Competency 5

Question 1

A special educator is teaching Monica, a 12 year old with multiple disabilities, how to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Every day, the teacher gives Monica 20 coins to identify. With the help of a chart showing each coin and its name, Monica is asked to use her speech-generating communication device to identify each coin. The results after one week of instruction are shown below.

Day Number of Coins Identified Correctly
Monday 5
Tuesday 6
Wednesday 4
Thursday 3
Friday 4
9. Based on the assessment’s results, the special educator’s next step should be to
A. try a different instructional approach.
B. repeat the same activity with Monica the following week.
C. state the value of the 20 coins.
D. give Monica a reward every time she identifies a coin correctly.

Answer 1

A. try a different instructional approach.

because the current instructional strategy does not seem to be helping the student, and a different approach may prove more helpful to the student.

Question 2

44. Which of the following instructional strategies will most likely support the needs of a gifted elementary student who is eligible to receive special education services?
    A. Focusing on talent development while providing supports for deficits
    B. Providing shortened assignments with specifically defined tasks
    C. Limiting external stimulation while presenting an advanced curriculum
    D. Assigning classroom assignments that can be completed independently

Answer 2

A. Focusing on talent development while providing supports for deficits

Option A is correct because interventions should focus on developing the talent while attending to the disability.