ABCTE PTK test bank Exam questions
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What type of question would most likely generate the widest range of answers and
discussions among students? - correct answer Why would the author have ended the
book this way? "Why" questions tend to be the most open-ended.
Why should a teacher always spend time explaining classroom rules during the first few
days of class? - correct answer To establish clear expectations for performance and
behavior. Students benefit from clear, firm guidelines from the outset.
What method will BEST hold students accountable for their full participation in
cooperative learning groups? - correct answer Assign each student in the group a
specific role in accomplishing the objectives of the activity. If each student has a role in
meeting the objectives and the activity is well structured, then all students will be drawn
into participating because they all have something to do.
When teachers share standardized test results with parents, there is a large amount of
information in the score report to be discussed. Which information will be of MOST use
to the typical parent? - correct answer Specific areas of academic strength and
weakness. When parents know their child's weaknesses, they can emphasize working
to improve them.
Suppose your objective for a lesson is "The student will demonstrate an ability to
differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks." Which of the
following is the BEST activity for introducing students to the attributes of each type of
rock? - correct answer Students examine rocks belonging to each group and identify the
similarities and differences. The activity is followed by a group discussion in which the
teacher brings out the important characteristics of each type. Students learn best when
they are actively involved.
A group of students wants to produce an electronic magazine that publishes original
student writing and art. Their adviser is planning a unit to train them how to use a word-
processing application to create pages that include features such as images, multi-
column layouts, sidebars, headers, footers, links, and page backgrounds. What would
be the BEST culminating activity for this portion of the training? - correct answer Small
teams producing a document under proctored conditions, using specified features, and
within a time limit. The purpose of the raining is to prepare students to apply what they
learn. The team and time limit conditions make the performance more realistic; the
whole activity promotes retaining and transferring what has been leaned.
, What is MOST likely to promote effective transfer of knowledge to students? - correct
answer Having students work on their own with specific information related to a topic
before giving an organizing lecture. Studies indicate that topics need to be organized
and connected in order to promote transfer knowledge, but that a large number of topics
covered quickly will hinder student transfer because students have too little time to
connect and organize the information.
Students are about to take a paper and pencil test. If there is time for only one activity,
what would be the BEST to prepare the students for the test? - correct answer Students
should make a chart of the important topics with notes on subtopics below each.
Organizational structures help students to connect and remember.
What learning objectives uses a higher order thinking skill? - correct answer Bloom's
Taxonomy identifies thinking skills in increasing order of sophistication as knowledge,
comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. "Students will create a
metaphor to describe an emotion." requires synthesis in order to complete the task.
What would provide the BEST introduction for a lesson on writing bibliographic
references? - correct answer Demonstrate to students the specific procedure and order
expected. Procedures are best taught through demonstration.
A social studies teacher wants students to consider the role of geography in population
patterns. She asks her class, "What role did geography play in the growth of Chicago as
a major U.S. city?" what should she do next? - correct answer Tell students not to call
out responses but to raise their hand when they think of an answer and wait to be called
on. Students need various amounts of time to think through an answer to a question,
particularly for complicated questions. Allowing students to answer right away can stop
the thinking process for the other students.
Consider the following two questions a teach might ask a high school social studies
class.
I: According to our textbook, what does the public welfare system do to solve the
problems of poverty?
II: What are some ways our country might solve the problems of poverty?
What best describes the differences between these questions? - correct answer This
question is a matter of relative convergence and divergence. Question I converges on
the textbook; that is good answers will stick to what the textbook says. Question II
allows for answers that may draw on sources other than the textbook. Both questions
are open-ended.
II invites more divergent thinking than I.
What activity would BEST help students in a middle school social studies class
understand why different Native American tribes had different trading practices? -
correct answer Assign a tribe to each group of students and give each group handouts
that identify needs and oversupply for a particular tribe. Then stage trading activities
and answers 2023
What type of question would most likely generate the widest range of answers and
discussions among students? - correct answer Why would the author have ended the
book this way? "Why" questions tend to be the most open-ended.
Why should a teacher always spend time explaining classroom rules during the first few
days of class? - correct answer To establish clear expectations for performance and
behavior. Students benefit from clear, firm guidelines from the outset.
What method will BEST hold students accountable for their full participation in
cooperative learning groups? - correct answer Assign each student in the group a
specific role in accomplishing the objectives of the activity. If each student has a role in
meeting the objectives and the activity is well structured, then all students will be drawn
into participating because they all have something to do.
When teachers share standardized test results with parents, there is a large amount of
information in the score report to be discussed. Which information will be of MOST use
to the typical parent? - correct answer Specific areas of academic strength and
weakness. When parents know their child's weaknesses, they can emphasize working
to improve them.
Suppose your objective for a lesson is "The student will demonstrate an ability to
differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks." Which of the
following is the BEST activity for introducing students to the attributes of each type of
rock? - correct answer Students examine rocks belonging to each group and identify the
similarities and differences. The activity is followed by a group discussion in which the
teacher brings out the important characteristics of each type. Students learn best when
they are actively involved.
A group of students wants to produce an electronic magazine that publishes original
student writing and art. Their adviser is planning a unit to train them how to use a word-
processing application to create pages that include features such as images, multi-
column layouts, sidebars, headers, footers, links, and page backgrounds. What would
be the BEST culminating activity for this portion of the training? - correct answer Small
teams producing a document under proctored conditions, using specified features, and
within a time limit. The purpose of the raining is to prepare students to apply what they
learn. The team and time limit conditions make the performance more realistic; the
whole activity promotes retaining and transferring what has been leaned.
, What is MOST likely to promote effective transfer of knowledge to students? - correct
answer Having students work on their own with specific information related to a topic
before giving an organizing lecture. Studies indicate that topics need to be organized
and connected in order to promote transfer knowledge, but that a large number of topics
covered quickly will hinder student transfer because students have too little time to
connect and organize the information.
Students are about to take a paper and pencil test. If there is time for only one activity,
what would be the BEST to prepare the students for the test? - correct answer Students
should make a chart of the important topics with notes on subtopics below each.
Organizational structures help students to connect and remember.
What learning objectives uses a higher order thinking skill? - correct answer Bloom's
Taxonomy identifies thinking skills in increasing order of sophistication as knowledge,
comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. "Students will create a
metaphor to describe an emotion." requires synthesis in order to complete the task.
What would provide the BEST introduction for a lesson on writing bibliographic
references? - correct answer Demonstrate to students the specific procedure and order
expected. Procedures are best taught through demonstration.
A social studies teacher wants students to consider the role of geography in population
patterns. She asks her class, "What role did geography play in the growth of Chicago as
a major U.S. city?" what should she do next? - correct answer Tell students not to call
out responses but to raise their hand when they think of an answer and wait to be called
on. Students need various amounts of time to think through an answer to a question,
particularly for complicated questions. Allowing students to answer right away can stop
the thinking process for the other students.
Consider the following two questions a teach might ask a high school social studies
class.
I: According to our textbook, what does the public welfare system do to solve the
problems of poverty?
II: What are some ways our country might solve the problems of poverty?
What best describes the differences between these questions? - correct answer This
question is a matter of relative convergence and divergence. Question I converges on
the textbook; that is good answers will stick to what the textbook says. Question II
allows for answers that may draw on sources other than the textbook. Both questions
are open-ended.
II invites more divergent thinking than I.
What activity would BEST help students in a middle school social studies class
understand why different Native American tribes had different trading practices? -
correct answer Assign a tribe to each group of students and give each group handouts
that identify needs and oversupply for a particular tribe. Then stage trading activities
