Assignment 01

Assignment 01: Questions
1 …… provides the framework for the provision of education in South Africa.
(1) The White Paper on Education and Training of 1995
(2) The South African Schools Act of 1996
(3) The South African Constitution
(4) The National Commission on Special Needs in Education
2 Choose the correct combination of options.
Transformation in the education system with regard to learners who experience barriers to learning is vital for the following reasons:
A It is estimated that 70% of learners with disabilities, the majority of whom are black disabled learners in rural areas, are currently outside the formal education system.
B It would seem that learners who experience barriers to learning suffer a greater degree of exclusion in the early childhood development phase.
C Where these learners are in fact accommodated in ordinary schools, access to the curriculum will not be problematic.
D Where there is good cooperation between special schools and ordinary schools these learners will not be excluded.

(1) A, B, C,
(2) B, C, D
(3) A, B, D
(4) A, C, D
3 Choose the INCORRECT statement about epilepsy:
(1) Children with epilepsy should live normal healthy lives.
(2) Epileptic seizures could increase if there are affective disturbances.
(3) Children with epilepsy sometimes manifest deviant tendencies which they can control.
(4) In the case of a partial seizure a child does not lose consciousness completely.

4 ……. is an advanced form of receptive language.
(1) Written language
(2) Inner language
(3) Speech
(4) Reading

5 Learners with ... do not perform at school to an extent which is in keeping with their potential.
(1) learning difficulties
(2) auditory receptive problems
(3) physical disabilities
(4) intellectual disabilities
6 Children subject to sudden spells of aggresiveness, vandalism or bad temper, may suffer from …
(1) tremor.
(2) disruptive behaviour.
(3) disguised epilepsy.
(4) neurological dysfunction.

7 Refraction errors can cause the following eye conditions
(1) strabismus, myopia, hyperopia
(2) nystagmus, albinism, squint
(3) hyperopia, astigmatism, myopia
(4) astigmatism, squint, albinism

8 Learners with ... problems experience problems with the cooperation between eye and hand or eye and foot.
A fine motor perception
B lateral dominance
C visual-motor coordination
D spatial perception

9 If a person suffers from ..., he or she tends to lower the voice and to speak very softly.
(1) sensorineural hearing loss
(2) tinnitus
(3) partially hearing loss
(4) conductive hearing loss

10 … is sometimes known as sensory hyperactivity.
(1) Perceptual-motor manifestation
(2) Hyperactivity
(3) Distractibility
(4) Sensorineural hearing