Pedagogy Quiz 1

Preview the plot of the novel and have students share any similar experiences they have had.

An English teacher is introducing a new novel to a 5th grade reading class. It is a work of literary non fiction. She realizes this is a difficult reading experience for many students, as their interest level may not be as high as it is for non-fiction. What approach can she use to gain their attention and motivate them to be active and engaged learners?

The teacher has placed bar stool-height tables in the classroom with plenty of walking space between stools

An art teacher is setting up her elementary school classroom which includes seating for various age levels, art tools, drying racks, and bulletin board space. Which of the following examples would create a hazard in the elementary school art room?

Review classroom procedures, assign student roles, role play, and discuss improvements.

An elementary school conducts unannounced fire drills and safe evacuation drills each month. Which example would best meet a kindergarten classroom teacher's needs to smoothly transition students into the emergency drill?

Speaking in English is a more advanced skill than listening and understanding English.

An elementary teacher has a small group of English language learners in her ESL elementary classroom. She notices that one student who just arrived from China seems to be showing no interest in speaking in English, yet she responds well to directions that are spoken in English. What could be a reason for her lack of verbal English skills?

The emotional development level of the children

As a first-year physical education teacher, Miss Jones wants to teach her students to play softball. She is well aware that she needs to design the lesson for her 2nd grade students differently than she designs it for her 5th grade students. One of her primary considerations when developing her two different lessons must be which of the following?

.Time management skills

Fostering a sense of belonging and personal connection is an important school climate goal for many reasons. Which of the following would not necessarily be an outcome of a student's feelings of belonging and personal connection?

Paper/pencil demonstration of mastery

Howard Gardner developed a theory for multiple intelligences, or ways of approaching problems and analyzing information that included all but which of the following? A. Paper/pencil demonstration of mastery B. Verbal/linguistic demonstration of mastery C. Spatial demonstration of mastery D. Bodily kinesthetic demonstration of mastery

In the 2nd grade art class, the teacher provides a pictorial list of supplies needed for the day, students go to clearly identified cabinets and drawers to collect supplies, then use materials which the teacher returns to designated locations at the end of class.

In an art classroom that accommodates students ranging of a variety of ages, the teacher has a special challenge of making sure each student is able to independently access the materials they need. Which example of a classroom routine would not be recommended?

Students connect with curriculum in a way that mirrors the mainstream classroom.

In an inclusive classroom, students are encouraged to feel equally valued. Different abilities, backgrounds, and learning styles are all a part of the inclusive classroom. Which of the following would not be considered a benefit of an inclusive classroom?

Each student should have his/her own art portfolio with name and class period identified. At the end of each class, finished or dry work is stored in the portfolio and placed in a designated area of the classroom. Wet work is placed in a designated area of the drying rack or countertop.

In the art classroom, the teacher has a particular challenge with the older students as she encourages them to be more independent with storage of art supplies and finished work. She finds that they are often unable to find their work the next day and when it is found, it is torn or wrinkled. Which of the following procedures would help restore an orderly atmosphere?

It helps in designing lessons that are based on the needs and learning styles of his students.

It is the beginning of the school year and Mr. Hines has spent the first two weeks gathering information about his students. Permanent records, diagnostic tests, and meeting with each student in an individual conference are all methods he has used. All of this has been done for the purpose of designing future lessons. What is the major benefit of knowing all this information about each student?

Students take cohesive facts and can express concepts in general terms.

Learning theories organize knowledge acquisition into four stages: Stage 1 is the development of vague ideas, Stage 2 is when knowledge becomes organized, Stage 3 is the use of cognitive strategies, and Stage 4 is the use of declarative and procedural knowledge. Which example would best describe a Stage 3 knowledge acquisition?

The teacher records grades in a digital gradebook that is published online, so students and parents can access up-to-date information about progress.

Many lessons are enhanced by the integration of technology which is a very significant component of instruction for today's students. Which of the following would not be a good example of technology integration in the classroom that would benefit a student's understanding or demonstration of mastery?

She teaches all of them the on-level material and provides a different assessment for the gifted students and a different grading criteria to meet their needs.

Miss Smith's 9th grade on-level English class is a heterogeneous student group, which includes two students who are identified as gifted, but who could not be placed in an advanced level English class due to scheduling issues. How does Ms. Smith approach the learning needs of her mixed ability class?

Reward the students who have seated themselves and begun warm-up activities by allowing them to continue. Identify those who are playing by having them exit the classroom, re-enter quietly and seat themselves with only the remaining time allowed to complete the warm-up activity.

Ms. Smith's 6th grade English classroom seems to be out of control. Students are not at their desks when the bell rings, there is talking and playing, and only a few students have seated themselves and begun the graded warm-up activity for the day. Which of the following recommendations would you make to Ms. Smith?

Pep rallies help students bond with the school which contributes to a safe and nurturing environment.

Pep rallies are very typical at the middle and high school level. What would be a rationale for supporting the loss of instructional time?

Assign specific students to distribute equipment, pick up equipment, and return equipment to designated storage area

Routines and procedures are important in the classroom, especially when it comes to distributing and accounting for resources in the science classroom. Which of the following examples would best help the teacher keep track of lab equipment?

Tell students to remain seated until the assignment has been completed.

Several students in a fifth-grade class have learning disabilities. Which of the following would not be an effective practice when communicating instructional goals?

The teacher has a written warm-up on the board that students complete while she scans room for attendance and absences

Students arrive in the classroom, and it is the teacher's responsibility to make every minute count as an instructional opportunity in spite of the non-instructional duties that are required (e.g. taking attendance). Which of the following classroom routines will most effectively take care of non instructional tasks without impacting student instruction?

emotional regression

The English language learner can experience a variety of stages of learning. Which of the following is not one of the expected stages? A. The silent period B. Codeswitching C. Language loss D. Emotional regression

Learning style

Using manipulative materials in the classroom is beneficial to all students, but it is especially necessary for mainstreamed classrooms with disabled students who need to have special adaptations within the general education classroom. Which of the following is the teacher considering when introducing manipulatives in the classroom?

How to put an appropriate heading on papers that are turned in for grading.

When establishing classroom routines for the benefit of utilizing as much of class time as possible for instruction, learning, and assessment, which of the following would not be included in the rules/routines?

Take lunch orders, line students up for food service lunch reminding them of their food requests and seat students who have brought their own lunch. When the allotted lunch time is up, the entire class adjourns to the playground. Before returning to class, stop at the bathrooms and allow students to use the facilities.

When moving students between school settings, minimizing transition time is preferable. When moving a kindergarten classroom to the cafeteria for lunch, which of the following is the best way to utilize transition time, while allowing bathroom, recess, and lunch time? Keep in mind that the bathroom is immediately outside the entrance to the cafeteria and the playground entrance is in the next wing of the building.

Students' ages, interests, backgrounds.

When speaking and writing in the classroom, which of the following is most important for the teacher to consider about his/her students?

The teacher rotates around the room to monitor students as they complete an assignment, redirecting or assisting when necessary.

Which of the following examples of teacher-student interaction would best foster the student's belief that the teacher is caring and committed to their learning?

Read a short story silently and identify the complex sentences.

Which of the following teacher directions would be a poor match for the developmental language and skills of a second-grade student?

Students from other countries have different cultural and academic backgrounds that may not be relevant to the learning process.

Why is activating background knowledge important for the English language learner?

Students' responses to the different feelings they experience every day have a major impact on their choices, their behavior, and on how well they cope and enjoy life

With the understanding that students have different emotional developmental characteristics as they progress through chronological age, which of the following is a true statement?

Using a technology application that allows the student to develop a virtual model of the solar system with a student narration of the qualities of each planet.

A 6th grade teacher is designing a unit on the study of the solar system. She has provided a number of options for students to demonstrate mastery of the physical relationship that relates each of the planets (and their moons) to the sun. Which of the following methods would be considered the most appropriate option for a student identified as gifted?

The formal operational stage

A 7th grade teacher is focusing on the different stages of cognitive development for his students. Most students are 12 years old. Knowing that each stage of cognitive development begins at a different age, in which stage of cognitive development would he anticipate his students to be?

The teacher develops individual student behavior charts with 3 good behavior emojis that the students can recognize. Each day, the teacher places a star under the emoji on each student's chart that represents the good behavior. At the end of the week, if the student has earned 12 stars, the student will receive a giant stamp across the chart that says Well Done! The chart goes home to parents.

A kindergarten teacher has set up a classroom behavior standard for her 15 students. She wants them to keep track of their behaviors with stars on a classroom chart. Which of the following examples would best meet the requirements of a kindergarten reward system?

The teacher is unable to monitor, redirect, and assess ongoing work of the group

A teacher who is new to the middle school is concerned that the school policy discourages group projects unless they are conducted in the classroom. She is more comfortable with assigning the project, establishing groups, and providing the students with checkpoint dates. Which of the following reasons is the best justification for a school policy such as this?

B. The student does not want his/her artwork displayed.

The art teacher creates a display for each grade level at the end of each unit so that students and teachers throughout the school can enjoy their creative work. If she were to exclude any of the artwork from the display, what criteria should she use?

An assortment of chair sizes should be available with adjustable tables evenly spaced throughout the room so students and the teacher can move around on all sides of the tables.

The art teacher is pondering how she might arrange the work tables and seating in the classroom. Which of the following examples will best facilitate safe learning for all ages in the school?

Provide lessons through a designated class (e.g., physical education, home room, science) at the beginning of the year that include review of the no-bully policy, role play of bully behaviors and witness expectations, information about school consequences for bully behavior, assurance that the policy will be consistently enforced, and that there will be administrative and teacher presence at all times.

The district has a no-bullying policy. Middle school aged children seem to experience a rise in bully behaviors. Which of the following examples would best deter bully behaviors among middle school children?

Howard Gardner

The theory of multiple intelligences, or ways of approaching problems and analyzing information expanding the traditional view of ability, which include verbal/linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily kinesthetic, intrapersonal, naturalist, and existential intelligence was developed by...

No matter how small the student population for a particular culture or religion, all cultures and religions should be acknowledged during the holiday season.

The winter holidays are approaching in which Christmas is celebrated throughout a local school and community. This particular school has a significant number of students who are Jewish and a smaller number of students who are Muslim. How should the school address the variety of cultural and religious beliefs of the students?

"Why was my answer incorrect?"

There are five motivational orientations in the learning process that influence how a student responds to new learning. These include constructivist orientation, procedural orientation, conceptual orientation, effort orientation, and external performance motivation. If a student is using conceptual orientation in relation to his/her learning, which question might he/she ask about the learning experience?

Positive feedback.

There are many types of feedback that can be provided to students in response to performance on tests or learning activities. Ms. Rogers has singled out one student in particular, who was the only one to have a perfect score on the recent exam. She expresses to him how well he performed on the test. Which type of feedback is she providing?