NES SPECIAL EDUCATION COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A special education teacher in a middle school resource 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 (e.g., 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 experiences
✔✔A special education teacher in a resource room is working with a student who is
having difficulty retaining new vocabulary words in various subjects. Which of the
following strategies would likely be the most effective for the teacher to use in this
situation - ✔✔Show the student how to use a graphic organizer to link each new
vocabulary word with known words
✔✔Q70: A special education teacher in a resource room is working with a middle school
student who has a learning disability in reading comprehension. The special educator is
teaching the student a procedure to follow in preparation for reading a chapter in his
social studies textbook. The first three steps of the procedure are - ✔✔This procedure is
likely to promote the student's reading comprehension primarily by helping him activate
his prior knowledge and set purpose for reading
✔✔The special educator is teaching the student a procedure to follow in preparation for
reading a chapter in his social studies textbook. The first three steps of the procedure
are...The special educator wants him to genralize it to assignments in other content
, areas. Which of the following would be the best strategy - ✔✔Meeting with the student's
content-area teachers to explain the procedures and ask them to reinforce the
procedures
✔✔Q72: A special education teacher has been teaching second-grader student
strategies for reducing the student's negative language toward others. Which of the
following would be most appropriate feedback for the special educator to give the
student on a day when the student has used the strategy successfully - ✔✔"I noticed
that you remembered to take a deep breath and speak calmly to your friend when you
didn't want to play anymore"
✔✔Which of the following teacher strategies would best promote an overall sense of
self-confidence in middle school students with special needs? - ✔✔providing students
with various instructional activities in which they are likely to experience success
✔✔Which of the following strategies would be most effective for promoting the use of
good manners in a kindergarten class that includes several students with disabilities? -
✔✔modeling the use of good manners consistently and expecting students to do the
same when they interact with each other
✔✔A third-grade student with a learning disability often becomes very anxious during
computer lab. The student repeatedly asks the teacher and classmates for help or
approval before she will move on to the next step. Which of the following teacher
strategies would best promote the student's self-confidence in this setting? -
✔✔reducing the amount of support given to the student gradually and choosing
computer programs for her to use that provide instant feedback
✔✔A kindergarten student with cerebral palsy communicates primarily through the use
of a simple communication board. The board contains spaces for up to 12 pictures that
can be easily removed or changed. At the beginning of the school year, the special
educator and the student show the student's other teachers and classmates how to use
the board to communicate with the student. Which of the following additional steps
would be most important for the special educator to take in helping ensure that the
student is able to communicate effectively through the school year? - ✔✔Ensure that
pictures on the student's communication board are updated as necessary to represent
changing wants and needs.
✔✔A special educator has been working with a fifth-grade student on reducing the
student's anger towards peers. The student knows that when he starts to become angry
in a situation, he should silently count to ten and implement a learned strategy. After the
student has encountered such a situation, it would be most beneficial for his teacher to
follow up by: - ✔✔having the student evaluate how successful he was in using the
strategy
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A special education teacher in a middle school resource 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 (e.g., 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 experiences
✔✔A special education teacher in a resource room is working with a student who is
having difficulty retaining new vocabulary words in various subjects. Which of the
following strategies would likely be the most effective for the teacher to use in this
situation - ✔✔Show the student how to use a graphic organizer to link each new
vocabulary word with known words
✔✔Q70: A special education teacher in a resource room is working with a middle school
student who has a learning disability in reading comprehension. The special educator is
teaching the student a procedure to follow in preparation for reading a chapter in his
social studies textbook. The first three steps of the procedure are - ✔✔This procedure is
likely to promote the student's reading comprehension primarily by helping him activate
his prior knowledge and set purpose for reading
✔✔The special educator is teaching the student a procedure to follow in preparation for
reading a chapter in his social studies textbook. The first three steps of the procedure
are...The special educator wants him to genralize it to assignments in other content
, areas. Which of the following would be the best strategy - ✔✔Meeting with the student's
content-area teachers to explain the procedures and ask them to reinforce the
procedures
✔✔Q72: A special education teacher has been teaching second-grader student
strategies for reducing the student's negative language toward others. Which of the
following would be most appropriate feedback for the special educator to give the
student on a day when the student has used the strategy successfully - ✔✔"I noticed
that you remembered to take a deep breath and speak calmly to your friend when you
didn't want to play anymore"
✔✔Which of the following teacher strategies would best promote an overall sense of
self-confidence in middle school students with special needs? - ✔✔providing students
with various instructional activities in which they are likely to experience success
✔✔Which of the following strategies would be most effective for promoting the use of
good manners in a kindergarten class that includes several students with disabilities? -
✔✔modeling the use of good manners consistently and expecting students to do the
same when they interact with each other
✔✔A third-grade student with a learning disability often becomes very anxious during
computer lab. The student repeatedly asks the teacher and classmates for help or
approval before she will move on to the next step. Which of the following teacher
strategies would best promote the student's self-confidence in this setting? -
✔✔reducing the amount of support given to the student gradually and choosing
computer programs for her to use that provide instant feedback
✔✔A kindergarten student with cerebral palsy communicates primarily through the use
of a simple communication board. The board contains spaces for up to 12 pictures that
can be easily removed or changed. At the beginning of the school year, the special
educator and the student show the student's other teachers and classmates how to use
the board to communicate with the student. Which of the following additional steps
would be most important for the special educator to take in helping ensure that the
student is able to communicate effectively through the school year? - ✔✔Ensure that
pictures on the student's communication board are updated as necessary to represent
changing wants and needs.
✔✔A special educator has been working with a fifth-grade student on reducing the
student's anger towards peers. The student knows that when he starts to become angry
in a situation, he should silently count to ten and implement a learned strategy. After the
student has encountered such a situation, it would be most beneficial for his teacher to
follow up by: - ✔✔having the student evaluate how successful he was in using the
strategy
