Success in the General Curriculum Flashcards
When selecting software to supplement math instruction for students with learning disabilities in mathematics, a special educator should look for software that:
allows the modification of features such as instructional level and presentation speed
What is a behavior that best indicates that the student has begun to gain an understanding of letter sound relationships?
A student write kr and tells that it says car
A student with mild intellectual disability can recite the alphabet and recognize all the letters individually. The student also recognizes several sight words. However the student does not yet understand the alphabetic principle. Which activities would best promote the student development in this area?
Helping the student choose pictures of favorite people or objects to create an alphabet book.
Teaching students with learning disabilities hos to use concept mapping in content are assignments would be most useful for developing which of the following academic skills?
structuring information logically
A student with a reading disability has trouble retaining information from content area texts. he tells his special education teacher that even though he understands the content when he is reading, he often has difficulty recalling or explaining it afterwards. The special education teacher could best help the student by:
teaching him to use comprehension strategies such as activating prior knowledge, self-questioning, and concept mapping
A fourth grade student has a perceptual deficit with her ability to track text as she reads. For example, when reading down a page, she often rereads lines she has just read. Similarly, she often skips lines of text and when becomes confused about the meaning of the text. The special education teacher could best help the student compensate for her perceptual deficit in this situation by teaching her to:
use an overlay device that enables her to focus on targeted sections of the text
A special education teacher in a middle school resource room works with a student who has a mild-to-moderate intellectual disability. The teacher wants to help the student maintain and generalize functional academic skills (e.g. writing clearly, counting accurately,, participating in discussions) across the school environment. What would be important for the teacher to include when creating a plan to support this goal?
Create a matrix that shows how the targeted skills can be integrated into the students various classes and activities.
A special education teacher in a middle school resources room works with a student who has an emotional impairment. The student enjoys writing, and the special education teacher wants to help the student create a showcase portfolio of the best writing from her English language arts class. The student will collaborate with the special education teacher to decide which pieces should be placed in the portfolio. The special education teacher could best use this process as an opportunity to promote the student’s self-assessment skills by:
asking the student to explain why particular pieces deserve to be included in the portfolio
A special education teacher works twice a week with a small group of students with learning disabilities. The teacher wants to promote the students’ understanding of concepts that apply across subject areas (eg the concept of cause and effect). Which of the following would be the teacher’s best approach for introducing such a concept?
explaining the concept using familiar examples from the students’ own experience
A special education teacher in a middle school resource room is working with a student who is having difficulty retaining new vocabulary words in various subjects. What strategy would likely be the most effective for the teacher to use in this situation?
showing the student how to use a graphic organizer to link each new vocabulary word with known words
