TEXES 181 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is the percent of deaf children are born to hearing parents?
Answer: 95 %
◉ What are three strong reasons to learn both signed and written/spoken
language with cochlear implants or without cochlear implants? Answer:
1. a speech-only approach risks linguistic deprivation at a crucial period
of development.
2. Bilingual children display better mental flexibility and cognitive
control as well as more creative thinking, problem solving, social, and
academic setting.
3. sign language development correlates positively with written and
spoken language developments.
◉ What are the issues that Deaf and hard of hearing children entering
school often are lagging behind hearing children? Answer: a. language
b. their knowledge of the world
c. number concepts
d. problem-solving skills
,◉ What is the percent of deaf and hard of hearing students graduating
high school in the U.S. read at or below fourth grade levels? Answer: 50
%
◉ In 1960, who recognized American Sign Language as a bona fide
language, complete with its own syntax and linguistic features? Answer:
William C. Stokoe
◉ late-deafened Answer: they became deaf later in life.
◉ deaf-blind Answer: they are deaf or hard of hearing and also have
some degree of vision loss.
◉ Admission, review, and dismissal committee Answer: means the
committee required by state board of education rules to develop the
individualized education program required by the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act for any student needing special education.
◉ Common Underlying Proficiency Answer: the transfer of conceptual
knowledge and skills across languages is based upon CUP in which a
bilingual person's proficiency in an L1 and L2 is interdependent.
◉ What are metacognitive strategies to guide students in deciphering a
word's meaning from its context? Answer: What is the author's purpose?
Why does the author write that way?
, ◉ What are reading strategies? Answer: A.
1. Preview-objectives/hook/ activate- build background knowledge/
What's coming? (American Sign Language)
2. View- modeling/guided practice/check for understanding (English)
3. Review/ Closure (American Sign Language)
B. Fairview reading strategies
C. Reading Aloud
D. Shared reading
E. Guided reading
F. Independent Reading
G. Graphic Organizers
H. Trips and speakers
I. Anticipation Guide : Do you agree or disagree? Papa Bear has a cold.
J. sandwiching
◉ Preview strategies Answer: vocabulary activity, songs and chants,
poems, shared writing, daily news, read aloud-think aloud, community
circle, oral discussions, shared reading, interactive media, homework,
buddy readers, sentence stems, questioning, graphic situation, and
personal anecdotes.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is the percent of deaf children are born to hearing parents?
Answer: 95 %
◉ What are three strong reasons to learn both signed and written/spoken
language with cochlear implants or without cochlear implants? Answer:
1. a speech-only approach risks linguistic deprivation at a crucial period
of development.
2. Bilingual children display better mental flexibility and cognitive
control as well as more creative thinking, problem solving, social, and
academic setting.
3. sign language development correlates positively with written and
spoken language developments.
◉ What are the issues that Deaf and hard of hearing children entering
school often are lagging behind hearing children? Answer: a. language
b. their knowledge of the world
c. number concepts
d. problem-solving skills
,◉ What is the percent of deaf and hard of hearing students graduating
high school in the U.S. read at or below fourth grade levels? Answer: 50
%
◉ In 1960, who recognized American Sign Language as a bona fide
language, complete with its own syntax and linguistic features? Answer:
William C. Stokoe
◉ late-deafened Answer: they became deaf later in life.
◉ deaf-blind Answer: they are deaf or hard of hearing and also have
some degree of vision loss.
◉ Admission, review, and dismissal committee Answer: means the
committee required by state board of education rules to develop the
individualized education program required by the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act for any student needing special education.
◉ Common Underlying Proficiency Answer: the transfer of conceptual
knowledge and skills across languages is based upon CUP in which a
bilingual person's proficiency in an L1 and L2 is interdependent.
◉ What are metacognitive strategies to guide students in deciphering a
word's meaning from its context? Answer: What is the author's purpose?
Why does the author write that way?
, ◉ What are reading strategies? Answer: A.
1. Preview-objectives/hook/ activate- build background knowledge/
What's coming? (American Sign Language)
2. View- modeling/guided practice/check for understanding (English)
3. Review/ Closure (American Sign Language)
B. Fairview reading strategies
C. Reading Aloud
D. Shared reading
E. Guided reading
F. Independent Reading
G. Graphic Organizers
H. Trips and speakers
I. Anticipation Guide : Do you agree or disagree? Papa Bear has a cold.
J. sandwiching
◉ Preview strategies Answer: vocabulary activity, songs and chants,
poems, shared writing, daily news, read aloud-think aloud, community
circle, oral discussions, shared reading, interactive media, homework,
buddy readers, sentence stems, questioning, graphic situation, and
personal anecdotes.
