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Explain the scientific method giving several examples of research questions, etc... - CORRECT
... [Show More] ANSWER A teacher wants to teach the scientific method by asking students to set up an experiment to learn what natural resources seeds need in order to germinate. What's the first step?
Describing a problem and solving it as a class - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following first-day techniques is MOST clearly directed toward building a sense of community in the classroom?
Share the common mnemonic device "King Henry Doesn't Mind Drinking Chocolate Milk" for remembering the order of prefixes - CORRECT ANSWER The current lesson objective in a FOURTH GRADE class is for students to remember each prefix used in metric distances...To help students meet the objective, the teacher should
Inductive - Generalize based on specifics. No Deductive: Specifics based on a definition or rule. - CORRECT ANSWER A science teacher wants to introduce the concept of parasitism among animal species. She begins by describing several parasitic relationships between animal species. She then asks students to identify what is similar and different about these pairs, with the goal of determining the essential attributes of the relationships. What kind of instructional approach is she using?
Organize a plan. Organizing and planning are related to synthesis. - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following prompts require students to synthesize information?
students from the sample group who scored less than or equal to the student. - CORRECT ANSWER The reports that schools and parents receive when their students take norm-referenced standardized tests include the student's percentile rank is the percent of
Criterion-referenced. Multiple choice could be Criterion-referenced OR Norm-referenced - CORRECT ANSWER Education test BEST measures students' performance on specific skill objectives as compared to a performance standard of those skills.
Have students complete weekly worksheets, give students a test every other week, and assign a composition about one of the learning objectives. - CORRECT ANSWER A high school English teacher has assigned a novel for students to complete for a six-week unit. The teacher gives students a reading schedule. Each day the teacher gives students a pop quiz over the assigned chapters. The teacher then discusses the chapters and has students take notes. What other type of assessments tools can the teacher use to make sure students are keeping up with the reading and learning the content?
Inform them that she will consult the Special Education teacher to see if the student's difficulties may warrant testing for learning disabilities. - CORRECT ANSWER A third grade student struggles spelling even basic words. Her parents have come to the autumn parent-teacher conference and discussed the student's previous school experiences and their concerns about her lack of progress in spelling. How should her teacher response?
When individual students behave appropriately, they earn points toward a group reward that the class has chosen. NO the whole class at the same time! - CORRECT ANSWER A 4th grade class has been having a great deal of trouble settling down during transitions between activities, as well as after recess and lunch. The teacher has decided to speak to the class again about what behavior he expects and offers them a reward for exhibiting the acceptable behaviors during transition times. Which type of incentive is MOST appropriate in this situation?
Prime numbers are only divisible by themselves and one. / RULE is the key on this question! - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following knowledge unit is a rule relationship?
Discuss the effects of weather patterns on the ecology of other countries. - CORRECT ANSWER A science class has just completed a unit of study on ecology, including vegetative regions and biomes. Which of the following student activities demonstrates the highest level of content mastery?
Stand outside the classroom with the door open for the students. A few seconds before the second bell rings, rush into class with a backpack and make a big show of being late. Afterwards, talk with the students about the rule for being ready on time. - CORRECT ANSWER How should a teacher reinforce the "Be prepared and ready to work on time" rule in class?
acknowledge the question as interesting, yet ask the student to wait until later for the class to travel that thread of thinking. - CORRECT ANSWER A teacher is conducting a lesson on the Industrial Revolution and the significant changes in methods of transportation and travel during that time. After being called on, a student asks why steam engines are not used in cars today. The teacher should...
Interpret, justify, support - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following sets of verbs is best suited to assessment of how well students can evaluate a body of content.
"You're right. How did you figure that out?" - CORRECT ANSWER A teacher asked his student to find the area of a triangle. The student's response was correct but was given in an unsure and timid manner. What could the teacher say to encourage the student's understanding of finding the area of triangles?
Graphing ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. - CORRECT ANSWER A ninth-grade teacher plans to teach his students how to use latitude and longitude to locate places on a map. He wants to build upon students' prior knowledge, so switch of the following would be MOST logical to link with lessons on latitude and longitude?
The students take a test where they are given a blank map a list of all 50 states. The students write in the name of each state in its correct location on the map. - CORRECT ANSWER The teacher has written the following objective for her fifth grade students: "The students will correctly locate 45 of the 50 United States on a blank map of the United States". Which of the following is the BEST way to assess whether students have met the objective?
Have students practice the skills until they meet a predetermined standard of quickness and accuracy. / They key is a next step to build fluency (speed and accuracy) - CORRECT ANSWER The faculty adviser to a student website is training students to use a photo processing software. What should the adviser plan to do after students have successfully tried the basic skills of importing an image file and saving it in an appropriate format for use on the web?
insufficient practice with transferring it - CORRECT ANSWER When students cannot transfer a concept from the classroom to other settings the most common reason is...
"What are the main features of..." / Key: divide something into constituents, analysis. - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following statements will require students to analyze what they are working on?
Refer the student to a professional help provider - CORRECT ANSWER A teacher thinks a student is under a great deal of stress, perhaps because of a bad relationship with a parent and step-parent. Among the following choices, which is the first thing that the teacher should do?
Giving additional time to complete assigned work - CORRECT ANSWER A student is returning to school after being hospitalized for three months. Which accommodations should a teacher consider?
Evaluating whether teaching practices need to be changed based on student self-evaluation. - CORRECT ANSWER A teacher is planning how to explain classroom assessment practices to a group of parents. Which of the following could be used as an example of formative assessment?
Practice frequently at first, spread out practice after that. - CORRECT ANSWER When planning how students will practice correct spelling of the words "there", "their" and "they're," which of the following is the BEST pattern?
Have him spend 15 minutes per day using a computer program that practices multiplication - CORRECT ANSWER A nine-year-old student with diagnosed Attention Deficit Disorder (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?
Using the state curriculum at the beginning of the school year to determine the learning objectives for the year, which are then incorporated into units of study. - CORRECT ANSWER 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?
Offer additional help and explain that you will pinpoint the areas that are causing problems and work through them. Key: All students should be accountable - CORRECT ANSWER A student comes and says, "I just can't do math. Mad 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?
Give a free-response test on the "big ideas" of the unit and have students choose a project from a list of eight projects. - CORRECT ANSWER 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?
1. Difference between 81.43 and 80 - CORRECT ANSWER Difference between mean and median...
Examine events leading up to the war and develop a general model of world war in the process - CORRECT ANSWER In order to use an inductive sequence for teaching about WWII, which of the following would be the BEST way for a class to work?
Explain the distinction, then have students apply the terms to their own examples. - CORRECT ANSWER Suppose you want students to learn to distinguish between the words imply and infer. Which of the following sequences would be MOST effective?
Norm-referenced test - CORRECT ANSWER If a school wanted to compare how its students were doing with respect to students in other schools, what kind of assessment would be MOST appropriate?
Analysis of the separate stories and comparison between them - CORRECT ANSWER Consider the following question asked by a first grade teacher: "What do the three stories we have read by Tomie Paola have in common" What is the main instructional value of asking a question like this?
"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" - CORRECT ANSWER A struggling student comes to pick up a paper at your desk during class time. You have determined that this needs extra help. Which of the following would be BEST to say to the student?
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. - CORRECT ANSWER What activity would BEST help students in a middle school social studies class understand why different Native American tribes had different trading practices?
Tell students not to call out responses but to raise their hand when they think of an answer and wait to be called on. - CORRECT ANSWER 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?
Demonstrate to students the specific procedure and order expected - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following would provide the BEST introduction for a lesson on writing bibliographic references?
Having students work on their own with specific information related to a topic before giving an organizing lecture. - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following is MOST likely to promote effective transfer of knowledge to students?
Assign each student in the group a specific role in accomplishing the objectives of the activity - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the methods below will BEST hold students accountable for their full participation in cooperative learning groups?
Goals, Objectives, tasks analysis, prerequisite knowledge. - CORRECT ANSWER Order for major steps in planning a lesson.
What students already know about it instead which students are most likely to have problems - CORRECT ANSWER Ascertain before designing a unit.
Application-based instead knowledge-based - CORRECT ANSWER Type of material easy to memorize
"Take a breath and pay attention to how it feels..." - CORRECT ANSWER Respiratory system, beginning to the lesson:
make an example of the student so other won't imitate - CORRECT ANSWER Student who pretends to make pancakes in science lab
explain new concepts by identifying the similarities they share. - CORRECT ANSWER Metaphors
Patterns of student errors (A formative assessment is designed to give immediate evidence of student learning and is not used to grade or evaluate students.) - CORRECT ANSWER What kind of information can be gathered using a formative student assessment?
has learned a great deal of history. 2+ approximately 95th percentile. NO intelligence ONLY achievement level. - CORRECT ANSWER Standardized history achievement test, a student score at +2 standard deviation.
Start designing a plan that will help the student build reading and language skills. Especial Education might be part of the general plan but not the only thing! - CORRECT ANSWER Student who misbehaves after she is given a reading assignment, most likely because the student has poor vocabulary skills and is not a competent reader.What should the teacher do?
Accurately observe natural events. Doesn't call for analysis and inference. - CORRECT ANSWER Students monitor a US Geological Survey website. Learning goals met by this activity.
Instructional method most effectively conveys information to an ENTIRE group of students at once. - CORRECT ANSWER Lecture
A fifth-grade teacher describes how the position and tilt of the earth cause seasons. Concrete objects to illustrate concepts better for demonstration rather than videos. - CORRECT ANSWER Model the revolution of the earth around the sun using a flashlight and globe.
Strategy that is useful when a student is in the acquisition stage or learning? Fluency Stage (opportunities to drill), Generalization Stage (opportunities to review), Adaptation Stage (opportunities to practice in new settings) - CORRECT ANSWER The teacher demonstrates the target skill.
Goal of identifying birds using a taxonomy key. (Avoid the ones who lack examples or explanations of the key.) - CORRECT ANSWER Summarize the process, work through the first several steps to identify a particular bird as an example, and then let the students use the key themselves.
How should students involved in a group project be graded? (Asking students to grade peers is NOT WISE) - CORRECT ANSWER Each group member should be given individual grades based on his or her performance in the group.
Reliability but not validity. - CORRECT ANSWER A fish market scale always underweighs a product by 3.2 pounds.
Homework assignment would be BEST after a lesson that introduces the addition of fractions with common denominators. - CORRECT ANSWER Assign 10 problems on adding fractions with common denominators.
If a student repeats a question already answered during a class period, the teacher should... - CORRECT ANSWER Answer the question using different language and examples.
What should a teacher do when a very intelligent student aggressively dominates class discussions? Don't isolate him! - CORRECT ANSWER Start asking questions that have a range of possible answers and call for multiple responses.
Which one BEST describes why explaining grading criteria for upcoming assignments improves student's performances? - CORRECT ANSWER It helps the students analyze and improve their work
A teacher has a set of handouts he gives throughout a unit on writing a research papers. Which of the following should be the first one? Preview of the whole process FIRST! - CORRECT ANSWER "Research Papers: A step-by-step Overview"
Which study tactic be MOST helpful for high school seniors preparing for a world history exam? - CORRECT ANSWER Combine key points from the textbook and notes from class to create an outline.
What statistical calculations are required when converting from raw to a standard score? - CORRECT ANSWER Mean and standard deviation (The distance from the mean and standard deviation of the distribution)
A student who usually completes homework consistently has not returned her homework for three consecutive days. When the teacher addresses the situation with the student, she is a aloof and will not respond. Action to take...(The student already talke to the teacher) - CORRECT ANSWER Call the student's parents to schedule a conference.
Mnemonic Devices help students to (It's about order of things) - CORRECT ANSWER Remember a specific set of ordered information
A 4th-grade science class completed and experiment in groups. Which method of closing the lesson will BEST clarify students' understanding? - CORRECT ANSWER Explicit teach the concepts the experiment in their science journals.
Before having students read a critical article about a novel they have studied in class, the teacher says, "While you read, notice the difference between statements of opinion and fact. Pay attention to how the author supports his opinions". What is the primary purpose for saying this. - CORRECT ANSWER To establish a purpose for reading
Which activity would BEST stimulate students' interest in a introductory unit about the metric system? It's about STIMULATING INTEREST! - CORRECT ANSWER Measure items using non-standard units, like different size paper clips, to see why standard units were developed.
Which of the following techniques is MOST effective when leading whole class discussion? - CORRECT ANSWER First present a question, then call on a student
After teaching a new, difficult concept, how should a teacher choose a student to call on when asking follow-up questions? There might be student who don't feel comfortable with the material YET - CORRECT ANSWER Pick a student who volunteer
In order to help her students attain fluency in reading grade-level materials aloud, the teacher assesses students frequently and tailors her instruction accordingly. Which type of assessment, performed at least twice a month, would BEST monitor students' reading fluency? - CORRECT ANSWER Students read a selected passage while the teacher keeps a running record of errors
Which of the following is an accurate definition of a "Standard Error of Measurement" (Determine the accuracy of test in gauging student knowledge) - CORRECT ANSWER The difference between the actual score that a student achieves on an exam and her hypothetical score.
Prompt that will require students to evaluate what they are working on..."Evaluate = simply make a judgment or opinion" - CORRECT ANSWER "What is the most important..."
An elementary teacher tells his student he will give them stickers each time they master a new part of the multiplication table. What motivational system is he employing? - CORRECT ANSWER Token economy
A physical science made its own polyvinyl acetate blobs to demonstrate the characteristics of plastic polymers. What type of instruction? (Students use the materials themselves to discover a concept in a structured lesson) - CORRECT ANSWER Inquiry learning [Show Less]