Detailed TExES 161 Special ED grade EC-12 Practice Questions Description

***Includes TExES Practice Test Questions*

 

Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the TExES (161) Special Education EC-12 test.

The TExES Special Education EC-12 Exam

 

is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. TExES Special Education EC-12 (161) Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the TExES Special Education EC-12 exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the TExES Special Education EC-12 Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

Our TExES (161) Special Education EC-12 study guide includes:

 

• A thorough overview of the TExES (161) Special Education EC-12 Exam
• A complete review to understanding individuals with disabilities and evaluating their needs
• A detailed guide to promoting student learning and development
• An analysis of promoting student achievement in English language arts, reading, and mathematics
• An in-depth look at the foundations and professional roles and responsibilities
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

 

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) and Educational Testing Service (ETS) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

 

The Understanding Individuals with Disabilities and Evaluating Their Needs section covers:

 

• Learning disabilities
• Professionals from whom to seek treatment
• Brain functions
• Various types of disabilities
• Developmental psychology
• Adolescence and puberty
• Stages of social development
• Gender differences

 

The Promoting Student Learning and Development section covers:

 

• Teaching gifted children
• Teaching strategies for special needs students
• Classroom discipline and management
• Major styles of learning
• Learning style theory
• Reading difficulties
• Teaching English language learners
• Advantages and disadvantages of assessments
• Curriculum

 

The Promoting Student Achievement in English Language Arts, Reading, and Mathematics section covers:

 

• Prose and poetry
• Fiction and nonfiction
• Purpose of writing
• Phonemic awareness
• Reciprocal teaching
• Vocabulary
• Mathematical properties
• Basic mathematical operations
• Probability

 

The Foundations and Professional Roles and Responsibilities section covers:

 

• Social environment
• Socialization
• Parent/student/teacher agreement
• Parent/teacher conferences
• Coordinating instructional content
• Bilingual Education Act of 1968
• No Child Left Behind
• The Individualized Educational Program (IEP)

 

 

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the TExES Special Education EC-12 Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.