Praxis Study Guide Questions

Question 1

What is Data based decision making?

Answer 1

Involves collection of formal and informal information to help a student.

Question 2

What vital background information should you collect?

Answer 2

Student files and records
Staff interviews and comments about student
Medical records and reports
Review of previous interventions
Developmental history

Question 3

What is a structured interview?

Answer 3

Standardized and formal (same questions given to each child)

Question 4

What are the advantages of a structured interview?

Answer 4

High validity and reliability

Responses can be compared with other’s responses

Question 5

What are the limitations to a structured interview?

Answer 5

Unable to modify questions to the needs of the interviewee

Strict format

Question 6

What are unstructured interviews?

Answer 6

Assumption that conversational style puts the child at ease

Question 7

What are the advantages to an unstructured interview?

Answer 7

Can be adapted to the needs of the student

Question 8

What are the limitations to an unstructured interview?

Answer 8

responses can be difficult to interpret - no norms to compare them to

Question 9

What is whole-interval recording?

Answer 9

Behavior is only recorded when it occurs during the entire time interval (good for continuous behaviors or behaviors in short duration)

Question 10

Frequency or event recording?

Answer 10

recording the number of behaviors occurring during a specific period

Question 11

Duration recording

Answer 11

length of time the behavior lasts

Question 12

Latency recording

Answer 12

time between the onset of a stimulus that initiates a specific behavior

Question 13

Time-sampling interval recording

Answer 13

select a time period for observation, dividing it into a number of equal intervals, and record whether or not the behavior occurs during each interval.

Question 14

partial-interval recording

Answer 14

behavior is scored if it occurs during any part of the time interval

Question 15

Momentary time sampling

Answer 15

behavior is scored as present or absent only during the moment that a timed interval begins (least biased estimate of behavior)

Question 16

Curriculum based measures example

Answer 16

DIBELS

Question 17

CogAT

Answer 17

cognitive measure but group administered and can be a screener

Question 18

Well known RTI tracker program?

Answer 18

Aimsweb

Question 19

WISC-V

Answer 19

6-16 years old (cognitive measure)

Question 20

DAS-II

Answer 20

2.5-17 years (cog measure)

Question 21

Binet

Answer 21

2-85+ years (cog)

Question 22

WPPSI-IV

Answer 22

2.6-7.7 years (cog)

Question 23

WAIS-IV

Answer 23

16-74 years (cog)

Question 24

WJ Cog

Answer 24

2-90 years (cog)

Question 25

Bayley Scales of Infant Development

Answer 25

1-42 months (cog)

Question 26

KABC-II

Answer 26

3-18 years

Question 27

UNIT

Answer 27

5-17 years

Question 28

CAS-2

Answer 28

5-18 years

Question 29

WJ Achievement

Answer 29

2-90 years

Question 30

WRAT-4

Answer 30

5-94 years

Question 31

KTEA

Answer 31

grades 1-12

Question 32

WIAT

Answer 32

4-50 years

Question 33

Executive Functioning tests?

Answer 33

BRIEF-2
D-KEFS
NEPSY-II
Conners Continuous Performance Test
CEFI
Towers Test

Question 34

Phonemic Awareness Tests?

Answer 34

CTOPP

DIBELS

Question 35

FBA?

Answer 35

comprehensive and individualized method to identify the purpose or function of a students problem behavior(s)