Author Question: Clarence is a fifth-grade student with a learning disability. He and his classmates recently took a ... (Read 131 times)

meagbuch · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Clarence is a fifth-grade student with a learning disability. He and his classmates recently took a standardized reading achievement test. Clarence's percentile rank for that test was 20 . The norm group for this test did not include any students with learning disabilities. What inference can be made on the basis of Clarence's test scores?

a. Clarence is performing below grade level and therefore he should repeat the fifth grade.
b. Clarence's scores cannot be meaningfully interpreted.
c. Clarence's teacher has been unsuccessful in teaching him basic fifth-grade reading skills.
d. Clarence's school is failing to meet his special learning needs.

Question 2

Define and provide an example of discrimination.

What will be an ideal response?

mbcrismon · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

Discrimination occurs when individuals learn to notice the unique aspects of seemingly similar situations or stimuli. It is facilitated when inappropriate generalizations to similar stimuli are not reinforced. The individual then learns to notice the unique aspects of the seemingly similar stimuli and to respond accordingly. For example, young children must learn to discriminate among the letters p, d, b, and g. Although the letters have similar sounds, they are distinct letters in the English alphabet.