GACE- Test II with complete solutions

Which of the following types of information is generally the most useful in making decisions about instruction for a student with a disability? Curriculum-based assessment Matthew, a kindergarten student, has difficulty with writing, drawing, and coloring. After several interventions, the IEP team decides to offer related services to Matthew. What related service is most likely to address Matthew's problem? Occupational therapy Which of the following theoretical approaches includes stimulus-response associations made by the learner? Behaviorism Which of the following is most often considered atypical behavior in a 4-year-old? Sitting alone, rocking, and arm flapping Ms. Dackrey, a fourth-grade inclusion teacher, just finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with her students. She groups students by learning styles and assigns each group different tasks. This strategy is best described as Differentiated instruction Which of the following will help a kindergarten teacher determine the skills to be taught before the end of each grading period? An outline of the school district's scope and sequence Which of the following are important considerations in the process of evaluating a student for evidence of EBD? the referring teacher, the age of the student at the onset of the problem behavior, and the setting in which the problem behavior is exhibited Which of the following is the most appropriate way to teach the concept of comparing numbers and quantities to first-grade students with learning disabilities? providing the students with base-ten blocks that they must use to create representations of two given numbers and identify the larger number Which of the following would be most indicative of a receptive language disorder? A student looks at other students to see what they are doing when directions are given Which of the following is most associated with seizures? Epilepsy Amber was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at the age of seven. The local school district decided to place Amber in a private school for children with ASD even though the family did not agree with the decision. Which of the following actions is the most appropriate for the family to take? Requesting a due process hearing against the school district for inappropriate placement Which of the following statements best describes the practice of gentle teaching? It is a nonaverisve method of reducing challenging behavior by increasing the bond between teacher and student Students in Mr. Steeger's first-grade class are often asked to participate in classroom decisions. They recently voted on where in the classroom to place a new plant and which book to read during a read-aloud. Which of the following is the most likely benefit to students of this type of classroom? Increased self-esteem Kayla is a third-grade student who has been struggling academically and has started acting defiantly and refusing to complete assignments. Her parents suspect that she has a learning disability. Which of the following professionals is most likely to administer the assessments to evaluate Kayla? The school psychologist A kindergarten teacher uses counters to show her students how to sort by color. After several rounds of guided practice, the students are asked to place the red counters in a cup and the green counters in a bag. What evaluation technique is the teacher using to test the students' understanding of the concept? Observation John is a new second-grade student in a special education class. He has a Section 504 accommodation plan because he frequently has seizures. John just had a tonic-clonic seizure in the classroom. Which of the following steps should the special education teacher take first? Document the seizure and inform the necessary school personnel and the student's family Lynne, a second-grade student with a learning disability, is significantly below grade level in the area of reading. Which of the following reading strategies is most likely to help Lynne improve her reading skills? Multisensory reading activities in a small group to develop fluency and comprehension skills A severe visual impairment is most likely to affect a child's development in which of the following ways? Delayed gross motor skills Timmy has been diagnosed with learning disabilities in mathematics and reading. He is a pleasant student who works slowly and has poor working memory. He is unable to complete required state assessments in the recommended time. Which of the following is most likely to be included in his IEP to address his special needs? Modifications during testing Ms. Parkton, a special education teacher, collects artifacts of her primary students'' work in reading and writing to monitor their progress and identify growth, strengths, and needs. Which of the following best characterizes the type of evaluation that Ms. Parkton is using by monitoring students' progress as described above? Portfolio assessment