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Pre-Assessment Measure 2-EDU 310/610—Teaching and Assessing Children with Disabilities

1)Differentiating instruction means to

a)Alter curriculum to meet the needs of individual students

b)Alter your teaching to expect different outcomes from students

c)Teach the same concept or content so that everyone can access it/them

d)Teach differently when your lessons don’t work

2)Individualized instruction contrasts with differentiated instruction in that

a)Ind. I. is for students with disabilities and Diff. I. is for all students

b)Diff. I alters the curriculum and Ind. I. alters the instruction

c)Diff. I. addresses different student needs for the same content and Ind. I. addresses individual needs for the individual’s needed content

d)Ind. I. is no different than Diff. I.; they are the same thing

3)Externalizing behaviors exhibited by EBD students can include the following except:

a)Acting out

b)Lack of attention

c)Withdrawal

d)Aggression

4)The dropout rate for students with emotional and behavior disorders is approximately:

a)25 %

b)50 %

c)30 %

d)73 %

5)Under current law and consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), all students with disabilities are

a)Allowed to be removed from state accountability assessments

b)Required to participate in state accountability and assessment systems

c)Required to participate up 1% of entire population

d)Allowed to take modified academic assessments up to 10% of all students

6)An operational definition consists of

a)Definitions of behaviors that allow two or more observers to identify and/or measure the specified events/actions in the same way.

b)Defining a target to act upon

c)Determining the priority for a target behavior

d)Determining the conditions, actions, and consequences associated with the objective for a desired behavior

7)Social competence is least exemplified by

a)Avoiding fights

b)Knowing how to get out of fights

c)Agreeing to get along with others

d)Knowing what to do when a fight occurs

8)“Building Backbone” in adolescents is

a)Promoting social competence

b)Preparing them to defend themselves within a conflict

c)Knowing when to say “no”

d)Knowing when to say “yes”

9)Modeling in teaching refers to

a)Demonstrating how to find an answer

b)Being respectful

c)Opportunities to reinforce target behaviors

d)Opportunities to remove inappropriate behaviors

Scenario for questions 10 through 12

You are observing student A and she is shooting spit-wads. Students in the class laugh. Student A shoots more spit wads. Teacher remains seated at her desk.

10)The students' laughing after student A shoots spit-wads is an example of

a)A stimulus

b)A consequence

c)An antecedent

d)A contingency

11)In the above example, the teacher's sitting at her desk is an example of

a)A stimulus

b)A consequence

c)An antecedent

d)A contingency

12)All of the following are components of a behavioral objective except

a)Noting how a student will be observed

b)A comparison of the student’s behavior with other students

c)Identifying the replacement behavior

d)Specifying the level of competence