Mr. Turner, a 5th-grade teacher, has a student in his class who gets into fights almost every week. The child lashes out against his peers and frequently disobeys directions. In order to determine if this behavior occurs frequently enough that the child should be referred to special education for assessment, Mr. Turner should initially
A. ask for a projective test to be administered.
B. request a formal educational evaluation be administered.
C. use observational data.
D. use results of a complete behavioral assessment.
Answer: C
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a. idealism. b. realism. c. pragmatism. d. behaviorism.
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a. Young adult readers just do not appreciate vague writing, figurative descriptions, and comparative analysis. b. Many preservice teachers and library media specialists report they do not like poetry because they had to analyze it in high school or memorize it in elementary school. c. Reviewers traditionally have been overly critical, thus making publishers weary of investing time and financial resources into a "not-yet-accepted" genre. d. Teachers and library media specialists realize young adults prefer other genres and therefore place major emphasis on more preferred literature types.
Mr. Goodenough teaches an eighth-grade language arts class. He has collaborated with the special education teacher to measure the reading fluency of four students in his class who struggle with reading. Each week, they use 100-word passages from the reading curriculum and record fluency rates over time. This type of performance measure is called a:
A) Curriculum-based measurement. B) Progress chart. C) Learning log. D) Weekly portfolio.
Which symptom is NOT a sign of a visual disability?
A) eyes water B) child bumps into things C) child rubs eyes D) child talks loudly