Under the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEAI D E A), which of the following strategies is an example of a
modification a teacher can most appropriately make in a classroom to
meet the needs of a student with a learning disability? Correct Answer-
Adapting content areas by simplifying vocabulary and content load
developmental portfolio Correct Answer-Developmental portfolios are
collections of student work that represent performance over time.
Assessing the performance of students using portfolios may be
challenging because of the range of variability among student samples.
thematic unit Correct Answer-A kindergarten teacher designs a lesson in
which students will learn about animals' habitats and young, as well as
make models of animals. In a thematic unit, instructional lessons and
activities are organized around a central theme that integrates subjects
across the content areas.
Which of the following types of memory is primarily increased by
chunking information? Correct Answer-Chunking requires organizing
information into smaller or shorter meaningful pieces, thereby increasing
a person's capacity to recall information using short-term memory.
Intellectual freedom Correct Answer-Intellectual freedom in education
in part refers to an educator's freedom to select appropriate materials
, from various sources and use them in order to achieve teaching goals
and meet the educational needs and interests of all students.
short-term memory Correct Answer-Using a table of contents to quickly
locate a specific chapter in a textbook
Holistic scoring Correct Answer-Holistic scoring is used for judging the
overall quality of the work on a project without assigning a score for
each criterion as in analytic scoring. It is most commonly used for end-
of-course assessments for which the student receives a final grade and
does not receive detailed feedback.
norm-referenced assessment Correct Answer-he teacher should explain
that the percentile score means that the student performed better than 45
percent of students in the same grade on the mathematics test
Fourteenth Amendment Correct Answer-prescribes the procedures a
school must follow to dismiss a teacher
Americans with Disabilities Act? Correct Answer-The Americans with
Disabilities Act states that buildings must be (within reason) accessible
or made accessible to individuals with disabilities.
Which of the following best describes how the teacher should record and
maintain the data collected during the intervention so as to make
appropriate educational decisions for Judy? Correct Answer-By
graphing three to five data points on a readily-available form, the teacher
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