Domain I—Designing Instruction and Assessment to Promote Student Learning
According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, which of the following thought processes best distinguishes a student at the formal operational stage?
A. Abstract thought
B. Logical thought
C. Concrete thought
D. Intuitive thought
Abstract thoughts develops at: formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)
Mrs. Ramirez, a fourth-grade teacher, plans to develop an effective set of behaviors expectations for students, including a system for rewards and consequences. Which of the following provides an appropriate guideline?
A. Post 10-15 standards for students to learn.
B. Post 3-5 standards that describe consequences.
C. Post 10-15 detailed standards.
D. Post 3-5 general standards that guide productive learning.
D. Post 3-5 general standards that guide productive learning.
A high- school teacher conducts an end-of chapter exam in history. Which of the following test describes this assessments?
A. Formative Assessment
B. Content Assessment
C. Diagnostic Assessment
D. Summative Assessment
D. Summative Assessment
In reflecting on her students and classroom management, a teacher feels her classroom is not productive. Which of the following professional development strategies would most likely help the teacher?
A. Parent Help
B. Peer Observation
C. Professional Learning Communities
D. Professional Development Training
B. Peer Observation
During the middle school years, young adolescents' need for an increasing sense of autonomy can best be met by:
A. designing activities and assignments to permit student choice among a range of options.
B. Using democratic processes to make decisions affecting the whole class (e.g., where to go on a field trip).
C. routinely including blocks of unstructured time in students' daily schedules.
D. Assigning grades based primarily on students' self-evaluations of their performance.
A. designing activities and assignments to permit student choice among a range of options.
The language arts teacher wants to analyze his classroom environment. He knows that middle school students want to be treated like young adults, but that they also want to be nurtured. He decides to establish the following system. Each Friday all students are given a form that must be filled out anonymoulsy. Which questions should not be included on this form?
A. Do you think everyone gets the same opportunity to participate in class? If not, why?
B. Do you know of anyone who is fearful in this class? If so, why is he or she fearful?
C. Do you think that i am a good teacher? If so, why?
D. Do you think that I do all I can do to make all students feel safe and cared for? If not, why not?
C. Do you think that i am a good teacher? If so, why?
Which of the following statements reflect appropriate teacher questioning strategies?
A. The teacher provides 3 to 5 seconds of wait time after asking a question.
B. The teacher provides 1 to 2 seconds of wait time after asking a question.
C. The teacher turns to an unanswered question to another student.
D. The teacher should ask questions of those who are capable of answering the questions.
A. The teacher provides 3 to 5 seconds of wait time after asking a question.
Which of the following would be the approach for the teacher to take if the district-mandated assessments were on her desk and her class is present. The teacher is called next door by her buddy teacher for an emergency that just occurred?
A. Advise the buddy teacher to handle the situation.
B. Ignore the call for help.
C. Carry the assessments with her to the buddy's teachers' class.
D. Send a student to assist the buddy teacher.
C. Carry the assessments with her to the buddy's teachers' class.
Which of the following instructional strategies may be contrasted with explicit teaching?
A. Demonstrations
B. Inquiry
C. Systematic Instruction
D. Direct Teaching
B. Inquiry
A middle school science teacher often has students engage in group activities. There are a few students who do not participate fully in their groups. Which of the following approaches would best meet these students' needs?
A. Place these students in a separate group, and permit them to join other groups only after they have met specified criteria for participation in group work.
B. Provide these students with external reinforcers, such as free time, that will be withdrawn over time as the students' attitudes and performance improve.
C. Assign clear roles and responsibilities to each member of all groups and rotate the roles among all students.
D. Assign high-achieving students leadership roles within all groups to serve as models for the nonpracticing students.
C. Assign clear roles and responsibilities to each member of all groups and rotate the roles among all students.
Ms. Klein, a third-grade teacher, uses a discussion format while teaching that soils are formed by weathering of rocks. After discussion, Ms. Klein assigns the students to work in groups and carefully outlines group goals. When making decisions on group assignments, Ms. Klein should place students according to the following with the exception of -
A. placing students according to their ability levels.
B. placing students according to interests.
C. placing students in groups who are culturally diverse.
D. placing students with their best friends.
D. placing students with their best friends.
A first- grade teacher would effectively use family support resources to enhance family involvement in student learning by which of the following:
A. Sending home a weekly communication folder indicating the child's behavior for the day.
B. During whole group time, ask students to share where their parents are employed.
C. For homework have students, to write paragraph on what they would like to be when they grow up.
D. In the weekly newsletter sent home to parents, highlight that you would be interested in parents who would like to participate in Career Day.
D. In the weekly newsletter sent home to parents, highlight that you would be interested in parents who would like to participate in Career Day.
A teacher works with an English language learner who is reading at the beginning level of proficiency. The teacher provides the student with text written in English to read aloud? Which of the following is not a true statement about the student?
A. The student has difficulty decoding the words throughout the text.
B. The student comprehends isolated words or phrases.
C. The student uses visual cues to figure out the words in the test.
D. The student comprehends grade-level text only if provided enough time to read the text slowly
D. The student comprehends grade-level text only if provided enough time to read the text slowly
George, a seventh- grade student who has difficulty using his arms and legs, is confined to a wheelchair. George's disability prompted his teacher, Ms. Morris, to approach the principal about providing a special computer device for George. Ms. Morris's actions demonstrate that-
A. She was frustrated with George's lack of skill and wished George could keep up with the rest of the class.
B. She knows how to work with school administration to foster an effective, purposeful classroom climate.
C. She understands the importance of creating a classroom climate that addresses George's emotional needs and respects his rights.
D. She shows how knowledgeable she is when it comes to technology.
C. She understands the importance of creating a classroom climate that addresses George's emotional needs and respects his rights.
Mr. Jones, a science high school teacher, wants to acknowledge students who particpated in the state science fair by posting pictures on the school website. Which of the following would be the most appropriate way for the teacher to proceed?
A. Posting the photographs with no identifying information
B. Obtaining each student's written permission
C. Reviewing the district fair-use policy
D. Reviewing the district acceptable-use policy
D. Reviewing the district acceptable-use policy
Johnson middle school implements a one-one-to-one technology initiative. However, the teachers at the school are slow to implement the technology effectively. Which of the following professional strategies is most likely to result in improved technology integration in the middle school classroom.
A. Each teacher employs technology tools with which he or she she feels most comfortable.
B. Teachers collaborate to design and monitor technology integration practices based on successful experiences.
C. Lead teachers determine technology tools to be implemented at each grade level.
D. Teachers elect a middle school representative to work with administration to determine middle school procedures for technology integration.
B. Teachers collaborate to design and monitor technology integration practices based on successful experiences.
A math teacher uses class time for direct instruction of math skills, and for the most part he models to students the process of solving the math problems. He then sends the students home with math problems to complete for homework. Upon evaluating student performance on homework and tests, the teacher isn't satisfied with student progress. Which of the following practices would most likely support student learning?
A. More homework
B. More modeling of problems
C. Guided practice
D. One-one-one instruction
C. Guided practice
Time management is an important aspect of teaching? Mr. Bate's fourth-grade class needed to improve behavior during literacy stations. Which of the following strategies might help?
A. Mr. Bates should assign a group leader in charge of taking names.
B. Mr. Bates should sit facing the class.
C. Mr. Bates should spend time practicing procedures so all students understand expectations during stations.
D. Mr. Bates should use a parent volunteer during this time to help monitor the class.
C. Mr. Bates should spend time practicing procedures so all students understand expectations during stations.
A ninth- grade English language arts teacher would like her students to use technology tools to collaborate during writing projects. Her goal is for students to use computer-based tools to collaborate at home and at school to enrich the learning environment. Which of the following projects aligns with her goals?
A. Students work in groups during class to research topics.
B. Students use and cite websites related to the writing assignment.
C. Students use GoogleDocs to write together in a virtual environment.
D. Students interview an author and share information with peers.
C. Students use GoogleDocs to write together in a virtual environment.
Each year Scarborough Elementary school publishes a directory listing the students' name, addresses and telephone numbers. The directory is completed after the start of the school and then sent home with the students. Parents and students find the directory very helpful for several reasons. However, this year, parents were not consulted about the directory until they received it at home. The MAJOR error made by the communication was that-
A. Parents thought additional information should have been included such as honors and awards their child received so they asked for a reprinting.
B. the school should have notified parents that the directory would be sent out and then give parents times to request nondisclosure of information.
C. Names of students were left out and students become very upset because they were not included in the directory.
D. Parents were upset because they were left out of the process although the school urges parents to be involved in their child's education.
B. the school should have notified parents that the directory would be sent out and then give parents times to request nondisclosure of information.