Assignment 1: LASA 2—Exceptionality Presentation In this course, you have learned about a range of exceptionalities in children. For this assignment, you will have the opportunity to gain a more in-depth understanding of a particular exceptionality. The local public school has asked you to give a presentation to parents or teachers about a specific exceptionality of your choice. The presentation should cover at least two peer-reviewed articles. Select an exceptionality for this assignment and provide the following information in your presentation: Describe the exceptionality, including its identification and assessment. Explain the incidence of exceptionality in children, including known causes or those hypothesized in peer-reviewed research. Describe the cultural considerations in identification, assessment, and intervention. Hypothesize the prognosis. Recommend interventions for the following areas: At school In the community At home From early childhood through transition into adulthood While developing the presentation, keep in mind individual differences and strengths, culturally and linguistically diverse populations, and ethical or legal issues in identification, assessment, and intervention. Be sure to include detailed speaker notes to accompany each slide to elaborate on the talking points being raised in the slide. Use the accompanying PowerPoint presentation tip list to assist in formatting the presentation and speaker’s notes. Be sure to include a title slide and a slide with your references. All citations and the reference list should follow APA format. Click here to review some useful tips for an effective slideshow. Develop a 15–20-slide presentation in PowerPoint (not counting the title and reference list slides). Provide detailed speaker notes for each slide of your presentation, which include the main talking points for the topic addressed in the slide. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.ppt. By Saturday, July 26, 2014, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox. Assignment 1 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Describe the exceptionality, including its identification and assessment (in both the slide/s and speaker notes). 36 Explain the incidence of exceptionality in children, including known causes or those hypothesized in peer-reviewed research (in both the slide/s and speaker notes). 40 Describe the cultural or linguistically diverse considerations as they relate to identification, assessment, and intervention/support of children with the exceptionality (in both the slide/s and speaker notes). 40 Hypothesize the prognosis of children with the exceptionality according to research (in both the slide/s and speaker notes). 44 Recommend interventions (in both the slide/s and speaker notes), focusing on individual strengths, for: schools, communities, at home, and in early childhood through transition to adulthood. 48 Incorporate the findings of at least two peer-reviewed articles. 28 Presentation Standards Organization (16) Usage and mechanics (16) APA elements (24)  Style (8) 64 Total: 300

for the standard normal curve, find the z-score that corresponds to the 90th percentile

1. Professionals must develop plans for gathering and using assessment data. Select three of the strategies presented on pages 139–142 of Assessing and Guiding Young Children’s Development and Learning, and explain how each strategy that you selected can be used to provide ongoing support for children’s development and learning.

2. How and what professionals communicate regarding assessment data will vary according to the purpose of the assessment and how the data is likely to be utilized. Review pages 204–210 of Assessing and Guiding Young Children’s Development and Learning and explain how assessment data can be used within different contexts and for different purposes.

3. According to the DVD segment, “Partnering with Families,” communicating with families is an essential part of quality assessment practices. Review pages 194–205 of Assessing and Guiding Young Children’s Development and Learning and the DVD segment, “Partnering with Families.” Put yourself in the place of a parent of a young child. Describe how you would like to be involved in the assessment process and explain which reporting strategy or strategies that you would like your child’s teacher to use to communicate information about your child to you and why.

Stocks: Retail and Utility How profi table are different sectors of the stock market? One way to answer such a question is to examine profi t as a percentage of stockholder equity. A random sample of 32 retail stocks such as Toys “ R” Us, Best Buy, and Gap was studied for x1, profi t as a percentage of stockholder equity. The result was x1 5 13.7. A random sample of 34 utility ( gas and electric) stocks such as Boston Edison, Wisconsin Energy, and Texas Utilities was studied for x2, profi t as a percentage of stockholder equity. The result was x2 5 10.1 ( Source: Fortune 500, Vol. 135, No. 8). Assume s1 5 4.1 and s2 5 2.7. ( a) Let m1 represent the population mean profi t as a percentage of stockholder equity for retail stocks, and let m2 represent the population mean profi t as a percentage of stockholder equity for utility stocks. Find a 95% confi dence interval for m1 2 m2.

Examine the confidence interval and explain what it means in the context of this problem. Does the interval consist of numbers that are all positive? all negative? of different signs? At the 95% level of confi dence, does it appear that the profi t as a percentage of stockholder equity for retail stocks is higher than that for utility stocks? ( c) Test the claim that the profi t as a percentage of stockholder equity for retail stocks is higher than that for utility stocks. Use a 5 0.01.

 

6. Wildlife: Wolves A random sample of 17 wolf litters in Ontario, Canada, gave an average of x1 5 4.9 wolf pups per litter with estimated sample standard de-viation s1 5 1.0. Another random sample of 6 wolf litters in Finland gave an average of x2 5 2.8 wolf pups per litter with sample standard deviation s2 5 1.2 ( see source for Problem 5). ( a) Find an 85% confi dence interval for m1 2 m2, the difference in population mean litter size between Ontario and Finland. ( b) Examine the confi dence interval and explain what it means in the context of this problem. Does the interval consist of numbers that are all positive? all negative? of different signs? At the 85% level of confi dence, does it appear that the average litter size of wolf pups in Ontario is greater than the average litter size in Finland? ( c) Test the claim that the average litter size of wolf pups in Ontario is greater than the average litter size of wolf pups in Finland. Use a 5 0.01.

 

8. Survey Response: Validity Locander and others ( see reference in Problem 7) also studied the accuracy of responses on questions involving more sensitive material than voter registration. From public records, individuals were identifi ed as having been charged with drunken driving not less than 6 months or more than 12 months from the starting date of the study. Two random samples from this group were studied. In the fi rst sample of 30 individuals, the respondents were asked in a face- to- face interview if they had been charged with drunken driving in the last 12 months. Of these 30 people interviewed face- to- face, 16 answered the question accurately. The second random sample consisted of 46 people who had been charged with drunken driving. During a telephone interview, 25 of these responded accurately to the question asking if they had been charged with drunken driving during the past 12 months. Assume that the samples are repre-sentative of all people recently charged with drunken driving.

( a) Let p1 represent the population proportion of all people with recent charges of drunken driving who respond accurately to a face- to- face interview asking if they have been charged with drunken driving during the past 12 months. Let p2 represent the population proportion of people who respond accurately to the same question when it is asked in a telephone interview. Find a 90% confi dence interval for p1 2 p2.

(b)Does the interval found in part ( a) contain numbers that are all positive? all negative? mixed? Comment on the meaning of the confi dence interval in the context of this problem. At the 90% level, do you detect any differences in the proportion of accurate responses to the question from face- to- face interviews as compared with the proportion of accurate responses from telephone interviews?
( c) Test the claim that there is a difference in the proportion of accurate responses from face- to- face interviews compared with the proportion of accurate responses from telephone interviews. Use a 5 0.05.