Changes in the Number of Students in the Learning Disabilities

question 53

Multiple Choice

Changes in the number of students in the learning disabilities category has been attributed to all of the following factors EXCEPT

• A)poor diagnostic procedures.
• B)teachers' reluctance to change teaching methods.
• C)increase in poverty.
• D)increase in prevalence of mental retardation.

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Definitions:

Receptors

Biological structures or substances that respond to specific stimuli from the environment or the body.

Encoding

The method through which data is converted into a format suitable for storage in memory.

Transduction

The process of converting outside stimuli, such as light, into neural activity.

Sensation

The process of receiving and interpreting sensory stimuli from the environment through bodily sense organs.