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What are "common core standards?" - Answer✔Part of a curriculum regardless of benchmarks.
Every school has a set of standards or curriculum.
Articulate rigorous grade-level expectations in the areas of mathematics & English language-
arts - Answer✔Common Core Standards
Includes annual goals aligned with & chosen to facilitate the disabled student's attainment of
grade level academic standards - Answer✔Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
What is the goal of Common Core? - Answer✔To promote a culture of high expectations of ALL
students
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - Answer✔Principle that emphasizes fostering students
engagement by presenting information in multiple ways & allowing for diverse avenues of
action & expression.
What "additional supports & services" are provided to students with disabilities that will allow
them to participate with success in the general curriculum? (3) - Answer✔1. Instructional
supports for learning (UDL)
2. Instructional accommodations that allow them to learn within the framework
3. Assistive technology & services
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How should SLPs use CCSS? - Answer✔SLPs need to think of CCSS as rich in possibilities LINKING
LANGUAGE DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
Define chunking. - Answer✔Process of placing words into categories based on their semantic
relationships
What is fast mapping? - Answer✔Incidental word learning
Assumption that a word refers to a category of things. - Answer✔Taxonomic constraint
Mutual exclusivity - Answer✔Object has only one label. Child will not accept new label if they
already have a name for it.
Complete narratives by what age? - Answer✔7
Name (2) strategies children use to learn new words. - Answer✔1. Direct teaching from adult
models such as teachers or parents
2. Use of contextual cues - By using the words the child is already familiar with, he or she can
learn new words & their meanings.
What is the principle of minimal distance? - Answer✔States that the noun that comes before
the verb acts as the subject of the sentence
What are the (4) categories of conjunctions that children will acquire to express complex clausal
relationships? - Answer✔1. Conditional (if)
2. Causal (so, because, therefore)
3. Disjunctive (but, or, therefore)
4. Temporal (before, after, when, then)
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Language & Literacy Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
What are "common core standards?" - Answer✔Part of a curriculum regardless of benchmarks.
Every school has a set of standards or curriculum.
Articulate rigorous grade-level expectations in the areas of mathematics & English language-
arts - Answer✔Common Core Standards
Includes annual goals aligned with & chosen to facilitate the disabled student's attainment of
grade level academic standards - Answer✔Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
What is the goal of Common Core? - Answer✔To promote a culture of high expectations of ALL
students
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - Answer✔Principle that emphasizes fostering students
engagement by presenting information in multiple ways & allowing for diverse avenues of
action & expression.
What "additional supports & services" are provided to students with disabilities that will allow
them to participate with success in the general curriculum? (3) - Answer✔1. Instructional
supports for learning (UDL)
2. Instructional accommodations that allow them to learn within the framework
3. Assistive technology & services
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How should SLPs use CCSS? - Answer✔SLPs need to think of CCSS as rich in possibilities LINKING
LANGUAGE DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
Define chunking. - Answer✔Process of placing words into categories based on their semantic
relationships
What is fast mapping? - Answer✔Incidental word learning
Assumption that a word refers to a category of things. - Answer✔Taxonomic constraint
Mutual exclusivity - Answer✔Object has only one label. Child will not accept new label if they
already have a name for it.
Complete narratives by what age? - Answer✔7
Name (2) strategies children use to learn new words. - Answer✔1. Direct teaching from adult
models such as teachers or parents
2. Use of contextual cues - By using the words the child is already familiar with, he or she can
learn new words & their meanings.
What is the principle of minimal distance? - Answer✔States that the noun that comes before
the verb acts as the subject of the sentence
What are the (4) categories of conjunctions that children will acquire to express complex clausal
relationships? - Answer✔1. Conditional (if)
2. Causal (so, because, therefore)
3. Disjunctive (but, or, therefore)
4. Temporal (before, after, when, then)
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