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Educational Psychology explores how individuals learn and develop within educational settings, focusing on the psychological principles and theories underpinning teaching and learning processes. This course examines topics such as cognitive development, motivation, classroom management, assessment, individual differences, and the impact of social and cultural factors on learning. Students will analyze research findings to understand how psychological concepts apply to real-world classroom scenarios, and they will develop strategies to enhance student learning, foster positive educational environments, and support diverse learners effectively.
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Exceptional Learners An Introduction to Special Education 13th Edition by Daniel P. Hallahan
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Chapter 1: Exceptionality and Special Education
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Q1) In comparison to typical students, students who are exceptional
A)have both similarities and differences.
B)are similar in almost every way.
C)are different in almost every way.
D)have the same instructional needs, but differ in ability level.
Answer: A
Q2) Which federal act requires most students with disabilities to take standard tests of academic achievement and to achieve at a level equal to that of students without disabilities?
A)Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
B)No Child Left Behind Act
C)Americans with Disabilities Act
D)Education for all Handicapped Children Act
Answer: B
Q3) Deinstitutionalization refers to the movement away from
A)placement in large residential facilities.
B)government responsibility for providing services for people with disabilities.
C)placement in small, community facilities.
D)parental responsibility for the care of children with disabilities.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Current Practices for Meeting the Needs of Exceptional Learners
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Q1) Describe the relationship between prereferral teams and response to intervention.
Answer: Both prereferral teams and the techniques used with response to intervention are directed toward reducing the number of students who are identified as requiring special education services because of poor or missing instruction. Prereferral teams are groups of professionals who work with general education teachers to help identify alternative educational strategies for students who are struggling in the classroom before a referral for special education is made. Response to intervention is also aimed at students who are struggling in the general education classroom, but it is more structured, involving specific levels of intervention with emphasis on research-based instruction and careful monitoring of student progress.
Q2) All of the following statements about self-determination are true EXCEPT
A)Services to people with disabilities should be based upon their dreams and interests.
B)Other people, such as psychologists, physicians, and teachers should make important decisions for people with disabilities.
C)Self-determination is learned and can be taught.
D)It may be facilitated by person-centered planning.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Multicultural and Bilingual Aspects of Special Education
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Q1) Taking pride in the fact that one person a group with which you identify yourself has accomplished something notable is referred to as
A)collective pride.
B)ethnic pride.
C)personal pride.
D)community pride.
Answer: A
Q2) Teachers can create classroom environments that support academic success for English language learners by each of the following EXCEPT
A)segregate English language learning students, except for special area classes (P.E., art, music)and math.
B)select materials relevant to student's experiences.
C)establish classroom interactions that are comfortable to the students.
D)engage in effective instructional strategies that promote vocabulary and development.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Parent and Families
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Q1) The degree to which families are able to change their modes of interaction when they encounter unusual or stressful situations refers to
A)acceptance.
B)cohesion.
C)adaptability.
D)compassion.
Q2) The numerous routines in which families engage to meet their many and diverse needs is referred to as
A)family functions.
B)family characteristics.
C)family interactions.
D)family life cycle.
Q3) A primary goal of early intervention is to train parents to work in a therapeutic role with their child.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the advantages and (possible)disadvantages of three home-school communication strategies: Parent-teacher conferences, home-note program, and traveling notebooks.
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Chapter 5: Learners With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Q1) In recent years, the percentage of cases in which the cause of intellectual disabilities is known has dramatically increased due to
A)better assessment practices by teachers.
B)the mapping of the human genetic code.
C)better assessment practices by medical doctors.
D)advances in microscopic technology.
Q2) A person's awareness of what strategies are needed to perform a task, the ability to plan how to use the strategies, and the evaluation of how well the strategies are working is
A)metacognition.
B)self-regulation.
C)working memory.
D)perception.
Q3) Most professionals agree that transition programming for students with intellectual disabilities should begin
A)at birth.
B)during the elementary years.
C)at the middle school level.
D)when the student enters high school.
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Chapter 6: Learners With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) The part of the graph typically used with curriculum-based measurement to depict where a student should be performing at a given point in time is the
A)baseline data point.
B)expected growth norm.
C)aim line.
D)expected aim point.
Q2) The most commonly used definition of learning disabilities is that endorsed by A)AAIDD.
B)NJCLD.
C)LDA.
D)the federal government.
Q3) What percentage of children with learning disabilities do recent estimates indicate also have attention problems?
A)25 to 50%
B)10 to 25%
C)50 to 75%
D)75 to 100%
Q4) Define IQ-achievement discrepancy and list three objections to using it for identifying learning disabilities.
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Chapter 7: Learners With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
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Q1) Punishment as a contingency for inappropriate behavior is especially important for self-management techniques to be effective.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What do many authorities currently suggest should replace inattention as the primary deficit in ADHD?
A)hyperactivity
B)behavioral inhibition
C)aggressiveness
D)subtle brain damage
Q3) ADHD has been frequently shown to coexist with each of the following EXCEPT A)learning disabilities.
B)emotional or behavioral disorders.
C)intellectual disabilities.
D)substance abuse.
Q4) Samples taken from the population at-large indicate that girls outnumber boys with ADHD at a ratio of 3:1.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Learners With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) Patterns of behavior that signal problems in preschool are
A)grabbing, kicking, and screaming to get one's way.
B)frequent conflicts and aloofness from others.
C)hiding or withdrawing from strangers.
D)infrequent outbursts, but with apparent reason.
Q2) Transition from school to work is particularly difficult for many adolescents with E/BD for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A)a high rate of dropping out of school.
B)neglectful, abusive, or inadequate family relationships.
C)over-emphasis on vocational training rather than academics.
D)behavior that is unacceptable to peers and employers.
Q3) In the majority of cases, the cause of E/BD is
A)biological.
B)family-related.
C)unknown.
D)school-based.
Q4) What procedures are used to identify students with E/BD?
Q5) Why do estimates of the prevalence of E/BD vary so much across different studies?
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Chapter 9: Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) Describe how you could use a system like the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)to improve the functional communication of a person with autism.
Q2) Which term is used to describe disorders similar in many ways to autism?
A)autism spectrum disorder
B)autism-like disorder
C)autism behavior disorder
D)autism developmental disorder
Q3) What is meant by the term "hidden curriculum"? Provide two examples from your own experience.
Q4) Only occasionally are the symptoms of autism spectrum disorder noticed before a child is two years old.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Neurological research that involves the brain and head size of people with autism strongly suggests that for many
A)their brains are larger than average at birth.
B)their brains increase in size after about age five years.
C)their brains grow suddenly and excessively in the first two years of life.
D)their brains reach maximum size around age two or three years.
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Chapter 10: Learners With Communication Disorders
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Q1) About 50% of the children whose language is delayed at age 2 will gradually catch up developmentally with their age peers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following are examples of speech disorders EXCEPT
A)semantic disorder.
B)articulation disorder.
C)fluency disorder.
D)voice disorder.
Q3) Which of the following statements about communication variations is true?
A)If a student does not use the language expected in school, she or he has a language disorder.
B)Someone with a language difference that is a disorder has difficulty communicating even in his or her home language community.
C)Children of nondominant cultures should not be expected to learn the rules for effective communication in the dominant culture.
D)Professionals no longer have a problem of bias in normative tests of language assessment.
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Chapter 11: Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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Q1) Most speech sounds have frequencies (pitch)in the range of
A)50-500 Hz.
B)100-900 Hz.
C)250-1,000 Hz.
D)500-2,000 Hz.
Q2) The most severe hearing impairments are associated with which part of the ear?
A)middle ear
B)eardrum
C)inner ear
D)outer ear
Q3) Discuss the effects of hearing impairment on intellectual development and describe recent changes in knowledge associated with this issue.
Q4) FM systems are used in conjunction with hearing aids to A)amplify sound.
B)increase reverberation.
C)provide individualized instruction.
D)broadcast the schedule of daily events.
Q5) Why are pure-tone audiometry and speech audiometry typically not used with very young children or children with some disabilities?
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Chapter 12: Learners With Blindness or Low Vision
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Q1) Most students who are blind receive the necessary training in daily living skills to live independently.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)is caused by A)premature birth.
B)excessive oxygen given to infants at birth.
C)fetal alcohol syndrome.
D)degenerative hereditary disease.
Q3) Repetitive movements such as rocking, rubbing the eyes, and grimacing displayed by some people who are blind are known as A)blindisms.
B)redundant behavior.
C)stereotypic behavior.
D)perseverations.
Q4) The educational definition of blindness and low vision stresses
A)the method of reading instruction.
B)using visual acuity as a predictor of how people will function.
C)the method of vision assessment.
D)using whatever remaining sight a person has.
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Chapter 13: Learners With Low-Incidence, Multiple, and
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Q1) The best place to teach domestic skills is not always the student's home.
A)True
B)False
Q2) People with a severe disability in any area often have more than one disability.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe two major problems that students with TBI experience with reentry to school after their trauma.
Q4) How many children from age 6 to 11 were receiving services for deaf-blindness in 2007 (compared to 32,000 for deafness and 12,000 for blindness)?
A)about 2,000
B)about 1,000
C)fewer than 550
D)only 50
Q5) Traumatic brain injury (TBI)is one of the most common injuries of A)children over 5 because of falls.
B)males over 30 because of vehicular accidents.
C)the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
D)adults over 20 because of risk-taking.
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Chapter 14: Learners With Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
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Q1) Each of the following statements about education for most children with a physical disability is true EXCEPT
A)It should be similar to that for children without disabilities but at a somewhat lower age level.
B)It is often extended beyond that typically provided to include self-help skills.
C)Objectives should include autonomy and self-advocacy.
D)Attention should be given to environmental changes that allow them to respond more effectively.
Q2) Cerebral palsy is a condition that occurs
A)during the birth process.
B)before birth.
C)after birth.
D)before brain maturity.
Q3) Which statement about phenylketonuria (PKU)is true?
A)It only causes intellectual disabilities.
B)It is the only known genetically determined metabolic disorder.
C)It requires a life-long special diet for treatment.
D)It goes away in late childhood.
Q4) Describe four ways that many physical disabilities could be prevented.
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Chapter 15: Learners With Special Gifts and Talents
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Q1) All of the following are barriers inhibiting the development of programs for preschool children who are gifted EXCEPT
A)laws preventing early admission to school.
B)unavailability of intelligence tests.
C)lack of appropriate teacher training.
D)lack of parental advocacy.
Q2) To mediate barriers against identification of giftedness in students with disabilities, researchers recommend all of the following EXCEPT
A)assessment that includes information about extracurricular activities.
B)ability should not be viewed in terms of experiential opportunity.
C)special effort to note patterns of strength.
D)comparison made with other students with similar disabilities.
Q3) Each of the following is a reason for low numbers of students identified as gifted from low socioeconomic status and those living in remote areas EXCEPT lack of A)access to materials.
B)caring parents.
C)basic necessities.
D)diverse early experiences.
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