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EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDAMENTALS
(ELF) TEST LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM|
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
William Glasser's Control theory - ANSWER - This theory describes how our
motivations, behaviors and actions are attempts to satisfy needs such as love,
survival, power and freedom.
Sensory Stimulation Theory - ANSWER - When senses are stimulated, effective
learning can take place. More than two stimulation is most effective
SEEING is most effective
HEARING is the next most effective
SMELL, TASTE AND TOUCH same effectiveness
The Gestalt approach to learning (also known as the cognitive approach) -
ANSWER - This theory gives experience the most importance in this learning
theory because it believes that through active problem-solving insights will
develop which are vital to learning because each student approaches each task
subjectively and will therefore develop insights that make sense to them
individually.
Holistic Learning Theory - ANSWER - Takes into account that each student has a
different personality comprised of many different elements, such as imaginations,
feelings and intelligence, that all need to be stimulated if learning is to be achieved.
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Humanistic approach (facilitation theory) - ANSWER - This theory places the
importance of learning upon the person who is facilitating the learning. In order for
this to take place, the atmosphere of the classroom needs to be safe in order for
new ideas to be explored and risks to be taken.
Motivation Theory - ANSWER - This theory is the study of understanding what
drives a person to work towards a particular goal or outcome.
Qualifications to be classified as a special needs student - ANSWER - Students
with specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, intellectual
disabilities, emotional disturbance, multiple disabilities, hearing impairments,
orthopedic impairments, visual impairments, autism, combined deafness and
blindness, traumatic brain injury, and other health impairments.
Intellectual disabilities - ANSWER - a term that is used to describe people who
have abnormal limitations on their levels of mental functioning.
Causes of intellectual disabilities - ANSWER - Perinatal Problems, Problems
During Pregnancy, Genetic Conditions, and Health Problems.
Diagnosing Intellectual Disabilities - ANSWER - look at two main things: ability
of person's brain to think, learn, problem-solve, or make sense of their
surroundings, and whether the person has the skills he needs in order to live
independently
Perception Disabilities - ANSWER - occur when there is interruption in the input
process from the eyes or ears to the neurons in the brain. Two main groups are
visual and auditory.
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visual perception - ANSWER - can be affected in three ways: figure- ground, depth
perception or visual-motor. These mainly affect how a child processes information,
and may have cause a child to have trouble reading or affect their gross motor
skills. These children may have trouble judging the distance between themselves
and other objects, and have difficulties with sports that require quick hand-eye
coordination.
Auditory perception - ANSWER - may have trouble determining the differences
between sounds in language. Or they may have difficulty hearing a voice in a room
with many voices and appear to not be paying attention.
Sensory perception disorder - ANSWER - A disorder is which any tactile activity
can cause discomfort and even pain. Some children are particularly sensitive to
touch and this is usually discovered early on, when, as an infant, he will not like
being touched or held.
learning disabilities - ANSWER - A disorder of the brain. It occurs when the way
the information transmitted in the brain does so a little differently.
The four main parts of the brain most often affected are:
a. language skills
b. muscle skills
c. thinking skills
d. organization skills.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - ANSWER - a disorder
characterized by hyperactivity, inattentiveness, and impulsivity
hyperactivity - ANSWER - being fidgety, squirmy or restless on a regular basis
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EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDAMENTALS
(ELF) TEST LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM|
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
William Glasser's Control theory - ANSWER - This theory describes how our
motivations, behaviors and actions are attempts to satisfy needs such as love,
survival, power and freedom.
Sensory Stimulation Theory - ANSWER - When senses are stimulated, effective
learning can take place. More than two stimulation is most effective
SEEING is most effective
HEARING is the next most effective
SMELL, TASTE AND TOUCH same effectiveness
The Gestalt approach to learning (also known as the cognitive approach) -
ANSWER - This theory gives experience the most importance in this learning
theory because it believes that through active problem-solving insights will
develop which are vital to learning because each student approaches each task
subjectively and will therefore develop insights that make sense to them
individually.
Holistic Learning Theory - ANSWER - Takes into account that each student has a
different personality comprised of many different elements, such as imaginations,
feelings and intelligence, that all need to be stimulated if learning is to be achieved.
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Humanistic approach (facilitation theory) - ANSWER - This theory places the
importance of learning upon the person who is facilitating the learning. In order for
this to take place, the atmosphere of the classroom needs to be safe in order for
new ideas to be explored and risks to be taken.
Motivation Theory - ANSWER - This theory is the study of understanding what
drives a person to work towards a particular goal or outcome.
Qualifications to be classified as a special needs student - ANSWER - Students
with specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, intellectual
disabilities, emotional disturbance, multiple disabilities, hearing impairments,
orthopedic impairments, visual impairments, autism, combined deafness and
blindness, traumatic brain injury, and other health impairments.
Intellectual disabilities - ANSWER - a term that is used to describe people who
have abnormal limitations on their levels of mental functioning.
Causes of intellectual disabilities - ANSWER - Perinatal Problems, Problems
During Pregnancy, Genetic Conditions, and Health Problems.
Diagnosing Intellectual Disabilities - ANSWER - look at two main things: ability
of person's brain to think, learn, problem-solve, or make sense of their
surroundings, and whether the person has the skills he needs in order to live
independently
Perception Disabilities - ANSWER - occur when there is interruption in the input
process from the eyes or ears to the neurons in the brain. Two main groups are
visual and auditory.
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visual perception - ANSWER - can be affected in three ways: figure- ground, depth
perception or visual-motor. These mainly affect how a child processes information,
and may have cause a child to have trouble reading or affect their gross motor
skills. These children may have trouble judging the distance between themselves
and other objects, and have difficulties with sports that require quick hand-eye
coordination.
Auditory perception - ANSWER - may have trouble determining the differences
between sounds in language. Or they may have difficulty hearing a voice in a room
with many voices and appear to not be paying attention.
Sensory perception disorder - ANSWER - A disorder is which any tactile activity
can cause discomfort and even pain. Some children are particularly sensitive to
touch and this is usually discovered early on, when, as an infant, he will not like
being touched or held.
learning disabilities - ANSWER - A disorder of the brain. It occurs when the way
the information transmitted in the brain does so a little differently.
The four main parts of the brain most often affected are:
a. language skills
b. muscle skills
c. thinking skills
d. organization skills.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - ANSWER - a disorder
characterized by hyperactivity, inattentiveness, and impulsivity
hyperactivity - ANSWER - being fidgety, squirmy or restless on a regular basis
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