SPECIAL ED. AMERICAN BOARD CERTIFICATION TEST
What should students use in order to determine the meaning of a word that is
used in several different contexts?
Answer: Semantic cues aid a student in understanding the meaning of language.
The student is able to read unknown words and understand the meaning based on the
other words that are in the sentence.
Which of the following is a strategy used in pre-teaching?
Ans 1: Reviewing previously learned vocabulary
Ans 2: Setting goals for each upcoming lesson
Ans 3: Utilizing advance organizers and concept maps
Ans 4: Accessing a library and computer station
Answer :C
Pre-teaching is a process used when students have limited background knowledge or
experience with a topic. This is a particularly helpful strategy to use with learning
disabled students. Pre-teaching can assist students with learning a new topic,
vocabulary and concepts.
Some of the strategies used in pre-teaching are: utilization of advance organizers and
concept maps, recollection of prior experiences, and teaching new vocabulary.
When encouraging reading skill development in students, what is the role of
visual cues?
Ans 1: They reflect word comprehension
.Ans 2: They introduce unknown words.
Ans 3: They promote word recognition.
Ans 4: They demonstrate knowledge of word order.
For the past two months, each of the students in a group of eight students has
received a perfect score on the weekly vocabulary assessment. The teacher
retested the students on all of the vocabulary words and again, the scores were
perfect. What should this information indicate to the teacher?
Teachers should assess students, as well as conduct self-assessment on classroom
techniques, instructional strategies, and academic presentations. The teacher should
investigate the reason that all of the students in this group received perfect scores. In
this case, it appears that these students are doing well and are ready to move to the
next level of vocabulary words.
The IEP team decided that a student with a particular disability requires
specialized transportation to attend school. In which part of the IEP should this
be included?
Specialized transportation is a related service under the components of an IEP. If a
student needs transportation to access the educational program, it is necessary to write
this into the IEP as a related service including the other requirements such as the
person responsible and the frequency and duration of the service.
, A junior level student with a learning disability wants to enlist in the armed
services. The student was given an ASVAB (vocational assessment) and scored
high in the area of computer knowledge; however the reading level for this
student is low. The student now wants to enlist in the army as a computer
specialist. How should the team preparing the transition plan and assisting this
student respond?
The Armed Services Vocational Assessment Battery (ASVAB) is a nationally used
vocational assessment that provides solid information about students. For a student
who is interested in enlisting in the army, the team should not deter the student based
on this scenario. The team should encourage the student to be motivated while working
on reading skills and continue to seek a career in computer operations. The test could
be administered again, when the student is a senior and at that time, further analysis of
the situation by the team should occur.
When teaching vocabulary development to students with developmental delays,
the target words should be
See Explanation
Ans 1: related to activities of daily living and community settings.
Ans 2: developed from spelling lists at lower, more age appropriate grade levels.
Ans 3: created by the students in the classroom with help from the family.
Ans 4: copied from the textbooks of each subject area studied.
For students with developmental delays the most effective method for teaching
vocabulary is to individualize the selection and use those words with which the student
will be in regular contact. These functional words would come from signs in the
community (such as danger, fire exit, stop), and words at school (restroom, boys, girls)
or work (wash hands, caution) that are regularly used. Because this is a functional
design approach, there is a higher likelihood that it will promote use of these words by
the student.
A high school student with a learning disability is placed in general education
classes. The student appears to have difficulty following the lectures in history
and science and the student's achievement is low in both of those classes. What
research-based method would aid the student in this situation?
Guided notes are an outline of the lesson materials which include new vocabulary,
important dates and key ideas that the teacher wants students to know. Each student
would get a copy of the guided notes before the lesson and the students could add to
the information. Research shows that student achievement, especially for the learning
disabled, increases with the use of this technique.
A high school student with a learning disability in reading and writing is given an
essay test in history to demonstrate the student's knowledge of curriculum
content. What should be considered when scoring the student's exam?
See Explanation
Ans 1: The test validity has been compromised.Ans 2: An error analysis will be
inaccurate.Ans 3: The student should be graded on a curve.Ans 4: The student's
spelling should not be counted.
the student has a disability in the areas of reading and writing which affects how the
student reads the test and writes the answers. Therefore, the essay test will not
accurately assess what history the student knows.
What should students use in order to determine the meaning of a word that is
used in several different contexts?
Answer: Semantic cues aid a student in understanding the meaning of language.
The student is able to read unknown words and understand the meaning based on the
other words that are in the sentence.
Which of the following is a strategy used in pre-teaching?
Ans 1: Reviewing previously learned vocabulary
Ans 2: Setting goals for each upcoming lesson
Ans 3: Utilizing advance organizers and concept maps
Ans 4: Accessing a library and computer station
Answer :C
Pre-teaching is a process used when students have limited background knowledge or
experience with a topic. This is a particularly helpful strategy to use with learning
disabled students. Pre-teaching can assist students with learning a new topic,
vocabulary and concepts.
Some of the strategies used in pre-teaching are: utilization of advance organizers and
concept maps, recollection of prior experiences, and teaching new vocabulary.
When encouraging reading skill development in students, what is the role of
visual cues?
Ans 1: They reflect word comprehension
.Ans 2: They introduce unknown words.
Ans 3: They promote word recognition.
Ans 4: They demonstrate knowledge of word order.
For the past two months, each of the students in a group of eight students has
received a perfect score on the weekly vocabulary assessment. The teacher
retested the students on all of the vocabulary words and again, the scores were
perfect. What should this information indicate to the teacher?
Teachers should assess students, as well as conduct self-assessment on classroom
techniques, instructional strategies, and academic presentations. The teacher should
investigate the reason that all of the students in this group received perfect scores. In
this case, it appears that these students are doing well and are ready to move to the
next level of vocabulary words.
The IEP team decided that a student with a particular disability requires
specialized transportation to attend school. In which part of the IEP should this
be included?
Specialized transportation is a related service under the components of an IEP. If a
student needs transportation to access the educational program, it is necessary to write
this into the IEP as a related service including the other requirements such as the
person responsible and the frequency and duration of the service.
, A junior level student with a learning disability wants to enlist in the armed
services. The student was given an ASVAB (vocational assessment) and scored
high in the area of computer knowledge; however the reading level for this
student is low. The student now wants to enlist in the army as a computer
specialist. How should the team preparing the transition plan and assisting this
student respond?
The Armed Services Vocational Assessment Battery (ASVAB) is a nationally used
vocational assessment that provides solid information about students. For a student
who is interested in enlisting in the army, the team should not deter the student based
on this scenario. The team should encourage the student to be motivated while working
on reading skills and continue to seek a career in computer operations. The test could
be administered again, when the student is a senior and at that time, further analysis of
the situation by the team should occur.
When teaching vocabulary development to students with developmental delays,
the target words should be
See Explanation
Ans 1: related to activities of daily living and community settings.
Ans 2: developed from spelling lists at lower, more age appropriate grade levels.
Ans 3: created by the students in the classroom with help from the family.
Ans 4: copied from the textbooks of each subject area studied.
For students with developmental delays the most effective method for teaching
vocabulary is to individualize the selection and use those words with which the student
will be in regular contact. These functional words would come from signs in the
community (such as danger, fire exit, stop), and words at school (restroom, boys, girls)
or work (wash hands, caution) that are regularly used. Because this is a functional
design approach, there is a higher likelihood that it will promote use of these words by
the student.
A high school student with a learning disability is placed in general education
classes. The student appears to have difficulty following the lectures in history
and science and the student's achievement is low in both of those classes. What
research-based method would aid the student in this situation?
Guided notes are an outline of the lesson materials which include new vocabulary,
important dates and key ideas that the teacher wants students to know. Each student
would get a copy of the guided notes before the lesson and the students could add to
the information. Research shows that student achievement, especially for the learning
disabled, increases with the use of this technique.
A high school student with a learning disability in reading and writing is given an
essay test in history to demonstrate the student's knowledge of curriculum
content. What should be considered when scoring the student's exam?
See Explanation
Ans 1: The test validity has been compromised.Ans 2: An error analysis will be
inaccurate.Ans 3: The student should be graded on a curve.Ans 4: The student's
spelling should not be counted.
the student has a disability in the areas of reading and writing which affects how the
student reads the test and writes the answers. Therefore, the essay test will not
accurately assess what history the student knows.
