Vocab 3

Question 1

Accommodation

Answer 1

Changes in curriculum, instruction, and assessment that allow students to participate in and access all aspects of inclusive classrooms and schools without significantly altering the nature of the activity.

Question 2

Collaboration

Answer 2

Direct interaction between two or more co-equal parties engaged in decision-making as they work toward a common goal.

Question 3

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Answer 3

A broad continuum of cognitive and neurobehavioral conditions that typically include impairments in socialization and communication coupled with repetitive patterns of behavior

Question 4

Learning Disability (LD)

Answer 4

Disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language which may appear as significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities.

Question 5

Hearing Impairment (HI)

Answer 5

A permanent hearing loss or a decrease in hearing that is so significant it negatively affects a child’s performance in school or ability to learn.

Question 6

Scaffolding

Answer 6

Techniques (e.g., visual cues, highlighting key parts) for breaking down concepts or tasks into smaller components to provide support and assistance until students can achieve the task independently.

Question 7

Alternative teaching

Answer 7

A co-teaching instructional arrangement where one teacher works with a smaller group or individual students while the other teacher works with a larger group.

Question 8

Planning pyramid (level 1)

Answer 8

What all students will learn

Question 9

Planning pyramid (level 2)

Answer 9

What most but not all students will learn.

Question 10

Planning pyramid (level 3)

Answer 10

What a few students will learn.

Question 11

Individualized Education Plan/Program (IEP)

Answer 11

A written individualized plan listing the special education and related services students with disabilities will receive to address their unique strengths and challenges.

Question 12

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Answer 12

A psychiatric condition characterized by a persistent pattern of inattention, impulsivity, and or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development.

Question 13

Guided practice

Answer 13

Students doing a task with the teacher helping and providing feedback during the process.

Question 14

Independent practice

Answer 14

Students work independently, applying the skills and knowledge they have learned during demonstrations and guided practice situations.

Question 15

Station teaching

Answer 15

A co-teaching instructional arrangement where both teachers teach different content or review content at the same time to two equal groups of students, and then switch groups and repeat the lesson.

Question 16

Learning Disability (LD)

Answer 16

Disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language which may appear as significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities.

Question 17

Free appropriate public education (FAPE)

Answer 17

All children with disabilities, regardless of the type or severity of their disability, shall receive a free appropriate public education.

Question 18

Individualized Education Plan/Program (IEP)

Answer 18

A written individualized plan listing the special education and related services students with disabilities will receive to address their unique strengths and challenges.

Question 19

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Answer 19

An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both that adversely affects educational performance.

Question 20

Visual Impairment (VI)

Answer 20

A permanent hearing loss or a decrease in hearing that is so significant it negatively affects a child’s performance in school or ability to learn.

Question 21

Hearing Impairment (HI)

Answer 21

A permanent hearing loss or a decrease in hearing that is so significant it negatively affects a child’s performance in school or ability to learn.

Question 22

Receptive language

Answer 22

The ability to understand spoken language.

Question 23

Expressive language

Answer 23

The ability to express one’s ideas in words and sentences.

Question 24

Benchmark

Answer 24

a point in time (e.g., 4th grade) or a standards-based cut score that may be used to measure student progress.