Exam 3: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Exceptionality

Historically, greater numbers of children from minority groups have been placed in special education classrooms than would be anticipated based on their proportion of the school population.

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What are four recommendations for assessing culturally and linguistically diverse pupils?

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Assessment of the student's language competency in both English and his or her native language should be completed before administering other tests.
A student must exhibit a disability when evaluated in his or her native language to be eligible for special education.
Schools should incorporate ecological assessments that include multiple evaluation tools and information gathered from the student and his or her parents and teachers.
Evaluators should use evaluation techniques that are as unbiased as possible.
If a bilingual professional is unavailable,an interpreter may be used if he or she is first trained in assessment principles.
Parents and other stakeholders should be involved when developing alternative assessments.

Bilingual students must obtain which level of language skills before achieving a successful transition to a monolingual English class setting?

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Define culture.What is it? What are the potential problems for teachers in addressing cultural issues? What are the ways that teachers can present diverse cultures in their classrooms in a positive manner?

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What percentage of the U.S.population older than 5 years speaks a language other than English at home?

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Disproportional numbers of Native American students can be found receiving services in which of the following programs?

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Classroom materials should include portrayals of women and men with and without disabilities across diverse cultural and racial groups in which of the following roles?

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African American students are underrepresented in classes for students with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities and behavior disorders.

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Question 8

Multicultural means ______________.

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Question 9

Traits such as individualism, independence, competitiveness, and ambition are characteristic of the American macroculture.

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To avoid perpetuating ethnic and racial stereotypes, teachers should not use the words ___________ when describing their students and the students' families.

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What percentage of the U.S.population older than 5 years speaks a language other than English at home?

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What are some of the characteristics of students who are field dependent/sensitive (relational, global learners)and students who are field independent (detail oriented and analytically inclined)learners?

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Schools in the United States are grounded in _____________, a culture that may hold little meaning for many students whose families are poor and/or are from ethnically or culturally diverse backgrounds.

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Discuss some of the problems that occur when attempts are made to provide special education to students who are English learners (ELs).

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How do poverty and a family's socioeconomic status affect the disproportional representation of minorities in some special education programs? What other factors may affect this overrepresentation?

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Explain the instructional benefits of sheltered English for students who are bilingual.

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When evaluating instructional materials, classroom teachers should consider the perspectives and contributions of the following group.

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Question 18

What are some of the factors contributing to overrepresentation and underrepresentation?

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Question 19

Some experts believe that the use of standardized tests with children from minority groups measures their

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Historically, greater numbers of children from minority groups have been placed in special education classrooms than would be anticipated based on their proportion of the school population.

What are four recommendations for assessing culturally and linguistically diverse pupils?

Bilingual students must obtain which level of language skills before achieving a successful transition to a monolingual English class setting?

Define culture.What is it? What are the potential problems for teachers in addressing cultural issues? What are the ways that teachers can present diverse cultures in their classrooms in a positive manner?

What percentage of the U.S.population older than 5 years speaks a language other than English at home?

Disproportional numbers of Native American students can be found receiving services in which of the following programs?

Classroom materials should include portrayals of women and men with and without disabilities across diverse cultural and racial groups in which of the following roles?

African American students are underrepresented in classes for students with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities and behavior disorders.

Multicultural means ______________.

Traits such as individualism, independence, competitiveness, and ambition are characteristic of the American macroculture.

To avoid perpetuating ethnic and racial stereotypes, teachers should not use the words ___________ when describing their students and the students' families.

What percentage of the U.S.population older than 5 years speaks a language other than English at home?

What are some of the characteristics of students who are field dependent/sensitive (relational, global learners)and students who are field independent (detail oriented and analytically inclined)learners?

Schools in the United States are grounded in _____________, a culture that may hold little meaning for many students whose families are poor and/or are from ethnically or culturally diverse backgrounds.

Discuss some of the problems that occur when attempts are made to provide special education to students who are English learners (ELs).

How do poverty and a family's socioeconomic status affect the disproportional representation of minorities in some special education programs? What other factors may affect this overrepresentation?

Explain the instructional benefits of sheltered English for students who are bilingual.

When evaluating instructional materials, classroom teachers should consider the perspectives and contributions of the following group.

What are some of the factors contributing to overrepresentation and underrepresentation?

Some experts believe that the use of standardized tests with children from minority groups measures their

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