Question 1

____________________ may be problematic for a person with exceptionalities.

Accepted Answer

A)  employment 
B)  basic skills remediation 
C)  career choices 
D)  development 
A)  employment 
B)  basic skills remediation 
C)  career choices 
D)  development A

Question 2

Describe six techniques that could be used to adapt measurement instruments.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary; refer to 385.
• Using information about performance outside of school in making evaluations
• Administering frequent short quizzes throughout the course, rather than a few long tests
• Dividing tests or tasks into smaller, simpler sections or steps
• Developing practice items or pre-test trials using the same response format as the test, which may help reduce a student's fear of evaluation
• Considering the appropriateness of the instrument or procedure in terms of age or maturity
• Giving open-book or open-note tests
• Reducing the number of test items or removing items that require more abstract reasoning or have high levels of difficulty
• Using different levels of questions for different students
• Having a student develop a product or packet of materials that show knowledge and understanding of the content of a unit
• Providing alternative projects or assignments
• Videotaping a student performing a task and then playing it back to him or her to show skills learned and areas needing improvement
• Using a panel of students to evaluate one another on task performance
• Allowing students to type answers
• Allowing students to use a computer during testing
• Allowing small groups to work together on a task to be evaluated
• Using short written or verbal measures on a daily or weekly basis to provide more feedback on student progress
• Increasing the amount of time allowed to complete the test, to compensate for slower reading, writing, or comprehension
• Altering the types of responses to match a student's strengths
• Having a student review the course or unit content verbally so that he or she is not limited to test item recall
• Limiting the number of formal tests by using checklists to observe and record learning
• Assessing participation in discussions as an indicator of mastery of content
• Giving extra credit for correction of mistakes

Question 3

Describe the collaborative role of the special educator in terms of each of the following:
a. counseling students for daily crises
b. preparing students for high school content classes
c. preparing students for the high school graduation exam
d. preparing students for postsecondary training
e. preparing students for independent living
f. preparing students for employment

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary; refer to pages 373-376.
a. counselling students for daily crises: Use a peer support program. A student with an exceptionality and a student without are partnered for shared activities that might be academic or nonacademic.
b. preparing students for high school content classes: Teach them how to self-advocate. In order to do this, students need to understand their specific learning problems. Therefore, special education teachers may need to have a discussion with their students about the nature of specific exceptionalities. When working with students with exceptionalities in general education classrooms, the role of the special educator expands. It includes informing the general educator as to the unique abilities and challenges presented by each student, providing ongoing support and collaboration for the student and teacher, and doing frequent monitoring to ensure that the arrangement is satisfactory for both the student and the teacher.
c. preparing students for high school graduation exam: Help the student prepare for the exam if the student is required to take the exam. On the other hand, the educator may choose to focus on convincing the student and parents that time could more appropriately be spent on developing living skills rather than on preparing for exams.
d. preparing students for postsecondary training: Inform students about future employment trends and help them select realistic careers with employment potential.
e. preparing students for independent living: Direct instruction in certain independent living skills may be required. This type of instruction is also important in a student's transition program.
f. preparing students for employment: Identify programs that provide appropriate entry into work-study programs, business apprenticeships, and technical and trade school programs. Teachers must be sure that students with exceptionalities can communicate their strengths and limitations to persons in post-secondary and future employment settings. Self-advocacy skills will empower individuals to seek employment and independent living opportunities on their own. In best practice, encouragement and development of self determination or self-advocacy skills begin in elementary school.

Question 4

Describe the types of accommodations or modifications that might be used to address the following student characteristics:
a. difficulty completing assignments
b. difficulty with tasks that require memory
c. difficulty with test taking
d. confusion from non-verbal cues
e. confusion from written material
f. confusion from spoken material, lectures, and audio-visual material

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary; refer to page 371.
a.

Question 5

___________________ are ways to use active learning to acquire and use new information and solve problems.

Accepted Answer

A)  learning strategies 
B)  self-regulated strategies 
C)  self-evaluation strategies 
D)  study skills 
A)  learning strategies 
B)  self-regulated strategies 
C)  self-evaluation strategies 
D)  study skills

Question 6

Congratulations! As a general education teacher, you were recently selected as the winner of a local community service award. You received this award as a result of your excellence in preparing the secondary students with exceptionalities in your classroom for post secondary education. The election committee has asked that you describe, as a part of your acceptance speech, the ways to meet the needs of these students. Write your acceptance speech, providing specific examples of how you will prepare secondary students with exceptionalities in your classroom for post secondary education.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary; refer to pages 368--3

Question 7

_______________________ refer to changes in policy that will support students with exceptionalities in their learning, e.g. altering curriculum

Accepted Answer

A)  adaptations 
B)  modifications 
C)  IEPs 
D)  accommodations 
A)  adaptations 
B)  modifications 
C)  IEPs 
D)  accommodations

Question 8

Describe five homework adaptations that could be used with adolescents with exceptionalities.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary; refer to pages 380-38

Question 9

In many instances, as students with exceptionalities reach high school,

Accepted Answer

A)  the gap between academic achievement widens 
B)  they may have difficulty performing the higher-level cognitive tasks that are characteristic of secondary schools 
C)  they may encounter teachers who are content specialists who may not individualize instruction to meet their needs 
D)  all of the above 
A)  the gap between academic achievement widens 
B)  they may have difficulty performing the higher-level cognitive tasks that are characteristic of secondary schools 
C)  they may encounter teachers who are content specialists who may not individualize instruction to meet their needs 
D)  all of the above

Question 10

Accommodations should be designed to offer the _______ amount of change to regular programming.

Accepted Answer

A)  least. 
B)  most 
A)  least. 
B)  most

Question 11

Which of the following is essential to a comprehensive high school curriculum for students with exceptionalities?

Accepted Answer

A)  The secondary curriculum must be responsive to the needs of individual students. 
B)  The secondary curriculum must facilitate maximum integration with typically achieving students. 
C)  The secondary curriculum must focus on students' transition to postsecondary settings. 
D)  All of the above 
A)  The secondary curriculum must be responsive to the needs of individual students. 
B)  The secondary curriculum must facilitate maximum integration with typically achieving students. 
C)  The secondary curriculum must focus on students' transition to postsecondary settings. 
D)  All of the above

Question 12

_______________________ will empower individuals to seek employment and independent living opportunities on their own.

Accepted Answer

A)  encouragement 
B)  self-esteem. 
C)  self-competence 
D)  self-advocacy skills 
A)  encouragement 
B)  self-esteem. 
C)  self-competence 
D)  self-advocacy skills

Question 13

Describe an effective learning strategy to help students perform at their maximum level in class.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary; refer to page 388.
SC

Question 14

The __________ strategy is an error-monitoring strategy for writing.

Accepted Answer

A)  SMART 
B)  SCROL 
C)  COPS 
D)  SOLVE-IT 
A)  SMART 
B)  SCROL 
C)  COPS 
D)  SOLVE-IT

Question 15

__________________ are specific techniques and devices to help students acquire, retain, and express knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A)  Learning strategies 
B)  Self-regulated strategies 
C)  Self-evaluation strategies 
D)  Study skills 
A)  Learning strategies 
B)  Self-regulated strategies 
C)  Self-evaluation strategies 
D)  Study skills

Question 16

The majority of secondary students with exceptionalities are educated in

Accepted Answer

A)  special education classrooms 
B)  vocational education classrooms 
C)  alternative schools 
D)  general education classrooms 
A)  special education classrooms 
B)  vocational education classrooms 
C)  alternative schools 
D)  general education classrooms

Question 17

Describe ways that general education teachers can make accommodations in the following areas:
a. making time adjustments
b. providing feedback
c. providing alternative assignments

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary; refer to page 375-380

Question 18

You have been hired as a curriculum coordinator for a local school system. Your first task is to design, in collaboration with other professionals, a comprehensive high school curriculum for secondary students with exceptionalities. Describe the major components of this curriculum, and detail the types of educational experiences that students with exceptionalities will receive.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary; refer to pages 368-38

Question 19

In general, inclusion at the secondary level

Accepted Answer

A)  has been more successful 
B)  has been less successful 
C)  is about as successful as inclusion at the elementary level 
D)  makes no difference 
A)  has been more successful 
B)  has been less successful 
C)  is about as successful as inclusion at the elementary level 
D)  makes no difference

Question 20

One of the ways a teacher can make an accommodation for a test is by

Accepted Answer

A)  using technology to scan and read text 
B)  having an assistant write the test for them 
C)  having a peer helper write the test for them 
D)  excluding them from writing tests altogether 
A)  using technology to scan and read text 
B)  having an assistant write the test for them 
C)  having a peer helper write the test for them 
D)  excluding them from writing tests altogether

____________________ may be problematic for a person with exceptionalities.

Describe six techniques that could be used to adapt measurement instruments.

___________________ are ways to use active learning to acquire and use new information and solve problems.

_______________________ refer to changes in policy that will support students with exceptionalities in their learning, e.g. altering curriculum

Describe five homework adaptations that could be used with adolescents with exceptionalities.

In many instances, as students with exceptionalities reach high school,

Accommodations should be designed to offer the _______ amount of change to regular programming.

Which of the following is essential to a comprehensive high school curriculum for students with exceptionalities?

_______________________ will empower individuals to seek employment and independent living opportunities on their own.

Describe an effective learning strategy to help students perform at their maximum level in class.

The __________ strategy is an error-monitoring strategy for writing.

__________________ are specific techniques and devices to help students acquire, retain, and express knowledge.

The majority of secondary students with exceptionalities are educated in

Describe ways that general education teachers can make accommodations in the following areas: a. making time adjustments b. providing feedback c. providing alternative assignments

In general, inclusion at the secondary level

One of the ways a teacher can make an accommodation for a test is by

Inclusive Education: an Introduction

Designing Inclusive Classrooms

Teaching Students With Communication Disorders

Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities

Teaching Students With Attention Deficithyperactivity Disorder

Teaching Students With Emotional or Behavioural Disorders

Teaching Students With Intellectual Disabilities

Teaching Students With Autism and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Teaching Students With Sensory Impairments, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Other Low-Incidence Disabilities

Teaching Students With Special Gifts and Talents

Teaching Students Who Are at Risk

Classroom Organization and Management

Teaching Students With Special Needs in Elementary Schools

Working With Families of Students With Exceptionalities

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Exam 14: Teaching Students With Special Needs in Secondary Schools

____________________ may be problematic for a person with exceptionalities.

Describe six techniques that could be used to adapt measurement instruments.

___________________ are ways to use active learning to acquire and use new information and solve problems.

_______________________ refer to changes in policy that will support students with exceptionalities in their learning, e.g. altering curriculum

Describe five homework adaptations that could be used with adolescents with exceptionalities.

In many instances, as students with exceptionalities reach high school,

Accommodations should be designed to offer the _______ amount of change to regular programming.

Which of the following is essential to a comprehensive high school curriculum for students with exceptionalities?

_______________________ will empower individuals to seek employment and independent living opportunities on their own.

Describe an effective learning strategy to help students perform at their maximum level in class.

The __________ strategy is an error-monitoring strategy for writing.

__________________ are specific techniques and devices to help students acquire, retain, and express knowledge.

The majority of secondary students with exceptionalities are educated in

Describe ways that general education teachers can make accommodations in the following areas: a. making time adjustments b. providing feedback c. providing alternative assignments

In general, inclusion at the secondary level

One of the ways a teacher can make an accommodation for a test is by

Inclusive Education: an Introduction

Designing Inclusive Classrooms

Teaching Students With Communication Disorders

Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities

Teaching Students With Attention Deficithyperactivity Disorder

Teaching Students With Emotional or Behavioural Disorders

Teaching Students With Intellectual Disabilities

Teaching Students With Autism and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Teaching Students With Sensory Impairments, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Other Low-Incidence Disabilities

Teaching Students With Special Gifts and Talents

Teaching Students Who Are at Risk

Classroom Organization and Management

Teaching Students With Special Needs in Elementary Schools

Working With Families of Students With Exceptionalities

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