SPED Test 5

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A 4th-grade student with ADHD is struggling to stay in his seat during mathematics class and rarely completes assignments. The student demonstrates competency with multiplication and division but usually leaves several answers blank and skips around the page on worksheets or lengthy assignments. Which strategy is likely to be most effective in helping the student remain in his seat and on task to complete the assignment? Options: Arranging fewer problems on a page, rewarding the student after each set of problems is complete; Schedule study time to practice fact families and reward students success; Permitting the student to take an incomplete worksheet home to finish if he remains seated; Arranging a study corral to limit distractions and allow student to focus.

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Arranging fewer problems on a page, rewarding the student after each set of problems is complete.

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An 8th-grade student with mild intellectual disability is having difficulty with algebra concepts. Her parent is trying to help at home by drilling the skills, but it’s causing more frustration and she is still not getting the concepts. During an ARD meeting, the teacher suggests that

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The parent substitute drills with fun real life algebra activities.

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A student with a specific learning disability and ADHD loses his place during reading aloud. He sometimes avoids lines and disregards words. Which strategy would the student likely profit most from? Options: Using a blank card under each line of text as a marker when reading across the page, Using transparent color filters over the text as he reads, Highlighting text as he reads and underlining words that are unfamiliar, Using a photocopy of the text to allow for student manipulation

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Using a blank card under each line of text as a marker when reading across the page

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An 8th-grade student with a learning disability in reading comprehension is having a difficult time with reading assignments in her social studies class. She has difficulty with identifying important concepts and subsequent details to study. Of the following strategies, which one would the student likely profit most from? Research topics on the internet that she is unfamiliar with, Reading and summarizing one paragraph at a time, Using nonfiction text features to construct an outline to study, Using an electronic dictionary to describe unfamiliar terms

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Using nonfiction text features to construct an outline to study

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A student with a physical disability is working with a small group using manipulatives to solve a mathematics problem. It is challenging for the student to handle the manipulatives. To facilitate the student’s involvement in the learning activity with his peers, which strategy would be most effective? Options: Designing manipulatives that the student will be able to use with his peer group, Allowing the student to work on a computer program, Arranging for the student to monitor his peers and verbally share his responses, Suggesting that the student with a physical disability observe the group through the activity

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Designing manipulatives that the student will be able to use with his peer group

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A special education student with a specific learning disability in mathematics is receiving instruction that is scaffolded. First, the teacher models the problem while the student watches and listens, then the teacher guides the student through the next problem as the student verbalizes each step as they complete the problem together. To complete the next problem, which of the following approaches would be the most appropriate for the student and the teacher to use? Options: The student says the steps silently as he works the problem, with the teacher monitoring and providing support as necessary, The student completes the next three problems and turns them in to be checked later by the teacher, The student refers to an anchor chart on the wall and completes the problem independently, The student reviews all the steps orally with the teacher, then joins his peers to complete the remainder of the problems.

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The student says the steps silently as he works the problem, with the teacher monitoring and providing support as necessary.

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Ms. Peterson, a special education teacher, has his students use a computer program daily to drill and practice basic math facts. The primary purpose of this activity is most likely to

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Monitor and maintain existing skills

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According to IDEA, what are the possibilities for altering the IEP for a student with a specific learning disability in reading comprehension?

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Change the goals on the IEP without a meeting as long as the consent of the parent and the school administrator are obtained.

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An ARD committee is meeting to develop an IEP on a newly identified 3rd-grade student with specific learning disabilities. He is reading at a 1.9 grade level. In consideration of the TEKS, the committee should ensure that

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The IEP goals are aligned with the third-grade TEKS

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A 5th-grade student with a specific learning disability in mathematics calculations has had difficulty in the general education classroom when the teacher is introducing new concepts. Which strategy would best help the student perform successfully in math? Options: Review math vocabulary prior to teaching the concepts, Provide manipulatives for the student to use while learning and to demonstrate knowledge of the concept., Arrange the seating for the student to avoid distractions., Provide an alternate assignment for the student when teaching the concept.

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Provide manipulatives for the student to use while learning and to demonstrate knowledge of the concept.