EDUC 112: Test 4 (Chapter 11, 12, 13)

The experiences, both planned and unplanned, that affect the education and growth of the child.

11.1) According to the text, the most useful definition of curriculum is ________.

What educational purposes should the school seek to obtain?

11.10) Tyler's rationale for curriculum development leads to which of the following questions?

Macro and Micro Levels

11.11) Ideally, curriculum planning should focus on the ________.

Macro-Level Decisions

11.12) In curricular planning, policy-level curricular decisions that affect large groups of students are considered ________.

Subject-Centered Curriculum

11.13) The curriculum that places primary emphasis on the logical order of the discipline students are to study is called the ________.

Integrated Curriculum

11.14) The curriculum that draws from several different subject areas and focuses on a theme or concept rather than on a single subject is called the ________.

Teachers

11.15) In recent years the education system has emphasized higher standards to hold ________ accountable for learning

A level of knowledge or skill that is necessary for a specific task.

11.16) According to the text, a standard is ________.

Reflect what students should know and be able to do.

11.17) According to the text author, "standards" in education have come to be seen primarily as statements that ________.

Basing Curricula, Teaching, and Student Assessment on Rigorous Standards.

11.18) One of the following statements most accurately reflects the meaning of "standards-based education" (SBE), specifically ________.

At Specific Grade Levels or Developmental Stages.

11.19) "Benchmarks" are content standards that present specific statements about what students should understand and be able to do ________.

Null, Extracurricular/Cocurricular Programs, Explicit, and Hidden

11.2) The four curricula that all students experience are ________.

Developing Curricula and Assessments of Student Learning.

11.20) According to the text, state departments of education, school districts, and schools routinely use standards developed by professional associations as guides for ________.

Horizontal Alignment.

11.21) When teachers within a specific grade level coordinate instruction across disciplines and examine their school's curriculum to ensure that course content and instruction mesh across and/or within subject areas, they are said to be concerned with ________.

Published by the state education agency

11.22) Generally, curriculum frameworks are ________.

Subjects are connected across grade levels so that students experience increasingly complex instructional programs as they move through the grades.

11.23) Vertical curriculum alignment occurs when ________.

Standards and assessments, however sophisticated, should not be used as a signaling device to students, parents, teachers, and others.

11.24) Arguments for raising educational standards, include all of the following except ________.

Social Mobility in the United States.

11.25) Proponents of adopting national standards cite ________ as a reason supporting their position.

Evaluate the effectiveness of textbooks.

11.26) Classroom assessment provides information to teachers do the following except________.

Horace Mann

11.27) The first standardized test in the U.S. was administered by ________ to classify students by ability and gather evidence for the effectiveness of the state school system.

School Division Generated End of Course Tests.

11.28) Each of the following are examples of standardized tests except ________.

International

11.29) The PIRLS, TIMSS, and the PISA are examples of ________ assessments.

Explicit Curriculum

11.3) The curriculum that refers to what a school intends to teach students is called the ________.

Norm-Referenced

11.30) Standardized assessments that compare students' scores with scores of other students who are similar are called ________.

Criterion-Referenced

11.31) Assessments where students' learning is compared with clearly defined criteria or standards rather than the performance of other students are referred to as ________.

An Administrator Being Fined

11.32) High-stakes testing may impact all of the following except ________.

Developing Dependence on Others

11.33) One of the following is not a "work habits" disposition as defined by the Coalition of Essential Schools, identified as ________.

To Regulate Feedback to Students to Save Time for Teachers

11.34) Classroom assessment provides information that teachers use in all of the following ways except ________.

Quantitative not Qualitative Analysis

11.35) One of the following is not a "guiding principle" associated with development of classroom assessments, and is identified as ________.

All of the Above

11.36) The movement to assess student learning with ever-increasing numbers of tests has been brought on by ________.

The Gathering of Quantitative Data Related to the Knowledge and Skills Students have Acquired.

11.37) "Measurement" is ________.

Formative Evaluation

11.38) When teachers measure students' attainment of knowledge and skills for the purpose of making decisions about their teaching, they are engaged in ________.

Writing the Formula for the Area of a Rectangle on a Test.

11.39) Which of the following is not an example of authentic assessment?

Implicit Curriculum

11.4) When asked how to be a good second grader, a student responding, "You have to be quiet, stay in your chair, and raise your hand if you want to talk" is demonstrating learning through the ________.

Authentic Assessment

11.40) Encouraging students to develop their own responses to problem situations by allowing them to decide what information is relevant and how that information should be organized and used is an example of ________.

Students' Skill at Reproducing Given Knowledge.

11.41) When teachers in restructured schools emphasized authentic assessment, their assessments focused on all of the following except ________.

Apply Knowledge, Skills, and Work Habits.

11.42) Performance-based assessment focuses on students' ability to ________.

How Well Can Students Use What They Know?

11.43) Most assessment approaches seek to answer the question, "Do students know content?" Performance-based assessment helps to answer which other important question?

Assessments of a Unique Array of Goals and Experiences.

11.44) An alternate assessment is a(n) ________.

Require the Teacher to Score Separate Product Parts

11.45) An analytic rubric can be said to ________.

Higher Self-Concepts

11.5) Students who participate in extracurricular/cocurricular activities tend to have ________.

Society

11.6) The nation's schools teach what the ________ believes young people should learn to be successful.

Psychological Resources

11.7) Which of the following are not among the three non-cognitive factors that contribute to academic achievement?

Academic Tenacity

11.8) Students who believe they belong in school academically and socially, are engaged in learning, and don't let intellectual or social setbacks derail them are exhibiting characteristics of ________.

Academic Mindset

11.9) Students who have grit, tenacity, and perseverance also have what might be called a/an ________.

30%

12.1) On any given day, about ______ of tweens and teens spend 4-8 hours with screen media.

70%

12.10) In 2011-12, state department of education ratings of virtual schools' academic performance showed that more than ________ were academically unacceptable.

Supportive of

12.11) The general public is generally ________ virtual schools.

Online Courses

12.12) According to the text, what type of courses (regarding using technology) are now being offered by a growing number of high schools in the nation?

Flipped Classroom

12.13) An example of blended learning where students first learn content through online video lectures at home, then apply what they learned in the classroom is called a ________.

Accessilbility

12.14) Which element of school infrastructure needed to successfully integrate technology into teaching would address the ability for all students to experience opportunities to use technology?

Instructional

12.15) Simulations, tutorials, drill and practice, and web-based games are examples of ________ software.

Open Educational Resources

12.16) Free web-based content that are in the public domain are ________.

All of the Above

12.17) Most schools rely upon ________ for technology support.

Students

12.18) The textbook suggests a model of learning that is powered by technology that puts ________ at the center

Lower Grade-Point Averages

12.19) A study by Larry Rosen (2013) found that students who checked Facebook at least once during a 15-minute study period had ________ than those who did not check Facebook.

A La Carte Model

12.2) Which option of blended learning allows students to attend class in a brick-and-mortar school, and then take a course that is entirely online?

Better Than

12.20) The analysis of several studies comparing achievement of students learning online with learning fact-to-face by the U.S Department of Education in 2009 found that students in online learning conditions performed ________ those receiving face-to-face instruction.

Limited Access to Subject

12.21) When students use educational technology in school, they receive all of the following advantages except ________.

Meet Curriculum Goals

12.22) Teachers frequently complain of a lack of training in how to use technology to ________.

One-Third

12.23) In an effort to address uneven technology professional development and support, approximately ________ of states require technology training and/or course work for an initial teacher license.

Personal Learning Network (PLN)

12.24) A ________ is when teachers develop a professional based network of people selected by him/her to pursue learning needs and share knowledge and experiences in technology use.

Responsible Use Policies

12.25) The component of an infrastructure that supports transformational learning experiences for all students by stressing digital citizenship is/are ________.

Personal Computer or PC

12.3) Which technology is the most available technology in classrooms?

74%

12.4) ________ of teachers say that educational technology is a student-motivator.

Digital Use Divide

12.5) The inequitable opportunities to use technology is the ________.

Students Take Notes on Their iPads

12.6) Which of the activities below would be an example of the Replacement technology integration element of the RAT Matrix?

Blended Learning

12.7) Teachers are using forms of ________, which involves the combination of online and face-to-face instruction.

Completing a Digital Worksheet

12.8) All are examples of active use of technology except________.

Losing the Benefits of Face-to-Face Contact

12.9) With the spread of virtual schools and courses, some educators have expressed concerns about students ________.

Focused

13.1) Observations are more meaningful when they are ________ and conducted with clear purposes.

Teaching Certificate

13.10) Which of these would probably not be included in a student teacher's portfolio?

Substitute Teaching

13.11) ________ is a way for districts to learn your strengths as you get paid for replacing a regular teacher who may be absent.

Six

13.12) Approximately ________ months of a student's K-12 education is taught by substitute teachers.

Eight

13.13) The attrition rate (leaving the profession) among teachers in the U.S. during the first five years is approximately________ percent.

Low Pay

13.14) According to the text, which of the frustrations below are not a reason teachers leave the profession?

Induction Programs

13.15) ________ provide beginning teachers support through professional development, mentoring, peer coaching, meetings, and non-threatening observation feedback.

Mentor

13.16) An experienced teacher who provides a beginning teacher support necessary for success in the teaching profession is a ________.

Conduct Summative Evaluations that Determine Continued Employment.

13.17) Which of these would a mentor not do?

Have Opportunities Available that Recognize Their Expertise in the Teaching Profession.

13.18) Teachers who earn National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification ________.

Teacher Leaders

13.19) Throughout the nation, ________ are reshaping the profession and transforming schools.

What Students Are Thinking

13.2) Cameras set up in a classroom can useful in capturing all of the below except ________.

Teaching a Lesson About the Most Current Climate Change Data to Your Students.

13.20) Which is not an example of teacher leadership beyond the classroom?

Hybrid Teacher

13.21) A ________ combines part-time classroom teaching with leadership roles in a school or district.

Teacherpreneur

13.22) A teacher who is an assessment designer who develops methods for evaluating student achievement would be considered a(n)________

All of the Above

13.23) Beyond building relationships with students, new teachers also need to build relationships with ________.

Peer Coaching

13.24) ________ is an arrangement where teachers observe each other's teaching and provide constructive feedback.

Parallel Teaching

13.25) The co-teaching model where a class is divided in half, and each teacher instructs half the class individually is called ________.

All of the Above

13.3) Viewing authentic videos of real-life classrooms allows students becoming teachers opportunities to________.

Walkthrough

13.4) A ________ is a term for an informal observation that lasts from 15 to 20 minutes and teachers receive timely feedback.

Microteaching

13.5) ________ is when students becoming teachers teach brief, single-concept lessons to a small group of students.

Simulations

13.6) Virtual classroom software programs where students becoming teachers can "interact" with student avatars are called________.

Practicum

13.7) A ________ is a short-term field-based experience that allows teacher evaluation students to spend time observing and assisting in classrooms.

Student Teaching

13.8) For most teacher preparation students, ________ is the longest field experience with the most responsibility.

Reflective Teaching Logs

13.9) A structured form of journal writing in which a student teacher describes daily classroom activities and analyzes an episode are ________.