SPED QUIZ #2 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Define learning disability:
Answer:
A disability in which there is a discrepancy between a person's ability and academic achievement; the
individual possesses average intellectual ability
Question:
2. Learning disabilities tend be a ______ condition.
Answer:
Chronic
Question:
3. What is phonological awareness?
Answer:
A possible explanation for the reading problems of some students with learning disabilities. It is
difficulty is recognizing the correspondence between specific sounds and certain letters that make up
words.
Question:
4. What are the three categories of possible causes of intellectual ability that are based on the time of
onset?
Answer:
1. Prenatal- Occurring before birth
2. Perinatal- Occurring around the time of birth
3. Postnatal- Occurring after birth
Question:
5. Name some factors that put a child at a higher risk of developing a learning disability?
Answer:
-Maternal alcohol/drug abuse
-Poverty
-Low birth weight
-Child abuse
-Head trauma
-Malnutrition
Question:
6. If Sherry has trouble maintaining attention during an instructional lesson, what is the best
instructional model for her?
Answer:
Direct Instruction
Question:
7. Define Dire Instruction:
, Answer:
A teacher-directed instructional technique used to produce gains in specific academic skills;
emphasizes drill and practice along with immediate feedback and reward
Question:
8. What is the learning strategies approach?
Answer:
Instructional methodologies focusing on teaching students how to learn. It's designed to assist pupils
in becoming more actively engaged and involved in their own learning.
Question:
9. A difficulty in using language correctly in social situations is referred to as a deficit in what?
Answer:
Pragmatics
Question:
10. What is the metacognition?
Answer:
The ability to evaluate and monitor one'a own performance
Question:
11. What are pragmatics?
Answer:
A sociolinguistic system involving the use of communication skills in social contexts.
Question:
12. What are pragmatic difficulties?
Answer:
Problems in understanding and using language in different social contexts
Question:
13. Name some common, controversial, incorrect labels that are often used to describe children with
disabilities:
Answer:
Neurologically impaired, perceptually disordered, hyperactive, retarded, slow learner, stupid, remedial
reader
Question:
14. Who was Samuel Kirk?
Answer:
The first man to coin the term "learning disability" in a parent-teacher conference. The label was
enthusiastically received and helped unite the participants to become an organization called the
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, the precursor of today's Learning Disabilities
Association of America.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Define learning disability:
Answer:
A disability in which there is a discrepancy between a person's ability and academic achievement; the
individual possesses average intellectual ability
Question:
2. Learning disabilities tend be a ______ condition.
Answer:
Chronic
Question:
3. What is phonological awareness?
Answer:
A possible explanation for the reading problems of some students with learning disabilities. It is
difficulty is recognizing the correspondence between specific sounds and certain letters that make up
words.
Question:
4. What are the three categories of possible causes of intellectual ability that are based on the time of
onset?
Answer:
1. Prenatal- Occurring before birth
2. Perinatal- Occurring around the time of birth
3. Postnatal- Occurring after birth
Question:
5. Name some factors that put a child at a higher risk of developing a learning disability?
Answer:
-Maternal alcohol/drug abuse
-Poverty
-Low birth weight
-Child abuse
-Head trauma
-Malnutrition
Question:
6. If Sherry has trouble maintaining attention during an instructional lesson, what is the best
instructional model for her?
Answer:
Direct Instruction
Question:
7. Define Dire Instruction:
, Answer:
A teacher-directed instructional technique used to produce gains in specific academic skills;
emphasizes drill and practice along with immediate feedback and reward
Question:
8. What is the learning strategies approach?
Answer:
Instructional methodologies focusing on teaching students how to learn. It's designed to assist pupils
in becoming more actively engaged and involved in their own learning.
Question:
9. A difficulty in using language correctly in social situations is referred to as a deficit in what?
Answer:
Pragmatics
Question:
10. What is the metacognition?
Answer:
The ability to evaluate and monitor one'a own performance
Question:
11. What are pragmatics?
Answer:
A sociolinguistic system involving the use of communication skills in social contexts.
Question:
12. What are pragmatic difficulties?
Answer:
Problems in understanding and using language in different social contexts
Question:
13. Name some common, controversial, incorrect labels that are often used to describe children with
disabilities:
Answer:
Neurologically impaired, perceptually disordered, hyperactive, retarded, slow learner, stupid, remedial
reader
Question:
14. Who was Samuel Kirk?
Answer:
The first man to coin the term "learning disability" in a parent-teacher conference. The label was
enthusiastically received and helped unite the participants to become an organization called the
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, the precursor of today's Learning Disabilities
Association of America.
