Professional study guide test
If a student makes a comment concerning something interesting but unrelated to what happened in classes, the teacher must respond with
"Can we relate this to our discussion? If not, we will save it for later"
An English teacher who wants her students to appreciate Shakespeare, wants to convert this objective into a form of behavioral objective. The first question she needs to ask is
"How can I measure students' individual perception of Shakespeare's work?"
An example of a transition statement is
"Now class, let's put all books away and get ready for music"
A teacher is setting the stage for a learning process. The best introductory remark will be
"What is unusual about the picture on the bulletin board?"
77. Teachers expect to find the greatest fluctuations in the physical, social, and intellectual development of a student between the ages of
12-15
The silent period varies from
2 weeks to 2 years or more
When a teacher has been dismissed by the school board for inappropriate behavior, the teacher's former superintendent must report the teacher to the
Florida Department of Education
The best instruction to give students who are getting ready to take a test is
Read the directions carefully, then read all options before marking your answer
What does a student's grade of 5.2 on a national standardized reading test mean?
Reading achievement is comparable to the average student in the second month of fifth grade
What should be used as a preliminary guideline in planning the content for a course?
State and district goals
A divergent thinker is best described as one who is
a careful observer; sees things from different perspectives and looks for meanings of things
To find out if students have mastered the instructional objectives at the end of the unit, the teacher must use
a diagnostic test
To know if your student's knowledge of a subject is similar to that of other students throughout the country, you need to use
a norm-references achievement test
Conducting a 20 minute review session each Monday during class is an illustration of
a periodic review enhances long term memory
In selecting materials for a course, the teacher has particular concerns for the needs of a student with a developmental disability who will be unable to use materials selected for other students. The most appropriate procedure for the teacher to follow in this situation is to
adapt materials based on the objectives of the course to be used by the special student
The Education Practice Commission may permanently revoke the educator's certificate once an educator is
adjudged delinquent in meeting a court ordered child support obligation
The most efficient use of computer lab time for an elementary class orientation when each student has access to a computer is to
allow individual students structured hands on experiences
The best procedure to address the need of a classroom containing non English speaking students is
allowing these students to use their native language when necessary
A student has recently become irritable, argumentative, nervous, and restless in class. These changes in behavior may indicate abuse of
amphetamines
A high school honors the highest achieving students at an academic award ceremony banquet every year, where they are presented scholarship vouchers for college. This event is an example of
an incentives program
If a teacher asks students to explain how different British responses were to some events that changed the outcome of the American Revolutionary war, he wants them to develop
analytical skills
National board certified teachers are considered highly effective because they have
analyzed and reflected on their lessons as they relate to a set of standards
An activity that would best foster critical thinking of high school students is
analyzing a political cartoon
When a teacher has new students from culturally different backgrounds from the majority of the class, it is best for the teacher to
arrange for the new students to demonstrate games they play in their culture because sharing knowledge will help to enrich learning by all students and the teacher
When students in a class with varied interests and abilities are having difficulties communicating and establishing relationships t is best to
arrange seating so that the students with high ability are next to someone who needs help
In teaching math and science, a teacher wants students to analyze information and to adjudge, or express a value. The teacher should stimulate high level thinking skills of the students by
asking students to compare and evaluate situations
Speech and language delays and abnormal ways of relating to people, objects, and events are characteristics of
autism
When students are making fun of a new student from a non-western country who has been added to a class, the teacher must
begin a unit on non-western cultures and have students learn the cultures of these countries
The best procedure for a teacher to liven up the discussion portion of a lesson to increase student participation is
by asking questions that require students to show, explain, or describe
As she leaves the classroom, a student whispers to the teacher that she thinks another student has a knife in her purse. The teacher should first
call the office to inform the designated administrator
To assess a student's reading comprehension of a passage, an alternative to a multiple choice test would be having the student do a
cloze activity on the passage
If you decide to monitor the progress of your students more carefully after they have failing grades at the end of each unit, you must
conduct assessment at selected periods or stages during instruction
High school students are studying the US democratic elections. An assignment to best foster critical thinking about issues that would impact the next actual election would be:
conducting a poll on residents' concerns and predicting election results based on the data analysis
When a teacher presents content in small units, uses positive and negative reinforcements, and shapes the environment for successive approximations, he is applying the
connectionist learning theory
A teacher who plans content rich lessons targeting all students' learning styles in various activities and group work should also
consider requirements from the school district
Teachers who promote freedom and responsibility in their classrooms believe that the business of running a self definition will be described as
constructivists
An activity aimed to enhance an individual teacher's growth and performance in the classroom is
creating a professional development plan
Which strategy is best if a teacher wants to emphasize significant concepts and information
critical questioning techniques
The technique most effective for correcting students' errors is
critique
A teacher willing to introduce a new unit provides ideas of novel instructional materials and activities to encourage a student to do some exploring. This intrinsic instructional activity is
curiosity
A teacher is teaching a unit requiring students to obtain considerable amounts of current information on a topic from electronic sources. The best type of computer network for this purpose is a
database software network
A 10th grade teacher is planning a unit of instruction requiring the students to use equipment and materials that could cause injury if not used properly. The best solution for this problem is to
demonstrate the proper use of equipment or materials and monitor their use by students
Anybody found lying on his or her application for Florida teacher's certification would be
denied, because it is a fraudulent application
The amount of time a student is on task can be assessed only by
direct observation
A teacher action that will request students to complete a project on the same topic, but one project has gaps that cause concern
discussing the strengths and weaknesses, and provide an opportunity for revision
Before beginning a new instructional unit, a teacher administers a pretest and finds that half of the students do not have the necessary prerequisite skills for the new unit. The teacher should
divide the class into two groups and provide remedial activities for those who did not pass the pretest
A biology teacher who designs an experiment of creative thinking is LEAST concerned with the students'
documentation of their experiments
Brown v Board of Education established that equal access
does not guarantee equal opportunity
All of the following are purposes of today's public schools except
ensuring the continuity of cultural homogeneity
The most effective teacher response when a student asks for help on an oral report competition is to
establish a sequencing plan and follow it
The most appropriate method of determining a student's proficiency in reading is to
examine the student's achievement scores
A mother insists that her child is gifted and should be placed in the gifted program. When the placement is denied, the mother asked the teacher for the IQ scores of other children in the gifted class so that she can compare her child's scores with others. The teacher should
explain to the mother that the law of privacy protects confidentiality of students' records
A teacher whose students use the network classroom with no internet access should be most concerned about
file deletion
A teacher is disturbed because students are unable to recall important details and miss the main points in oral presentations. The teacher must
give students a resource list for each presentation
To help students do well on an exam, the teacher must include in his test taking skills training, advice to
go back and check answers
To help students who are having difficulty relating to other racially or culturally different students, the teacher should emphasize
group academic program from self-concept
A teacher of a class of gifted, highly motivated students ages 10-12 is planning a class lesson. The teacher wants students to develop their own concepts and principles for the lesson. The instructional strategy most appropriate for this situation is
guided discovery
For a 6th grade social studies class with both native English speakers and ESOL students who are about to study Greek mythology, the teacher's best approach is to
have a competition to see which students had the most creative way of meeting the lesson's objectives
A teacher is probing when
he uses HOW, WHY, etc. questioning in class discussions
To best help 10th grade students who are studying the American Revolution develop analytical skills, the teacher should ask students to discuss
how different responses about the same event could have changed the outcome of the American Revolutionary War
A teacher should rearrange the seating pattern in the class so that seats form a horse shoe to
increase eye contact between students
A student with taurette's syndrome exhibits:
involuntary tics and language utterances
The most effective strategy for engaging an ongoing dialogue with educators about the assessment of ESOL and ESE students is to
join an online discussion group's conversation about assessment
The technique that most effectively established a 9th grade teacher's expectations for assignments was:
keeping a list of due dates for each assignment for the grading period
From a social learning view point, a student who lacks perseverance, accepts faults, and avoids responsibility has developed
learned helplessness
To maximize students' learning, the teacher must
make the learning meaningful to the students
If a student says, "The lesson is boring, I don't like it" and the teacher replies, "If it is boring, let's talk a little about it" the method of correcting errors that the teacher is using is
modeling
The educational theory on which a teacher will base an assignment that requires knowledge in different subject areas is
multiple intelligences
A social studies teacher would like to know if her student's knowledge of social studies is similar to that of other students throughout the United States. The type of standardized test to BEST give the teacher this information is a
norm-referenced achievement test
Some of the students are unable to read the textbook. The teacher should handle the situation by
obtaining alternate forms of this textbook for the students
Students who have acquired basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) will be able to use English in
ordering lunch in the school cafeteria, greeting the principal, and playing a game with classmates
The professional development opportunity that is best for a new teacher is
participation in school improvement meetings
Before copying a large quantity of a copy righted material
permission must be obtained from the publisher
According to current research, an efficient use of time at the beginning of the period is to
post assignments on the board so students can begin work when they enter class
The following scenario is an example of which communication strategy? "Students, it was important for our president to meet the leader of China to promote open communications between the leaders of two of the most powerful countries in the world." Teacher: "How would such a meeting promote open communication?"
probing
Teachers who want to encourage ESOL students to interact in the classroom should
promote linguistic risk taking
A strategy that would most effectively encourage multi-disciplinary studies is
promoting instructional reading and writing in content areas
A strategy a teacher would use to meet the needs of kinesthetic learners is
provide hands-on materials to illustrate major concepts
A teacher finds that a large number of her beginning students come to class and quickly go to work. They complete their work, then they begin to whisper, play, or sit until the end of class doing nothing useful. An end of period strategy likely to keep students on task all period is to
provide interesting, subject related materials and activities for students who finish early
The goal of specially designed academic instruction in English is
providing content support for ESOL students
The most appropriate teacher reaction when the teacher finds out that students repeating a class become disinterested in class activities and fail to complete assignments is
providing opportunities for students to experience success
A teacher discovers that a student has brought a pint of whiskey to class. The best teacher response to this discovery is to
refer the student to the principal
If a teacher is not satisfied with a lesson he taught and notes where it could have been improved to meet his student's learning needs, the teacher is engaged in
reflection
A student brings a computer disk that contains a copy right educational game that a teacher needs for her math class to school. The student offers to make a copy of the program for the teacher. The teacher should
refuse the offer but allow the student to use the program during class
When students have difficulty using standard English at school, it is best for the teacher to
reinforce correct usage; make some corrections and serve as a positive model
When a teacher applies Skinner's theory of learning to classroom instruction, she is
reinforcing the students positively
The teacher asks, "What is an equilateral triangle?" The student answers: " A triangle which has two equal legs." An effective response from the teacher is
remember our clue that we used yesterday that came from a Latin word that sounds like equal
When a teacher finds another teacher in an intimate embrace with one of their students, it is his ethical obligation to
report the case to the school principal
An activity a science teacher can best use to strengthen 11th grade students' skills in another subject area for developing science knowledge is
requesting that students write a process analysis of an experiment
The best procedure for providing feedback after a classroom test is
return test papers to students and go over each question
The best procedure for preparing a class of high achieving students to take a standardized aptitude test is to
review examples of the types of questions on the test
85. An appropriate accommodation for a student with a visual impairment is
seating the student in a well-lit area away from a light source to help reduce glare
According to Maslow's hierarchy, the highest level of needs is
self actualization
The type of software that is best for demonstrating different chemical reactions for a science class is
simulations
All of the following are components of an effective school except
students are pressured to succeed
As it relates to students' performance and instructional ability, 'self-fulfilling prophecy' means
students perform according to the teacher's perception of the student's abilities
A lesson best for critical thinking skills of middle school science students as they review the concept of friction is
students write a paragraph to describe the source of friction and ways it affects motion
A resource to provide a teacher with data for grouping all students before the first week of reading instruction is
students' report cards from the previous year
A 9th grade student responds to overtures of other students with hostility and has extreme mood swings. The teacher should have the student
talk with the counselor today or tomorrow at the latest
An activity that provides the best information in developing a new curriculum unit for a high school teacher teaching chemistry who wants to add a forensic science unit is to
team teach with a peer science teacher
The complaint and all information obtained during an investigation of an educator by the Florida Department of Education is confidential until
the hearing officer's finding of fact is determined
The first step in selecting a new arrangement for a classroom where students often bump into each other when they are going to the pencil sharpener, trash can, or the water fountain is to consider
the physical environment requirements for different types of teaching strategies
A statement about classroom management supported by current research findings is
the proximity of a teacher to a student affects student's conduct
In Florida, the code of ethics of educator's primary professional concern is
the student and the development of the student's potential
A high school teacher wants to foster his students' critical thinking skills. The lesson he should assess them on is
the students interview recent immigrants and compose a comparing and contrasting text on immigration
A high school math teacher would like his students to explore geometric shapes-their forms, functions, and uses in daily life. An activity to best promote students' clear thinking of how to accomplish the teacher's goal is
the students use multimedia resources to identify and analyze geometric shapes found in daily life
When faced with the need to adapt materials for students to master the objectives, the most important variable to consider is
their stage of cognitive development
One characteristic of physically abused young children is that
they are aggressive and angry
According to Piaget's theories, most middle school students have the capacity to
think systematically about abstract and hypothetical concepts
A teacher action most likely to help develop students' divergent thinking abilities is
to ask students to discuss the ways to combat pollution in their area
The strategy a teacher should use if students continue to have difficulties learning material after instruction is
to assign a peer tutor to work with the student
An in-service training to develop teachers' critical thinking skills in fostering ESL students' parents to help their children acquire content and language knowledge is
to brainstorm a list of strategies in small groups
A teacher wants to improve the writing and thinking abilities of her students. An appropriate activity is
to engage the student in an imaginary exercise related to the topic on which they are to write
During the 6th class meeting, a teacher seeks the cooperation of the class in establishing certain ground rules about classroom behavior. The purpose of this activity is
to gain students' commitment to the rules
A strategy that best helps a new teacher improve classroom management skills is
to observe peer teachers
A useful strategy for helping students accept and follow classroom rules and standards for behaving is:
to request that a list of procedures be developed by student groups
A teacher writing sentences on the board is disturbed by mild talking in the class. "No more talking" the teacher said, pausing. The talking stops momentarily, but soon the noise level increases again. A non verbal behavior that might best be used to quiet the students is
to turn, establishing eye contact
A practice that does the most to perpetuate educational inequality is
tracking
The purpose underlying the enactment of the concern decree (META) was to
understand and successfully meet the various linguistic and cultural needs for non English speaking students
A teacher finds that the students quickly become bored and uninterested in the textbooks. The best teacher action needed in this situation is to
use a variety of mediums and materials appropriate to student needs and use a variety of seatwork activities in place of workbooks
A teacher wishes to evaluate a student's ability to apply concepts that have been presented in class. Test items should require students to
use the concepts in novel situations
If a teacher wants to improve the reliability of his test because they are inconsistent, he must
use the same rules for each test
The procedure most useful in making the academic assignments meet the needs of ESE students is
varying the length and depth of the assignment
An activity that provides the best feedback for a teacher who is unsure his instructional method is effective is to
videotape a lesson to review and analyze strategies
A teacher action considered to be part of the communication technique for active listening is
when the teacher restates the students' message
After a presentation of information about an assignment, a teacher realizes that the students do not understand how to complete the handout. The teacher should
work through one example from the handout with the students
To have 4th grade students creatively demonstrate their understanding of the independence of ocean life, a teacher should ask students to
write a play that illustrates the inter-relationship
A recommended method of improving the reliability of essay exams is
write test questions that are focused and explicit