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◍ True.
Answer: All teachers in Texas must be knowledgeable of the Code of
Ethics.TrueFalse
◍ True.
Answer: Since the information on this assessment is critical to your program
success, this is the only assessment that requires 100 percent mastery. If you
do not score 100 percent, you should review your missed questions before
re-taking the assessment.TrueFalse
◍ reliabilty of a test.
Answer: the degree to which a test measures the same thing consistently
◍ BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills).
Answer: Equated with "social language". Learning second language skills
through face to face interaction. Translation through speaking, listening and
viewing.
◍ False.
Answer: A school district may hire individuals who have not yet passed a
test. TrueFalse
◍ True.
Answer: At any time prior to obtaining a Field Experience position, you are
eligible to increase your marketability by taking additional content tests in
content areas under the program two test limit.TrueFalse
◍ True.
, Answer: The internship (when you are hired as a teacher of record) is
completed over two semesters.TrueFalse
◍ True.
Answer: If you are doing your Field Experience as a student teacher
(Clinical Teaching), you must have ALL PROGRAM FEES paid by the end
of the 14-week Clinical Teaching placement.TrueFalse
◍ Prior to acceptance into the program.
Answer: When should your 1st content area certification test be
taken?Whenever you want to take the testPrior to acceptance into the
programOn the next test administration date after you are accepted into the
program, if not taken prior to acceptanceAfter you have been certified
◍ Summative Assessment.
Answer: Assessment data collected after instruction to evaluate a student's
mastery of the curriculum objectives and a teacher's effectiveness at
instructional delivery.
◍ Noam Chomsky.
Answer: theorist who believed that humans have an inborn or "native"
propensity to develop language and knowledge of grammar
◍ Miscue Analysis.
Answer: A way of acquiring insight into children's reading strategies by
studying the mistakes they make when reading aloud. An examination of
reading errors or substitutions (miscues) as the basis for determining the
strengths and weaknesses of students' reading skills.
◍ Glossary.
Answer: Relevant terms and their definitions are included at the end of each
course in theWeb linksSupplemental ReadingsAppendicesGlossary
◍ Vocabulary Tier 3.
Answer: low frequency words that are content specific; technical terms; ex:
meteorologist, anemometer, gauge, propeller
, ◍ Phonology.
Answer: the study of speech sounds in language
◍ Instructional Reading Level.
Answer: Reading level at which a student recognizes and comprehends
words well enough to avoid frustration, but still requires some assistance or
guidance from teacher. 90-95% accuracy and ~80% comprehension
◍ Prosody.
Answer: phrasing, using punctuation, reading expression, inflection. Rate,
accuracy > to improve reading fluency. (ex. in poetry)
◍ Performance-based assessment.
Answer: An alternative assessment method based on a student's performance
of a skill based on a real-life situation.
◍ contextual analysis.
Answer: Trying to identify unknown words and their meaning through the
use of its context. Most appropriate for teaching multiple-meaning words.
◍ biography.
Answer: story of a person's life written by another person
◍ bound morpheme.
Answer: A morpheme that must be "bound" with another to form a word.
Ex: un, ish, es, ed, pre
◍ phonics approach.
Answer: teaching approach: look at the beginning of the word, connect the
beginning letter to the text and think what word would make sense there.
◍ All of the above.
Answer: Which of the following steps must be accomplished prior to the end
of your field experience?Completed instructional coursework, TEPC
5000-5600Passed content test for your teaching areaCompleted pass the
PPRPaid your program balance in fullAll of the above
◍ whole language approach.