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Praxis II: Special Education Exam Prep - Question List

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11. Kindergartner Duncan is struggling to hear sounds and learn to read. He seems embarrassed and discouraged, which is reducing his motivation to try. Which of the following strategies can Mrs. Christensen employ to encourage Duncan?
  1. Approach reading tasks playfully, avoid making comparisons, and praise Duncan for his efforts.
  2. Assign Duncan to a remedial reading group and give him extra worksheets and assignments until he catches up.
  3. Send Duncan to the resource room.
  4. Suggest that Duncan repeat kindergarten.
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Before planning reading interventions, it’s important to assess a child’s current reading ability. The classification “emerging reader” is based on which of the following criteria?

  1. Recognizes 19 letters of the alphabet and gives the correct sound for at least 9 of them
  2. Recognizes all the letters of the alphabet and gives the correct sound for at least 19 letters
  3. Recognizes 19 letters of the alphabet and gives the correct sound for all 19 of them
  4. None of the above
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13. Which of the following describes a word wall?
  1. Displays of simple words students have learned
  2. A visual collage of the students’ favorite words
  3. A list of swear words or other words prohibited from classroom use
  4. Wooden blocks with printed letters
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14. Which of the following describes a word clump?
  1. A collection of words printed on flash cards
  2. A portion of a word that can make other common words
  3. A grouping of sight words
  4. A type of assisted technology
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15. Mrs. Simonton teaches phonemic awareness and phonics in her kindergarten reading program, but she also uses sight words. What are the advantages of this approach?
  1. Principals and parents like this approach.
  2. Many sight words are difficult to sound out. Memorizing them increases a child’s reading fluency and confidence.
  3. Sight words help improve a child’s visual acuity.
  4. Students find learning sight words entertaining.
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