EDS500 Chapter 6: Learners With Learning Disabilit
EDS500 Chapter 6: Learners with Learning Disabilit
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1) Dyslexia refers to a severe impairment in the ability to
A) read.
B) write.
C) compute.
D) use expressive language. Correct answer- A) read.
2) The majority of states use the definition of learning disabilities that is endorsed by
A) AAIDD.
B) NJCLD.
C) LDA.
D) the federal government. C...
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EDS500 Chapter 6: Learners with
Learning Disabilities
1) Dyslexia refers to a severe impairment in the ability to
A) read.
B) write.
C) compute.
D) use expressive language. Correct answer- A) read.
2) The majority of states use the definition of learning disabilities that is endorsed by
A) AAIDD.
B) NJCLD.
C) LDA.
D) the federal government. Correct answer- D) the federal government.
3) Each of the following is an element of the NJCLD definition EXCEPT
A) Learning disabilities are due to central nervous system dysfunction.
B) Learning disabilities are a lifelong condition.
C) Spelling is a specific manifestation of learning disabilities.
D) Learning disabilities can occur concurrently with mental retardation. Correct answer-
C) Spelling is a specific manifestation of learning disabilities.
4) Up until the recent ascendance of the response to intervention model, the
identification of learning disabilities focused on
A) IQ-achievement discrepancy
B) learning problems due to visual, hearing, or motor handicaps, or environmental,
cultural, or economic disadvantage
C) neurological evidence of brain injury
D) deficits in adaptive behavior Correct answer- A) IQ-achievement discrepancy
5) According to law, states
A) must require the use of severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and
achievement, but may permit the use of response to intervention.
B) must not require the use of severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and
achievement, and must permit the use of response to intervention.
C) must require the use of severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and
achievement, and must require the use of response to intervention.
, D) must not require the use of severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and
achievement, and must not require the use of response to intervention. Correct answer-
B) must not require the use of severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and
achievement, and must permit the use of response to intervention.
6) One of the major advantages of the response to intervention method of identifying
learning disabilities is that
A) it is easy to implement.
B) it is not subject to the same "wait-to fail" criticism.
C) it ensures that a student's low achievement is not simply due to ineffective
instruction.
D) A great deal of research has been done to show how best to implement RTI. Correct
answer- C) it ensures that a student's low achievement is not simply due to ineffective
instruction.
7) All of the following have been identified as concerns about response to intervention
EXCEPT
A) Most of what is validated about RTI is focused just on reading.
B) Most of the research on RTI has focused on grades 3-5, leaving a vacuum of what
we know about its implementation in 1 and 2, where it is most important to intervene.
C) Some students do well enough in Tier 2 to return to Tier 1, but then they experience
difficulties, resulting in returning to Tier 2.
D) Currently, many general education teachers are failing to use evidence-based
instruction in Tier 1. Correct answer- B) Most of the research on RTI has focused on
grades 3-5, leaving a vacuum of what we know about its implementation in 1 and 2,
where it is most important to intervene.
8) In a typical school of 1000 students, about how many students identified as learning
disabled would you expect to find?
A) 10
B) 50
C) 150
D) 250 Correct answer- B) 50
9) Changes in the number of students in the learning disabilities category has been
attributed to all of the following factors EXCEPT
A) poor diagnostic procedures.
B) teachers' reluctance to change teaching methods.
C) increase in poverty and stress on families and children.
D) increase in prevalence of mental retardation. Correct answer- D) increase in
prevalence of mental retardation.
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