Praxis DHH 5272 Questions and Answers Graded A+

Praxis DHH 5272 Questions and Answers Graded A+ Robert is a 6-year-old boy who has a severe hearing impairment. Which of the following most likely characterizes his speech? Omission of final consonants 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following best describes a student who is eligible for service under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act? A student who requires related services 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS A teacher wants to help kindergarten students who are deaf and hard of hearing learn the reading strategy of creating mental images while reading. Which of the following is the best first step for the teacher to take? Asking students to draw illustrations during a read-aloud 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS During the school district's prekindergarten screenings, Ms. Kimenhour was tasked to determine children's readiness for reading. Which of the following best characterizes the checklist of basic concepts specific to reading readiness? Criterion-referenced assessment 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following is used to maintain or increase a behavior by removing an aversive stimulus when the target behavior occurs? Negative reinforcement of the target behavior 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Ms. Levine is a preschool teacher who works with 4-year-old children. When planning activities to increase the children's social development, she bases her practice on Piaget's concept that a young child's moral development is influenced by egocentrism. Which of the following best describes an effect of egocentrism on the moral development of young children? An inability to take another's perspective 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS A deaf student who has moved from another state has an Individualized Education Program (IEP) already in place, but the student's other official records have not yet arrived. Which of the following is the most appropriate action for the IEP team to take while awaiting the student's remaining records? Convening and making an interim placement based on the records and information at hand 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Social cognition theorists propose that most of a child's learning comes from which of the following? Imitating what others say and do 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following can cause a hard of hearing student to have difficulties in all aspects of language skills? Specific Learning impairment 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS According to Piaget, children at the preoperational level of development can perceive which of the following? The height of an object 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following is considered an atypical disfluency in a 4-year-old child? Prolongations of sounds 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS The most likely reason for administering the entire Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery, Revised, to a hard of hearing student would be to evaluate for learning disabilities 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following is most important for the successful development of vocabulary knowledge? Being able to use context to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Fred, a deaf student in Mr. Hall's tenth-grade mathematics class, has an academic record that indicates above-average ability. Although Fred has declared that he wants to succeed, his participation is low and his performance on most tasks is unsatisfactory. Assigning work incrementally and providing immediate feedback 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Holly, a 3-year-old child with hearing loss, observes as her father pours eight ounces of juice into a measuring cup and another eight ounces of juice into a tall glass. Then, Holly's father inquires as to which container is filled with the most juice. Holly responds that the tall glass is more full because she has not yet acquired which of the following Piagetian principles? Conservation 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Stephen, a tenth-grade student who is hard of hearing, has been classified with a language-based learning disability. He receives direct reading instruction in phonics and decoding skills to facilitate his ability to recognize vocabulary words. Which of the following best describes the instruction Stephen is receiving? Remedial approach 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS A teacher wants to develop an assessment that reflects the educational objectives as described by Benjamin Bloom. Which of the following would best represent such an assessment? Providing an opportunity to evaluate content after analyzing it 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Chelsea is a student who was recently diagnosed with a mild hearing loss. She has difficulty following the teacher's instructions during class, particularly when the teacher is facing the board. Which of the following is the most appropriate first step for the teacher to take to ensure Chelsea's full participation in class? Facing the students while teaching the whole class 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following is the primary benefit of teaching story grammar to students with mild hearing impairments? Students learn to recognize the elements of a narrative, which strengthens comprehension. 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS The landmark Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal program that authorizes aid for special education and related services to children with disabilities 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS A deaf child who has pronounced difficulties with following punctuation rules, listening to and understanding speech, and using appropriate words in social situations most likely has a hearing-related weakness in which of the following areas? Language conventions 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following acts of legislation has had the greatest impact on the education of the deaf? The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS An applied behavioral analysis involves which of the following? Identifying environmental factors that interfere with socialization 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS A clinician is attempting to determine if 7-year-old Maura's sound production errors are related to her hearing impairment or to her cleft palate. Which of the following is a differential characteristic of the cleft palate? Phonatory disorders associated with velopharyngeal inadequacy 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS A second-grade teacher is designing a rubric for students with mild hearing impairments to use for self-evaluation during story time. Which of the following descriptors indicates the highest level of performance? I can explain why others might like the story. 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following activities will best assess the listening skills of a young student with a mild hearing impairment? Reading a short sentence aloud and asking the student to repeat it exactly as it was read 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following is likely to be a concern of deaf students attending a lecture in an auditorium with two certified ASL interpreters? The interpreters must adapt to the fast pace of the lecturer's normal speech and communicate accurately and selectively using ASL and body language. 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Jan is a student with a hearing impairment. Which of the following is the best way for Jan's parents to assess her recreation and leisure skills? A checklist from the expanded core curriculum 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS A third-grade teacher scaffolds mathematics lessons to support students based on the concept of the zone of proximal development. The teacher's instructional plan is most influenced by the works of which of the following educational theorists? Vygotsky 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Joshua, a child who is deaf, enjoys riding a tricycle but refuses to participate in art activities for more than one minute at a time. The teacher makes access to the tricycle dependent on longer involvement during art time. The teacher's action is an example of the Premack principle 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Formulating learning objectives for students based on their work in the classroom in order to monitor their progress and adapt instruction accordingly is known as curriculum-based assessment 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS A teacher who sets explicit and clear goals for each lesson, presents a logical sequence of tasks, gives clear directions on how to do each task, models the task, engages students in guided practice, asks frequent questions, gives feedback, and does not move on to the next task until students master the one at hand is using direct instruction 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following questions will give a therapist preassessment information about the etiology of a child's hearing loss? Does the child have a history of significant medical issues? 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following activities most effectively helps students practice vocabulary at the intermediate level? Engaging in word-association activities to develop a broader range of choices for expressing ideas 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Qui's audiological examination proved that she has a hearing loss of 17 dB in both ears. Which of the following is indicated by the results? Qui's results indicate a minimal hearing loss; therefore she will miss up to 10 percent of the speech signal when the person speaking is at a distance greater than 3 feet. 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following best describes an emergent reader? A student opens a favorite book and recalls enough of the language and the plot to retell the story accurately. 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following is the most appropriate pair of criteria for a teacher to consider when selecting a book to read aloud if the goal is to develop children's sight vocabulary and understanding of the relationship between print and oral language? Large print and a predictable text 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following is the best way to introduce a patterns unit to students in a kindergarten classroom that includes several children with hearing loss? Asking the students to join in a simple clapping game 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Myron is a six-year-old child who was born with a significant hearing impairment. His parents are concerned about his slowly developing language and pre-reading skills. To address the problem, they meet with a team of early childhood educators who specialize in improving literacy skills for deaf children. Which of the following is the most appropriate recommendation for the educators to make regarding how to improve Myron's literacy skills? Reading to Myron, using only American Sign Language 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following is a characteristic of an oral-aural approach to deaf education? It can be used with any person having residual hearing. 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Tracy is a student with a mild to moderate hearing loss who is struggling with reading. Her special education reading teacher, Ms. Adams, plans the following to help Tracy improve her reading comprehension skills. First, Ms. Adams will break a story into three shorter stories and present each component on three consecutive days. Second, she will preteach difficult vocabulary words before each formal reading lesson. Finally, she will group Tracy with two peers, and they will answer comprehension questions as a team. Question:Which of the following best describes the strategic approach Ms. Adams is planning to use to help Tracy? Differentiated instruction 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Bruce and Lou, who sit next to each other, distract each other in the classroom. The teacher has tried rewarding them for appropriate behavior, but their behavior has not changed. The teacher then changes their seating so that they are on opposite ends of the classroom. They now rarely distract each other. Question:The situation described is an example of manipulating the antecedent stimulus 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following is most likely to provide a primary source for a research paper on pioneers in the education of the deaf? An entry from a personal diary 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Teacher evaluations provide teachers with the most useful feedback for professional development when the evaluations are formative 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following best explains why using syntactic cues is an effective strategy in trying to understand the meaning of an unfamiliar word in context? Such cues use the structure of the language and its grammar to see relationships. 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Ms. Harris is preparing the seating arrangements for a speech therapy session with Ryan, an 8-year-old with mild hearing loss. During the session, she will take notes. A table and two chairs are available. Which of the following is the most effective seating arrangement for Ms. Harris to use during the therapy session? Ryan should sit diagonally across from Ms. Harris on the side farthest from Ms. Harris' writing hand. 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS A teacher shows a student the words "plant," "play," "rain," and "please" and asks which word does not belong. Which of the following phonemic-awareness skills is the teacher assessing? Categorization 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Elena is a fifth-grade student who is hard of hearing and is also classified as having a visual impairment. She receives intensive reading instruction to help her comprehend what she reads. The instructional model used with Elena is best described as Response to Intervention 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following is the most appropriate activity to use when preparing second graders who are hard of hearing to view a video of the life cycle of the butterfly? Compiling a class list of students' questions about butterflies and their life cycle 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following teacher practices is most likely to encourage deaf and hard of hearing students to engage in sustained independent reading? Reading aloud short passages from just-right books every day 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS A teacher tells students that the sound heard at the beginning of the words “dog,” “dirty,” “drag,” and “drive” is represented by the letter d. Which of the following phonological skills is the teacher’s focus of instruction? Phoneme-letter correspondence 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following describes the best informal assessments for a teacher to use to check deaf students' understanding of a mathematics lesson in progress? Asking each student to write a two-sentence answer to a question the teacher has put on the board midway through the class 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following practices is most appropriate for a teacher to use to determine the placement of students into flexible groups for reading instruction? Using a current assessment to determine the reading needs of the students 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Adapting existing vocal or gestural abilities; teaching manual signing, static symbols, or icons; and using technological devices for speech and language are all examples of augmentative communication 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Which of the following teacher strategies would be most effective in helping deaf and hard of hearing 6-year-olds write messages on their own? Encouraging invented spelling 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS Informing the content of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) were Diana R. R. v. State Board of Education, 1970; Larry, P. v. Riles, 1972; and Lau v. Nichols, 1974, which addressed the issue of nondiscriminatory assessment 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS