UNIVERSIDAD DE DAGUPAN

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MID-TERM EXAMINATION
MED 001 EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
1. Statistics is both a formal science and a practical theory of scientific inquiry, and both aspects are considered in statistics
education. Explain why Statistics is considered as such.
2. As part of quantitative research, descriptive and inferential statistics plays a great role. Briefly discuss the roles and uses of
descriptive statics and inferential statistics on quantitative research.
3. In research design there are four parts, these are sampling design, observational design, statistical design and operational
design. Explain these parts of research design and give the different forms of each design.
MED002 -RESEARCH DESIGNS, METHODS AND PUBLICATION
1. An impactful research usually creates a minimum bias in data and increases trust in the accuracy of collected data. What are
the essential elements of an experimental research and generally considered to come up with a desirable outcome? Discuss
these essential elements briefly.
2. Successful research studies provide insights that are accurate and unbiased. To enable a researcher to meet this, he/she will
need to create a survey that meets all of the main characteristics of a design. Discuss these main characteristics of a research
design and describe how will you apply it if you are going to conduct a study in your respective station.
3. Quantitative research methods are necessary for the growth of any organization. Based on studies hard numerical data and
analysis prove to be highly effective when making decisions. Discuss briefly this assumption and relate some experience
where research in your organization is utilized to deliver effectively quality education to learners.
MED 03- FOUNDATIONS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
1. An educational program/ service is designed to meet the needs of children with special needs who cannot profit from general
education due to their disabilities or exceptional abilities. Discuss some educational program/ service being provided to the
learners with special needs in your respective station. Cite some factors that contribute to the success of the program for the
LSNs.
2. Explain the basic philosophy of special education- “Every child with special needs has a right to an educational program that
is suitable to his needs.” Discuss at least five ways on how the DepEd ensures to implement and fulfill this philosophy.
3. It is the objective of Special Education to develop and maximize learning competencies as well as inculcate values to make
learners with special needs useful in members of the society. Briefly discuss activities being done in your respective station to
meet the SPEd objective. Explain the positive and negative effect of inclusion and mainstreaming to learners with special
needs.
MED 04 INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING DISABILITIES
1. Learning disability (LD) is a general term that describes specific kinds of learning problems, such as trouble learning and
using certain skills and most often affected are reading, writing, listening, speaking, reasoning, and doing math. Discuss the
assistance and the interventions being implemented by the DepEd help all the learners having different exceptionalities.
2. Some of the determined learning difficulties that are being encountered in school Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Non-
Verbal Disabilities, Oral/ Written Disorders and Reading Comprehension Deficit. Discuss/ describe the intervention
strategies that your school is implementing to help the children experiencing such difficulty
3. Assessments are also being utilized to determine the different exceptionalities of the learners. Describe the procedure being
done by the school/ division to identify the learner exceptionalities that they may be given proper intervention. What can you
say about the procedures? Do you think they are effective/ not? Explain your answer.
MED05-MANAGING BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
1. If you work in education or specifically special education, you will know how challenging it can be to manage a classroom
with a variety of unique needs which is often regarded as distracting and frustrating for both teachers and other students.
Discuss strategies being utilized in the regular classroom set-up to enable the teachers to handle the learners having special
needs.
2. As a teacher, you know you need to pay attention to a student’s intellectual, emotional, physical, and social needs. Also, you
need to set up your special education classroom that aims to meet those needs in each and every student in your room. In
what other ways can you do to make the learning environment for learners with special needs a positive and child-friendly.
3. One of the important challenge in a special education classroom is how to manage the learners behavior. Cite and discuss
some research-based classroom behavior management which can greatly help teachers in managing special education class.
Explain why you consider these classroom management strategies.
MED06-CURRICULUM AND MATERIAL DESIGN ON TEACHING
The curriculum establishes the foundation of what students are expected to know, do and understand through their
educational experiences. In what way can the teachers apply learning standards to engage students in flexible and relevant
learning experiences that encourage them to pursue their passions while building a sense of personal identity and deepen the
curriculum competencies? Discuss your answer briefly.
1. Name some curriculum design in the classroom necessary to be enacted effectively in a variety of different learning
environments. Briefly discuss each by citing a proof or study to support.
2. Formative assessment places teachers and students in the position of gathering and acting on evidence of student learning in a
timely manner. How are the elements of formative assessment such as Shared Ownership: Student and Teacher, Learning
Intentions, Criteria, Questions, Descriptive Feedback and Self and Peer-Assessment be utilized in the successful conduct of
formative assessment?
MED07-TEACHING AND STRATEGIES FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
1. There is no such thing as “one fits all” strategy. Thus, there are different instructional strategies to help students with
different learning disabilities. Cite and discuss some strategies in handing the following:
a. Reading disability
b. Language disability
c. Mathematic disability
2. Learning disabilities have impact on the academic performance of the learners. Discuss some of the effects of these
disabilities on the reading, writing, oral language, Math, study skills and social skills of the learners if not treated
immediately. Discuss your answer by citing some studies to support your answer.
3. Some intervention practices that produce large outcomes in handling learners with disabilities are direct instruction; learning
strategy instruction; and using a sequential, simultaneous structured multi-sensory approach. Discuss how this
approach/strategy are being utilized to help learners having different exceptionalities
.
MED 08- TEACHING AND STRATEGIES FOR CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVE
DISORDER
1. ADHD impairs both social and cognitive functioning in everyday life. Discuss the behaviors a child with ADHD will likely
demonstrate. Explain how these behaviors can be addressed if ever you are handling such type of learners.
2. You must make reasonable adjustments for a child with ADHD. This will help to better their chances of success and reduce
the number of classroom disruptions. List down some effective strategies and adjustments to reduce frequent disruptions.
Briefly discuss your answer.
3. A child with ADHD may have difficulty sitting still and may suffer from exclusion and rejection from their peers. Being the
teacher of the class with this type of learner, what strategies can you do to handle the learner?
MED09- ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILD
1. Evaluation is an essential beginning step in the special education process for a child with a disability. Before a child can
receive special education and related services for the first time, discuss briefly how the assessment and evaluation of the child
can be conducted. Explain the needed tools to be utilized during the assessment.
2. The initial evaluation of a child is required by IDEA before any special education and related services can be provided to that
child. State the three purposes of conducting this evaluation? Explain the importance of conducting initial evaluation.
3. There are at least two ways in which a child may be identified to receive an evaluation under IDEA. Parents may request that
their child be evaluated and the school system may ask to evaluate the child. Discuss briefly how the two ways can be
utilized to evaluate the children.
MED 10-CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
1. During the early years of the twenty-first century, two (2) of the most prominent school reform agendas having significant
effects on special education were standards-based education and school choice. Briefly discuss the aims and purpose of the
two (2) reforms and their importance to our current curricula on Special Education.
2. Controversial debate about where a student with disabilities is best served is one of the most volatile issues in special
education. The controversy is whether full inclusion or a continuum of alternative placements is better for the learners.
Discuss in your own opinion, which of the both is a better placement for the SpEd learners. Defend your answer by citing the
positive and negative side of the alternative placement you have chosen.
3. One issue on special education is whether students should be labeled. Proponents of labels such as learning disabled, deaf, or
autistic believe that these labels provide a common ground for professionals, researchers, and parents to discuss practices and
share knowledge about particular disabilities. What can you say about the labels for the special education learners and so with
their classification? Do you think they should be labelled and classified as what the proponents are saying? Defend your
answer.
MED 11- GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING IN PRESCHOOL
1. Assessment of the preschoolers’ and young people’s developmental needs is one of the main responsibilities of teachers and
specialists working with them. Discuss the particular data that should be included in the assessment. Discuss why they should
be assessed and be included in the pedagogical observation.
2. Specialists providing psychological and pedagogical support in schools and other educational institutions include in particular
the psychologists, pedagogues, speech therapists, careers advisers, and educational therapists. Briefly discuss the
responsibilities of each specialist in the conduct of guidance and counselling for the preschool.
3. In all school organization psychological counselling is being provided for the learners, which focusses on addressing learning
and educational problems and on developing educational skills, to children, young people, parents and teachers. It is also
provided in preschool, schools and institutions attended by children and young people, as well as in counselling and guidance
centers. Create a career guidance time table which specifies the number of hours to be allotted in conducting guidance and
counselling for the preschoolers. Include in the career guidance time table pupils’ individual educational-and-therapeutic
programs.
MED 12- TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR HEARING IMPAIRED
1. Based on research not all children with hearing impairments are in self-contained classes. Some teachers under the regular
classes are accommodating hearing-impaired youngsters, some have collaborative team teaching, others offer special
education and/or inclusion classes. Depending on the student’s Individualized Education Program, this may or may not
include a sign-language interpreter and/or an itinerant Hearing Education Services provider. Discuss some strategies on how
the learners should be handled and what are the things to be considered if ever they are under the inclusive classes.
2. Team members working with students who are deaf and hard of hearing need to carefully consider each student’s unique
needs and learning style, as well as the demands of the task. Discuss strategies on how the teachers can manage or teach
learners with hearing impairment. Include in your discussion the instructional environmental strategies for the hearing
impairment.
3. With the onset of mass remote learning for many students, reaching children with learning differences has become more
challenging in many ways. However, there are more tools available than ever before to support students with hearing loss.
From new technology that allows for improved real-time comprehension to classic in-person supports that educators can
leverage, there’s a great deal that can and should be done to level the playing field for all students. Discuss of these tools to
support the learners with hearing impairment.
MED14- PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
1. Special needs children are those we consider to have disability, health or mental health or mental health conditions requiring
intervention and supports. Psychology has important contributions to understanding, explanation, prediction, control, and
solves problems of special needs children. Discuss contributions of the psychology in the conduct collaborative process with
other stakeholders in a children’s bio-psycho-social system. Discuss the psychological theories that they are applying to gain
the support of the parents, stakeholders and other supporters of the program.
2. One main theory in the psychology of education is the sociocultural approach to learning, which highlights the key role of
interaction in children’s learning. Discuss briefly the importance of this approach specially in the interactive understanding of
learning as aligned with a social model of disability. Include in your discussion the aspects that can enhance their learning
experience of the learners with special needs.
3. The United Nations World Program of Action (UNWPA) (1996) envisage the following policies in the increase in the
participation of disabled persons in decision making, prevention of impairments, disability and handicap and development
rehabilitation programs. Discuss briefly the positive effect of the conduct of the policies in the special education curricula.

Prepared by:

MARILYN S. AQUINO, EdD

Professor