ABCTE- PTK (Assessment & Writing) 98 Questions with Verified Answers
Business Communication - CORRECT ANSWER Use concrete terms instead of abstract
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The best you know your audience, the better you can anticipate and incorporate rules on how, what, and when to use specific words and terms.
Understand the relationship between universal or specific appeal to an audience or context.
Clear and concise communication involves anticipation. Anticipating the language that the reader is expected to know, unfamiliar terms, enables the writer to communicate.
Promoting understanding and limiting misinterpretations are key goals of an effective communicator.
Maintains Class Control - CORRECT ANSWER Students rely on teachers to establish and maintain a safe and orderly learning environment that is welcoming, inclusive, and allows each student to achieve his or her maximum potential. The need for student discipline requires the teacher to develop a set of rules that establish boundaries for behavior and to enforce them in a fair and consistent manner.
Successful teachers prepare for classroom disruption before they begin to occur.
Alongside creating a list, teacher should include consequences as part of the introductory events that occur during the first week of school.
A well constructed, student-centered lesson plan is the best tactic that a teacher can employ to avert student discipline situations.
Classroom Managment - CORRECT ANSWER
Productive Writing - CORRECT ANSWER Know when you are most productive (mornings, afternoons, evenings...)
If you cannot choose your timing, then dedication and perseverance is required.
To be productive:
1. You need to be alert.
2. Ready to work
3. Accomplish task with relative ease.
4. Write everyday
5. Develop an habit of concentrating while you write.
6. Critical thinking self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking (attention to detail).
7. Have a positive attitude about writing in general.
Reading and writing from an audience-centered view means acknowledging your confirmation bias and moving beyond it to consider multiple frames of references, points of view, perspectives as you read, research, and write.
Break down writing in small manageable steps, that in turn, will provide you with a platform for success.
Your rough draft as a purpose but its not your final product.
Let go of fear of failure.
Your desire for perfection should come in place when it comes to polishing your finished product.
To eliminate fear of writing, make the unknown known. If we take out the mystery out of the product and and process, we can see it for its essential components. We see how our finished product should look.
Examine successful papers to get a better feel for what you have to produce.
Planning Checklist - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Determine your general purpose: are you trying to inform, persuade, entertain, facilitate interaction, or motivate a reader? (who, what, when, how, and why(optional)) Identifying "why" something happened or why a certain decision is advantageous will be the essence of the communication.
2. Determine your specific purpose: the desired outcome.
3. Credibility, Timing, and Audience
Which question below is MOST likely to generate the widest range of answers and discussions among students? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Why would the author have ended the book this way?
This question allows for both a wide range of answers and discussion of those answers. The discussion is likely to be interesting because there are so many possible answers to the question.
Why questions tend to be the most open-ended.
Why should a teacher always spend time explaining classroom rules during the first few days of class? - CORRECT ANSWER A: To establish clear expectations for performance and behavior.
Students benefit from clear, firm guidelines from the outset. The rules should be changed only when necessary, not casually or according to students demands.
Which of the methods below will BEST hold students accountable for their full participation in cooperative learning groups? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Assign each student in the group a specific role in accomplishing the objectives of the activity.
If each student has a role in meeting the objectives and the activity is well structured, then all students will be drawn into participating because they all have something to do.
Grading students' work individually can be appropriate during cooperative learning activities.
Students evaluating each other should be generally avoided.
When teachers share standardized test results with parents, there is a large amount of information in the score report to be discussed. Which information will be of MOST use to a typical parent? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Parents will generally benefit most rom specific information about how to help their children succeed. When parents know their child's weaknesses, they can emphasize working to improve them. Parents may want to know how their child had done in comparison to other students locally and nationally, but the information does not help their child improve.
Knowledge: Recall and remember information - CORRECT ANSWER Defines
Describes
Identifies
Knows
Labels
Lists
Matches
Names
Outlines
Recalls
Recognize
Reproduce
Selects
States
Memorize
Tells
Repeats
Stem: How many of the following ...?
Comprehension: Understanding the meaning, translation, interpolation, and intepretation - CORRECT ANSWER Comprehends
Converts
Paraphrase
Restate
Illustrate
Confirm
Match
Explains
Predicts
Defends
Generalizes
Compare
Distinguishes
Estimates
Extends
Gives examples
Rewrites
Translates
Infer
Summerizes
Transforms
Characterizes
Differentiates
Classifies
Stem: Describe in your own words...
Application: Use a concept in a new situation. - CORRECT ANSWER Typically requires the ability to transfer learning into a new situation. In turn, the act of transferring requires operating with the relationships between situations.
Applies
Changes
Draw
Solve
Model
Choose
Discover
Collect
Classify
Report
Show
Produce
Prepare
Make
Paint
Sketch
Computes
Constructs
Demonstrates
Manipulates
Modifies
Experiments
Stem: How is ____ related to ____ ?
Analysis: Separates materials or concepts into parts so that it's organizational structure may be understood. is - CORRECT ANSWER Analyze
Survey
Examine
Research
Investigate
Compare/Contrast
Take apart
Subdivide
Point out
Differentiates
Selects
Distinguishes
Classify
Breaks down
Diagrams
Deconstructs
Discriminate
Observes
Examines
Outlines
Relates
Separates
Identifies
Illustrates
Infers
Stem: What are the main features of ...?
How does this illustrates...?
Synthesize: Highest order thinking skills. Builds a structure or patterns from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure. - CORRECT ANSWER To form by combining parts or elements
Combines
Role-play
Construct
Originate
Creates
Organizes
Develop
Produce
What if
Hypothesize
Plan
Show
Prepare
Categorizes
Reorganizes
Relates
Revises
Rewrites
Concludes
Imagines
Invents
Reconstructs
Plans
Rearranges
Stem: What ideas can you add to ___ ?
Evaluation: Judging Outcome - CORRECT ANSWER Judge
Compares
Assess
Criticizes
Critiques
Solve
Summarize
Relate
Appraise
Weigh
Consider
Interprets
Justify
Support
Contrasts
Describes
Discriminates
Measures
Accepts/Rejects
Values
Evaluates
Explains
Consults
Decides
Stem: What would you suggest for ...?
Do you agree that ____?
What supports the opinion _____?
Suppose your objective is "The student will demonstrate an ability to differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks." Which is the BEST activity for introducing students to the attributes of each type of rock? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Students examine rocks belonging to each group and identify the similarities and differences. The activity is followed by a group discussion in which the teacher brings out the important characteristics of each type.
Students learn best when they are actively involved.
Field Trip - CORRECT ANSWER Students take a field trip followed by having the students make bulletin boards of academic concept is a good follow-up or assessment activity after an introduction.
A group of students wants to produce an electronic magazine that publishes original student writing and art. Their adviser is planning a unit to train them to use a word-processing application to create pages that include features such as images, multi-column layouts, sidebars, headers, footers, links, and page backgrounds. Which of the following would be the BEST culminating activity for this portion of the training? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Small teams producing a document under proctored conditions, using specified features, and within a time limit.
The purpose of the training is to prepare students to apply what they learn. The team and time limit conditions make the performance more realistic; the whole activity promotes retaining and transferring what has been learned. Written test are not ideal for gaining student mastery of a process. Since students will be working in groups to produce the magazine, testing their solo performance is also unhelpful.
Which of the following is MOST likely to promote effective transfer of knowledge to students? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Having students work on their own with specific information related to a topic before giving an organizing lecture.
Studies indicate that topics need to be organized and connected in order to promote transfer of knowledge, but that a large number of topics covered quickly will hinder student transfer because students have too little time to connect and organize the information.
Students are about to take a paper and pencil test. If there is time for only one of the following activities, which would BEST prepare the students for the test? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Organizational structures help students to connect and remember. Leaving students to go over their notes and homework assignment is most suited for advanced students. Playing a teacher developed game, and working on individually test type questions could be helpful but does not give much support as an organizational structure.
Which of the following learning objectives uses a higher order thinking skill? - CORRECT ANSWER A: The student will create a metaphor to describe an emotion. It requires synthesis in order to complete the task.
Which of the following would provide the BEST introduction for a lesson on writing bibliography references? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Demonstrate to students the specific procedure and order expected.
Writing bibliography references is a procedure, and procedures are best taught through demonstration. The teacher need to specify the important elements.
Which of the following phrases BEST completes the following sentence? - CORRECT ANSWER Vocabulary should be taught...
A: in every subject area in order for students to master the subject matter.
Rather than expecting students to memorize vocabulary, it is more effective to help "hook" the words to vocabulary words students already know and to use those words in context both in class and in homework. Vocabulary study need to have context to be retained.
A social studies teacher wants students to consider the role of geography in population patterns. She asks her class, "What role did geography play in the growth of Chicago as a major U.S. city?" What should she do next? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Students need various amounts of time to think through an answer to a question, particularly for complicated questions. Allowing students to answer right away can stop the thinking process for the other students. Calling on a student allows the rest of the class to stop thinking about the problem, too, and puts the student in an embarrassing position. Listing some possible answers on the blackboard and asking students which they think are the best is an option if the discussion gets stalled, but students should be given plenty of time to come up with their own ideas before the teacher starts prompting them.
I. According to our textbook, what does the public welfare system do to solve the problems of poverty?
II: What are some ways our country might solve the problems of poverty?
Which of the following best describes the differences between these questions? - CORRECT ANSWER A: II invites more divergent thinking than I.
The question is a matter of relative convergence and divergence. Question I converges on the textbook; that is, good answers will stick to what the textbook says. Question II allows for answers that may draw on sources other than the textbook. Both questions are open-ended.
How should a teacher generally begin almost every class? - CORRECT ANSWER A: By telling students what they will be covering that day.
Telling students what they will be covering helps focus students' attention. A teacher should remind students to pay attention if she notices that their attention is wandering, but she need not start every class with this reminder. Reviewing skills is helpful on occasion, but in every class. Casual conversation with students builds rapport but should be reserved for before or after class.
What activities would BEST help students in a middle school social studies class understand why the different Native American tribes had different trading practices? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Assign a tribe to each group of students and give each group handouts that identify needs and oversupply for a particular tribe. Then stage trading activities among groups and have students identify important aspects.
Students engaged in active participation are more likely to learn and understand complex interconnections.
A struggling student comes to pick up a paper at your desk during class time. You have determined that this student needs extra help. Which of the following would be BEST to say to the student? - CORRECT ANSWER A: "I'd like to talk to you about this paper in a little more detail. Let's set up a time when we can talk in private."
It is important to protect student privacy and avoid embarrassment. The vital issue is not to share lack of success with the rest of the students.
Consider the following question asked by a first grade teacher: "What do the three stories we have read by Tomie de Paola have in common?
What is the main instructional value of asking a question like this? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Analysis of the separate stories and comparison between them.
Question focuses on the 4th level of Bloom's Taxonomy. The teacher is looking to see which students are able to think of all three stories at the same time and make comparisons between them.
If a school wanted to compare how its students were doing with respect to students in other school, what kind of assessment would be MOST appropriate? - CORRECT ANSWER A: A norm-referenced test is designed to give a percentile score that places each student on a continuum of 1 to 99+.
Suppose you want students to learn to distinguish between the words imply and infer. Which of the following sequences would be MOST effective? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Explain the distinction, then have students apply the terms to their own examples.
Students cannot work independently until a skill is learned.
In order to use an inductive sequence for teaching about World War II, which of the following would be the BEST way for a class to work? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Examine events leading up to the war and develop a general model of world war in the process.
Induction is the process of building a general model.
Inductive instruction makes use of student "noticing". Instead of explaining a given concept and following this explanation with examples, the teacher presents students with many examples showing how the concept is used.
Which of the following statements BEST illustrates a proven technique for encouraging student effort? - CORRECT ANSWER A: "You're exactly right here and her. Now check this."
Teacher should give a student specific feedback about successful learning or performance and also points ahead to even better performance.
A student usually well-behaved, is being disruptive at the moment. Which of the following techniques is an effective first intervention? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Move closer to the student.
Moving closer is a good nonverbal cue that the teacher has recognized something that needs attention, yet gives the student a chance to correct things on the spot.
Given the following set of scores on a standardized test, which choice most closely approximates the difference between the mean and median of the set?
89,65,77,93,80,87,79 - CORRECT ANSWER A: The mean of the data is 81.43 and the median is 80. The difference is 1.43 which is closer to 1.
Token Economy - CORRECT ANSWER Students given a reward for achieving a goal.
Negative Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER Negative reinforcement involves attaching an undesirable consequence to undesirable behavior (i.e., like missing recess for calling someone a bad name).
Partial Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER Partial reinforcement is a term psychologist use to describe a sort of conditioning in which a certain behavior is only sometimes reinforced.
Inquiry or Discovery Learning - CORRECT ANSWER Students use the materials themselves to discover a concept in a structured lesson.
Direct Instruction or Active Teaching - CORRECT ANSWER The teacher presents the concepts directly to students.
Retain Information - CORRECT ANSWER Students retain information better when they use it, especially in analytical ways. By comparing and contrasting each new topic to the earlier ones they have studied, the student will access previously taught information and think about the new information they are learning.
Assessing the students tell the teacher what the students have retained, but, by itself, does not help students retain information.
A fifth-grade student has just finished a three-week unit on the American Revolution in social studies. Which strategy would be BEST to use to culminate the unit? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Give a free-response test on the "big ideas" of the unit and have students choose a project from a list of eight projects.
In order to know whether the learning objectives of the unit have been met, the objectives must be measured. A test on the major concepts of the American Revolution achieves the goal. The project, from a limited number of choices that relate to the objectives, gives students another way to show what they have learned. Having the students design a project that shows what they learned is too free-form. It doesn't show that they have met the learning objectives.
A student comes to you and says, "I just can't do math. My dad can't either. I don't have that kind of brain. I just don't get it." Which of the following is the BEST response to this situation? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Offer additional help and explain that you will pinpoint the areas that are causing problems and work through them.
All students should be accountable. It insults students when the teacher assumes they cannot learn and gives them an excuse to avoid a challenge.
Which of the following language arts activities requires the highest order of thinking skills? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Imagining and writing a new ending to a story is an example of the synthesis level of thinking on Bloom's Taxonomy.
Two student work together to prepare visual aids that illustrate the major waves of immigration in the United States. The activity satisfies which of the following learning objectives? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Communicating suitable ways.
Preparing visual aids necessarily engages students in thinking about what's suitable for the content, purpose, and audience. Their content may or may not require analyzing for cause and effect, for making claims, or making inferences (a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning).
Curriculum planning is a major aspect of a teacher's job. Which teaching practice listed below will BEST help students to achieve grade-level outcomes? - CORRECT ANSWER A: A teacher should have a plan for the school year before the year begins, so that he or she is sure to teach the required learning objectives. The units of study can then be constructed around objectives, rather than the reverse.
A nine-year old student with ADD is in a regular education classroom. He has average ability in math. Which strategy below will MOST effectively help him memorize his multiplication facts? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Have him spend 15 minutes per day using a computer program that practices multiplication facts.
A multiplication fact program on the computer will probably hold his interest for more time than any of the other strategies, which means he will practice more. Working with another student may be a chance to goof off, rather than focus on practicing.
When planning how students will practice correct spelling of the words "there," "their," and "they're," which of the following is the BEST pattern? - CORRECT ANSWER A: Practice frequently at first, spread out practice after that.
Frequent initial practice helps people acquire a skill and develop frequency with it. Further practice aids retention.
A teaching unit should be designed so that key skill are... - CORRECT ANSWER A: practiced frequently until students retain them. [Show Less]