T/F: A final exam is an example of a summative assessment.
True
100
What percentage range of students in schools suffer from high needs issues?
a. 3-13% b. 12-22% c. 24-34%
B!!!!!!
100
T/F: Making learning fun is hard work.
True (according to the article on achievement gap in Unit 26)
100
T/F: The ideal number of students for working groups is 4-6 students.
FALSE! It's 3-4 students.
100
Classroom assessment and grading should focus on _____ the student mastered the designated knowledge and skill.
a. how well
b. how fast
c. how often
A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
200
Which type of assessment is used top check students' priorknowledge or learning style preferences?
a. diagnostic c. formative
b. summative d. performance
A!!!!!!!
200
Which of the following is NOT an appropriate display of assertive behavior by a teacher?
a) Threatening students
b) Speaking clearly and deliberately in a slightly elevated tone of voice.
c) Listening to legitimate explanations by students.
d) Maintaining an erect posture when speaking to students.
A!!!!!!!
200
Which of the following is NOT a reason for achievement gap?
a) racism
b) locus of control
c) coalesced derivatives
d) poverty
C!!!!!! It's not even a real term, silly.
200
Which former teacher used cooperative learning at the very beginning of every class?
Robi (cooperative base groups)
200
Explain the features of scaffolding as a teaching strategy.
It is the support that teachers provide to the learner during problem solving-in the form of reminders, hints, and encouragement-to ensure successful completion of a task.
300
What is the key to helping students understand both their strengths and weaknesse and the areas in which they can improve?
Specific feedback.
300
Research has shown us that teachers in their classrooms have ______ the impact on student achievement, as do school policies regarding curriculum assessment, staff collegiality and community involvement.
twice
300
Why is peer assessment important in classroom practices?
It provides opportunity to show error as an opportunity for learning and promotes shared thinking.
300
To make cooperative learning work EFFECTIVELY, teachers must understand the elements and __________.
a. allow students to use their time in cooperative learning groups to organize information and learn from peers.
b. include careful planning, explanation, monitoring and assessment.
c. allow students to work casually together to achieve a joint goal.
B!!!!!!!
300
What communicates the important dimensions or elements of quality in a product or performance and guides educators in evaluating student work?
Grading rubrics
400
What are the four criteria for feedback?
It should be timely, understandable to the learner, allow for adjustment on the students part.
400
What can help the teacher establish clear goals within the classroom?
(Grading) rubric
400
Under which intelligence would you categorize a stereotypical hippie?
Naturalistic
400
What roles are generally assigned to group members to keep them all on task?
The evaluation used to assess the adequacy of a program after the program has been fully developed and implemented is called what?
Summative assessment
500
As students work to achieve clearly defined learning goals and produce evidence of their achievement, they need to know ________.
Teachers will not penalize or criticize them for their lack of knowledge.
500
What is the keystone for all other aspects of classroom management?
a.Clear guidelines, expectations and consequences.
b. Incorporating differentiated instruction.
c. Quality of student-teacher relationship.
d. All of the above.
C!!!!!!
500
Based on the work of Vygotsky, many researchers say that connecting students' unique experiences to the material enables them to learn along several dimensions at once. Which metacognitive strategy does this relate to?
Schema!!!!!!
500
What are the basic elements of cooperation (the book lists 5)?
1) Positive interdependence
2) Individual accountability
3) Face-toface promotive interaction
4) Social skills
5) Group processing (maintining effective working relationships)
500
Whose cultural theory of development and Zone of Proximal Developmen (Z.P.D.) have been integral in explaining the cognitive development of children?