Describe the cognitive and social/emotional characteristics of students with multiple and severe disabilities.
What will be an ideal response?
Cognitive: They typically will score within the severe or profound range of cognitive delay due to the heavy emphasis on verbal skills and the unfamiliar and out of context environment. This may provide evidence for eligibility to receive special education services, these assessments are not particularly helpful in determining who the student is, what skills are most critical to teach, or how best to provide instruction. Students need more time to learn new things and many opportunities to practice new skills; information needs to be presented in concrete ways; and teachers need to use approaches that help facilitate generalization of skills and knowledge.
Social/Emotional: Social and emotional skills typically lag far behind those of other students their age. Limitations in communication skills and language development contribute to these challenges. They require direct instruction in how and when to use language or alternative forms of communication to initiate and respond to others. Students in this group desire and benefit from social relationships.
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Which of the following purposes for proposed research studies would be least acceptable to the scientific researcher?
a. To show that the educational philosophy of John Dewey has had an adverse effect on American education b. To show changes in attitudes and values associated with college attendance c. To predict performance in successive terms in college from tests and grades d. To study the relationship between college students' ratings of professors and the grades they received from the professors e. To determine if grade inflation has occurred at State University over the past five years
The importance of the peer review process is that
A. everyone has an equal chance of getting their research published in a journal. B. the research has been reviewed by professionals who are knowledgeable about the topic before the research is published. C. research findings are published in multiple journals so that the results are widely disseminated. D. only well-established ideas will appear in the research literature.
All of the following phrases apply to well-written learning objectives except
A. use verbs to signify action. B. are measurable. C. are general statements of intent. D. will result from instruction.
Which best describes Rosenblatt's concept of stance:
a. self-critical interpretation and evaluation b. reciprocal expository teaching c. a continuum between efferent and aesthetic d. analytical information reviewed