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RSED 3000 Unit 3 – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Special Education Exam Review 2026-14, Exams of Advanced Education

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RSED 3000 Unit 3 – Study Guide, Practice Questions &
Special Education Exam Review 2026
What are the 4 essential aspects of basic skills instruction? - correct answer
✔✔1) Reskills.
2) Selection and sequencing of examples.
3) The rate of introduction of new skills.
4) Providing direct instruction and opportunities for practice and review.
How can you make instructional adjustments for students with special needs
when teaching subject-area content? (3) - correct answer ✔✔1) Activate
background knowledge using the PReP (PreReading Plan) strategy, which
determines how much background knowledge (info) students have about a
topic. There are 3 major steps:
--1) Preview the text/lesson and choose 2-3 important concepts.
--2) Conduct a brainstorming session with students.
--3) Evaluate student responses to determine the depth of their prior
knowledge of the topic.
2) Prepare anticipation guides, which are a series of statements, some of
which may not be true, related to material that is about to be presented
during instruction, given to students as a way of activating their knowledge
by making predictions about the topic.
3) Provide planning think sheets, which are a set of questions to which
students respond as a strategy for assisting them to help writers focus on
background knowledge, as well as on the audience and purpose of a paper,
in preparation for writing.
#4 of that list^, Organizing Content? (10) - correct answer ✔✔1) Using
advance organizers, which is info presented verbally or visually that makes
content more understandable by putting it in a more general framework.
2) Employing cue words for organizational patterns, which refers to ways in
which content area texts are written to reflect main ideas, such as the
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Special Education Exam Review 2026

What are the 4 essential aspects of basic skills instruction? - correct answer ✔✔1) Reskills.

  1. Selection and sequencing of examples.
  2. The rate of introduction of new skills.
  3. Providing direct instruction and opportunities for practice and review. How can you make instructional adjustments for students with special needs when teaching subject-area content? (3) - correct answer ✔✔1) Activate background knowledge using the PReP (PreReading Plan) strategy, which determines how much background knowledge (info) students have about a topic. There are 3 major steps: --1) Preview the text/lesson and choose 2-3 important concepts. --2) Conduct a brainstorming session with students. --3) Evaluate student responses to determine the depth of their prior knowledge of the topic.
  4. Prepare anticipation guides, which are a series of statements, some of which may not be true, related to material that is about to be presented during instruction, given to students as a way of activating their knowledge by making predictions about the topic.
  5. Provide planning think sheets, which are a set of questions to which students respond as a strategy for assisting them to help writers focus on background knowledge, as well as on the audience and purpose of a paper, in preparation for writing. #4 of that list^, Organizing Content? (10) - correct answer ✔✔1) Using advance organizers, which is info presented verbally or visually that makes content more understandable by putting it in a more general framework.
  6. Employing cue words for organizational patterns, which refers to ways in which content area texts are written to reflect main ideas, such as the

sequence of events in time, compare-contrast, cause-effect, and problem solution.

  1. Constructing study guides, which refers to outlines, abstracts, or questions that emphasize important info in texts.
  2. Creating graphic organizers, which is a visual format that helps students to organize their understanding of info being presented or read and the relationships between various parts of the info. Concept maps reflect the structure of the content.
  3. Teaching terms and concepts. Continued... - correct answer ✔✔6) Using definitions.
  4. Text talk- direct teaching strategy for teaching new words.
  5. Making concept diagrams- specific type of graphic organizer used to present vocabulary words that include definitions, characteristics, and examples.
  6. Communicating clearly; clear written communication.
  7. Communicating clearly orally; oral communication refers to giving directions, asking questions, and presenting subject matter. What adjustments can you make to seatwork assignments? (5) - correct answer ✔✔1) Verbally present the tasks.
  8. Add practice examples that you can do with them.
  9. Write alternative sets of directions.
  10. Highlight the important words.
  11. Have students help each other. What questions can you ask yourself when adapting to a student's independent ability for their homework? (4) - correct answer ✔✔1) Do task skills align with student's skill level?
  12. Do students have the background knowledge required?
  1. Self-advocating- builds student self-determination, helps students set realistic school or life goals and develop and carry out a plan to meet those goals.
  2. Managing time- skills to organize their time and efforts toward meeting their goals. How can you encourage student self-awareness, self-advocacy, and self- determination? - correct answer ✔✔1) Through self-advocacy training, which involves students learning their strengths and weaknesses, recognizing the support they need to succeed, and the skills required to communicate their needs effectively. -This method teaches skills that are related to expectations of the adult world. -Teaches assertiveness in communicating needs such as knowing when to ask for help. -Students are encouraged to express learning preferences or difficulties. -The responsibility to support self-advocacy can fall on both special educators and general educators. -Ways to support self-advocacy: welcoming students to ask for help, recognizing when students are too afraid to ask for accommodations, practicing communication skills, providing opportunities to ask questions, setting clear goals and expectations, and practicing independent learning skills. What are learning strategies, and what are the 5 domains of independent learning that require these well-designed strategies? How can you effectively teach independent learning strategies in class? (7) - correct answer ✔✔-Techniques, principles, or rules that enable a student to solve problems and complete tasks independently. -Reading, math problem solving, written expression, listening/note taking, time and resource management.
  3. Decide b/t individual, small, or large-group approaches.
  4. Assess current strategy use.
  1. Clarify expectations.
  2. Demonstrate strategy use.
  3. Encourage students to memorize strategy steps.
  4. Provide guided and independent practice.
  5. Administer posttests. Discuss #3, Clarify expectations. - correct answer ✔✔1) First step- provide a strong rationale for why learning the strategy is important. This rationale should be directly tied to current student performance as well as to the demands of your class.
  6. Next step- explain specifically what students should be able to accomplish when they have learned the skill. Also, give students an idea of how long it will take them to learn the strategy. Discuss #4, Demonstrate strategy use. - correct answer ✔✔1) Point 1- Remember that the process one goes through in performing a task or solving a problem should be carefully explained.
  7. Point 2- Present both positive and negative examples of appropriate strategy use. You should use positive examples 3x more often.
  8. Point 3- Ask frequent questions to monitor student understanding and determine whether more demonstration is needed. Discuss #6, Provide guided and independent practice. - correct answer ✔✔1) Controlled materials- instructional materials at the student's reading level, of high interest, and free of complex vocabulary and concepts.
  9. Guided practice- verbal cues, give feedback that is specific and encourages students to evaluate themselves, praise praiseworthy work, and encourage students to reinforce themselves and to take responsibility for both their successes and failures. What are some examples of successful learning strategies? (#1-2) - correct answer ✔✔1) Word ID and reading fluency strategies.

--2) TASSEL- Try not to doodle, Arrive at class prepared, Sit near the front, Sit away from friends, End daydreaming, and Look at the teacher. --3) CUES- Cluster together 3-6 main points of the lecture, Use teacher cues to record ideas, Enter important vocabulary, and Summarize quickly and whenever possible.

  1. Writing Strategies. --1) Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD)- the process of teaching writing that has an extensive research base; develop it, discuss it, model it, memorize it, support it, and practice it. --2) POW and TREE- Pow prompts students to select a topic, think about what they are going to say, and consider their purpose for writing and audience. Tree is used for persuasive essays. --3) Pattern guide- a graphic organizer designed to help students organize their written papers. --4) TAG- used for peer editing; Tell what you like, Ask questions, and Give suggestions. --5) COPS- used for independent editing; Capitalization, Overall appearance, Punctuation, and Spelling. --6) Report writing- choose a topic, brainstorm all you know about it, organize your ideas by main points and details on a web-type graphic organizer, read to find new info and verify the accuracy of info already generated, write your report using the info on the web organizer, but continue planning as you write, and check to ensure you used everything you wanted from the web. Cont., (#6-7). - correct answer ✔✔6) Strategies for problem solving in math. --1) STAR- Search the word problem, Translate the word problem into manipulatives or picture form, Answer the problem, and Review the solution. --2) LAMPS- Line up the numbers according to their decimal points, Add the right column of numbers and ask, More than 9, Put the 1's below the column, and Send the 10's to the top of the next column. --3) SLOBS- Smaller: follow steps, Larger: leap to subtract, O- cross off the number in the next column, Borrow by taking one 10 and adding to the next column, and Subtract.

--4) FOIL.

  1. Strategies for managing time and resources. --1) HOPS- Homework, Organization, and Planning program. How can students learn to use strategies independently? (3) - correct answer ✔✔1) Self-instruction- strategy in which students are taught to talk themselves through tasks.
  2. Self-monitoring- strategy in which students are taught to check whether they have performed targeted behaviors.
  3. Self-questioning- strategy in which students are taught to guide their performance by asking themselves relevant questions. What adjustments can be made before the tests for students with special needs? (5) - correct answer ✔✔1) Study guides.
  4. Practice tests.
  5. Test-taking skills. --1) Chunking- memorization strategy in which students are taught to remember 5-7 key ideas at one time. --2) Mnemonics- a device or code used to assist memory by imposing an order on the info to be remembered (FIRST/ANSWER). --3) The Key Word Method- mnemonic for remembering definitions and factual info in which visual imagery is used to enhance recall. --4) Rehearsal Strategy- involves saying info out loud, repeating it, checking it for accuracy, and repeating it again as part of studying.
  6. Individual tutoring.
  7. Modified test construction. Adjustments during the test? (3) Adjustments after the test? (3) - correct answer ✔✔-Alternative forms of questions, alternative test sites, and alternative response modes.
  1. Modify problem-solving demands (teach preskills).
  2. Balance use of performance-based assessments with traditional tests. What's a portfolio assessment? - correct answer ✔✔A purposeful collection of student work that is used to determine student effort, progress, and achievement in one or more areas. What are 3 key concepts about behavior problems and teacher responses? - correct answer ✔✔1) Discipline is about learning and fostering appropriate behavior.
  3. Teacher beliefs about discipline have cultural bias.
  4. Positive Behavior Supports (PBS)- research-based interventions. --1) Primary Prevention- create environments that address needs. --2) Secondary Prevention- quickly, efficiently address behavior problems. --3) Tertiary Prevention- individual level; intensive interventions for 5% of students with behavior problems. *PBS + RtI Blended= Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). How can you use PBS to prevent discipline problems? (2) - correct answer ✔✔1) Begin with Primary Prevention strategies (Tier 1). --Instructional environments conducive to learning. --Communicate respect, trust; establish class rules, routines. --Develop positive teacher-student relationships. --Use effective teaching methods; relevant, engaging, on level. --Foster positive student interactions. --Opportunities for students with/without disabilities to work together.
  5. Schoolwide strategies of prevention. --Systematic implementation of rules, procedures, and expectations. --Commitment from every teacher, specialist, and staff member.

Discuss the 3 tiers of RtI, MTSS, and PBS. - correct answer ✔✔1) Tier 1: Universal interventions; effective for 80-85% of students. --Schoolwide rules, procedures, and expectations. --Character-building programs; social skills instruction. --Procedures for deescalating disruptive behavior.

  1. Tier 2: Selected interventions; effective for additional 10-15%. --Structured social skills training; group counseling; mentoring. --Daily behavior report cards; frequent progress monitoring.
  2. Tier 3: Targeted interventions; effective for remaining 1-5% of students. --FBA; involvement of outside agencies; individual counseling. --Individual behavior intervention; daily/weekly progress monitoring. How can you promote positive group behavior? (3) - correct answer ✔✔1) Implement Peer-Mediated Instruction- structured and interactive systems in which students teach each other. It improves students' social relationships, decreases student behavior problems, and improves students' academic outcomes. --1) Peer Tutoring- pairs of students are given formal roles for promoting each other's achievement; PALS. --2) Classwide Peer Tutoring (CWPT)- all students in a class are partnered. Both students serve as the tutor and tutee following a clear procedure, and they are rewarded for demonstrating appropriate social behaviors.
  3. Cooperative learning- students work in small, mixed-ability groups with a shared learning goal. It has been employed as a strategy for achieving racial and cultural integration, assisting socially isolated learners, fostering inclusive education for students with disabilities and other special needs, and accommodating culture-based learning styles. ---You assign heterogeneous groups of 3-6; teach cooperative skills. ---Assign roles: leader, recorder, encourager, timekeeper, and others. ---Use a specific strategy to guide interactions, such as jigsaw learning.

--1) Ignore it; use nonverbal cues to signal the student to comply. --2) Move closer to misbehaving student. --3) Refocus the student's attention by asking a question. --4) Reduce tension through humor. --5) Help students begin difficult tasks by assisting with first example. --6) Create structure through routines, procedures. --7) Create meaningful context for assignments; remove distractions. --8) Allow the student to move to a quiet space in the room as needed. What is a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)? What are the 7 steps of this procedure? - correct answer ✔✔-The process of gathering detailed data on a student's behavior and the context in which it occurs for the purpose of determining the reasons for it and creating a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP). This is required by federal law.

  1. Verifying the seriousness of the problem.
  2. Defining the problem behavior.
  3. Collecting data to better understand the behavior. --Anecdotal Recording- written notes of a student's actions or words, gathered while they happen or shortly after. --Antecedents-Behaviors-Consequences Analysis (ABC)- recording specific incidents, including what happened immediately before and after. --Event Recording- counting the # of times behavior occurs. --Permanent Product Recording- keeping samples of work as a means of measuring behavior that relates to academics. --Duration Recording- the length of time the behavior lasts. --Time Sampling- periodic observation of a student. Cont.^ - correct answer ✔✔4) Analyzing the data and forming a hypothesis.
  4. Developing a BIP.
  1. Implementing the plan.
  2. Monitoring the plan's effectiveness. How do BIP's address serious individual behaviors? (3) - correct answer ✔✔1) Increasing desirable behaviors. --1) Positive Reinforcement- a consequence to a behavior that causes it to increase; a reward. --2) Negative Reinforcement- an increase in behavior to avoid a consequence.
  3. Decreasing undesirable behaviors. --1) Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible and Other Behaviors- reinforcing an appropriate behavior that is incompatible with another undesirable behavior in order to increase the positive behavior. --2) Extinction- no longer reinforcing; ignoring. --3) Removing reinforcers. ---Removal punishment- taking away something that is desired. ---Response Cost- the loss of privileges/rewards. ---Time-out. Cont. ^ - correct answer ✔✔--4) Negative consequences. ---1) Presentation Punishment. ---2) Overcorrection- a student is directed to restore a situation to its original condition or a better condition. ---3) Physical Punishment.
  4. Using behavior contracts- an agreement between the teacher and student pertaining to their behavior. How can you help students manage their own behavior?