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Paraeducator Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is a specialist who works directly with students who may or may not be identified as needing special education services?

a)

Admission, Review, & Dismissal Committee (ARD)

b)

Educational Aide

c)

Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)

d)

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

2.

What is the federal law passed in 1975 that requires public schools to provide free public education (FAPE) for special needs kids?

a)

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

b)

Individual Education Plan (IEP)

c)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

d)

Educational Aide

3.

What is it called to provide students with disabilities an appropriate evaluation, a decision-making process involving parent and student, due process, and individualized instruction?

a)

Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

b)

Respond

c)

Modifications

d)

Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)

4.

What is a written plan developed by the Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) committee for meeting the specific educational needs of each individual child placed in special education including modifications and accommodations?

a)

Individual Education Plan (IEP)

b)

Admission, Review, & Dismissal (ARD)

c)

Educational Aide

d)

Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

5.

What is a committee composed of the parent, student, and school personnel who meet on a regular basis to make decisions in regard to admission, services, and dismissal from special education?

a)

Individual Education Plan (IEP)

b)

Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)

c)

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

d)

Admission, review, & Dismissal (ARD)

6.

What is a legal term from the IDEA law that specifies that students with disabilities must be educated as close to the same environment as their nondisabled peers?

a)

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

b)

Modifications

c)

Accommodations

d)

Respond

7.

What is a change in what the student is expected to learn that is different from the general education curriculum (TEKS)? Examples: instruction at a lower grade level or a decrease in number of standards the student is expected to learn. (Example: student responsible for 3 out of 10 math TEKS)

a)

Modifications

b)

Accommodations

c)

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

d)

Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)

8.

What are alterations (adjustments or physical changes) in how a student with a disability is taught or tested? (Example: change in seating, use of calculator, or reading a test to a student)

a)

Modifications

b)

Accommodations

c)

Least Restrictive Environment

d)

Ecology

9.

What does it mean to think through the possible actions to student's behavior and develop a plan to help the student change their behavior?

a)

React

b)

Respond

c)

Experiment

d)

Ecology

10.

What is the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment?

a)

Primary Source

b)

Experiment

c)

Ecology

d)

Respond

11.

What is one type of investigation that involves a testable question and research, a hypothesis and conclusion, multiple trials, variables, and a fair test?

a)

Respond

b)

Ecology

c)

Primary Source

d)

Experiment

12.

What provides material, knowledge, and skills covered in a lesson? This is how the teacher knows what to teach.

a)

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

b)

Venn Diagram

c)

Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)

d)

Primary Source

13.

What is a graphic organizer used to compare and contrast (show similarities and differences) two separate items?

a)

Venn Diagram

b)

Primary Source

c)

Denominator

d)

Thesaurus

14.

What is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study? Examples: autobiography, journal, diary, newspaper, or artifact

a)

Venn Diagram

b)

Exponents

c)

Inductive Reasoning

d)

Primary Source

15.

What is the bottom number in a fraction called? It tells how many equal parts (pieces) are in the whole.

a)

Numerator

b)

Denominator

c)

Inductive Reasoning

d)

Exponents

16.

What is reasoning that is made from specific (details) to general (statement)? (from specific to general)

a)

Deductive Reasoning

b)

Inductive Reasoning

c)

Primary Source

d)

Thesaurus

17.

What is reasoning in which a conclusion is reached from a general statement and supported by specific details? (from general to specific)

a)

Deductive Reasoning

b)

Inductive Reasoning

c)

Primary Source

d)

Exponents

18.

What is a number denoting the power to be raised?

a)

Exponents

b)

Numerator

c)

Denominator

d)

Thesaurus

19.

What is a reference book of synonyms and antonyms?

a)

Inductive Reasoning

b)

Primary Source

c)

Thesaurus

d)

Venn Diagram

20.

What is a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator?

a)

Proper Fraction

b)

Improper Fraction

c)

Numerator

d)

Denominator

21.

What is a number that is made up of a whole number and a proper fraction?

a)

Denominator

b)

Improper Fraction

c)

Proper Fraction

d)

Mixed Number

22.

What is a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator?

a)

Proper Fraction

b)

Improper Fraction

c)

Mixed Number

d)

Exponents

23.

What is the order in which an equation is worked out? Example: the mnemonic device Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add, Subtract)

a)

Order of Operations (PEDMAS)

b)

Inference

c)

Thesaurus

d)

Phonemic Awareness

24.

What is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and own experiences? (understand more than stated)

a)

Phonemic Awareness

b)

Thesaurus

c)

Order of Operations (PEDMAS)

d)

Inference

25.

What is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language?

a)

Thesaurus

b)

Phonemic Awareness

c)

Order of Operations (PEDMAS)

d)

Inference