csd 340 final

Per which groups are test norms usually

appropriate?

1. Middle class children

2. Bilingual children

3. Lower socioeconomic children

1. Middle class children

What is the primary function of standardized testing?

1. Compare individual performance to that of a larger population

2. Measure progress

3. Obtain criterion-based information

1. Compare individual performance to that of a larger population

When a standardized test has been given to a group of

children that supposedly represent all children for

whom the test was designed it is

a. Standardized

b. Normed

c. Reliable

d. Validity

e. A standard score

b. normed

The overall confidence of a test score is reflected in

a. Validity

b. Internal consistency

c. Means

d. Standard error of measurement

e. Percentiles

d. standard error of measurement

Scripted play, story mapping, and acting out books are all examples of

activities that foster knowledge of narrative structure.

True

Different modes channels and functions of communication are no

indication of differing levels of linguistic and communicative performance.

False

Most standardized language tests for children who are bilingual or

bidialectal are unbiased.

False

The goal of overcoming bias in assessment is to differentiate difficulties

resulting from experiential/cultural factors from those related to language

impairment.

True

Semilingualism results when a child…

1.    can speak both L1 or L2 but has difficulty translating from one to the other.

2.   fails to reach monolingual proficiency in either L1 or L2.

3.    fails to reach monolingual proficiency in L1 only.

4.    Fails to reach monolingual proficiency in English.

2.   fails to reach monolingual proficiency in either L1 or L2.

If exposure to L2 does not occur until after age

6, it may take ___ years to acquire

age-appropriate cognitive and academic skills.

 

1.   5-7

2.    1-2

3.    9-12

4.    7-9

1. 5-7

When assessing a child who is CLD, direct magnitude

estimates involve which of the following

1.    Parents assisting with standardized tests

2.   A panel of community members from that culture assisting with identification of LI

3.    Interpreters assisting with criterion-referenced tests

4.    A panel of family members rating their child’s language

2.   A panel of community members from that culture assisting with identification of LI

What is a contingency that requires no response?

1. Turnabouts

2. Expansion/recast

3. Repetition request

4. Choice making

2. Expansion/recast

All are examples of linguistic context,

except?

1. Do not cue behavior

2. Model language with/without child response

3. Directly/indirectly cue certain behaviors

4. All of the above

4. All of the above

How do you manipulate linguistic context?

1.    Create situations that evoke the students to initiate an interaction

2.    Wait for the child to initiate an interaction

3.    Rephrase what the student has communicated, but in a more adult like manner

4.    All of the above

4. All the above

The clinician producing the utterance but requiring the child to

say nothing is an example of what technique?

1. Modeling technique

2. Recasting technique

3. Expansion technique

4. Extension technique

1. Modeling technique

When are indirect linguistic cues best used?

1.    A particular language structure is being elicited

2.    A child needs more information on the topic

3.   A child gives a response that is somewhat less than desired

4.    A child is able to produce a target reliably but has failed to do so

3.   A child gives a response that is somewhat less than desired

Incessant talkers can be helped to decrease the amount

of talking through the use of ________ by the

facilitator.

1. Imitation

2. Limited topics with definite boundaries

3. Off-topic responding

4. Contingent queries

2. Limited topics with definite boundaries

What level does turn-taking behavior begin at?

1. Metalinguistic

2. Verbal

3. Linguistic

4. Nonverbal, physical

4. Nonverbal, physical

Familiar events provide what for

communicating?

1. Scaffold

2. Model

3. Script

4. Narrative framework

3. Script

All of the following may be inhibitors to African

American parent participation except:

1.    They are interpreted as lacking trust

2.   They view the child as having deficits

3.    They are viewed as having an apathetic attitude toward education

4.    They are constrained by life circumstances

2.   They view the child as having deficits

What is graduated prompting?

1.    Probing beyond the child’s response

2.    Establish a baseline, provide instruction with supports, and note the child’s ability to change and respond to supports

3.   Manipulating prompts to determine level of support needed

3. Manipulating prompts to determine level of support needed

Which of the following is considered the best

intervention context for pragmatics?

1. Social awareness and problem-solving

2. A structured, conversation-focused, small group peer-to-peer activity

3. Practice, feedback, and discussion

2. A structured, conversation-focused, small group peer-to-peer activity

3. Practice, feedback, and discussion

Standardized tests are helpful in identifying your specific treatment objectives.

False

Two purposes of standardized tests are to establish eligibility for services and narrow down areas to evaluate further.

True

Descriptive assessments are a great indicator of overall language functioning.

True

When targeting pragmatics, form errors should be ignored unless they interfere with the intended

True

Outcome measures that focus on total unique words and overall writing quality are examples of process measures.

False

Construct Validity

accuracy with which or extent to which a measure describes an attitude

Internal Consistency

degree of relationship among items and overall

Reliability

repeatability of a measure

Criterion Validity

effectiveness or accuracy with which a tests predicts success

Content Validity

degree to which the sum of the tasks constitute