GACE SPECIAL EDUCATION GENERAL CURRICULUM STUDY GUIDE

Project-based learning - Answer- Student-centered pedagogy in which students actively explore real-world challenges. Content can be personalized for diverse learners. Provide periodic review of lessons - Answer- How can teachers best help students with intellectual disabilities retain previously acquired skills? Word-attack skills - Answer- The set of skills a student uses to recognize and understand words (e.g. context clues, visual recognition strategies, decoding, sounding out, etc.). Similar (students are more likely to transfer learning when the classroom situation & the new situation are similar; i.e. authentic assignments) - Answer- To help students transfer learned skills to new situations, teachers should make the learning situation and the opportunity to apply the skill as ____________________ as possible. A student must have a permanent or fluctuating hearing loss that affects the student's educational performance but is not included under the definition of deafness. - Answer- What is the IDEA definition of hearing impairment? Curriculum-Based Assessment - Answer- A method of monitoring student educational progress through direct assessment of academic skills. C. Evaluating progress using IEP objectives - Answer- Which of the following is an example of a curriculum-based assessment? A. Using RTI to compare student performance B. IQ test scores C. Evaluating progress using IEP objectives D. Standardized testing Assessment in the student's native language - Answer- For a bilingual student, what type of extra assessment is necessary to determine baseline skills? Heterogeneous grouping - Answer- Forming groups of students with diverse abilities (helpful for students with special needs to be included with stronger peers) Homogeneous grouping - Answer- Forming groups of students with similar abilities (does not promote inclusion) C. phonics and word recognition - Answer- Students with learning disabilities benefit from a whole-language approach in combination with direct instruction in: A. auditory comprehension B. visual-motor integration