There are four basic categories for explaining the etiology of learning disabilities. Select two of the categories, describe how the category has been linked to the disability, and provide specific examples within each category.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Acquired trauma – damage to central nervous system; examples: use of alcohol/low birth weight/concussion
Genetic/heredity – some reading and math disorders are family related
Biochemical abnormalities – allergies to foods
Environmental possibilities – Low SES, malnutrition, lack of access to health care
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The learning strategies approach is used to teach
a. social skills. b. reading comprehension. c. mathematics calculation. d. study skills. e. All of these.
“Imagine you are president of a toy company that builds video games. You have determined that the time needed to build these games is normally distributed with a mean of 20 minutes and a standard deviation of 5 minutes.” 5% of the video games (the bottom 5%) take less than ______ minutes to build.
a. 1.65 b. 11.80 c. 20 d. 28.20
Sentences like The window was broken
a. are truncated passives b. are the rarest kind of passives used by children c. have animate subjects d. specify an inanimate agent
According to Lyon, it is well established that most youngsters who struggle with reading have difficulty with
A. orthographic memory. B. phonological awareness. C. sight word vocabulary. D. word meaning.