EDUC 210 MODULE 4 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Recent research has indicated that acceleration of students who are gifted
A) has been unnecessarily discouraged in the past.
B) is related to lower achievement.
C) results in poor social and emotional adjustment.
D) robs students of the companionship of their age group. - Answer- Answer: A
Explanation: A) Woolfolk's position is that acceleration for the gifted has been
discouraged unnecessarily in the past. Research on acceleration indicates primarily
positive effects or, at worst, no harmful effects of acceleration on gifted students.
Acceleration is certainly NOT related to lower achievement for gifted students, nor does
it result in poor social and emotional adjustment. Quite the opposite is true. Finally,
gifted students, particularly the highly gifted, prefer the companionship of their
intellectual peers to simply age-related peers.
Page Ref: 158-159
Skill: Knowledge
What type of learning style characterizes a person who is motivated to learn by external
rewards and the desire to be viewed in a good light by others?
A) Analytic-processing
B) Deep-processing
C) Pattern-processing
D) Surface-processing - Answer- Answer: D
Explanation: D) A person who is motivated to learn by external rewards and the desire
to be viewed in a good light by others is said to have a surface-processing learning
style, rather than deep processing, analytic processing, or pattern processing styles.
Page Ref: 128
Skill: Knowledge
Zero reject is a basic principle meaning
A) children with disabilities who come from low income families must receive more
federal funding than those who come from high income families.
B) aggressive children who bully other children must be removed from the class
immediately.
C) it is acceptable to write an IEP for children with profound disabilities every other year
rather than on an annual basis.
D) no students with a disability can be denied a free public education. - Answer-
Answer: D
, Explanation: D) Zero reject means there are no exceptions and all students, no how
severe there disability, must be provided a free public education.
Page Ref: 131
Skill: Knowledge
An implication of the regular education initiative is that
A) more special education teachers will need to be trained for these classrooms.
B) special education classrooms will require additional resources.
C) teachers will need to be more knowledgeable about teaching handicapped children.
D) 10 to 20 percent increases in student to teacher ratios in regular classes are
necessary. - Answer- Answer: C
Explanation: C) An implication of the regular education initiative is that regular teachers
will need to take more responsibility for teaching children with disabilities who are
increasingly being "mainstreamed" into regular classes. Regular teachers will need to
become more knowledgeable about teaching children with disabilities.
Page Ref: 132-135
Skill: Knowledge
Inclusion, as it relates to special education, means that students will
A) be included in regular classrooms for each activity in the daily routine of the school.
B) become involved in the development and implementation of his/her IEP.
C) demonstrate normal ability within his/her handicapping condition.
D) participate in the typical subject-matter lessons in the school's regular classrooms. -
Answer- Answer: D
Explanation: D) The concept of inclusion schools means that students with exceptional
qualities will participate in the typical subject matter lessons in regular classrooms.
These students will be integrated with all students in classrooms of an inclusion school.
Inclusion does not, however, require students with exceptional abilities to participate in
every activity in the daily routine of the school.
Page Ref: 132
Skill: Knowledge
An IEP is a written plan for a specific student's education, and it must include
A) career goals.
B) needed transitional services.
C) specific educational goals.
D) specific educational goals, current functioning level, and career goals. - Answer-
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Each IEP is unique for a given student and must include specific
educational goals for that student. Career goals are not usually a part of an IEP, and a
statement of needed transitional goals is relevant only for students 16 years old
(although sometimes for 14-year-old students).
Page Ref: 132
Skill: Knowledge
What is the largest category of students with disabilities?
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Recent research has indicated that acceleration of students who are gifted
A) has been unnecessarily discouraged in the past.
B) is related to lower achievement.
C) results in poor social and emotional adjustment.
D) robs students of the companionship of their age group. - Answer- Answer: A
Explanation: A) Woolfolk's position is that acceleration for the gifted has been
discouraged unnecessarily in the past. Research on acceleration indicates primarily
positive effects or, at worst, no harmful effects of acceleration on gifted students.
Acceleration is certainly NOT related to lower achievement for gifted students, nor does
it result in poor social and emotional adjustment. Quite the opposite is true. Finally,
gifted students, particularly the highly gifted, prefer the companionship of their
intellectual peers to simply age-related peers.
Page Ref: 158-159
Skill: Knowledge
What type of learning style characterizes a person who is motivated to learn by external
rewards and the desire to be viewed in a good light by others?
A) Analytic-processing
B) Deep-processing
C) Pattern-processing
D) Surface-processing - Answer- Answer: D
Explanation: D) A person who is motivated to learn by external rewards and the desire
to be viewed in a good light by others is said to have a surface-processing learning
style, rather than deep processing, analytic processing, or pattern processing styles.
Page Ref: 128
Skill: Knowledge
Zero reject is a basic principle meaning
A) children with disabilities who come from low income families must receive more
federal funding than those who come from high income families.
B) aggressive children who bully other children must be removed from the class
immediately.
C) it is acceptable to write an IEP for children with profound disabilities every other year
rather than on an annual basis.
D) no students with a disability can be denied a free public education. - Answer-
Answer: D
, Explanation: D) Zero reject means there are no exceptions and all students, no how
severe there disability, must be provided a free public education.
Page Ref: 131
Skill: Knowledge
An implication of the regular education initiative is that
A) more special education teachers will need to be trained for these classrooms.
B) special education classrooms will require additional resources.
C) teachers will need to be more knowledgeable about teaching handicapped children.
D) 10 to 20 percent increases in student to teacher ratios in regular classes are
necessary. - Answer- Answer: C
Explanation: C) An implication of the regular education initiative is that regular teachers
will need to take more responsibility for teaching children with disabilities who are
increasingly being "mainstreamed" into regular classes. Regular teachers will need to
become more knowledgeable about teaching children with disabilities.
Page Ref: 132-135
Skill: Knowledge
Inclusion, as it relates to special education, means that students will
A) be included in regular classrooms for each activity in the daily routine of the school.
B) become involved in the development and implementation of his/her IEP.
C) demonstrate normal ability within his/her handicapping condition.
D) participate in the typical subject-matter lessons in the school's regular classrooms. -
Answer- Answer: D
Explanation: D) The concept of inclusion schools means that students with exceptional
qualities will participate in the typical subject matter lessons in regular classrooms.
These students will be integrated with all students in classrooms of an inclusion school.
Inclusion does not, however, require students with exceptional abilities to participate in
every activity in the daily routine of the school.
Page Ref: 132
Skill: Knowledge
An IEP is a written plan for a specific student's education, and it must include
A) career goals.
B) needed transitional services.
C) specific educational goals.
D) specific educational goals, current functioning level, and career goals. - Answer-
Answer: C
Explanation: C) Each IEP is unique for a given student and must include specific
educational goals for that student. Career goals are not usually a part of an IEP, and a
statement of needed transitional goals is relevant only for students 16 years old
(although sometimes for 14-year-old students).
Page Ref: 132
Skill: Knowledge
What is the largest category of students with disabilities?
