Math
A teacher has students cut a square or rectangle from a piece of paper. She then has students draw a line connecting opposing corners. The class discusses their findings. What is she trying to teach the students about?
Right Triangles
What 4 things should you be vaccinated for?
Measles, mumps, rubella, flu
Which of the following activities in a pre-k or Kindergarten classroom would provide the best opportunity to generate children's understanding of concepts related to chemistry. Mixing ingredients and baking cookies or blowing on balloons to keep then airborne?
Mixing ingredients and baking cookies
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences focuses primarily on which aspects of education?
The various ways in which children think and learn
A student is having trouble with single by double digit addition. Which assessment could best pinpoint the problem?
Error analysis
What are the 5 parts of the human brain?
cerebrum, midbrain, cerebellum, pons, medulla oblongata
Why is inquiry based instruction the best type of instruction?
Because kids are naturally curious and they naturally ask question
A teacher in 3rd grade can best create a culturally inclusive classroom environment for all students by regularly doing what?
Encourage students to share about their cultures and communities with the class.
A kindergarten student recognizes that, although buttons are much smaller than elephants, five elephants represent the same quantity as five buttons. This best demonstrates that the child has an understanding of:
Number sense
What is the beneficial about having an active lifestyle for a child?
Reduce childhood obesity
In 4th grade You roll a ball down a hill from the top, What are you working with? and where?
Kinetic Energy (ball rolling down hill) and Potential energy (Energy stored in the Ball before being released)
True or false. A Pre-K teacher who wants to establish a classroom environment in which spontaneous play is encouraged, play is recognized, and valued as meaningful learning could ensure that a variety if materials are available in the classroom for students to try out and explore during playtime.
True
A student demonstrates he can count by 2's by writing 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 on a piece of paper. What is this called?
skip counting
Children who demonstrate typical language development usually presents with one or two word utterances around what age?
18 to 24 months
What is being used when A kindergarten teacher has balls in a parachute and they stretch it out, what is she working on?
Gravity
According to the National Council of teachers of mathematics (NCTM) Principles and standards for school mathematics, elementary mathematics activities does what?
Encourage the use of shortcuts and mnemonic devices to improve fluency
A third grade student is solving a word problem correctly with showing their work. They solve the work correctly, but has yet to show their work. How can the teacher assess the students conceptual understanding of the problem?
By asking the student to explain the steps that allowed them to arrive at the answer they got
The most important reason for using varied assessment methods and formats with young children is that such an approach:
Provides an opportunity for children to share what they know/ learned through different avenues
A kindergarten teacher watches as a couple students play with toys. They use blocks, connecting cubes and more to build a bridge so that they can drive their toy cars across. The bridge falls and the toy cars go with it What is the best type of question that could be asked to promote the development of reasoning and problem solving skills?
Why do you think the bridge fell over? How might you build the bridge differently?
The following statement describes what? " To clarify the standards and clearly define the specific skills and concepts within each subject area that will be assessed on the test."
The major role of assessment anchors in the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)