TEXES 181 ACTUAL EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ What is the name of the language-learning approach that emphasizes
the connection language and its representations in the external world?
Answer: Total Physical Response.
(The TPR approach to language acquisition encourages teachers to
include physical activities during language instruction.)
◉ What learning strategy promotes community in the classroom?
Answer: Peer-assisted learning. (PAL) Students act as tutors for one
another.
◉ The venue through which a student receives information best is
known as his or her ___. Answer: Modality
◉ What is the name for the behavior modification practice in which an
expected reinforcement is withheld until the student ceases the target
behavior. Answer: Extinction.
(Should not be used for dangerous behaviors.)
,◉ What is the best explanation for why deaf children take longer to
acquire reading comprehension skills? Answer: They cannot make the
connections between graphemes and phonemes.
◉ Which of the following contrasts between deaf or hard of hearing
students who use oral communications and students who use sign langue
is true? Answer: Students who use oral communications interact more
with hearing peers.
◉ According to IDEA, what is the role of a parent in developing an
individualized education program? Answer: Parents are expected to be
equal partners in the development of the IEP.
◉ What is an example of a question that would be difficult for a deaf
student to understand? Answer: He screamed at the top of his lungs.
◉ Which of the following syntactic structures CANNOT be indicated
through facial morphology in ASL? Answer: A. negation
B. conditionals
C. SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
D. questioning
◉ Why is it important to know if a child's hearing loss is congenital?
Answer: To understand whether the hearing loss is likely to get worse
over time.
,◉ What is a significant difference between ASL and spoken English
language? Answer: The primary articulators (facial expressions and the
hands) of ASL are obvious, but they are mostly hidden in spoken
English (use oral articulators: lips, tongue, teeth, jaw).
◉ Early hearing intervention and early exposure to language learning for
deaf and hard-of-hearing children is normally associated with: Answer:
More efficient vocabulary learning and word use.
(Children who are deaf or HoH and receive early intervention and early
exposure to language can expand their vocabulary and learn words at the
same rate as hearing children.)
◉ Juan is a deaf student who uses ASL as his primary means of
communication. He also has a slight visual impairment and severe
cognitive delay. Which of the following educational placements is most
likely to provide the greatest opportunity for his cognitive and language
development? Answer: A self-contained deaf education classroom.
(This option provides access to a functional curriculum, a deaf peer
group and professional staff who use ASL and understand how deafness
and additional disabilities impact learning.)
◉ The source of academic underachievement among deaf and hard-of-
hearing students is mostly closely associated with hearing loss and:
Answer: Delayed access to appropriate and effective instruction in
language acquisition.
, (Hearing loss and delayed introduction of a language system, as well as
teachers with limited experience working with deaf and hard-of-hearing
students, all contribute to underachievement.)
◉ What is an example of a teacher action that is appropriate for deaf and
hard-of-hearing students with learning disabilities? Answer:
Accommodating for both the sensory loss and the learning disability
when planning activities.
(25% of DHH students will present with a learning disability, therefore,
both hearing loss and learning disability must be addressed.)
◉ What is often associated with early cochlear implantation and
concurrent early-intervention speech therapy? Answer: Development of
speech and language skills comparable to those held by typical hearing
age-mates.
(Early successful cochlear implantation provides a quality of hearing
that supports age-appropriate advances in speech and language.)
◉ What should be considered when preparing the classroom
environment for a student who has recently had a cochlear implant?
Answer: Acoustical modifications
(Many sounds will be new to the student (voices, bells, moving chairs)
so the classroom should be carpeted, drapes put up...)
◉ After a deaf student has been properly and formally diagnosed with a
learning disability in reading and writing, what is the best practice for
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ What is the name of the language-learning approach that emphasizes
the connection language and its representations in the external world?
Answer: Total Physical Response.
(The TPR approach to language acquisition encourages teachers to
include physical activities during language instruction.)
◉ What learning strategy promotes community in the classroom?
Answer: Peer-assisted learning. (PAL) Students act as tutors for one
another.
◉ The venue through which a student receives information best is
known as his or her ___. Answer: Modality
◉ What is the name for the behavior modification practice in which an
expected reinforcement is withheld until the student ceases the target
behavior. Answer: Extinction.
(Should not be used for dangerous behaviors.)
,◉ What is the best explanation for why deaf children take longer to
acquire reading comprehension skills? Answer: They cannot make the
connections between graphemes and phonemes.
◉ Which of the following contrasts between deaf or hard of hearing
students who use oral communications and students who use sign langue
is true? Answer: Students who use oral communications interact more
with hearing peers.
◉ According to IDEA, what is the role of a parent in developing an
individualized education program? Answer: Parents are expected to be
equal partners in the development of the IEP.
◉ What is an example of a question that would be difficult for a deaf
student to understand? Answer: He screamed at the top of his lungs.
◉ Which of the following syntactic structures CANNOT be indicated
through facial morphology in ASL? Answer: A. negation
B. conditionals
C. SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
D. questioning
◉ Why is it important to know if a child's hearing loss is congenital?
Answer: To understand whether the hearing loss is likely to get worse
over time.
,◉ What is a significant difference between ASL and spoken English
language? Answer: The primary articulators (facial expressions and the
hands) of ASL are obvious, but they are mostly hidden in spoken
English (use oral articulators: lips, tongue, teeth, jaw).
◉ Early hearing intervention and early exposure to language learning for
deaf and hard-of-hearing children is normally associated with: Answer:
More efficient vocabulary learning and word use.
(Children who are deaf or HoH and receive early intervention and early
exposure to language can expand their vocabulary and learn words at the
same rate as hearing children.)
◉ Juan is a deaf student who uses ASL as his primary means of
communication. He also has a slight visual impairment and severe
cognitive delay. Which of the following educational placements is most
likely to provide the greatest opportunity for his cognitive and language
development? Answer: A self-contained deaf education classroom.
(This option provides access to a functional curriculum, a deaf peer
group and professional staff who use ASL and understand how deafness
and additional disabilities impact learning.)
◉ The source of academic underachievement among deaf and hard-of-
hearing students is mostly closely associated with hearing loss and:
Answer: Delayed access to appropriate and effective instruction in
language acquisition.
, (Hearing loss and delayed introduction of a language system, as well as
teachers with limited experience working with deaf and hard-of-hearing
students, all contribute to underachievement.)
◉ What is an example of a teacher action that is appropriate for deaf and
hard-of-hearing students with learning disabilities? Answer:
Accommodating for both the sensory loss and the learning disability
when planning activities.
(25% of DHH students will present with a learning disability, therefore,
both hearing loss and learning disability must be addressed.)
◉ What is often associated with early cochlear implantation and
concurrent early-intervention speech therapy? Answer: Development of
speech and language skills comparable to those held by typical hearing
age-mates.
(Early successful cochlear implantation provides a quality of hearing
that supports age-appropriate advances in speech and language.)
◉ What should be considered when preparing the classroom
environment for a student who has recently had a cochlear implant?
Answer: Acoustical modifications
(Many sounds will be new to the student (voices, bells, moving chairs)
so the classroom should be carpeted, drapes put up...)
◉ After a deaf student has been properly and formally diagnosed with a
learning disability in reading and writing, what is the best practice for
