WGU D002 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is pedagogical content knowledge - ✔✔Integrated knowledge that includes the
specialized knowledge to provide meaningful instruction, a deep understanding of
students with disabilities' developmental and learning needs, knowledge of content, and
knowledge of teaching.
✔✔What are some things that effective educators do? - ✔✔-Purposeful instruction
-Effective use of time
-Repeated practice opportunities
-Explicit skill and strategy instruction
-Create safe classroom environments
-Effective collaborators
✔✔What are 3 dispositions of effective Special Educators? - ✔✔-Persistence (all
students can excel)
-Analytical (analyze and critique own practice)
-Innovative (try new ideas)
✔✔Distinguish between a handicap and a disability. - ✔✔A disability is a limitation
imposed on an individual by a loss or reduction of functioning. A disability is the
consequence of an impairment that could be sensory, physical, cognitive, emotional, or
a combination.
The term handicap refers to the impact of a disability, not the condition itself. This
includes the challenges they may face in day-to-day life.
✔✔What are the 2 major components of Free and Public Education? - ✔✔1) Services
must be free (public expense, no cost to parents)
2) Services provided must be appropriate for the students based on unique needs
✔✔What is ESY and who is eligible? - ✔✔Extended School Year
Individuals with IEP who would have significant regression that could not be recouped in
a reasonable period of time after the break are eligible.
✔✔True or False
A free appropriate public education must be provided to students with disabilities, even
if they have been expelled from school. - ✔✔True
If a student with a disability misses more than 10 days of school, the school district must
make arrangements that provide educational services that allow the students to
continue to make progress in the general education curriculum and toward his or her
IEP goals.
✔✔True or False
, School districts can bill the parents' private health insurance to cover the cost of the
related services (such as occupational therapy) deemed as necessary in the IEP. -
✔✔True
This type of payment that is used for IEP-related services are known as third-party
payments. These payments can come from the parent's health insurance or Medicaid to
help school districts cover the costs.
✔✔In order to show that a free appropriate public education is being provided, the
_____ - ✔✔Student must make some educational progress
✔✔How do IEP teams determine whether annual IEP goals are appropriately
challenging? - ✔✔Alternative academic achievement standards are allowed.
The IEP goals are designed so the student can make progress in the general
curriculum.
✔✔True or False
IDEA and its regulations define the term "appropriate". - ✔✔False
It does not specify.
Board of Education v. Rowley was the first Supreme court case to address any issue in
IDEA. The focus was to "give content to the requirement of an 'appropriate education'."
✔✔True or False
In the Rowley decision, the Supreme Court said that the "intent of IDEA was to open the
door to children with special needs on appropriate terms, not to guarantee a particular
level of education." - ✔✔True
The court said that supplying every special service necessary to MAXimize the potential
of each students with special needs is beyond the intent of Congress in writing IDEA.
✔✔What is the definition of "reasonably calculated"? - ✔✔The IEP team will use their
expert judgement informed by the child's progress, the child's potential for growth, and
the views of th child's parents.
✔✔True or False
The Supreme Court rejected the "merely more than de minimis" standard. The standard
is no longer considered "good" law. - ✔✔True
The Court explained that a student receiving an educational program offering merely
more than de minimis progress year over year is the same as not being offered an
education at all.
✔✔True or False
The decision in the Endrew case stated that he expectations for a child's progress must
be appropriate based on that child's circumstances. - ✔✔True
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is pedagogical content knowledge - ✔✔Integrated knowledge that includes the
specialized knowledge to provide meaningful instruction, a deep understanding of
students with disabilities' developmental and learning needs, knowledge of content, and
knowledge of teaching.
✔✔What are some things that effective educators do? - ✔✔-Purposeful instruction
-Effective use of time
-Repeated practice opportunities
-Explicit skill and strategy instruction
-Create safe classroom environments
-Effective collaborators
✔✔What are 3 dispositions of effective Special Educators? - ✔✔-Persistence (all
students can excel)
-Analytical (analyze and critique own practice)
-Innovative (try new ideas)
✔✔Distinguish between a handicap and a disability. - ✔✔A disability is a limitation
imposed on an individual by a loss or reduction of functioning. A disability is the
consequence of an impairment that could be sensory, physical, cognitive, emotional, or
a combination.
The term handicap refers to the impact of a disability, not the condition itself. This
includes the challenges they may face in day-to-day life.
✔✔What are the 2 major components of Free and Public Education? - ✔✔1) Services
must be free (public expense, no cost to parents)
2) Services provided must be appropriate for the students based on unique needs
✔✔What is ESY and who is eligible? - ✔✔Extended School Year
Individuals with IEP who would have significant regression that could not be recouped in
a reasonable period of time after the break are eligible.
✔✔True or False
A free appropriate public education must be provided to students with disabilities, even
if they have been expelled from school. - ✔✔True
If a student with a disability misses more than 10 days of school, the school district must
make arrangements that provide educational services that allow the students to
continue to make progress in the general education curriculum and toward his or her
IEP goals.
✔✔True or False
, School districts can bill the parents' private health insurance to cover the cost of the
related services (such as occupational therapy) deemed as necessary in the IEP. -
✔✔True
This type of payment that is used for IEP-related services are known as third-party
payments. These payments can come from the parent's health insurance or Medicaid to
help school districts cover the costs.
✔✔In order to show that a free appropriate public education is being provided, the
_____ - ✔✔Student must make some educational progress
✔✔How do IEP teams determine whether annual IEP goals are appropriately
challenging? - ✔✔Alternative academic achievement standards are allowed.
The IEP goals are designed so the student can make progress in the general
curriculum.
✔✔True or False
IDEA and its regulations define the term "appropriate". - ✔✔False
It does not specify.
Board of Education v. Rowley was the first Supreme court case to address any issue in
IDEA. The focus was to "give content to the requirement of an 'appropriate education'."
✔✔True or False
In the Rowley decision, the Supreme Court said that the "intent of IDEA was to open the
door to children with special needs on appropriate terms, not to guarantee a particular
level of education." - ✔✔True
The court said that supplying every special service necessary to MAXimize the potential
of each students with special needs is beyond the intent of Congress in writing IDEA.
✔✔What is the definition of "reasonably calculated"? - ✔✔The IEP team will use their
expert judgement informed by the child's progress, the child's potential for growth, and
the views of th child's parents.
✔✔True or False
The Supreme Court rejected the "merely more than de minimis" standard. The standard
is no longer considered "good" law. - ✔✔True
The Court explained that a student receiving an educational program offering merely
more than de minimis progress year over year is the same as not being offered an
education at all.
✔✔True or False
The decision in the Endrew case stated that he expectations for a child's progress must
be appropriate based on that child's circumstances. - ✔✔True
