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Course Introduction
Differentiated Instruction explores strategies and practices for meeting the diverse learning needs of students within a single classroom. This course covers the theoretical foundations and practical applications of tailoring curriculum, teaching methods, and assessment techniques to accommodate variations in readiness, interest, learning profile, and abilities. Participants will examine ways to design flexible lesson plans, integrate formative assessment, and utilize a range of instructional materials and technologies to ensure all learners achieve academic success. Through case studies, reflection, and collaborative planning, students will develop the skills needed to implement effective differentiation in various educational settings.
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Exceptional Learners An Introduction to Special Education 13th Edition by Daniel P. Hallahan
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Chapter 1: Exceptionality and Special Education
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Q1) The majority of students who receive special education services fall within which age range?
A)3-12
B)6-17
C)9-18
D)12-21
Answer: B
Q2) A six-month-old child who cannot walk or talk would best be described as having a(n)
A)disability.
B)age-appropriate disability.
C)age-appropriate inability.
D)instructional inability.
Answer: C
Q3) The single most important goal of special education is
A)identifying the types of disabilities.
B)placing all students in the regular classroom for the entire day.
C)finding and capitalizing on exceptional students abilities.
D)preventing disabilities.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Current Practices for Meeting the Needs of
Exceptional Learners
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Q1) What makes special education "special" is
A)instruction that it alone uses.
B)the more qualified teachers involved in it.
C)instruction that is altered to meet the needs of exceptional learners.
D)the quantity of services provided.
Answer: C
Q2) The individualized education program (IEP)is not required to be a written statement; however, the parents must agree to the teacher's plans before the student is enrolled.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to the textbook authors, the least restrictive environment (LRE)is not always the regular classroom.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Multicultural and Bilingual Aspects of Special Education
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Q1) Identify the three general purposes of multicultural education.
Answer: To promote pride in one's own cultural heritage and understanding of subcultures different from one's own, to foster positive attitudes toward cultural diversity, and to ensure equal educational opportunities for all students.
Q2) Why are testing accommodations provided to students with disabilities and students with limited English proficiency? Describe three testing accommodations that might be used.
Answer: Accommodations are provided with the purpose of assessing student knowledge on an equal basis with students without disabilities and for whom English is the first language. They give these students an equal opportunity to demonstrate knowledge and skills. Accommodations include: administration modifications like extended time and small-group or individual administration; translation of tests to the student's native language; bilingual versions of tests; and use of an English dictionary.
Q3) Curriculum-based measurement is thought to decrease the likelihood of cultural bias.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Parent and Families
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Q1) Which area is often a source of misunderstanding and conflict for the home-school relationship, especially for students with disabilities?
A)tests
B)homework
C)extracurricular activities
D)recess
Q2) Many parents are able to adjust their interactions with their children to
A)minimize negative development.
B)maximize human potential.
C)maximize positive development.
D)minimize negative consequences.
Q3) It is essential for success that parents be advocates for their children with disabilities throughout the school years.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Families with a high level of cohesion may limit their child's independence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Learners With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Q1) People who have Williams syndrome
A)do not pass it on to their children.
B)pass it on to their male children only.
C)pass it on to their female children only.
D)can pass it on to each of their children.
Q2) Fetal alcohol syndrome is classified as resulting from a/an
A)environmental hazard.
B)infection.
C)genetic factor.
D)chromosomal abnormality.
Q3) All states routinely screen for this before babies leave the hospital:
A)Fragile X syndrome.
B)phenylketonuria.
C)Down syndrome.
D)hydrocephalus.
Q4) Describe three ways that general and special educators can collaborate to serve students with intellectual disabilities.
Q5) People with Prader-Willi syndrome inherited it from their father. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Learners With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) The degree to which a certain condition, such as a learning disability, occurs in a single family is determined by
A)heritability studies.
B)neuroimaging studies.
C)familiality studies.
D)retrospective studies.
Q2) Which poses the most difficulty for most children with learning disabilities?
A)reading
B)spelling
C)handwriting
D)math
Q3) The part of the graph typically used with curriculum-based measurement to depict where a student should be performing at a given point in time is the
A)baseline data point.
B)expected growth norm.
C)aim line.
D)expected aim point.
Q4) Write a scenario illustrating the relationship between "locus of control" and "learned helplessness."
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Chapter 7: Learners With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
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Q1) Part of the brain responsible for executive functions such as the ability to regulate one's own behavior is the
A)basal ganglia.
B)cerebellum.
C)corpus collosum.
D)frontal lobes.
Q2) Each of the following conclusions about adults with ADHD have been documented EXCEPT
A)They finish fewer years of school.
B)They have more automobile infractions.
C)They have fewer marital problems.
D)They have more addictive behaviors.
Q3) About one-third of individuals diagnosed with ADHD in childhood will continue to have significant symptoms into adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain why the terms "minimal brain injury" and "hyperactive child syndrome" have fallen out of favor.
Q5) Describe the four components used in the identification of ADHD.
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Chapter 8: Learners With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) What procedures are used to identify students with E/BD?
Q2) Among children and adolescents with E/BD, the future is most bleak for those with A)neurosis.
B)conduct disorders.
C)withdrawal.
D)anxiety and depression.
Q3) The federal definition of E/BD has been most widely criticized for its exclusion of children with A)autism.
B)schizophrenia.
C)social maladjustment.
D)attention deficit disorder.
Q4) Studies indicate that less than 1 percent of school-aged youth exhibit serious emotional/behavioral problems.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss factors that need to be considered for the transition from school to work for an adolescent with E/BD.
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Chapter 9: Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) Educators of students with autistic spectrum disorder are putting increasing emphasis on applying behavioral psychology in
A)structured settings and controlled environments.
B)normalized situations and normalized locations.
C)natural settings and natural interactions.
D)natural settings and in-vitro interactions.
Q2) Most children with autism can be diagnosed by the age of A)12 years
B)9 years
C)6 years
D)3 years
Q3) What characteristics should early education and interventions for students with autism have?
Q4) A mixing of sensory or cognitive systems whereby stimulation of one elicits stimulation of the other is
A)mirror neurons.
B)synaesthesia.
C)hyperresponsiveness.
D)hyposensitivity.
Q5) Why has autism been "fertile ground for faddish and unproven treatment methods?"
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Chapter 10: Learners With Communication Disorders
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Q1) A failure of the child to understand the sound system of language at an age-appropriate level and in a culturally appropriate way represents A)phonological disorders. B)articulation disorders.
C)voice disorders.
D)developmental apraxia.
Q2) Janice has a speech disorder which causes her to speak extremely slowly. This is a disorder of A)articulation.
B)language.
C)voice.
D)fluency.
Q3) Describe the three categories that adolescents and adults in speech and language intervention programs typically fit in.
Q4) Explain how teachers' problems with communication skills can interfere with the progress of students with speech or language disorders. Provide four examples of specific problems with communication that teachers sometimes demonstrate.
Q5) Explain why communication does not require speech.
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Chapter 11: Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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Q1) All of the following identify the location of hearing loss EXCEPT A)conductive.
B)mixed.
C)sensorineural.
D)adventitious.
Q2) Simon has a hearing loss that occurred when he was seven years old. His loss is best described as A)conductive.
B)sensorineural.
C)congenital.
D)postlingual.
Q3) Children with deafness who have parents who are also deaf
A)develop language more slowly than do infants with deafness who have hearing parents.
B)tend to be overly dependent on their parents when they reach school age.
C)develop ASL at a rate similar to the rate at which hearing infants develop English.
D)have difficulty relating to hearing children when placed in mainstream preschool settings.
Q4) Describe four factors that demarcate the Deaf community as a true culture.
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Chapter 12: Learners With Blindness or Low Vision
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Q1) David has myopia. Another term for this condition is A)nearsightedness.
B)farsightedness.
C)blurred vision.
D)color blindness.
Q2) The National Federation of the Blind had a braille bill passed to A)ensure that teachers of students with visual impairment are proficient in braille.
B)require braille instruction for all students with visual impairment.
C)increase the availability of devices like the Kurzweil Personal Reader.
D)provide funding for students to attend special schools to learn braille.
Q3) When guiding a person who is blind, you should
A)take his or her arm and push him/her ahead of you.
B)let the person take your arm and walk slightly behind you.
C)walk at a slower pace than normal.
D)allow the person to go through a door ahead of you.
Q4) Compare the language development of children who are blind or have low vision to that of children with sight and describe a problem associated with measuring intelligence in students who are blind.
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Chapter 13: Learners With Low-Incidence, Multiple, and
Severe Disabilities
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Q1) Any repetitive, stereotyped behavior that seems to have no immediately apparent purpose is
A)self-mutilation.
B)self-injury.
C)self-stimulation.
D)tantrums.
Q2) Write a case description of an individual with traumatic brain injury (TBI)that illustrates (by example)four possible effects of TBI.
Q3) Before age 5, the main cause of TBI is vehicular accidents.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Many of the behavior management or modification strategies used with students with E/BD are not effective with students with TBI.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The best place to teach domestic skills is not always the student's home.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Learners With Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
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Q1) Rheumatoid arthritis is a potentially debilitating disease that A)causes rapid deterioration of muscle tissue.
B)is characterized by pain in and around the joints and muscles. C)is associated with neurological degeneration. D)occurs only in the elderly.
Q2) Discuss possible reasons for negative reactions to people with physical disabilities, negative feelings about themselves, and factors that may result in greater acceptance of people with physical disabilities.
Q3) Teenage mothers are more likely than older women to give birth to premature or low-birthweight babies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the procedures to be followed when a child has a seizure.
Q5) For children with most physical disabilities and other health impairments, a common cause of academic difficulties is
A)discrimination and prejudice.
B)erratic school attendance.
C)poor study skills.
D)inadequate motivation.
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Chapter 15: Learners With Special Gifts and Talents
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Q1) Precocity refers to remarkably early development.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which one of the following statements is true?
A)Gifted students tend to be far ahead of their agemates in all areas of academic performance.
B)Gifted students tend to be bored with and antagonistic toward school.
C)The majority enter occupations that demand greater than average intellectual ability, creativity, and motivation.
D)They tend to perceive themselves in negative terms..
Q3) Children whose development and accomplishments meet or exceed those of adults with extraordinary talent are known as
A)precocious.
B)prodigies.
C)geniuses.
D)super-gifted.
Q4) Describe four ways that teachers can collaborate to serve students who are gifted.
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