Deck 10: Organization and Study Skills: Strategies and Techniques

Question 1

Organized students not only use a calendar to list their schedules, assignments and test dates, they also use them to:

A) establish plans for completing assignments or study for tests.
B) list who should be contacted in an emergency.
C) store important school papers.
D) record their locker combination.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

An instructional practice this is NOT designed to support students with homework completion is:

A) homework contract.
B) homework buddies.
C) cooperative homework teams.
D) guided notes.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

When students with mild disabilities perform poorly on tests, it is often because the student did not study for the test and/or he or she lacks specific ____________________ skills.

Answer 3

test-taking

Question 4

When students with learning disabilities learn strategies for taking tests (i.e., PIRATES), research has indicated test scores improve:

A) 5%.
B) 10%.
C) 15%.
D) 20%.

Question 5

When asked to rate the characteristics of assignments, teachers rate the importance of ____________________ at levels lower than students with and without disabilities do.

Question 6

When a teacher uses gestures to signal important content during a lecture, that teacher is using:

A) mannerism cues.
B) organizational cues.
C) emphasis cues.
D) pool cues.

Question 7

When a student has difficulty completing an assignment, often both the ____________________ and student contribute to the problem.

Question 8

When preparing to use columnar format notes, students divide their notebook paper into three columns, which are then labeled with the headings: ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

Question 9

At the secondary level, research has indicated that students should expect an average of:

A) 4 hours of homework a week.
B) 6 hours of homework a week.
C) 8 hours of homework a week.
D) 10 hours of homework a week.

Question 10

In general education, the majority of information is presented in a ____________________ format.

Question 11

When using guided notes, the teacher creates a ____________________ outline, which students fill in during a lecture.

Question 12

In the general education classroom, the majority of test questions are taken directly from:

A) classroom lectures.
B) textbook readings.
C) independent research projects.
D) group research projects.

Question 13

Students have reported that the most helpful information a teacher can provide when explaining an assignment is:

A) giving clear directions for completing the assignment.
B) stating the purpose of the assignment.
C) providing models/examples of a completed assignment.
D) naming available resources for completing the assignment.

Question 14

Research by Cooper and Nye (1994) has indicated that the most effective form of homework for students with mild disabilities is ____________________.

Question 15

Organization skills are a central tenet of the elementary school curriculum, as much so as basic ____________________skills.

Question 16

For many students, especially those with mild disabilities, organization skills should be taught ____________________.

Question 17

An instructional practice that is NOT designed to improve student note-taking ability is:

A) comprehensive homework teams.
B) strategic note-taking.
C) pause procedure.
D) guided notes.

Question 18

The WORST form of homework that a teacher can assign:

A) has students practice a skill taught during the school day.
B) extends a lesson started in the classroom.
C) connects parents to what is goes on during the school day.
D) requires students to independently learn new information.

Question 19

When explaining barriers to homework completion, Kohn (2006) indicated that some parents might not have the ____________________skills necessary to help their child with homework.

Question 20

Medical research has indicated that teenagers typically require how many hours of sleep per night?

A) about 5 hours
B) about 7 hours
C) about 9 hours
D) about 11 hours

Question 21

What are key organizational skills required at the elementary, middle, and high school levels? Which of these skills do you anticipate students with mild disabilities will have the greatest difficulty managing?

Question 22

In the chapter, three note-taking approaches are described. Describe how these three approaches are alike and different. Which of these three approaches would you use in your own classroom and explain why?

Question 23

The FIRST-Letter Mnemonic Strategy prompts students to use a variety of tactics to recall lists of information. Use these steps to build a mnemonic for the following list: Countries of North Africa include Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya. Name which tactic you used.

Question 24

You have become discouraged by the quality of work your students have demonstrated on recent assignments. Some students have turned assignments in late and others have not turned them in at all. Those students who have turned in assignments sometimes have completed the assignment incorrectly and most of the students' work is not of the quality you expect. What constructive steps can you take as a teacher to turn this problem around? What might you do to improve assignment completion rates in your classroom and improve the accuracy and quality of your students' work?

Question 25

For the chapter or unit test, require candidates to apply the Test Taking Strategy - PIRATES. Specifically, award points if the candidate provides evidence that he or she completed the P step - Prepare to succeed, the I step - Inspect Instructions, the R step - Read, Remember, and Reduce, the A step - Answer or Abandon, the T step - Turn Back, and the S step - Survey. DO NOT require candidates to apply the E step - Estimate. That is, they should not be forced to guess. However, if they do not know an answer, they may use this step if it helps!

Question 26

As a classroom teacher, what should you do to ensure a fair testing situation for students with mild disabilities?

Question 27

In the Test-taking Strategy, students are prompted to make a plan for taking the test. What specific behaviors are students prompted to do?