Soaring Skyward

Chapter 5 Review

Teaching students with Learning Disabilities

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The definition of learning disabilities in IDEA 2004

• A) specifically address its likeness to mental retardation.

• B) includes the general definition, disorders included, and disorders not included.

• C) identifies the method used for identification.

• D) focuses on genetic causes.

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Students with learning disabilities comprise what percentage of the

disabled student population?

• A) approximately 50%

• B) approximately 40%

• C) approximately 70%

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Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding gender differences in the learning disabled

population? A.) More boys are identified as learning disabled.

B.) Boys are an under-identified population

C.) Girls have less serious learning disabilities

than do boys.

D.) More girls are identified as learning disabled

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Possible causes of learning disabilities include all of

the following except A.) a mother’s use of prescription drugs.

B.) the use of pre-natal vitamins.

C.) a prolonged labor.

D.) a trauma during birth. EliminateEliminate

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The most common problem among students who are learning disabled

is in the area of

A.) oral language

B.) written language.

C.) mathematics.

D.) reading

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Written expression skills include all of the following skills except

A.) listening comprehension.

B.) spelling.

C.) handwriting

D.) writing.

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Eight-year-old Helen has difficulty accurately interpreting nonverbal

gestures used in everyday conversation. This may indicate a deficit

in

A.) semantics.

B.) syntax.

C.) pragmatics

D.) articulation.

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A disability in math can be called

A.) dysgraphia

B.) dyscalculia

C.) dyslexia

D.) pragmatics

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Thirteen-year-old Deshan remembers that 4 x 8 = 32 by

visualizing a door on a gate by a dirty shoe. This is an example of

using a A.) mnemonic strategy

B.) phonemic awareness strategy

C.) number sense strategy

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Which of the following prevalence estimate reflects the percentage of students with learning disabilities in

the school-aged population? • A) approximately 10%

• B) approximately 3%

• C) approximately 12%

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Mr. Summers begins his lesson on subtraction with regrouping

by reviewing addition. This is an example of

A.) using prior knowledge

B.) modeling.

C.) a mnemonic

D.) a memory strategy

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Four-year-old Sabrina participates in an innovative preschool program that

emphasizes field trips, diverse experiences, and language enrichment. This program is

characteristic of which of the following preschool models?

A.) behavioral model

B.) developmental model

C.) social model

D.) cognitive model

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