AEPA NT601 CORRECT EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Age 6 typical language development - ✔✔-speaks in 5-6 words
-vocab of 2000 words
✔✔Behaviorism - ✔✔-same as animals as in people
-learned from environment not internal
-must be observed not theorized
-comes from stimulus
✔✔specific learning disability - ✔✔the label for any impairment in language or any
deficit related to listening, thinking, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, or understanding
mathematics; diagnosed when a score on an intelligence test is much higher than a
child's performance on achievement tests
-includes auditory processing but not speech and language impairment(it's own
category)
-dysgraphia
-dyscalculia
✔✔what percentage of males receive special education - ✔✔25%
✔✔Benchmark Assessment - ✔✔Short tests administered throughout the school year
that give teachers immediate feedback on how students are meeting academic
standards.
✔✔High-stakes testing - ✔✔Practice of using students' performance on a single
assessment instrument to make major decisions about students or school personnel.
✔✔Summative Assessment - ✔✔Assessment data collected after instruction to evaluate
a student's mastery of the curriculum objectives and a teacher's effectiveness at
instructional delivery.
,✔✔RTI (Response to Intervention) - ✔✔A multi tiered approach to the early
identification and support of students with learning and behavioral needs.
1st tier- Whole group instruction
2nd tier- Small group instruction
3rd tier- One-on-one instruction
-Does not determine if a learning disability is present
✔✔Direct Instruction - ✔✔Teacher-centered instruction which includes lecture,
presentation, and recitation.
✔✔indirect teaching - ✔✔student-centered instruction in which the teacher facilitates
opportunities for students to construct their own learning
✔✔Inference - ✔✔A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
✔✔prior knowledge / schema - ✔✔your background knowledge and experiences about
a topic, what you already know about a topic
Example: I could make connections to the book about whales because I had just
returned from a trip to the aquarium where I learned some interesting facts about
whales.
✔✔To make inferences you need... - ✔✔to be able to comprehend what you are
reading
✔✔Traumatic Brain Injury - ✔✔a blow to the head or a penetrating head injury that
damages the brain
-leads to emotional outbursts
✔✔initial special education evaluation questions - ✔✔-what are the student's greatest
strengths
✔✔independent practice - ✔✔Component of instruction in which students work by
themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
✔✔Appropriate 2nd grade writing intervention goal - ✔✔-learning to write a paragraph
✔✔measurable learning objectives - ✔✔mutually established, prioritized, measurable
within a certain time frame.
✔✔SMART acronym - ✔✔-Specific, measureable, attainable, relevant, targeted
✔✔What is Most appropriate technique for student with SLD in reading to access
curriculum - ✔✔accommodations
, ✔✔modifications special education - ✔✔-alter the curriculum being taught
✔✔Most effective to teach Kindergarten rules and expectations? - ✔✔-modeling proper
following the rules
✔✔Most effective strategy for teaching a student with dyslexia? - ✔✔-Multisensory
strategies
✔✔best program for students with difficulty in math and IEp? - ✔✔-using a program
different from the class-spiraling cirriculum, constant review concepts that he has
already learned to give more practice.
✔✔when working with Small group of students who struggle with study skills, what is
most effective strategy? - ✔✔-group discussion(need teacher input)
✔✔When diagnosing a student who struggles with writing, where best to start? - ✔✔-
PLanning
✔✔Iowa Test of Basic Skills - ✔✔
✔✔criterion-related validity - ✔✔a measure of validity based on showing a substantial
correlation between test scores and job performance scores. Can be referenced to
teacher's criteria.
✔✔test validity - ✔✔The accuracy with which a test, interview, and so on measures
what it purports to measure or fulfills the function it was designed to fill.
must be backed by research and evidence
✔✔Examples - ✔✔A simple, representative incident or model that clarifies a point
✔✔Authentic Assessment - ✔✔Assessment of students' knowledge and skills in a "real-
life" context.
✔✔formative - ✔✔Occurring at the time of most influence
✔✔Montessori approach - ✔✔An educational philosophy in which children are given
considerable freedom and spontaneity in choosing activities and are allowed to move
from one activity to another as they desire.
✔✔what must multidisciplinary team determine in order to qualify for SPED - ✔✔-a
disability which negatively impacts access to education
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Age 6 typical language development - ✔✔-speaks in 5-6 words
-vocab of 2000 words
✔✔Behaviorism - ✔✔-same as animals as in people
-learned from environment not internal
-must be observed not theorized
-comes from stimulus
✔✔specific learning disability - ✔✔the label for any impairment in language or any
deficit related to listening, thinking, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, or understanding
mathematics; diagnosed when a score on an intelligence test is much higher than a
child's performance on achievement tests
-includes auditory processing but not speech and language impairment(it's own
category)
-dysgraphia
-dyscalculia
✔✔what percentage of males receive special education - ✔✔25%
✔✔Benchmark Assessment - ✔✔Short tests administered throughout the school year
that give teachers immediate feedback on how students are meeting academic
standards.
✔✔High-stakes testing - ✔✔Practice of using students' performance on a single
assessment instrument to make major decisions about students or school personnel.
✔✔Summative Assessment - ✔✔Assessment data collected after instruction to evaluate
a student's mastery of the curriculum objectives and a teacher's effectiveness at
instructional delivery.
,✔✔RTI (Response to Intervention) - ✔✔A multi tiered approach to the early
identification and support of students with learning and behavioral needs.
1st tier- Whole group instruction
2nd tier- Small group instruction
3rd tier- One-on-one instruction
-Does not determine if a learning disability is present
✔✔Direct Instruction - ✔✔Teacher-centered instruction which includes lecture,
presentation, and recitation.
✔✔indirect teaching - ✔✔student-centered instruction in which the teacher facilitates
opportunities for students to construct their own learning
✔✔Inference - ✔✔A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
✔✔prior knowledge / schema - ✔✔your background knowledge and experiences about
a topic, what you already know about a topic
Example: I could make connections to the book about whales because I had just
returned from a trip to the aquarium where I learned some interesting facts about
whales.
✔✔To make inferences you need... - ✔✔to be able to comprehend what you are
reading
✔✔Traumatic Brain Injury - ✔✔a blow to the head or a penetrating head injury that
damages the brain
-leads to emotional outbursts
✔✔initial special education evaluation questions - ✔✔-what are the student's greatest
strengths
✔✔independent practice - ✔✔Component of instruction in which students work by
themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
✔✔Appropriate 2nd grade writing intervention goal - ✔✔-learning to write a paragraph
✔✔measurable learning objectives - ✔✔mutually established, prioritized, measurable
within a certain time frame.
✔✔SMART acronym - ✔✔-Specific, measureable, attainable, relevant, targeted
✔✔What is Most appropriate technique for student with SLD in reading to access
curriculum - ✔✔accommodations
, ✔✔modifications special education - ✔✔-alter the curriculum being taught
✔✔Most effective to teach Kindergarten rules and expectations? - ✔✔-modeling proper
following the rules
✔✔Most effective strategy for teaching a student with dyslexia? - ✔✔-Multisensory
strategies
✔✔best program for students with difficulty in math and IEp? - ✔✔-using a program
different from the class-spiraling cirriculum, constant review concepts that he has
already learned to give more practice.
✔✔when working with Small group of students who struggle with study skills, what is
most effective strategy? - ✔✔-group discussion(need teacher input)
✔✔When diagnosing a student who struggles with writing, where best to start? - ✔✔-
PLanning
✔✔Iowa Test of Basic Skills - ✔✔
✔✔criterion-related validity - ✔✔a measure of validity based on showing a substantial
correlation between test scores and job performance scores. Can be referenced to
teacher's criteria.
✔✔test validity - ✔✔The accuracy with which a test, interview, and so on measures
what it purports to measure or fulfills the function it was designed to fill.
must be backed by research and evidence
✔✔Examples - ✔✔A simple, representative incident or model that clarifies a point
✔✔Authentic Assessment - ✔✔Assessment of students' knowledge and skills in a "real-
life" context.
✔✔formative - ✔✔Occurring at the time of most influence
✔✔Montessori approach - ✔✔An educational philosophy in which children are given
considerable freedom and spontaneity in choosing activities and are allowed to move
from one activity to another as they desire.
✔✔what must multidisciplinary team determine in order to qualify for SPED - ✔✔-a
disability which negatively impacts access to education
