Early Childhood
Which of the following characteristics is considered a strength of a flexible ability group?
a) maintaining high level of expectations for all students
b) providing students specific instruction in areas where students struggle.
b) providing students specific instruction in areas where students struggle.
Which of the following kinds of instruction is frequently contrasted with discovery learning?
a) schema training
b) expository teaching
c) simulation games
b) expository teaching
When students finish the activity, the teacher says, "Trade draft directions with a partner and critique each other's work." At this point in the lesson, which of the following best describes the types of assessments the teacher is using?
a) summative and informal
b) peer and informal
c) formative and formal
b) peer and informal
Which of the following is the best example of divergent thinking?
a) the student produces many different solutions to the same problem.
b) the student's ideas are generated at unpredictable intervals.
a) the student produces many different solutions to the same problem.
Based on the stages of early oral language development, kindergarten students typically..
a) use irregular noun and verb forms and talk with adults in 4-8 word sentences.
b) depend on intonation and gestures to communicate
a) use irregular noun and verb forms and talk with adults in 4-8 word sentences.
Which of the following is best for a teacher to do when establishing classroom rules?
a) explain why the established rules are necessary for enhancing student cooperation.
b) mention the rules once at the beginning of the school year.
c) state the rules in a forceful way to establish authority.
a) explain why the established rules are necessary for enhancing student cooperation.
A middle school teacher asks students to make observations and draw conclusions during a science lesson. Which of the following types of reasoning is the teacher asking the students to use?
a) deductive reasoning
b)backwards reasoning
c)inductive reasoning
c) inductive reasoning
To determine how well the students in an eight-grade class are reading as compared to other students in the nation, a teacher should examine the results of which of the following kinds of tests?
a) a criterion-referenced reading test
b) a norm-referenced reading test
c) an aptitude test
b) a norm-referenced reading test
Which of the following would be the best indication to a teacher that students are beginning to think critically about science?
a) They ask the teacher to read stories about scientific topics.
b) They successfully plan and carry out simple experiments to test questions raised in the classroom.
c) They successfully plan and carry out simple experiments to test questions raised in the classroom.
Which descriptor best characterizes creativity?
a) the student's abilities typically apply uniformly across all learning domains, not just one.
b) the student's solutions prove viable, although they give the initial appearance of novelty.
b) the student solutions prove viable, although they give the initial appearance of novelty.
Which of the following professional strategies is most likely to result in improved student motivation and academic performance?
a) Teachers collaborate to formulate, select, and monitor classroom management techniques and other classroom procedures based on successful experiences
b) Teacher elect a colleague to represent them in working with the administration to determine a set of five best practices to be used at each teacher's discretion
a) Teachers collaborate to formulate, select, and monitor classroom management techniques and other classroom procedures based on successful experiences
Which of the following descriptors best characterizes creativity?
a) The student's ideas are generated in spurts, few of which tend to be relevant to solving a specific problem
b) The student's solutions prove viable, although they give the initial appearance of novelty
b) The student's solutions prove viable, although they give the initial appearance of novelty
Which of the following is an example of a classroom activity that uses dramatic play to facilitate language development?
a) Students shop for and purchase grocery items in a mock store.
b) Students work together to construct a life sized outline of a mammoth on a playground.
a) Students shop for and purchase grocery items in a mock store.
a) composite score
b) percentile rank
c) percent correct
b) percentile rank
A teacher gives his students a list of terms to use in an essay. If the students use the list effectively, which of the following would be an appropriate next step for the teacher to take when assigning the students their next essay?
a) Asking the students to come up with their own list of terms to use in their new assignment
b) Asking the students to use the same terms in the same assignment
a) Asking the students to come up with their own list of terms to use in their new assignment
Which of the following characteristics is considered a strength of a flexible ability group?
a) providing students specific instruction in areas where students struggle.
b) maintaining high level expectations for all students.
a) providing students specific instruction in areas where students struggle.
Which of the following instructional approaches is likely to be most effective in helping children in a culturally diverse class of 3 and 4 year olds achieve the goal of developing strong, positive self concepts?
a) Inviting parents to bring school foods traditionally associated with the holidays observed in the ethnic groups represented in a class.
b) Providing both learning activities and materials that affirm aspects of the different cultures of the children's families, such as learning to say "Good Morning" in the language used by the children's families.
b) Providing both learning activities and materials that affirm aspects of the different cultures of the children's families, such as learning to say "Good Morning" in the language used by the children's families.
a) using manipulative cubes with 2nd grade students to help them learn regrouping and addition.
b) using a book at a group of 1st grade students' independent reading level in a guided reading group.
a) using manipulative cubes with 2nd grade students to help them learn regrouping and addition.
The teacher instructs the students to use the feedback from their lab partners to improve and finalize their assignment. To most appropriately modify the assignment for beginning level English Language Learners (ELLs), the teacher should?
a) allow the ELLs to submit a series of pictures as a basis for explaining their directions.
b) have the ELLs use bilingual dictionaries when writing their directions.
a) allow the ELLs to submit a series of pictures as a basis for explaining their directions.
Which of the following is the best practice for promoting a positive learning environment?
a) subtracting class points for the day according to students' behavior at regular intervals.
b) providing students with inquiry based cooperative learning activities.
b) providing students with inquiry based cooperative learning activities.