PD – Test, 2026 – Study guide and practice material
What type of curriculum is a teacher using when students are confronted with a scenario and
asked to generate hypotheses and solutions? - ANS✔✔ problem-based
The most effective method for enhancing a student's ability to write a paper is to - ANS✔✔
establish required criteria and use formative assessments.
In planning for a unit of instruction, a teacher has determined the needs, interests, and abilities
of the students. In identifying the objectives for the unit, what criterion should be applied next?
- ANS✔✔ The objectives should conform to state standards.
In a community-centered approach to teaching, a teacher plans classroom activities that require
students to - ANS✔✔ assist others in solving problems.
A teacher has students use their background information to make predictions about a story. This
lesson would most likely be representative of a(an) - ANS✔✔ learner-centered environment.
A 1st-grade student needs encouragement A first grade student needs encouragement and a
reward system for completing assignments. Which of the following would be the most
appropriate action? - ANS✔✔ positive reinforcement
Which of the following instructional strategies is used during indirect instruction? - ANS✔✔ use
of student ideas
Which of the following objectives most appropriately explains direct instruction? - ANS✔✔
Teach facts, rules, and action sequence.
Which of the following types of assessment results are most sensitive to small changes in
student performance over time? - ANS✔✔ percentages
,A 4th-grade student A fourth grade student receives a grade equivalent score of 6.2 in Reading
on a state standardized achievement test. This means that the student performed - ANS✔✔
above average for a 4th-grader. above average for a fourth grader.
Which of the following question formats would be most appropriate for assessing 4th-grade
student mastery of the following objective:
Students will correctly identify the capitals of all the U.S. states. - ANS✔✔ matching section
The primary purpose of a formative assessment is to - ANS✔✔ guide the pace of future course
instruction.
Which assessment format is likely to create the fewest issues for a student with language
difficulties? - ANS✔✔ performance
Which of the following assessments is most appropriate for a small group of students who are
performing below expectation in the area of oral reading fluency? - ANS✔✔ progress
monitoring
Which of the following teaching strategies would best show sensitivity to English language
learners' language challenges? - ANS✔✔ encouraging safe times to use academic English in
class.
A third-grade teacher needs to assess a preproduction level ELL after the conclusion of reading
comprehension lesson. Which of the following assessment methods would be most effective
and determine the soonest level of comprehension? - ANS✔✔ Drawing a picture of the stories
problem
Is providing a structure for dealing with troubling behavior and strategies for ensuring that
learners re-engage in the learning process. - ANS✔✔ intervention
, And instructional strategy where teachers and students read, discuss, and question together. -
ANS✔✔ reciprocal questioning
Is employed to teach target behaviors by reinforcing successive approximations of the behavior
in question. Instructors can skillfully reinforce student responses that approximate and desirable
outcome, like creative writing, Firebird forcing selectively those attempts at self-expression that
emerge during writing assignments. - ANS✔✔ Shaping
Usually determine placement, promotion, graduation, or retention. Usually is an essential tool
for evaluating the effectiveness of changes in the teaching Dash learning process - ANS✔✔
Assessment
A group becomes an expert on a given topic. Then, Each group is recognized to share with other
students in the classroom until everyone in the learning environment has a better
understanding of the specific topics chosen by the teacher. - ANS✔✔ jigsaw classroom
Is a student centered pedagogy in which students learn parallelism about a subject through the
experience of problem-solving. It is a style of active learning. - ANS✔✔ Problem-Based Learning
(PBL)
A classroom teacher received the following student achievement data report or an end of
coarse examination (chart will be shown) using the data for completing a professional
development plan the teacher should focus on strategies for teaching? - ANS✔✔ At risk
students
A teacher assigns daily homework and uses the student performance on the homework to pace
instruction. The homework is an example of which type of assessment - ANS✔✔ formative
When a teacher has a class of students verifying academic abilities, the best instructional
practice is - ANS✔✔ Bring a small learning group on students needs
What type of curriculum is a teacher using when students are confronted with a scenario and
asked to generate hypotheses and solutions? - ANS✔✔ problem-based
The most effective method for enhancing a student's ability to write a paper is to - ANS✔✔
establish required criteria and use formative assessments.
In planning for a unit of instruction, a teacher has determined the needs, interests, and abilities
of the students. In identifying the objectives for the unit, what criterion should be applied next?
- ANS✔✔ The objectives should conform to state standards.
In a community-centered approach to teaching, a teacher plans classroom activities that require
students to - ANS✔✔ assist others in solving problems.
A teacher has students use their background information to make predictions about a story. This
lesson would most likely be representative of a(an) - ANS✔✔ learner-centered environment.
A 1st-grade student needs encouragement A first grade student needs encouragement and a
reward system for completing assignments. Which of the following would be the most
appropriate action? - ANS✔✔ positive reinforcement
Which of the following instructional strategies is used during indirect instruction? - ANS✔✔ use
of student ideas
Which of the following objectives most appropriately explains direct instruction? - ANS✔✔
Teach facts, rules, and action sequence.
Which of the following types of assessment results are most sensitive to small changes in
student performance over time? - ANS✔✔ percentages
,A 4th-grade student A fourth grade student receives a grade equivalent score of 6.2 in Reading
on a state standardized achievement test. This means that the student performed - ANS✔✔
above average for a 4th-grader. above average for a fourth grader.
Which of the following question formats would be most appropriate for assessing 4th-grade
student mastery of the following objective:
Students will correctly identify the capitals of all the U.S. states. - ANS✔✔ matching section
The primary purpose of a formative assessment is to - ANS✔✔ guide the pace of future course
instruction.
Which assessment format is likely to create the fewest issues for a student with language
difficulties? - ANS✔✔ performance
Which of the following assessments is most appropriate for a small group of students who are
performing below expectation in the area of oral reading fluency? - ANS✔✔ progress
monitoring
Which of the following teaching strategies would best show sensitivity to English language
learners' language challenges? - ANS✔✔ encouraging safe times to use academic English in
class.
A third-grade teacher needs to assess a preproduction level ELL after the conclusion of reading
comprehension lesson. Which of the following assessment methods would be most effective
and determine the soonest level of comprehension? - ANS✔✔ Drawing a picture of the stories
problem
Is providing a structure for dealing with troubling behavior and strategies for ensuring that
learners re-engage in the learning process. - ANS✔✔ intervention
, And instructional strategy where teachers and students read, discuss, and question together. -
ANS✔✔ reciprocal questioning
Is employed to teach target behaviors by reinforcing successive approximations of the behavior
in question. Instructors can skillfully reinforce student responses that approximate and desirable
outcome, like creative writing, Firebird forcing selectively those attempts at self-expression that
emerge during writing assignments. - ANS✔✔ Shaping
Usually determine placement, promotion, graduation, or retention. Usually is an essential tool
for evaluating the effectiveness of changes in the teaching Dash learning process - ANS✔✔
Assessment
A group becomes an expert on a given topic. Then, Each group is recognized to share with other
students in the classroom until everyone in the learning environment has a better
understanding of the specific topics chosen by the teacher. - ANS✔✔ jigsaw classroom
Is a student centered pedagogy in which students learn parallelism about a subject through the
experience of problem-solving. It is a style of active learning. - ANS✔✔ Problem-Based Learning
(PBL)
A classroom teacher received the following student achievement data report or an end of
coarse examination (chart will be shown) using the data for completing a professional
development plan the teacher should focus on strategies for teaching? - ANS✔✔ At risk
students
A teacher assigns daily homework and uses the student performance on the homework to pace
instruction. The homework is an example of which type of assessment - ANS✔✔ formative
When a teacher has a class of students verifying academic abilities, the best instructional
practice is - ANS✔✔ Bring a small learning group on students needs
