A student shows strengths in reasoning but has trouble copying from the board…
2026
A student shows strengths in reasoning but has trouble copying from the board and organizing written work. This pattern indicates:
Answer: B. A learning disability affecting written expression — ConceptA specific learning disability affects a particular academic process even when a learner has adequate opportunity and strengths in other cognitive…
- A.
Hearing impairment
- B.
A learning disability affecting written expression
- C.
Intellectual disability
- D.
Lack of classroom discipline
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Correct answer: B
Concept
A specific learning disability affects a particular academic process even when a learner has adequate opportunity and strengths in other cognitive areas.
Written expression depends on transcription skills such as handwriting and spelling as well as planning and organizing ideas on paper.
Application
The student reasons well, so the difficulty is not broad intellectual impairment. The paired problems—copying from the board and organizing written work—are concentrated in written production. This profile therefore indicates a learning disability affecting written expression.
Cross-check and contrast
Hearing impairment primarily limits access to sound; the stem instead identifies a specific difficulty in producing and organizing written work.
Intellectual disability would involve broad limitations in intellectual and adaptive functioning, which conflicts with the stated strength in reasoning.
Lack of classroom discipline concerns behavior and rule-following; it does not account for a consistent, skill-specific writing pattern.
Therefore, the best-supported answer is a learning disability affecting written expression.