Soaring Skyward

1. Soaring Skyward Chapter 5 Review Teaching students with Learning Disabilities

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3. Back to Questions Wrong OUCH! WRONG ANSWER: You’re headed for a Crash

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11. Eliminate One Answer 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.

12. Eliminate One Answer Students with learning disabilities comprise what percentage of the disabled student population? • A) approximately 50% • B) approximately 40% • C) approximately 70% • D) approximately 35%

13. Eliminate One Answer 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

14. Eliminate One Answer 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.

15. Eliminate One Answer 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

16. Eliminate One Answer Written expression skills include all of the following skills except A.) listening comprehension. B.) spelling. C.) handwriting D.) writing.

17. Eliminate One Answer 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.

18. Eliminate One Answer A disability in math can be called A.) dysgraphia B.) dyscalculia C.) dyslexia D.) pragmatics

19. Eliminate One Answer 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 D.) metacognitive strategy

20. Eliminate One Answer 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% • D) approximately 5%

21. Eliminate One Answer 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

22. Eliminate One Answer 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