What specific behaviors are students prompted to do?

An instructional practice this is NOT designed to support students with homework completion is:

For many students, especially those with mild disabilities, organization skills should be taught ____________________.

When preparing to use columnar format notes, students divide their notebook paper into three columns, which are then labeled with the headings: ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

Organized students not only use a calendar to list their schedules, assignments and test dates, they also use them to:

In general education, the majority of information is presented in a ____________________ format.

When using guided notes, the teacher creates a ____________________ outline, which students fill in during a lecture.

Students have reported that the most helpful information a teacher can provide when explaining an assignment is:

The WORST form of homework that a teacher can assign:

When a student has difficulty completing an assignment, often both the ____________________ and student contribute to the problem.