Math
Which of the following sequences is the most appropriate learning progression through the levels of geometric thinking?
a) analytic, abstract, descriptive
b) analytic, descriptive, abstract
c) descriptive, abstract, analytic
d) descriptive, analytic, abstract
What is D) descriptive, analytic, abstract
During the discovery and application process students are making discoveries. Which of the following should the teacher be doing?
a) doing a demonstration as instruction
b) coaching and guiding children as needed
c) presenting situations and posing questions
d) maintaining order throughout the classroom
What is b) coaching and guiding children as needed?
To assess a student’s ability to analyze the draining of the Everglades and the development of South Florida, it would be most effective to ask the student to
a) participate in a play about the state’s agriculture.
b) prepare a report on early exploration in the area.
c) label a blank political map of the state.
d) write a cause-and-effect essay about the region.
What is d) write a cause-and-effect essay about the region?
The most effective way to develop students’ reading fluency is through....
a) repeated reading
b) choral reading
c) round-robin reading.
d) readers theatre.
What is a) repeated reading?
In oral language assessment, the key point for you, as the teacher to note, is that the use of a task-based approach should possess some constancy of elicitation input. Every student is assessed on the same learned concepts. Which of the following task types is NOT used to elicit spoken English?
a) Static relationships
b) Fluency relationships
c) Dynamic relationships
d) Abstract relationships
What is B) Fluency Relationships
Static relationships is when you ask the student to describe an object or photograph, instruct a student on how to assemble a piece of equipment or giving route directions. Dynamic relationships involve storytelling or giving an eyewitness account. Abstract relationships are expressing an opinion or justifying a course of action. Teachers can use these task types to elicit spoken English in oral language assessments.
A group of students are working on a project. They complete 30%percent of the project in 12 hours. If they continue to work at the same speed, how many hours will it take the group to finish the project?
a) 24 hours
b) 36 hours
c) 40 hours
d) 42 hours
What is C) 40 hours.
Which scientific device would be most appropriate to use to map the ocean floor?
a) sonar
b) ground penetrating radar
c) seismometer
d) microwave generator
What is a) sonar?
A 2nd-secondgrade teacher is planning a lesson on the Constitution. Of the following, which would be the most appropriate primary source through which to present the lesson?
a) watch a video clip of the Emancipation Proclamation
b) read a complex text about the Boston Tea Party
c) view a replica of the Constitution document
d) sing a song about legal documents.
What is c) view a replica of the Constitution document?
Which of the following instructional strategies would be a good way to introduce a variety of genres to a class in order to compare and contrast information about a subject?
a) sign systems
b) read alouds
c) book clubs
d) text sets
What is c) book clubs?
What is one of the most important results of effective technology-rich environments?
a) Classroom work space improves.
b) Laptop computers are now available for teachers and students.
c) Teachers can now keep pace with technological advances.
d) It allows for active student learning with immediate feedback.
What is D) It allows for active student learning with immediate feedback.
Effective technology-rich environments not only allow for active student learning and immediate feedback, but it also provides a collaborative environment and authentic information. They also place a value on the social context of learning while still allowing for individuality.
90 - 60 ÷ 30 + 10
a) 10
b) 11
c) 78
d) 98
What is D) 98
The mechanism that Darwin saw as the means for evolution to occur was?
a) under production of offspring.
b) over production of offspring.
c) artificial selection.
d) natural selection.
What is d) natural selection?
Between 1849 and 1852, nearly 250,000 people arrived in California, which ultimately led to the admission of California as a state in 1850. Which was the cause of the largest migration in American history to date?
a) California Gold Rush
b) discovery of oil and gas
c) expansion of the fur trade
d) Transcontinental Railroad
What is a) California Gold Rush?
A 3rd-grade third grade teacher asks the students to partner-read a literary selection. The teacher walks around the room and stops to question each pair of students about the story. Which type of assessment is the teacher using?
a) informal
b) formal
c) diagnostic
d) standardized
What is a) informal?
A teacher has implemented class discussion and faces a limitation. What would be the problem?
a) Too many students involved in the discussion.
b) The students respond to each other in the discussion.
c) A couple of students dominate the conversation.
d) The students begin to speak as a group.
What is C) A couple of students dominate the conversation.
The question identifies the characteristics, uses, benefits, and limitations of various instructional approaches, such as direct instruction, cooperative learning, inquiry, and class discussion. One of the limitations of class discussion is few students dominating the conversation. The other answers are benefits of using class discussion.