FELE SUBTEST#1 Competency #1
What is vertical alignment? -✔✔every skill leads to the next skill and the next skill. For example,
the skills outlined in the Florida Standards for 7th grade math are designed to help students prepare for
what they will need in 8th grade math, 9th grade math,
What is horizontal alignment? -✔✔horizontally aligned between and among content areas.
the 9th grade social studies teachers plan with the 9th grade English teachers to design a common
lesson focusing
on the Civil Rights Movement.
What is critical thinking? -✔✔Students stretch beyond
basic recall.
They analyze, evaluate,
interpret, and synthesize information to reach a
conclusion or make a judgment.
This is multi-step,
high-level thinking.
what is creative thinking? -✔✔thinking outside of the box to draw unique conclusions and develop
products with a fresh perspective.
what is reflective thinking? -✔✔Students look back on and
reflect upon their learning process to promote
abstract thinking and to encourage the application of learning strategies to new situations.
This may happen at the end of a unit or lab.
, What is the difference between engaged students and compliant students? -✔✔Students are actively
working together in cooperative learning structures.
compliant students are sitting waiting to be called on
An assistant principal is conducting walk throughs to assess how teachers are implementing higher-
order,
critical thinking into their classroom instruction. What should the assistant principal observe in a
classroom
where higher-order, critical thinking is occurring?
A. In cooperative learning groups, students are
categorizing rocks based on size, shape, and color.
B. The teacher has taken the students outside to observe
living and non-living things.
C. Students are reading on-level, informational text about
photosynthesis.
D. Students are relating an informational text to a narrative
text and evaluating how one supports the other. -✔✔D
What techniques help increase critical thinking in the classroom? -✔✔Wait Time.
• Specific Feedback.
• Redirection.
• Probing.
• Increasing Question Complexity.
What is vertical alignment? -✔✔every skill leads to the next skill and the next skill. For example,
the skills outlined in the Florida Standards for 7th grade math are designed to help students prepare for
what they will need in 8th grade math, 9th grade math,
What is horizontal alignment? -✔✔horizontally aligned between and among content areas.
the 9th grade social studies teachers plan with the 9th grade English teachers to design a common
lesson focusing
on the Civil Rights Movement.
What is critical thinking? -✔✔Students stretch beyond
basic recall.
They analyze, evaluate,
interpret, and synthesize information to reach a
conclusion or make a judgment.
This is multi-step,
high-level thinking.
what is creative thinking? -✔✔thinking outside of the box to draw unique conclusions and develop
products with a fresh perspective.
what is reflective thinking? -✔✔Students look back on and
reflect upon their learning process to promote
abstract thinking and to encourage the application of learning strategies to new situations.
This may happen at the end of a unit or lab.
, What is the difference between engaged students and compliant students? -✔✔Students are actively
working together in cooperative learning structures.
compliant students are sitting waiting to be called on
An assistant principal is conducting walk throughs to assess how teachers are implementing higher-
order,
critical thinking into their classroom instruction. What should the assistant principal observe in a
classroom
where higher-order, critical thinking is occurring?
A. In cooperative learning groups, students are
categorizing rocks based on size, shape, and color.
B. The teacher has taken the students outside to observe
living and non-living things.
C. Students are reading on-level, informational text about
photosynthesis.
D. Students are relating an informational text to a narrative
text and evaluating how one supports the other. -✔✔D
What techniques help increase critical thinking in the classroom? -✔✔Wait Time.
• Specific Feedback.
• Redirection.
• Probing.
• Increasing Question Complexity.
