HPE 510 Final Exam

When we teach children to advocate for personal, family, and community health issues, we teach them to recognize the value of taking a stand for something important to others.

False

________ is learned and internalized as the precursor to knowledge.

Functional Information

The skill development model consists of five steps. In which step would you generate positive and negative examples of how the skill might be applied?

Model the Skill

Defending the decision made can be an important step in solidifying a decision. Which of the following is not a way for students to justify a decision?

NOT considering the decision on another context and determining whether the same decision should be made

Properly implementing the skill of advocacy requires both an understanding of the issue you are advocating for and the audience who will receive the message.

True

Setting a goal shows a motivation to change and can have a positive impact on health.

True

Skills-based health education instruction is based on the premise that learning occurs in a social context where the teacher serves as a guide or facilitator and students take ownership of their learning.

True

The skill of goal setting is best measured when all skill steps are included in the assessment.

True

The skill of self- management teaches students to avoid labeling behaviors as a strictly healthy or unhealthy

True

The skill of self-management focuses on the individual person; it does not relate to how a person interacts with others.

True

When teaching the skill of advocacy, it can enhance student learning if connections are made to learning that took place during previous unit.

True

Which of the following is not a core aspect of a skills-based health education curriculum?

is teacher directed

When curriculum goals are selected, they should align with overall district goals and priorities.

True

During the middle portion of a lesson, it is important to ensure that activities flow and progress from one to the next.

True

Health is unique and personal. There is not one right way to be healthy, but there are healthier beliefs, values, ideas, and actions.

True

IN order for students to fully develop the skill of decision making, they must be able to demonstrate all of the performance indicators within a grade span.

True

The requirements for local wellness polices include a provision for health education.

True

The terms standards-based health education and skills-based health education can be used interchangeably.

True

One role of a health coordinator is to be a leader in the development and implementation of school health programs.

True

Professional learning opportunities that are sequential in nature and build on previous sessions are most likely to advance teacher practice.

True

The performance indicators must be presented to students using only the terminology listed in the National Health Education Standards.

False

The primary purpose of assessment is to determine a students grade.

False

Using decision-making model means you are making a healthy decision.

False

When determining the validity, which of the following is NOT an indicator of the valid and reliable information?

A site selling a product is supported by their claims on the site

When designing curriculum units, the scope and sequence is only minimally important to consider.

False

The skill of advocacy connects most directly with which level of health literacy?

Critical Health Literacy

As a health educator coaching students through a decision-making process, you should do all except.

Determine the best choice for the student

Self-Efficacy is?

Either: A person's actions to accomplish a goal or A person's belief that actions can produce desired outcome

A teacher who is teaching self-management should use the same functional information regardless of the community in which the teacher is instructing.

False

A well-reasoned argument is enough to persuade someone

False

An assessment of learning at the end of a unit is known as formative assessment.

False

At the elementary level, health topics should only be integrated into other subjects because it can be difficult to set aside time for health education.

False

Benchmark assessments and formative assessments are used to measure the same things.

False

Both boys and girls in the grades 3 to 5 are known to develop at approximately the same rate.

False

Children in grades pre-K-2 have better control over fine motor activities than gross motor activities.

False

Curriculum planning does not affect the learning environment.

False

Developmentally speaking, students in pre-K-2 are not able to set goals on their own.

False

Every school is required to develop a school improvement plan every 2 years.

False

Identifying a potentially harmful influence and telling students what they need to do to mitigate that influence is likely to help students change their behavior.

False

In grades 9 to 12, the performance indicators have students analyze the role that friends play in behaviors.

False

In order for professional development to advance educator practice, it must be taught in a that keeps teachers in their comfort zone.

False

The United States Department of Health and Human Services has set national priorities to address the health of the population. These health objectives are known as

Healthy People 2020

When examining whether an influence has a positive or negative effect on behavior, it is important to consider all of the following Except.

If the influence is associated with a friend or family member

An ecological perspective takes into consideration which of the following levels?

Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and community

Goal setting works best when

It is rrelevant to a students life

The pre-K-2 performance indicators for advocacy include which of the following?

Make a request to promote health

The theory of human motivation is also known as

Maslow's Hierarchy of needs

Functional information is useable, applicable, and relevant. In addition, functional information will

Provide the context for skill development

The RACE acronym stands for

Reliable, Accurate, Current, Ease of Use

A comprehensive curriculum is one that covers a variety of topics across multiple dimensions of health.

True

A goal can be accomplished regardless of your confidence to be successful.

True

A person's level of health literacy is fluid and falls on a continuum. Depending on the circumstance or life situation, a person may find oneself moving forward or backward through the levels of health literacy.

True

A student must learn about how to access valid and reliable products, services, and information in order to demonstrate proficiency in the skill.

True

A well-designed health education program focused on skill development is a prime opportunity to develop health literacy.

True

Adolescents in grades 6 to 8 tend to be independent thinkers who can process abstract concepts.

True

Assessment results should affect teacher practice in the classroom.

True

Both classroom norms and rules provide structure in a classroom: however, norms are more likely than rules to get buy-in from students.

True

Children in grade pre-K-2 should consult with an adult before making any decisions about their health.

True

Children in grades 3 to 5 enjoy group activities and cooperative games, particularly with those of the same sex

True

Normalization of risky behavior can happen in any community. Seeing a risky health behavior as normal and not as a problem is more likely to occur when

a majority of students are actually engaging in the behavior

Which of the following is not one of the criteria of a SMART goal?

authentic

Which of the following is not necessarily an indicator of highly-quality professional development?

has been taken by many professionals

The performance indicators for grade 9 to 12 ask students to be able to access valid and reliable health products and services. This is important for many students to learn and demonstrate

students can be harmed or misled by false claims about a product

Recognizing the physical and emotional developmental level of students is important for all but which of the following?

Either: All Children develop at a different rate. or Expectations must be tailored based on a child's developmental level

It is important for students to see themselves in every example used during your teaching.

False

Learning how to interpret a nonfiction text in an English language arts class provides a student with the ability to understand and interpret health-related information.

False

The beginning of class, as soon as students are in their seats, is the best time to dive into new material.

False

The curriculum design process is strictly linear and should follow a specified order to ensure proper curriculum development.

False

Identifying influences is one of the skill cues of analyzing influences. Another skill cue for this skill is

Not Change or eliminate negative influences

Which of the following types of assessment are the most likely to allow students to demonstrate learning in a meaningful way?

Not Constructed Response or Effective planning

Which of the following is not a tool that can be used to evaluate your health education curriculum?

Not School Health Index or HECAT

Assessing student learning is important because

Not it lets the teachers know if they covered everything they wanted to cover

Which of the following factors is essential to student learning?

Safe and Supportive

A technique that breaks complex information or skills into manageable parts while also providing appropriate supports for students to engage on the materials is known as.

Scaffolding

The skill of self- management is important when applying the skill of goal setting because

Setting goals requires you to be aware of your current health state

Functional information, by itself, will help students to perform a skill.

True

The National Health Education Standards are appropriate to use with elementary-aged students.

True

It is important for teachers to understand their personal biases so they can determine how it affects their teaching and then determine strategies to ensure the classroom remains bias free.

True

When teaching the skill of advocacy you should include a requirement that all supporting information be accurate, valid, and reliable.

True

Children in grades pre-K-2 have short attention spans and are motivated by things that are new and exciting

True

Depending on a given situation, an influence could be positive at one time and negative at another.

True

When functional information is learned and internalized, it becomes functional knowledge

True