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Diversity and Exceptionality MCQ

Diversity and Exceptionality MCQ

1. It is generally believed that Asian American and Pacific Islander children are typically ______ in special education classes and ______ in classes for the gifted and talented.

Answer

Correct Answer: Underrepresented; overrepresented

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2. Which of the following is NOT a recommendation for assessing students who are culturally and linguistically diverse?

Answer

Correct Answer: Assessment of an individual’s language competency should only be completed in English.

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3. When a teacher assumes the behaviors, beliefs, and actions of their particular cultural group are the correct and only way of doing something, these views reflect ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cultural pluralism

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4. When a teacher assumes the behaviors, beliefs, and actions of their particular cultural group are the correct and only way of doing something, these views reflect ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Ethnocentrism

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5. When schools value the richness that diversity brings to the classroom, appreciating and respecting ethnic and cultural differences, they are practicing ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cultural pluralism

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6. According to research, ______ learners approach learning intuitively rather than analytically.

Answer

Correct Answer: Field dependent

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7. Portfolio assessments do the following except ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Include only standardized test results gathered over time

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8. In ______, students are instructed in academic content areas via their native language until they are sufficiently competent in English.

Answer

Correct Answer: Transitional programs

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9. Students maintain proficiency in their first language while receiving instruction in English, is an example of ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Maintenance programs

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10. Components of Baca’s definition of bilingual special education include ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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11. According to Goldring, Gray, & Bitterman (2013), despite the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity within our schools, the overwhelming majority (over 80%) of educators are ______.

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Correct Answer: White and female

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12. Which of the following instruction options for students who are bilingual are described here? English language is the exclusive medium of instruction; first language and culture are not incorporated. A “sink or swim” philosophy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Immersion program

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13. The distinct subcultures within a larger culture are known as ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Microcultures

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14. Assessment outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse students include ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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15. ______ is defined as the attitudes, values, belief systems, norms, and traditions by a particular group of people.

Answer

Correct Answer: Culture

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16. _____ is a situation in which fewer children from minority groups are placed in special education programs than would be expected based on the proportion of pupils in the general school population.

Answer

Correct Answer: Underrepresentation

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17. _____ is a situation in which fewer children from minority groups are placed in special education programs than would be expected based on the proportion of pupils in the general school population.

Answer

Correct Answer: Underrepresentation

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18. A type of authentic assessment in which samples of different work products are gathered over time and across curriculum areas are evaluated is known as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Portfolio assessment

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19. _____means a situation in which a greater number of students from minority groups are placed in special education programs than would be expected based on the proportion of pupils in the general school population.

Answer

Correct Answer: Overrepresentation

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20. Federal mandate that assessments be conducted in a culturally responsive fashion is known as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Nondiscriminatory testing

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21. An alternative perspective on intelligence suggesting that there are many different kinds of intelligence refers to multiple intelligences.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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22. Multiculturalism refers to more than one culture that acknowledges basic commonalities among groups of people while dishonoring their differences.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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23. Multicultural education is an ambiguous concept that deals with issues of race, language, social class, and_____

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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24. Distinct subcultures within a larger culture are known as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Microcultures

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25. A metaphor describing the _____ in the early decades of the twentieth century is known as melting pot.

Answer

Correct Answer: United states

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26. The shared or national culture of a society is known as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Macroculture

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27. The shared or national culture of a society is known as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Macroculture

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28. Students who are detail oriented and analytically inclined are called_____ logically are called_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Field independent students

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29. Students who approach learning intuitively rather than analytically and logically are called_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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30. Ethnocentrism is a perspective whereby a person views his or her cultural practices as correct and those of other groups as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Inferior

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31. The students proficient in English are referred to as English learners.

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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32. Culture means the attitudes, _____ and traditions shared by a particular group of people that collectively form their heritage.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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33. Cultural pluralism is the practice of _____ethnic and cultural differences.

Answer

Correct Answer: Appreciating

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34. Bilingual special education is a strategy whereby a pupil’s_____ is used in an individually designed program of special instruction.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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35. Bilingual special education is a strategy whereby a pupil’s_____ is used in an individually designed program of special instruction.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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36. Bilingual education is an educational approach whereby students whose first language is not_____ are instructed primarily through their native language while developing competency and proficiency in that language.

Answer

Correct Answer: English

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