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Question # 1 (True/False) People with learning disabilities have an appreciation for the fact that life is not all that it could be.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 2 (True/False) A case can be made for changing the creativity of LD individuals so that their energies are channeled in more useful directions.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 3 (True/False) We must provide students who have difficulty with test taking with alternative ways of "proving" knowledge, such as demonstrations, performances, oral reports, and projects (in many forms).

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 4 (True/False) Employers find that people with disabilities may have unique assets that may be highly complimentary to their business.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 5 (True/False) Resources in the schools and the community abound for the learning disabled individual.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 6 (True/False) Schools must meet the unique needs of students whose strengths and talents lie outside the narrow view of knowledge as being purely linguistic.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 7 (True/False) Persistence is the key to conquering a learning disability for most individuals.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 8 (True/False) Research shows that dyslexics are at a distinct disadvantage in the area of compensatory spatial visual talents.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 9 (True/False) Spatial ability has been given lots of attention as an important dimension of cognitive functioning.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 10 (True/False) One of the advantages that many dyslexics seem to have in the world of business (as well as science and technology) is the high value placed on innovative solutions to difficult problems--the more unexpected and more unconventional the better.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 11 (True/False) LD students in the schools have been shown in research studies to simultaneously display gifted abilities.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 12 (True/False) Identification and the development of talents should be the focus of the school efforts to educate dyslexics.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 13 (Multiple Choice) To deal effectively with the most highly talented students, one must be ready to deal with __________________________ and __________________________as well.

    A) inattention and behavior problems.
    B) truancy and behavior problems.
    C) discipline issues and poor attendance.
    D) dyslexia and LD.
    E) mental retardation and hearing disorders.
     

Question # 14 (Multiple Choice) Which of the following may be strengths of dyslexic children?

    A) athletic talent
    B) artistic ability
    C) musical talent
    D) mechanical ability
    E) all of these
     

Question # 15 (Multiple Choice) The incredible talents of LD students in the schools usually end up ________________ by the schools.

    A) enhanced
    B) extinguished
    C) undervalued
    D) cataloged
    E) none of these
     

Question # 16 (True/False) Individuals with LD may well be, in large part, simply a group of students whose talents never mismatch the primary values and expectations of the schools.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 17 (True/False) There appears to be a paucity of research in the area of LD and and the development of creative talents.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 18 (True/False) For students whose school problems are created by their problems with reading and writing, inquiry presents opportunity for both broad and deeplevel learning, as well as ways of demonstrating it.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 19 (Multiple Choice) Services for LD students in the schools have developed into a ___________________ enterprise.

    A) remediation only
    B) basic skills
    C) literacy
    D) deficit-driven
    E) vocational skills
     

Question # 20 (True/False) There is currently a nation, state, and local program initiative that nurtures various types and levels of intelligence.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 21 (True/False) People who have learning disabilities always should seek only a mainstream solution to their problems in learning, never deviating from an establish path.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 22 (True/False) Areas of proficiency often noted among dyslexics, such as visual and spatial talents (amid a great variety of other traits), happen to be just those talents that are recently coming into greatest demand--along with the newest computer graphic and information visualization technologies.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 23 (True/False) The reductionist practice of breaking down knowledge and tasks for every student having problems must be encouraged and expanded in our schools if LD students are to advance.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 24 (True/False) The creative powers of the LD student stretch far beyond the traditional classroom's ability to accommodate them.

    A) True
    B) False
     

Question # 25 (True/False) A student with a learning disability is not automatically doomed to defeat. They may have to work harder for the same results that a normal individual enjoys.

    A) True
    B) False
     

 

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