Pre-Assessment: Considerations for Instructional
Planning for Learners with Mild to Moderate
Exceptionalities Questions with verified answers
A teacher introduces and reminds students of cognitive strategies they have been
using and learning. Which technique can cement the students' ability to recall the
strategies properly?
a. Model it
b. Discuss it
c. Assess it
d. Memorize it Ans✓✓✓ d.
A teacher is working with a new paraeducator who has minimal experience in a
classroom setting.
Which factors must the teacher consider when planning?
a. The amount of information and training the paraeducator needs
b. The level of detail that should be shared with the paraeducator
c. The appropriateness of including the paraeducator initially
d. The technical contribution the paraeducator can provide Ans✓✓✓ a.
A teacher needs to determine whether students are benefitting and responding
well to Tier 1 instruction. Which teacher-related component needs to be
evaluated prior to making instructional changes?
a. Whether instruction has 1:12 teacher-to-student ratio or less
b. Whether instruction is high quality and scientifically-based
c. Whether instruction is research-based and accessible
d. Whether instruction has various curriculum-based probes Ans✓✓✓ b.
,A teacher wants to use an activity to demonstrate further learning but does not
have much experience with the implementation of the activity. The teacher asks
the paraeducator for input and discovers that the paraeducator has high
familiarity with the activity instead.
How should the teacher respond in this scenario?
a. Ask if the paraeducator would be comfortable leading with the teacher's
assistance.
b. Explain to the paraeducator that a teacher is required to lead all activities in the
classroom.
c. Request the the paraeducator gather all information for the activity.
d. Consider an alternative option that will avoid the use of the paraeducator being
involved. Ans✓✓✓ a.
All the students in a class are attempting to learn a new concept that is
inadvertently a higher-order cognitive task in which the teachers did not
anticipate. It is causing difficulty in completing worksheets accurately.
Which method should a co-teaching classroom use to remedy the situation?
a. Identify the learning issues and implement an alternative teaching set up
b. Re-teach the concept repeatedly until all students acquire understanding
c. Select typically higher achieving student to assist in co-teaching the conept
d. Eliminate the concept and materials from the lesson plan and continue onward
Ans✓✓✓ a.
An effective instructional feedback has positive and meaningful, or relevant,
information for the student. If students know what is expected from them to
master a concept, they can also explain what they need to do. Which strategy
would provide the teacher a way to engage feedback with the student?
, a. Ask all student to stop working once they have 50% correct
b. Ask questions to clarify the student's tasks and to check for accuracy
c. Have the student buddy up with another struggling student
d. Restate the inAns✓✓✓ of the student to mirror Ans✓✓✓ b.
Based on earlier learning assessments of several students, a teacher implements
self-talk as a strategy for these students. The teacher demonstrates this technique
continually across different lessons.
Which stage of the self-regulation strategy development model is the teacher
conducting for these students?
a. Providing required accommodations
b. Remembering the students' tasks
c. Establishing independent practice
d. Promoting different learning styles Ans✓✓✓ c.
Before each lesson, Mr. Sousa passes out outlines of the lesson and reviews it
with the class.
Which SCREAM variable is Mr. Sousa demonstrating by reviewing the outline?
a. Appropriate
b. Enthusiasm
c. Redundancy
d. Structure Ans✓✓✓ d.
During Mr. Kalani's language arts class, he acts out the dramatic parts of
important plays the students are learning. He wears partial outfits and uses
dramatic voices.
Planning for Learners with Mild to Moderate
Exceptionalities Questions with verified answers
A teacher introduces and reminds students of cognitive strategies they have been
using and learning. Which technique can cement the students' ability to recall the
strategies properly?
a. Model it
b. Discuss it
c. Assess it
d. Memorize it Ans✓✓✓ d.
A teacher is working with a new paraeducator who has minimal experience in a
classroom setting.
Which factors must the teacher consider when planning?
a. The amount of information and training the paraeducator needs
b. The level of detail that should be shared with the paraeducator
c. The appropriateness of including the paraeducator initially
d. The technical contribution the paraeducator can provide Ans✓✓✓ a.
A teacher needs to determine whether students are benefitting and responding
well to Tier 1 instruction. Which teacher-related component needs to be
evaluated prior to making instructional changes?
a. Whether instruction has 1:12 teacher-to-student ratio or less
b. Whether instruction is high quality and scientifically-based
c. Whether instruction is research-based and accessible
d. Whether instruction has various curriculum-based probes Ans✓✓✓ b.
,A teacher wants to use an activity to demonstrate further learning but does not
have much experience with the implementation of the activity. The teacher asks
the paraeducator for input and discovers that the paraeducator has high
familiarity with the activity instead.
How should the teacher respond in this scenario?
a. Ask if the paraeducator would be comfortable leading with the teacher's
assistance.
b. Explain to the paraeducator that a teacher is required to lead all activities in the
classroom.
c. Request the the paraeducator gather all information for the activity.
d. Consider an alternative option that will avoid the use of the paraeducator being
involved. Ans✓✓✓ a.
All the students in a class are attempting to learn a new concept that is
inadvertently a higher-order cognitive task in which the teachers did not
anticipate. It is causing difficulty in completing worksheets accurately.
Which method should a co-teaching classroom use to remedy the situation?
a. Identify the learning issues and implement an alternative teaching set up
b. Re-teach the concept repeatedly until all students acquire understanding
c. Select typically higher achieving student to assist in co-teaching the conept
d. Eliminate the concept and materials from the lesson plan and continue onward
Ans✓✓✓ a.
An effective instructional feedback has positive and meaningful, or relevant,
information for the student. If students know what is expected from them to
master a concept, they can also explain what they need to do. Which strategy
would provide the teacher a way to engage feedback with the student?
, a. Ask all student to stop working once they have 50% correct
b. Ask questions to clarify the student's tasks and to check for accuracy
c. Have the student buddy up with another struggling student
d. Restate the inAns✓✓✓ of the student to mirror Ans✓✓✓ b.
Based on earlier learning assessments of several students, a teacher implements
self-talk as a strategy for these students. The teacher demonstrates this technique
continually across different lessons.
Which stage of the self-regulation strategy development model is the teacher
conducting for these students?
a. Providing required accommodations
b. Remembering the students' tasks
c. Establishing independent practice
d. Promoting different learning styles Ans✓✓✓ c.
Before each lesson, Mr. Sousa passes out outlines of the lesson and reviews it
with the class.
Which SCREAM variable is Mr. Sousa demonstrating by reviewing the outline?
a. Appropriate
b. Enthusiasm
c. Redundancy
d. Structure Ans✓✓✓ d.
During Mr. Kalani's language arts class, he acts out the dramatic parts of
important plays the students are learning. He wears partial outfits and uses
dramatic voices.
