Classroom Management for Exceptional Learners Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course explores effective classroom management strategies tailored for exceptional learners, including students with disabilities and those who are gifted. Through analysis of research-based practices, students learn to create inclusive, supportive environments that anticipate and address behavioral challenges, encourage positive social interactions, and promote academic achievement. Emphasis is placed on individualized interventions, collaborative problem-solving with families and professionals, legal considerations, and the development of proactive routines and structures that accommodate diverse learning needs.
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Exceptional Children and Youth 5th Edition by Nancy Hunt
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Special Education
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Q1) The American Psychological Association recommends that disability be thought of as an attribute of a person, and handicap be thought of as
A) the manifestation of the disability.
B) the person's physical characteristics.
C) the source of the person's limitations.
D) a useful label.
Answer: C
Q2) The concept of "least restrictive environment" is based on the opportunities made available to the student with disabilities to
A) work with a special education teacher on a one-to-one basis.
B) interact with his or her non-disabled peers.
C) participate in his or her IEP meeting.
D) have legal representation, if required, when attending an IEP meeting.
Answer: B
Q3) Which four exceptionalities have the highest prevalence?
Answer: Students should mention specific learning disabilities, behavior disorders, communication disorders, and mental retardation as generally considered to be the conditions with highest prevalence.
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Chapter 2: The Special and General Education Relationship:
New Trends and Challenges
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Q1) According to No Child Left Behind, most children with disabilities
A) are exempt from high-stakes assessment.
B) are not responsible for demonstrating knowledge in content and performance standards.
C) are expected to meet the requirements for Annual Yearly Progress (AYP).
D) can be counted as scoring proficient, if they take tests below grade level.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following lawsuits addressed overrepresentation of children from non-English speaking backgrounds?
A) Larry P. v. Riles
B) Brown v. Board of Education
C) Rowley v. Board of Education
D) Diana v. Board of Education
Answer: D
Q3) The most familiar three-tiered model for providing instruction in schools is
A) Universal design for learning (UDL).
B) Response to Intervention (RTI).
C) Teacher-directed practices (TDP).
D) Peer-directed practices (PDP).
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Risk Factors and Early Intervention
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Q1) Which of the following statements about the mother's age is true?
A) Older pregnant women will probably have poorer prenatal assistance than younger mothers-to-be.
B) Very young mothers are at greater risk of having a child with Down syndrome.
C) Maternal nutrition tends to have little connection with a newborn's size, health, and weight.
D) Younger mothers-to-be tend to be less responsive to their infant's cues.
Answer: D
Q2) What are the goals of early intervention?
Answer: Students should explain that early intervention attempts to:
\(\bullet\) Improve children's acquisition and use of important motor, affective, social, communication, and intellectual behaviors.
\(\bullet\) Help children integrate these behaviors into generative, functional, and adaptive responses to their environment.
\(\bullet\) Provide a comprehensive set of services to children from birth to three years and their families.
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Chapter 4: Families of Children With Disabilities
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Q1) The two basic premises of ecocultural theory are that families adapt to the environment in which they live and A) understanding a family's daily routines is important to understanding its ecocultural niche.
B) the child can only be understood in the context of the family ecosystem.
C) family characteristics may impede the family's adaptation to the ecocultural niche.
D) cultural identity is the most important factor in analyzing family interactions and support systems.
Q2) Compare and contrast the terms family, household, and extended family.
Q3) Many parents describe their initial reaction to the news that their daughter or son has a disability as A) shock.
B) anxiety.
C) grief.
D) anger.
Q4) What reactions do parents tend to go through in response to the diagnosis that their child has a disability? How predictable are these feelings?
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Chapter 5: Children With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) Which word-analysis strategy do poor readers tend to use most often?
A) Context clues
B) Guessing
C) Sight words
D) Phonic analysis
Q2) According to the current federal definition, which statement about specific learning disabilities is correct?
A) A specific learning disability affects the understanding or use of spoken or written language.
B) A specific learning disability may include affective and academic disabilities.
C) A specific learning disability is equally likely to affect persons who have intellectual disabilities or are gifted.
D) A specific learning disability is determined by a measure of an adaptive behavior.
Q3) What is known about internal and external causes of learning disabilities?
Q4) Describe what is meant by response to intervention (RTI) and outline the key components of this approach to assessment and instruction.
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Chapter 6: Children With Intellectual Disabilities
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Q1) What are the criteria for defining intellectual disabilities? What are the implications of these criteria for assessment and re-evaluation over the lifespan?
Q2) The most common genetic condition resulting in intellectual disabilities is A) phenylketonuria
B) Tay-Sachs disease
C) lead poisoning
D) Down Syndrome
Q3) Generalization is the
A) tendency for a behavior to increase when it is reinforced.
B) speed at which a new skill is acquired.
C) transfer of a skill from one setting to another.
D) demonstration of an acquired skill over time.
Q4) A key component of effective instruction in functional skills is the use of A) real-life materials in natural environments.
B) teen magazines and other popular media.
C) videotapes rather than actual practice.
D) manipulatives rather than reading materials or calculators.
Q5) What is the educator's role in transitioning an adolescent with intellectual disabilities into the community?
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Chapter 7: Children With Severe Disabilities
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Q1) According to Dunst (2002), critical components of family-centered models include:
A) clear delineation of the financial contributions of federal, state, and local agencies.
B) relational and participatory roles of families and practitioners.
C) cultural and religious inventories of family members.
D) motivational programs and counseling services for parents and caregivers.
Q2) Two categories of environmental support for individuals with severe disabilities are A) structured supports and nonstructured supports.
B) person-centered supports and family-centered supports.
C) formal supports and natural supports.
D) work-related supports and independent living supports.
Q3) Research conducted by Yu (2002) was devoted to studying the following emotion of individuals with severe and profound cognitive disabilities: A) happiness.
B) anxiety.
C) fear.
D) surprise .
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Chapter 8: Children With Behavior Disorders
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Q1) Why do expressions like "inappropriate behavior," "satisfactory interpersonal relationships," and "socially maladjusted" present such difficulties in defining emotional disturbance?
Q2) The term used in IDEA to describe students whose behavior qualifies them for special education services is
A) emotional disturbance.
B) emotional handicap.
C) behavior disordered.
D) behavior handicap.
Q3) Which statement about identification of students with behavior disorders is correct?
A) Identification is based on standardized observation instruments.
B) Identification is inherently a subjective process.
C) Identification follows the guidelines explicitly outlined in IDEA.
D) Identification generally takes from three to six months to complete.
Q4) One reason to teach students appropriate behavior is to also teach them
A) alternative ways to express their feelings and needs.
B) to increase their vocabulary and sentence complexity.
C) how to avoid using inappropriate language in the classroom.
D) technological skills that will be useful in the workplace.
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Chapter 9: Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) Which statement about current views of the causes of autism is correct?
A) Autism is most likely caused by reactions to immunizations or early childhood infections.
B) Although many genes appear to be associated with autism, no clear causal relationship between a specific genetic abnormality and the occurrence of autism has been established.
C) Research indicates that the cause will be located in an area of the X chromosome.
D) Environmental factors, such as family configuration, are thought to be the primary cause.
Q2) Echolalia
A) often represents an attempt at direct communication on the part of the student with autism.
B) is usually nonfunctional communication.
C) is an attempt on the part of the student with autism to memorize language. D) is a form of schizophrenic speech.
Q3) Explain the two primary challenges for families of young children exhibiting behaviors characteristic of autism.
Q4) Describe applied behavior analysis (ABA) and its use with children with autism.
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Chapter 10: Children With Communication Disorders
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Q1) The English language uses approximately how many phonemes?
A) 40-45.
B) 26-30.
C) 50-54.
D) An infinite number.
Q2) The child with language delay
A) may have greater difficulties understanding what is being said.
B) may have greater difficulties describing events, having conversations, and articulating sounds.
C) may be less likely to use meaningful gestures for communicating.
D) All of the above.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT an example of nonverbal communication?
A) Your dog scratches at the door to be let out.
B) Two friends glance at each other and smile.
C) A couple uses sign language on the subway.
D) A child with autism screams rather than coming into the classroom.
Q4) Describe instructional discourse strategies and discuss how they are used in classrooms.
Q5) Why is inclusion in a general education classroom a good alternative for a student with a language impairment?
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Chapter 11: Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
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Q1) For otitis media to be considered chronic, it must have
A) occurred in the last six months.
B) a significant impact on learning.
C) lasted twelve weeks or more.
D) been present from birth.
Q2) Disagreement among educators of children who are deaf or hard of hearing centers on
A) the importance of early diagnosis.
B) whether amplification should be used.
C) whether interventions should be used with these children.
D) how these children should be taught to communicate.
Q3) Students who have both conductive and sensorineural hearing loss are referred to as having
A) bilateral hearing loss.
B) mixed hearing loss.
C) conjoined hearing loss.
D) total hearing loss.
Q4) How is language acquisition affected by a hearing loss or deafness?
Q5) Explain why the word Deaf is sometimes capitalized and the implications of this usage.
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Chapter 12: Children Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision
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Q1) The part of the eye that expands or contracts according to the amount of light available is the A) choroid.
B) lens.
C) iris.
D) conjunctiva.
Q2) Most of the visual impairments in school-age children are A) caused by accident or injury.
B) caused byanoxia.
C) congenital in origin.
D) adventitious in origin.
Q3) How have technological advances facilitated learning for persons with visual impairments?
Q4) Early onset of visual impairment can affect the development of bonding because A) babies with visual impairment are unlikely to make visual contact with caregivers.
B) babies are less likely to make eye contact with their mothers.
C) parents typically reject visually impaired infants before bonding can take place.
D) children with visual impairment typically have cognitive deficits as well.
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Chapter 13: Children With Physical Disabilities and Health
Impairments
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Q1) The prevalence of children identified with cerebral palsy
A) decreased between the years of 1990 and 2005 .
B) has remained constant over the past 30 years.
C) increased between the years of 1990 and 2005 .
D) has gradually increased due to increases in survival of low birthweight babies.
Q2) Which of the following conditions can be transmitted from one individual to another?
A) Juvenile diabetes
B) Epilepsy
C) Cystic fibrosis
D) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Q3) When does spina bifida originate?
A) During the preconception period
B) During the period of fetal development
C) During the birthing process
D) Shortly after birth
Q4) Describe the steps a teacher should take to integrate a student with physical disabilities into the classroom.
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Chapter 14: Children Who Are Gifted and Talented
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Q1) Contrast the arguments for and against the use of IQ tests to identify persons who are gifted.
Q2) The "secret weapon" that Reis and colleagues (1997) described in their study of successful college students who were identified as both gifted and disabled was A) identification early in their school careers.
B) not being required to have a roommate, thus easing the adjustment to college.
C) remedial courses taken the summer before college to prepare those students for rigorous work.
D) a supportive mother who had devoted herself to helping her child succeed.
Q3) Determining what individual students already know, and allowing them the chance to explore different concepts, subjects, or topics that tap into their talents, is called A) content acceleration.
B) curriculum telescoping.
C) cooperative learning.
D) independent study.
Q4) Describe the criteria that are used to qualify a student as talented or as gifted.
Q5) Briefly explain how views of giftedness have changed through history.
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