Prep for Special Education Foundation Test

Match the following terms with their correct definitions or facts:

• Must score at or below 70 on a special test designed to measure intellectual skills

• Must be given in a controlled setting by a professional and it compares the individual to others in his or her age bracket

• 100

• A

• B

Fill in the blank: To be considered intellectually disabled, an individual must score at or below ___ on a special test designed to measure intellectual skills.

• 70

• 85

• 100

• 55

Fill in the blank: The average level of functioning is ___.

• 100

• 50

• 120

• 80

Fill in the blank: Intellectual aptitude is ____________________________.

• a person's ability to think, problem solve, and reason

• a measure of physical strength and endurance

• the ability to memorize facts without understanding

• a preference for artistic activities

Fill in the blank: Intellectual functioning refers to ____________________________.

• the way and speed in which a person's brain works

• a person's ability to run long distances

• the number of friends a person has

• how well a person can cook meals

Fill in the blank: Intellectually delayed students ____________________________.

• are capable of learning; it may just take a bit longer and a little more effort

• cannot learn anything new and should not be taught

• should always be separated from other students

• do not benefit from any educational interventions

Fill in the blank: Examples of ways to support intellectually delayed students in the regular classroom include ____________________________.

• voice to text programs, calculators, word processing software, designated seating

• increasing homework load, strict discipline, timed tests, random seating

• removing all technology, group punishment, ignoring individual needs, no accommodations

• assigning extra chores, reducing breaks, discouraging questions, isolating students

Match the following descriptions to their correct explanations:

• should be equipped with physical and instructional accommodations

• Disability is a legal term used for in the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

• Makes it difficult for students to correctly identify and process sound

• Struggle to receive and process information from their eyes

• Delayed intellectual functioning students may learn slower and have social impairments and may seem physically and emotionally immature, so the classroom

Match the following learning disabilities with their correct descriptions:

• learning disorder, which affects the way students process written information

• spelling and usually read very, very slowly and do better with task designed to test logic over memory

• students struggle with numbers instead of letters

• using struggle with body language and often offend people, have poor coordination and motor skills

• dyslexia

Fill in the blank: ______ is a learning disorder, which affects the way students process written information.

• dyslexia

• asthma

• arthritis

• migraine