SPGN 251 Final Exam (Eastern
Michigan University Final Exam)
correctly answered to pass
Learning Disabilities - Definition (3 basic aspects) - correct answer ✔✔The wrong tools for the
job, or a difficulty with tool skills (reading, spelling, writing, math, study skills)
Learning Disabilities - 2004 IDEA Definition Changes - correct answer ✔✔-States cannot require
use of severe discrepancy
-Non-English speakers cannot be classified
Learning Disabilities - Academic Difficulties - correct answer ✔✔Reading, math, written
expression
Learning Disabilities - Reading Difficulties (3 aspects) - correct answer ✔✔Transcoding
(attaching meaning to letters and words)
Fluency (knowing w/o effort)
Comprehension (oral language)
Learning Disabilities - Dyslexia (2 difficulties) - correct answer ✔✔-Matching sounds in words to
the symbols that represent them
-Making the symbol/sound connection quickly enough
Learning Disabilities - Math Difficulties - correct answer ✔✔-Word problem strategies
-Automatic Fact Recall
-Computation Strategies
, -Understanding Word Problems
Learning Disabilities - Written Expression Difficulties - correct answer ✔✔Spelling
Revising
Organizing
Planning
Learning Disabilities - Cognitive Skill Deficits - correct answer ✔✔-Working Memory
-Attention
-Metacognition (thinking about how I think)
Learning Disabilities - Prevalence and Etiology - correct answer ✔✔-Most prevalent exceptional
learning need
-Etiology: development during gestation, genetic factor
Learning Disabilities - Classroom Intervention - correct answer ✔✔Big Ideas: important info
taught more thoroughly
Mediated Scaffolding: prompts that gradually fade as skill increases
Judicious Review: info that has to be practiced/learned
Conspicuous Strategies
ADHD - 3 types - correct answer ✔✔Inattention - selective attention, sustained attention,
divided attention
Hyperactivity
Impulsivity
Criteria characteristics
6 or more (up to age 16)/5 or more (17 and older)
Michigan University Final Exam)
correctly answered to pass
Learning Disabilities - Definition (3 basic aspects) - correct answer ✔✔The wrong tools for the
job, or a difficulty with tool skills (reading, spelling, writing, math, study skills)
Learning Disabilities - 2004 IDEA Definition Changes - correct answer ✔✔-States cannot require
use of severe discrepancy
-Non-English speakers cannot be classified
Learning Disabilities - Academic Difficulties - correct answer ✔✔Reading, math, written
expression
Learning Disabilities - Reading Difficulties (3 aspects) - correct answer ✔✔Transcoding
(attaching meaning to letters and words)
Fluency (knowing w/o effort)
Comprehension (oral language)
Learning Disabilities - Dyslexia (2 difficulties) - correct answer ✔✔-Matching sounds in words to
the symbols that represent them
-Making the symbol/sound connection quickly enough
Learning Disabilities - Math Difficulties - correct answer ✔✔-Word problem strategies
-Automatic Fact Recall
-Computation Strategies
, -Understanding Word Problems
Learning Disabilities - Written Expression Difficulties - correct answer ✔✔Spelling
Revising
Organizing
Planning
Learning Disabilities - Cognitive Skill Deficits - correct answer ✔✔-Working Memory
-Attention
-Metacognition (thinking about how I think)
Learning Disabilities - Prevalence and Etiology - correct answer ✔✔-Most prevalent exceptional
learning need
-Etiology: development during gestation, genetic factor
Learning Disabilities - Classroom Intervention - correct answer ✔✔Big Ideas: important info
taught more thoroughly
Mediated Scaffolding: prompts that gradually fade as skill increases
Judicious Review: info that has to be practiced/learned
Conspicuous Strategies
ADHD - 3 types - correct answer ✔✔Inattention - selective attention, sustained attention,
divided attention
Hyperactivity
Impulsivity
Criteria characteristics
6 or more (up to age 16)/5 or more (17 and older)
