GACE TEST 2

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Matthew, a kindergarten student, has difficulty with writing, drawing, and coloring. After several interventions, the IEP team decides to offer related services to Matthew. Which related service is most likely to address Matthew’s problem? Options: Recreational therapy, Physical therapy, Speech therapy, Occupational therapy

Back

Occupational therapy

Front

Which theoretical approach includes stimulus-response associations made by the learner? Options: Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Social learning theory, Constructivism

Back

Behaviorism

Front

Which behavior is most often considered atypical in a 4-year-old?

Back

Sitting alone, rocking, and arm flapping

Front

Strategy used by Ms. Dackrey after reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone with students, involving grouping by learning styles and assigning different tasks.

Back

differentiated instruction

Front

What will best help a kindergarten teacher determine the skills to be taught before the end of each grading period?

Back

An outline of the school district’s scope and sequence

Front

Most appropriate way to teach comparing numbers to first-grade students with learning disabilities? Options: Providing the students a set of 3 three-digit numbers where they must arrange in ascending order, Providing the students with worksheets in which they have to use the symbols to identify greater than and less than, Providing the students with base-ten blocks that they must use to create representations of two given numbers and identify the larger number, Providing the students with a word problem in which they have to compare the population of two countries using Internet resources

Back

Providing the students with base-ten blocks that they must use to create representations of two given numbers and identify the larger number

Front

Which of the following would be most indicative of a receptive language disorder?

Back

A student looks at other students to see what they are doing when directions are given.

Front

Which of the following is most associated with seizures? Options: Cystic fibrosis, Epilepsy, Autism spectrum disorder, Sickle-cell anemia

Back

Epilepsy

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Amber was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at the age of seven. The local school district decided to place Amber in a private school for children with ASD even though the family did not agree with the decision. What is the most appropriate action for the family to take?

Back

Requesting a due process hearing against the school district for inappropriate placement

Front

What is the practice of gentle teaching?

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It is a nonaversive method of reducing challenging behavior by increasing the bond between teacher and student.