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History of Disabilities
Assessment
Teaching Strategies
Reading
Mathematics
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This term was introduced in the 1960s, it linked minor brain injury or dysfunction to learning problems.
What is Minimal Brain Dysfunction.
100
When formal test information can be compared to others.
What is norm-referenced.
100
What kind of goals do performance monitoring charts measure?
What are long term goals.
100
What method is taught teaching the whole word instead of blending?
What is the Fernald Method.
100
What is classification and why is it important?
Classification is developing relationships between things, whether it is differences or similarities. This gives the student background to be able to work with numbers effectively.
200
During what period was the term learning disabilities adopted?
What is the Emergent Period.
200
What is a disadvantage of informal assessment and why?
Informal Assessment can lack reliability, they are time consuming, judgement in interpreting results.
200
What is one way to maximaze instructional time?
Use peer tutoring, use cooperative learning strategies, schedule more instruction time, effective teaching strategies, and be organized and prepared.
200
How could you use the neurological impress reading method into a classroom?
You could use this method by using repeated readings to improve fluency.
200
What are three types of learning difficulties in math with visual perception?
What are figure-ground, discrimination, and spatial.
300
Why was the Regular Education Initiative enacted in 1986?
What is because pullout programs were ineffective and students should be educated in the general education classroom.
300
Compare informal and formal assessment.
Informal and formal assessment both show strengths and weaknesses, help plan instruction, content relates to instruction.
300
What are two types of motivational techniques?
Internal and external
300
What are the four parts of reciprocal teaching and why is this technique used?
What is predicting, question generating, summarizing, and clarifying. This technique is used to improve comprehension.
300
Give an example that involves the concrete level of math.
What is using buttons to form a group related to a number.
400
One difference between the Foundation Period and the Emergent Period.
What is The Emergent Period adds that physical injury is part of the criteria of learning disabilities.
400
What are the 5 steps in the referral process?
What is prereferral, referral, assessment for identification, inital assessment for instruction, and individualized educational program.
400
Why is motivational techniques so important with students with disabilities?
They are important because students with disabilities often get frustrated easily and lose their motivation.
400
Compare the Gillingham Method to the Fernald Method.
The Gillingham method focuses on the phonetical approach. This method gives each letter a sound and teaches them in a multisensory approach. The Fernald Method does not use phonics skills. The teacher will identify unknown words as a whole word.
400
How should the semiconcrete level be assessed?
What is by using both numerals and drawings.
500
Why are the scope and sequence of curriculum important when developing instruction and assessment?
Scope and sequence are important because they focus to what a teaching is teaching as well as gives the teacher an order to teach and when to assess.
500
What is something that could happen if you do not include the parents in the homework?
The parents could feel inadequate and not feel they are able to help with the homework.
500
Explain the steps in a basal reading program.
First, the students are motivated to learn the material. Then, the teacher prepares the students by presenting new concepts and vocabulary. After that, the teacher guides the students through the story and gives the students practice material. Then they assign work to apply the skills learned. Finally, they are evaluated.
500
Why is it important to be flexible in teaching math to students with disabilities?
What is because students with disabilities often need different types of instruction for different skills. When one strategy is not successful the teacher will need to move on to another.