GACE Special Education General
Curriculum STUDY GUIDE
Project-based learning - ANS-Student-centered pedagogy in which students actively explore real-world
challenges. Content can be personalized for diverse learners.
Provide periodic review of lessons - ANS-How can teachers best help students with intellectual
disabilities retain previously acquired skills?
Word-attack skills - ANS-The set of skills a student uses to recognize and understand words (e.g. context
clues, visual recognition strategies, decoding, sounding out, etc.).
Similar (students are more likely to transfer learning when the classroom situation & the new situation
are similar; i.e. authentic assignments) - ANS-To help students transfer learned skills to new situations,
teachers should make the learning situation and the opportunity to apply the skill as
____________________ as possible.
A student must have a permanent or fluctuating hearing loss that affects the student's educational
performance but is not included under the definition of deafness. - ANS-What is the IDEA definition of
hearing impairment?
Curriculum-Based Assessment - ANS-A method of monitoring student educational progress through
direct assessment of academic skills.
C. Evaluating progress using IEP objectives - ANS-Which of the following is an example of a curriculum-
based assessment?
A. Using RTI to compare student performance
B. IQ test scores
C. Evaluating progress using IEP objectives
D. Standardized testing
Assessment in the student's native language - ANS-For a bilingual student, what type of extra
assessment is necessary to determine baseline skills?
,Heterogeneous grouping - ANS-Forming groups of students with diverse abilities (helpful for students
with special needs to be included with stronger peers)
Homogeneous grouping - ANS-Forming groups of students with similar abilities (does not promote
inclusion)
C. phonics and word recognition - ANS-Students with learning disabilities benefit from a whole-language
approach in combination with direct instruction in:
A. auditory comprehension
B. visual-motor integration
C. phonics and word recognition
D. visual memory skills
D. provide technology software for home use - ANS-In order to promote successful use of assistive
technology, teachers should try to _____________ whenever possible.
A. provide homework that utilizes the technology
B. limit work that does not use the technology
C. allow the entire class to use the same technology
D. provide technology software for home use
Stanine (STAndard NINE) - ANS-A method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale with a
mean of five and a standard deviation of two.
5 - Average
1 - Lowest
9 - Highest - ANS-What Stanine score indicates an average skill level?
, What is the lowest possible Stanine score?
What is the highest possible Stanine score?
Grade-equivalent score - ANS-Type of scoring that represents the grade level and month of the typical
(median; 50th percentile) score for students.
A grade-equivalent score of 4.2 indicates a score that the typical student would earn in the second
month of 4th grade. - ANS-Explain what a grade-equivalent score of 4.2 means.
Remedial instruction - ANS-One-on-one or small group instruction that focuses on the needs of the
individual student.
Compensatory approach - ANS-Instructional approach that looks for ways to build on a student's
strengths and work around weaknesses when remedial instruction has not made the desired progress.
Metacognitive strategy - ANS-Instructional approach used to help students understand the way they
learn and allow students to think about their thinking.
Scripted reading instruction - ANS-A commercial reading program where the program, not the classroom
teacher, determines what the teacher says during instruction and/or the particular lessons and the
instructional pace.
B. shares all responsibilities, including both behavior management and academic content, with the
general education teacher - ANS-In inclusion settings, the special education teacher:
A. acts as an assistant to the general education teacher
B. shares all responsibilities, including both behavior management and academic content, with the
general education teacher
C. observes the general education teacher and offers advice and support for his or her independent
teaching
D. manages the behavior concerns of special education students while the general education teacher
focuses on academic content
Curriculum STUDY GUIDE
Project-based learning - ANS-Student-centered pedagogy in which students actively explore real-world
challenges. Content can be personalized for diverse learners.
Provide periodic review of lessons - ANS-How can teachers best help students with intellectual
disabilities retain previously acquired skills?
Word-attack skills - ANS-The set of skills a student uses to recognize and understand words (e.g. context
clues, visual recognition strategies, decoding, sounding out, etc.).
Similar (students are more likely to transfer learning when the classroom situation & the new situation
are similar; i.e. authentic assignments) - ANS-To help students transfer learned skills to new situations,
teachers should make the learning situation and the opportunity to apply the skill as
____________________ as possible.
A student must have a permanent or fluctuating hearing loss that affects the student's educational
performance but is not included under the definition of deafness. - ANS-What is the IDEA definition of
hearing impairment?
Curriculum-Based Assessment - ANS-A method of monitoring student educational progress through
direct assessment of academic skills.
C. Evaluating progress using IEP objectives - ANS-Which of the following is an example of a curriculum-
based assessment?
A. Using RTI to compare student performance
B. IQ test scores
C. Evaluating progress using IEP objectives
D. Standardized testing
Assessment in the student's native language - ANS-For a bilingual student, what type of extra
assessment is necessary to determine baseline skills?
,Heterogeneous grouping - ANS-Forming groups of students with diverse abilities (helpful for students
with special needs to be included with stronger peers)
Homogeneous grouping - ANS-Forming groups of students with similar abilities (does not promote
inclusion)
C. phonics and word recognition - ANS-Students with learning disabilities benefit from a whole-language
approach in combination with direct instruction in:
A. auditory comprehension
B. visual-motor integration
C. phonics and word recognition
D. visual memory skills
D. provide technology software for home use - ANS-In order to promote successful use of assistive
technology, teachers should try to _____________ whenever possible.
A. provide homework that utilizes the technology
B. limit work that does not use the technology
C. allow the entire class to use the same technology
D. provide technology software for home use
Stanine (STAndard NINE) - ANS-A method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale with a
mean of five and a standard deviation of two.
5 - Average
1 - Lowest
9 - Highest - ANS-What Stanine score indicates an average skill level?
, What is the lowest possible Stanine score?
What is the highest possible Stanine score?
Grade-equivalent score - ANS-Type of scoring that represents the grade level and month of the typical
(median; 50th percentile) score for students.
A grade-equivalent score of 4.2 indicates a score that the typical student would earn in the second
month of 4th grade. - ANS-Explain what a grade-equivalent score of 4.2 means.
Remedial instruction - ANS-One-on-one or small group instruction that focuses on the needs of the
individual student.
Compensatory approach - ANS-Instructional approach that looks for ways to build on a student's
strengths and work around weaknesses when remedial instruction has not made the desired progress.
Metacognitive strategy - ANS-Instructional approach used to help students understand the way they
learn and allow students to think about their thinking.
Scripted reading instruction - ANS-A commercial reading program where the program, not the classroom
teacher, determines what the teacher says during instruction and/or the particular lessons and the
instructional pace.
B. shares all responsibilities, including both behavior management and academic content, with the
general education teacher - ANS-In inclusion settings, the special education teacher:
A. acts as an assistant to the general education teacher
B. shares all responsibilities, including both behavior management and academic content, with the
general education teacher
C. observes the general education teacher and offers advice and support for his or her independent
teaching
D. manages the behavior concerns of special education students while the general education teacher
focuses on academic content
