Mild to Moderate Exam Quiz Questions
Research concerning individuals we now identify as having learning disabilities was
initially conducted by: psychologists,
- physicians
- educators
- parents - ANS-Physicians
Which of the following operational criteria is included in the IDEA definition of learning
disabilities:
- exclusion and underachievement
- severe deficits in mathematics and reading
- evidence of brain injury
- underachievement and low levels of intelligence - ANS-exclusion and
underachievement
The IDEA definition of learning disabilities does not currently include disabilities in:
- language functioning
- mathematics
- reading
- social skills - ANS-Social skills
Although it cannot currently be readily assessed, most definitions of learning disabilities
presume that the disorder is related to:
- underachievement
- language disorders
- central nervous system dysfunction
- low levels of intellectual functioning - ANS-central nervous system dysfunction
most learners with learning disabilities are identified during
- the period when they learn to talk
- the elementary grades
- secondary school
- identification is spread evenly over the various age periods - ANS-elementary grades
Kirk suggested that learning disabilities fall into two groups:
- academic and developmental
- reading and math
- academic and social
, - psychological and language related - ANS-academic and developmental
According to IDEA 2004, which of the following is NOT required to determine if a child
has a learning disabilities:
- assessing the child's ability to learn
- evaluating academic functioning in a variety of academic areas
- determining if the child has had the opportunity to learn
- evaluating the discrepancy between the ability and achievement measures -
ANS-evaluating the discrepancy between the ability and achievement measures
which of the following procedures was added to IDEA 2004 to the list of ways learning
disabilities may be identified ?
- ability- achievement discrepancy
- neurological functioning procedures
- response to intervention
- perceptual assessment - ANS-response to intervention
a student with a learning disability may also have which of the following disabilities?
- intellectual disability
- emotional disturbance
- speech impairment
- hearing impairment - ANS-speech impairment
What percentage of children receiving special education services in the United States
are classified as having learning disabilities?
- 25%
-36%
- 52%
- 5% - ANS-36%
In 1966 SD Clements and Task Force 1 established criteria for determining if learners
we not refer to as having learning disabilities could be categorized as having?
- word blindness
- lack of cerebral hemispheric dominance
- brain injury
- minimal brain dysfunction - ANS-minimal brain dysfunction
Remedial reading techniques based on Orton's work on cerebral dominance were
developed by
- Fernald and Cruikshank
Research concerning individuals we now identify as having learning disabilities was
initially conducted by: psychologists,
- physicians
- educators
- parents - ANS-Physicians
Which of the following operational criteria is included in the IDEA definition of learning
disabilities:
- exclusion and underachievement
- severe deficits in mathematics and reading
- evidence of brain injury
- underachievement and low levels of intelligence - ANS-exclusion and
underachievement
The IDEA definition of learning disabilities does not currently include disabilities in:
- language functioning
- mathematics
- reading
- social skills - ANS-Social skills
Although it cannot currently be readily assessed, most definitions of learning disabilities
presume that the disorder is related to:
- underachievement
- language disorders
- central nervous system dysfunction
- low levels of intellectual functioning - ANS-central nervous system dysfunction
most learners with learning disabilities are identified during
- the period when they learn to talk
- the elementary grades
- secondary school
- identification is spread evenly over the various age periods - ANS-elementary grades
Kirk suggested that learning disabilities fall into two groups:
- academic and developmental
- reading and math
- academic and social
, - psychological and language related - ANS-academic and developmental
According to IDEA 2004, which of the following is NOT required to determine if a child
has a learning disabilities:
- assessing the child's ability to learn
- evaluating academic functioning in a variety of academic areas
- determining if the child has had the opportunity to learn
- evaluating the discrepancy between the ability and achievement measures -
ANS-evaluating the discrepancy between the ability and achievement measures
which of the following procedures was added to IDEA 2004 to the list of ways learning
disabilities may be identified ?
- ability- achievement discrepancy
- neurological functioning procedures
- response to intervention
- perceptual assessment - ANS-response to intervention
a student with a learning disability may also have which of the following disabilities?
- intellectual disability
- emotional disturbance
- speech impairment
- hearing impairment - ANS-speech impairment
What percentage of children receiving special education services in the United States
are classified as having learning disabilities?
- 25%
-36%
- 52%
- 5% - ANS-36%
In 1966 SD Clements and Task Force 1 established criteria for determining if learners
we not refer to as having learning disabilities could be categorized as having?
- word blindness
- lack of cerebral hemispheric dominance
- brain injury
- minimal brain dysfunction - ANS-minimal brain dysfunction
Remedial reading techniques based on Orton's work on cerebral dominance were
developed by
- Fernald and Cruikshank
