Chapter 5 Concepts Flashcards
What is the most common characteristic of students with learning disabilities?
Difficulty in reading, over 90% of children with learning disabilities have reading problems.
Can a student with learning disabilities show one or more characteristic and how many characteristics are there?
Yes. Writing, math, social skills, attention problems and hyperactivity, behavior and low self-esteem problems.
What percent of students with learning disabilities represent all school-age students with special ed?
40%
How many boys than girls are identified as learning disabled?
about three times as many boys than girls.
What is believed to be the cause of such high prevalence of LD?
Some believe it’s because of overidentification and misdiagnosis of low-achieving students.
What are the four forms of assessment used for students with LD?
1) Norm-referenced tests:
2) curriculum-based measurement:
3) Direct and daily measurement
4) RTI
How many students with LD are placed in general ed rooms?
about two thirds.
What three criteria do most states require to identify students with learning disabilities?
Severe ability-achievement discrepancy, exclusion criterion and need for special education services.
What is the defining characteristic of a learning disability?
Specific and significant achievement deficits in spite of seemingly adequate overall intelligence.
Which year was learning disabilities apart from the seven disability categories in the united states’ first special education law?
1975
Difficulties in reading, writing, math, and social studies are characteristics of learning disabilities, but, what is it called when a child has a specific and significant achievement deficit despite overall intelligence?
The defining characteristic.
The NJCLD holds a position that learning disabilities are because of?
Central nervous system dysfunction
In most cases, what is it believed to be the central problem for learning disabilities?
Unknown
Which two assessments are administered to meet the discrepancy criterion for identifying students with learning disabilities?
IQ tests and individual achievement tests.
Is CBM best used for summative evaluation?
No, it’s a progress monitoring system.
