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Must be measurable and include action verbs. Correct Answer: Behavioral Objective
is best done by students so that the teacher can assess the effect of the lesson Correct Answer:
Closure
How should a teacher close a lesson? Correct Answer: Students working in groups
What would BEST help students to understand the distributive property of multiplication over
addition? Correct Answer: Show students that 3(a + b) = (a + b) + (a + b) + (a + b).
used to compare and contrast two objects Correct Answer: Venn Diagram
What should be a teacher's first step in planning a lesson? Correct Answer: Determining the
objective of the lesson
What is the BEST way for teachers to ensure that students know how to use graphic organizers?
Correct Answer: Describe the proper use of various graphic organizers.
More than half of a teacher's students perform poorly on a quiz. What should be the teacher's
response? Correct Answer: Tell the students the quiz will not count, re-teach the objectives and
give students a different quiz.
What should a homework assignment look like after a lesson on the executive branch of
government? Correct Answer: A worksheet with vocabulary words and their definitions
The best way for students to visualize a process with multiple steps and options. Correct Answer:
Flow chart
Before elementary students start reading a new book about baby dinosaurs, what activity would
BEST assess prior knowledge and stimulate student interest? Correct Answer: Show the class
drawings of different kinds of dinosaurs and ask them to name and discuss them, if they can.
Discuss the answers as a group and ask the question, "What would you do if you found a baby
dinosaur?"
provides feedback that allows the teacher to monitor and adjust the instruction and is an easy
way to evaluate individual student learning. Correct Answer: Formative assessment (helps form
future instruction)
Why would giving a project based assessment be a good idea? Correct Answer: It gives a
teacher a wider range of possibilities to determine if students have generalized their new
knowledge.
, If every test score in a set is increased by five points, what is the result? Correct Answer: The
mean will increase by five points, and the standard deviation will stay the same.
measures the amount or the percentage of content students know or can perform Correct Answer:
Criterion-referenced test
What sets of verbs should be used to assess how well students have retained a set of basic facts?
Correct Answer: list, label, match
What is the MOST appropriate procedure for monitoring students' progress during independent
work time? Correct Answer: Look over students' shoulders to check their work, assisting where
necessary.
a collection of work created over time, so it allows students the ability to show others how much
they have learned and progressed Correct Answer: Portfolio
helps ensure that all students are participating in group work Correct Answer: checklist
What is the purpose for teaching routines the first week of school? Correct Answer: It saves
time later
In order to improve the classroom conduct of a student who misbehaves, it is MOST effective to
be Correct Answer: Specific and consistent
The students have little choice or control over their level of participation would require more or
less guidance from a teacher Correct Answer: more
A teacher has decided to use a signal to tell students, "Please pay attention to the work now" and
"Please check your behavior now because it needs to be corrected." What BEST summarizes the
qualities this signal should have? Correct Answer: Maintains classroom momentum, nonverbal
A middle school student turns in a homework assignment—a worksheet with vocabulary
matching and several open-ended questions. When you are grading this student's paper, you
notice he has just written the letters in alphabetical order and wrote "I don't know" for his
answers to the questions. What approach will BEST help the student with his homework?
Correct Answer: Determine if the student does not understand the work or simply refuses to
complete the assignment and contact his parents to discuss your findings.
How can a teacher show that he or she has high expectations for students' learning? Correct
Answer: Encourage all students to work for improvement.
The four major steps to planning a lesson are: task analysis, determining objectives, determining
goals, and identifying necessary prerequisite knowledge. In what order should those steps occur?
Correct Answer: Goals, objectives, task analysis, prerequisite knowledge
Must be measurable and include action verbs. Correct Answer: Behavioral Objective
is best done by students so that the teacher can assess the effect of the lesson Correct Answer:
Closure
How should a teacher close a lesson? Correct Answer: Students working in groups
What would BEST help students to understand the distributive property of multiplication over
addition? Correct Answer: Show students that 3(a + b) = (a + b) + (a + b) + (a + b).
used to compare and contrast two objects Correct Answer: Venn Diagram
What should be a teacher's first step in planning a lesson? Correct Answer: Determining the
objective of the lesson
What is the BEST way for teachers to ensure that students know how to use graphic organizers?
Correct Answer: Describe the proper use of various graphic organizers.
More than half of a teacher's students perform poorly on a quiz. What should be the teacher's
response? Correct Answer: Tell the students the quiz will not count, re-teach the objectives and
give students a different quiz.
What should a homework assignment look like after a lesson on the executive branch of
government? Correct Answer: A worksheet with vocabulary words and their definitions
The best way for students to visualize a process with multiple steps and options. Correct Answer:
Flow chart
Before elementary students start reading a new book about baby dinosaurs, what activity would
BEST assess prior knowledge and stimulate student interest? Correct Answer: Show the class
drawings of different kinds of dinosaurs and ask them to name and discuss them, if they can.
Discuss the answers as a group and ask the question, "What would you do if you found a baby
dinosaur?"
provides feedback that allows the teacher to monitor and adjust the instruction and is an easy
way to evaluate individual student learning. Correct Answer: Formative assessment (helps form
future instruction)
Why would giving a project based assessment be a good idea? Correct Answer: It gives a
teacher a wider range of possibilities to determine if students have generalized their new
knowledge.
, If every test score in a set is increased by five points, what is the result? Correct Answer: The
mean will increase by five points, and the standard deviation will stay the same.
measures the amount or the percentage of content students know or can perform Correct Answer:
Criterion-referenced test
What sets of verbs should be used to assess how well students have retained a set of basic facts?
Correct Answer: list, label, match
What is the MOST appropriate procedure for monitoring students' progress during independent
work time? Correct Answer: Look over students' shoulders to check their work, assisting where
necessary.
a collection of work created over time, so it allows students the ability to show others how much
they have learned and progressed Correct Answer: Portfolio
helps ensure that all students are participating in group work Correct Answer: checklist
What is the purpose for teaching routines the first week of school? Correct Answer: It saves
time later
In order to improve the classroom conduct of a student who misbehaves, it is MOST effective to
be Correct Answer: Specific and consistent
The students have little choice or control over their level of participation would require more or
less guidance from a teacher Correct Answer: more
A teacher has decided to use a signal to tell students, "Please pay attention to the work now" and
"Please check your behavior now because it needs to be corrected." What BEST summarizes the
qualities this signal should have? Correct Answer: Maintains classroom momentum, nonverbal
A middle school student turns in a homework assignment—a worksheet with vocabulary
matching and several open-ended questions. When you are grading this student's paper, you
notice he has just written the letters in alphabetical order and wrote "I don't know" for his
answers to the questions. What approach will BEST help the student with his homework?
Correct Answer: Determine if the student does not understand the work or simply refuses to
complete the assignment and contact his parents to discuss your findings.
How can a teacher show that he or she has high expectations for students' learning? Correct
Answer: Encourage all students to work for improvement.
The four major steps to planning a lesson are: task analysis, determining objectives, determining
goals, and identifying necessary prerequisite knowledge. In what order should those steps occur?
Correct Answer: Goals, objectives, task analysis, prerequisite knowledge
