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Based on the content of the chapter "Education of People with Disabilities", here are 30 self-assessment questions (could be used as graded quiz).
1. In early American reform movements (1820-1860), the policy decision regarding education of people with disabilities was to:
a) Include them in regular classrooms
b) Educate them separately in isolated institutions or separate classes
c) Provide no education at all
d) Only educate those with mild disabilities
2. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was a pioneer in American education for people with:
a) Visual disabilities
b) Hearing disabilities
c) Intellectual disabilities
d) Physical disabilities
3. Laurent Clerc was significant because he:
a) Invented the telephone
b) Opposed sign language education
c) Helped develop American Sign Language (ASL) and advocated for a deaf community
d) Founded the first school for the blind
4. The oralist approach to education for people with hearing disabilities:
a) Emphasized sign language exclusively
b) Emphasized the senses of touch and sight to help students learn to speak
c) Was developed by Thomas Gallaudet
d) Was immediately embraced by the deaf community
5. Alexander Graham Bell's views on deafness:
a) Fully aligned with the deaf community's preferences
b) Led him to believe sign language was inferior to speech
c) Had no impact on education policy
d) Supported the use of sign language over oralism
6. Samuel Gridley Howe's most important contribution to education for people with visual disabilities was:
a) Inventing Braille
b) Developing a raised-letter printing method
c) Creating the first wheelchair
d) Founding Harvard College
7. The first state-financed public school for children with intellectual disabilities in the United States was established in:
a) Virginia in 1817
b) New York in 1832
c) Massachusetts in 1850
d) California in 1900
8. Édouard Onesimus Séguin developed what he called the:
a) Oralist approach
b) Sign language method
c) Physiological method of motor and physical sensory training
d) Intelligence scale
9. Jean Marc Gaspard Itard is recognized for his work with:
a) The "Wild Boy of Aveyron"
b) Alexander Graham Bell
c) The invention of Braille
d) Creating the first intelligence test
10. The medical model of disability:
a) Helped integrate special education with general education
b) Helped keep special education a separate field within education
c) Was rejected by all educators
d) Only applied to physical disabilities
11. Eugenics, which emerged in the late 19th century:
a) Had no impact on education policy
b) Combined Mendelian genetics and social Darwinism to promote the "fit" and segregate or sterilize the "unfit"
c) Was universally rejected by scientists
d) Only affected medical practices, not education
12. Henry Goddard's classification system included the terms:
a) Mild, moderate, and severe
b) "Idiot," "imbecile," and "moron" (now recognized as offensive)
c) Type A, B, and C
d) Primary, secondary, and tertiary
13. The term "learning disabilities" emerged in:
a) The 1820s
b) The 1930s and 1960s
c) The 1990s
d) The colonial period
14. The concept of "normalization" meant:
a) Forcing all students to be identical
b) Helping people with disabilities achieve a life as close to what was considered normal as possible
c) Eliminating all special education services
d) Increasing segregation of people with disabilities
15. "Mainstreaming" and "inclusion" are terms that emerged in:
a) The early 1800s
b) The 1920s
c) The late twentieth century
d) Colonial times
Contemporary Issues
16. The landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954):
a) Only applied to racial segregation
b) Articulated a broad principle of equal protection that would eventually apply to students with disabilities
c) Eliminated all special education
d) Required separate schools for students with disabilities
17. The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) was passed in:
a) 1954
b) 1965
c) 1975
d) 1990
18. An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is:
a) Optional for students with disabilities
b) An educational plan for a student's unique requirements, developed by a team
c) Only required for students with severe disabilities
d) Created by parents alone
19. "Free appropriate public education" (FAPE) means:
a) Education only for wealthy students
b) Right to appropriate educational services at no cost to the student or family
c) Education only in separate schools
d) Optional services for students with disabilities
20. "Least restrictive environment" (LRE) refers to:
a) Placing all students in separate special education schools
b) The right to be educated with nondisabled peers to the maximum extent possible
c) Educating students only at home
d) Eliminating all special services
21. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) replaced the term:
a) "Special needs" with "exceptional"
b) "Handicapped" with "individuals with disabilities"
c) "Disabled" with "challenged"
d) Made no terminology changes
22. As of the 2022-2023 school year, approximately what percentage of school-aged students with disabilities were served in general education public schools?
a) 50%
b) 75%
c) 95%
d) 100%
23. Ableism is:
a) The ability to excel in sports
b) A set of beliefs or practices that discriminate against or devalue people with disabilities
c) A teaching method
d) A type of assistive technology
24. The social model of disability:
a) Conceives of disabilities as biological deficiencies only
b) Views disabilities as individual differences that are only perceived as disabilities because of societal biases
c) Focuses only on medical treatment
d) Was rejected by disability studies scholars
25. Person-first language emphasizes:
a) The disability before the person
b) Individuals' humanity by saying, for example, "person with autism" rather than "autistic person"
c) Using medical terminology exclusively
d) Avoiding all references to disabilities
26. Accommodations in education are:
a) Changes that substantially alter the curriculum
b) Changes that allow students to access curriculum in different ways without changing instructional level
c) Only provided in separate classrooms
d) Illegal under IDEA
27. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) involves:
a) Teaching all students exactly the same way
b) Providing multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression
c) Eliminating all curriculum standards
d) Only benefiting students with disabilities
28. Response to Intervention (RTI) is:
a) A punishment system
b) A three-tier model requiring research-validated instructional interventions
c) Only for students already identified with disabilities
d) An optional program
29. Assistive technology includes:
a) Only wheelchairs and walkers
b) Traditional devices and new technologies like specialized computer software
c) Only devices used outside of school
d) Technology that is no longer used
30. Research on inclusion has found that:
a) It never works for any students
b) It is possible for academic, behavioral, and social benefits to be gained by all students with effective strategies
c) Only students without disabilities benefit
d) Teachers always feel adequately prepared without additional training
Answer Key
Historical Background
1. b: Educate them separately in isolated institutions or separate classes
2. b: Hearing disabilities
3. c: Helped develop American Sign Language (ASL) and advocated for a deaf community
4. b: Emphasized the senses of touch and sight to help students learn to speak
5. b: Led him to believe sign language was inferior to speech
6. b: Developing a raised-letter printing method
7. c: Massachusetts in 1850
8. c: Physiological method of motor and physical sensory training
9. a: The "Wild Boy of Aveyron"
10. b: Helped keep special education a separate field within education
11. b: Combined Mendelian genetics and social Darwinism to promote the "fit" and segregate or sterilize the "unfit"
12. b: "Idiot," "imbecile," and "moron" (now recognized as offensive)
13. b: The 1930s and 1960s
14. b: Helping people with disabilities achieve a life as close to what was considered normal as possible
15. c: The late twentieth century
Contemporary Issues
16. b: Articulated a broad principle of equal protection that would eventually apply to students with disabilities
17. c: 1975
18. b: An educational plan for a student's unique requirements, developed by a team
19. b: Right to appropriate educational services at no cost to the student or family
20. b: The right to be educated with nondisabled peers to the maximum extent possible
21. b: "Handicapped" with "individuals with disabilities"
22. c: 95%
23. b: A set of beliefs or practices that discriminate against or devalue people with disabilities
24. b: Views disabilities as individual differences that are only perceived as disabilities because of societal biases
25. b: Individuals' humanity by saying, for example, "person with autism" rather than "autistic person"
26. b: Changes that allow students to access curriculum in different ways without changing instructional level
27. b: Providing multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression
28. b: A three-tier model requiring research-validated instructional interventions
29. b: Traditional devices and new technologies like specialized computer software
30. b: It is possible for academic, behavioral, and social benefits to be gained by all students with effective strategies
