Final Flashcards
Cultural diversity among the teacher population in the U.S. is
at a low level
Metaphors of ‘melting pot’ and ‘salad bowl’ for illustrating the diversity in American culture are being supplanted concepts such as
mosaic and tapestry
Culture is best defined as
values, perspectives, symbols, and interpretations shared by members of groups
In promoting multicultural education, educators are mindful that technology software
is not culture-free and must be selected and used with sensitivity
For culturally and linguistically diverse students with exceptionalities, successful teaching strategies include
learning and language of the culturally diverse groups
In general, students in rural and isolated-area tend to
be resourceful and self-direct
Students who are culturally and linguistically diverse with exceptionality (CLDE) are served best by
teacher teams in collaborative enviroments
Students who move often from town to town and school to school tend to be more at risk because
- records that could be useful to the new teacher arrive too late or not at all
- peer acceptance must be developed over and over again
- special learning and behavioral needs can be hard to ascertain
- special needs too often are easily overlooked
The number of homeschooled students in recent years has been
increasing
Adults with disability(ies) who enter the teaching profession
can be sources of modeling and inspiration for student with special needs
THe term “minority group” as used for those with shared identity has been replaces in recent years by the term
ethnic group
Frequent moves tend to be hardest on learners who are
adolescent students
Which groups of students from military families often have stress and anxiety on moving to new schools?
- those who are behind their new classmates in achievement
- those who are ahead of their new classmates and need academic challenge
- students who have moved considerable distances from extended families
Within a school enviroment and its affiliated community, which groups will be affected by homophobic harassment due to their own GLBTQ sexual orientation?
- only students
- family members of students
- school personnel
True or False
The term “minority group” now is being used more than the term ethnic group.
False
True or False Research shows that students with gay or lesbian parents are no different in developmental and psychological well being than are students with heterosexual parents
True
True or False
Rural-area special education teachers are more visible, yet less frequently perceived as consulting teacher typer, than are urban teachers in similar roles
True
The paradigm that focuses on flexible curriculum to accommodate learner differences rather than on a set curriculum to remediate learning difficulties as
Universal Design for Learning
The Common Core Standards Initiative provides
a clear framework of what students should learn
Answer key answer ( A but not B)
A number of co-teaching approaches have been developed. Which of the following involves collaboratively planning a lesson, and then splitting the class to have each teacher deliver the lesson to a smaller group at the same time?
parallel teaching
The key element of effective co-teaching is shared responsibility by the teachers in
Planning and delivering instruction
Which of the following accomodations are teachers most likely to resist?
test adaptations
The defining characteristic if the Universal Design of Learning is that it
provides curricular alternatives for individual differences and varied learning contexts
Co-teaching staff and support personnel should schedule co-planning time to occur
once a week
Which of the following classroom practices is likely to contribute to the success of co-teaching activities in inclusive classrooms?
- using paraeducators
- classroom modifications
The collaborative process of co-teaching has many variations in form and process, so it is recommended that
co-teachers alternate among types, changing the type of suit the classroom and the curriculum
Response to Intervention (RTI) is
a method that helps determine eligibility for special education programs
The purpose of NIMAS is to provide
source files to develop specialized formats for students with print disabilities
The most vital component in successful co-teaching is
the co-planning that takes place before co-teaching is implemented
Good instruction, where all students needs are addressed, can be expected to
increase the range of individual differences in achievement
In addressing the needs of very able students in the general classroom, teachers should avoid focusing on
boredom that may be expressed by students
A term that is indefensible and should be avoided with regard to high-ability students is
overachiever
Classroom teachers should release highly capable students from repetition of previously learned material and provide differentiated curriculum by using strategies that include
-flexible pacing of the curriculum and learning schedule
-curriculum compacting
interest inventories to frame and direct the learning experiences
The “window of opportunity” guidelines assert that too much time has been spent in the past on: 1)________ very capable students and too little time in 2)________ them.
1) identification of ……. 2) serving curricular needs of
True or False
To be successful, co-teaching in an inclusive school should be implemented for all teachers whether they are enthusiastic about it or not.
False
True or False
Students can receive teacher updates and feedback with web-sharing tools such as Google Doc.
True
True or False
Team teaching and co-teaching are one and the same concept
False
True or False
Accommodations and modifications are subsets of adaptation.
True
