AEPA NT601 COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔measurement error - ✔✔test conditions
✔✔In Interactive notebooks, what goes on the left side of the notebook? - ✔✔student
input on right , teacher on left
✔✔socio-emotional learning - ✔✔-affective domain
✔✔why alternative assessments for state accountability rare? - ✔✔-federal legislation
requires yearly testing for all students
✔✔KWL Chart - ✔✔-indirect instruction
✔✔Emergent Curriculum - ✔✔Child-centered curriculum that "emerges" from the
children's interest and experiences. It involves both the participation of teachers and
children in decision making.
✔✔Theory of Mastery Learning - ✔✔90% on a knowledge test
✔✔Piaget's stages of cognitive development - ✔✔sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete operational, formal operational
✔✔Vygotsky: Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - ✔✔
✔✔Structured teaching - ✔✔Adapting materials and environments to help children with
ASD make sense of the world
✔✔Experiential Learning - ✔✔learning that takes place when students actually
experience and then reflect on their learning
,✔✔Cognitive Theory - ✔✔A theory of human development that focuses on changes in
how people think over time. According to this theory, our thoughts shape our attitudes,
beliefs, and behaviors.
✔✔Constructivism - ✔✔A philosophy of learning based on the premise that people
construct their own understanding of the world they live in through reflection on
experiences
✔✔Behaviorist Theory - ✔✔Personality is constructed by a series of learning
experiences that occur through interactions between the individual and their
environment.
✔✔Maturational Theory - ✔✔child development reflects a specific and prearranged
scheme or plan within the body
✔✔Tourette syndrome - ✔✔-other health impairment(OHI)
✔✔6 Major Principles of IDEA - ✔✔Free appropriate public education, Appropriate
evaluation, Individualized education plan, Least restrictive environment, Parent
participation, Procedural safeguards
✔✔IDEA- Part C- Early Intervention - ✔✔Birth to age 3 get IFSP
✔✔IDEA Part B Definition - ✔✔3-21 get IEPs
✔✔Child Find Law - ✔✔all schools required to find children who have disabilities and
need sped. Also homeschooled and private school students
✔✔5 most important steps in IEP process - ✔✔child find referrel, evaluation,
determination of eligibility, first IEp, ogoing services.
✔✔Title III of ADA - ✔✔public accommodations must have reasonable accommodations
✔✔Larry P. v. Riles - ✔✔Case Ruled that IQ test could not be used as the primary or
sole basis of placing students in special programs. IQ tests are culturally biased.
✔✔Diana v. State Board of Education (1970) - ✔✔class action filed on behalf of 9
Mexican American children placed in classes for the educable mentally retarded. One
girl scored a 30 and then when retested later in Spanish had a 79. Ruled that children
be assessed in their primary language or with sections of tests that do not depend on
knowledge of English
✔✔Winkleman vs, Parma City BOE - ✔✔parents can represent kids in IDEA cases
, ✔✔Honig v. Doe - ✔✔1998: Schools can remove students (suspend or expel) to
maintain a safe learning environment
✔✔Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- ✔✔ruled that children with severe disability are entitled to education(1971). Lead to
the EAHCA(1974)
✔✔1990 amendments to IDEA - ✔✔replaced theEAHCA. changed age range from 3-
21, changed word handicapped. Increased emphasis on IEP, increased parents role.
Provided financial assistance to families of infants and toddlers. Ed agencies must
provide early intervention.
✔✔Effect of 2004 IDEA improvement act - ✔✔-Highly qualified teachers
-annual goals
-progress monitoring
-research backed interventions
-lead to RTI
✔✔Goals 2000 - ✔✔legislation that set tough new goals over the coming decades to
improve the quality of American schooling. Otcomes-based education. Ready to learn
when star school, increae grad rates, demonstration of competency
✔✔NCLB 2001 - ✔✔-standards-based reform, skills-based assessments, Schools must
meet adequate yearly progress. or consequences
✔✔ESSA 2015 - ✔✔-equal opportunity, states decide, testing, accountability.
✔✔ESL Rights - ✔✔ESSA allocates funds to schools and districts where low-income
families comprise 40% or more of enrollment. But must avoid discrimination and referral
for SPED based on language proficiency.
✔✔Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ✔✔added people with disabilities to the list of Americans
protected from discrimination- employment and access to gen ed curriculum
✔✔ADA of 1990 (Americans with Disabilities Act) - ✔✔-equal employment, access,
telecommunications access,
✔✔ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) - ✔✔A major piece of federal
legislation that provides federal direction to education and federal funds for schools, first
passed in 1965.
✔✔Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act - ✔✔Declared a person cannot be excluded on
the basis of a handicap alone from any program or activity receiving federal funds.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔measurement error - ✔✔test conditions
✔✔In Interactive notebooks, what goes on the left side of the notebook? - ✔✔student
input on right , teacher on left
✔✔socio-emotional learning - ✔✔-affective domain
✔✔why alternative assessments for state accountability rare? - ✔✔-federal legislation
requires yearly testing for all students
✔✔KWL Chart - ✔✔-indirect instruction
✔✔Emergent Curriculum - ✔✔Child-centered curriculum that "emerges" from the
children's interest and experiences. It involves both the participation of teachers and
children in decision making.
✔✔Theory of Mastery Learning - ✔✔90% on a knowledge test
✔✔Piaget's stages of cognitive development - ✔✔sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete operational, formal operational
✔✔Vygotsky: Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - ✔✔
✔✔Structured teaching - ✔✔Adapting materials and environments to help children with
ASD make sense of the world
✔✔Experiential Learning - ✔✔learning that takes place when students actually
experience and then reflect on their learning
,✔✔Cognitive Theory - ✔✔A theory of human development that focuses on changes in
how people think over time. According to this theory, our thoughts shape our attitudes,
beliefs, and behaviors.
✔✔Constructivism - ✔✔A philosophy of learning based on the premise that people
construct their own understanding of the world they live in through reflection on
experiences
✔✔Behaviorist Theory - ✔✔Personality is constructed by a series of learning
experiences that occur through interactions between the individual and their
environment.
✔✔Maturational Theory - ✔✔child development reflects a specific and prearranged
scheme or plan within the body
✔✔Tourette syndrome - ✔✔-other health impairment(OHI)
✔✔6 Major Principles of IDEA - ✔✔Free appropriate public education, Appropriate
evaluation, Individualized education plan, Least restrictive environment, Parent
participation, Procedural safeguards
✔✔IDEA- Part C- Early Intervention - ✔✔Birth to age 3 get IFSP
✔✔IDEA Part B Definition - ✔✔3-21 get IEPs
✔✔Child Find Law - ✔✔all schools required to find children who have disabilities and
need sped. Also homeschooled and private school students
✔✔5 most important steps in IEP process - ✔✔child find referrel, evaluation,
determination of eligibility, first IEp, ogoing services.
✔✔Title III of ADA - ✔✔public accommodations must have reasonable accommodations
✔✔Larry P. v. Riles - ✔✔Case Ruled that IQ test could not be used as the primary or
sole basis of placing students in special programs. IQ tests are culturally biased.
✔✔Diana v. State Board of Education (1970) - ✔✔class action filed on behalf of 9
Mexican American children placed in classes for the educable mentally retarded. One
girl scored a 30 and then when retested later in Spanish had a 79. Ruled that children
be assessed in their primary language or with sections of tests that do not depend on
knowledge of English
✔✔Winkleman vs, Parma City BOE - ✔✔parents can represent kids in IDEA cases
, ✔✔Honig v. Doe - ✔✔1998: Schools can remove students (suspend or expel) to
maintain a safe learning environment
✔✔Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- ✔✔ruled that children with severe disability are entitled to education(1971). Lead to
the EAHCA(1974)
✔✔1990 amendments to IDEA - ✔✔replaced theEAHCA. changed age range from 3-
21, changed word handicapped. Increased emphasis on IEP, increased parents role.
Provided financial assistance to families of infants and toddlers. Ed agencies must
provide early intervention.
✔✔Effect of 2004 IDEA improvement act - ✔✔-Highly qualified teachers
-annual goals
-progress monitoring
-research backed interventions
-lead to RTI
✔✔Goals 2000 - ✔✔legislation that set tough new goals over the coming decades to
improve the quality of American schooling. Otcomes-based education. Ready to learn
when star school, increae grad rates, demonstration of competency
✔✔NCLB 2001 - ✔✔-standards-based reform, skills-based assessments, Schools must
meet adequate yearly progress. or consequences
✔✔ESSA 2015 - ✔✔-equal opportunity, states decide, testing, accountability.
✔✔ESL Rights - ✔✔ESSA allocates funds to schools and districts where low-income
families comprise 40% or more of enrollment. But must avoid discrimination and referral
for SPED based on language proficiency.
✔✔Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ✔✔added people with disabilities to the list of Americans
protected from discrimination- employment and access to gen ed curriculum
✔✔ADA of 1990 (Americans with Disabilities Act) - ✔✔-equal employment, access,
telecommunications access,
✔✔ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) - ✔✔A major piece of federal
legislation that provides federal direction to education and federal funds for schools, first
passed in 1965.
✔✔Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act - ✔✔Declared a person cannot be excluded on
the basis of a handicap alone from any program or activity receiving federal funds.
