WGU C913 Final Assessment Drillster Exam Questions and Verified Answers 2024

Ms. Morgan's professional goal this school year is to keep a journal in which she uses an inquiry process to improve her teaching. Which of the following practices would not fit her goal? -take action based on her instincts in the situation -ask useful questions about what worked with your students and what didn't -gather data from the results of her teaching strategies reflect on the meaning of data - *take action based on her instincts in the situation Effective teachers recognize that teaching -is propelled primarily by commonly understood anecdotes of what works in the classroom -should be viewed solely as the ability to be objective in evaluation and to have a good grasp of the subject matter -doesn't need a scientific basis because it is such a straightforward enterprise -is an art that should nonetheless have a good scientific basis - *is an art that should nonetheless have a good scientific basis Teaching as an inquiry involves four steps: asking useful questions, gathering data, reflection, and taking action. Which of the following best represents the step of gathering data? -An experienced teacher has a set of tried and true lesson plans and uses them each year, to stay consistent with her teaching methods -A teacher works one-on-one with students who are falling behind in the class, to help them to complete homework assignments and improve their overall performance -A teacher works through a unit of material on the Civil War, and gives her class an exam at the end of the unit, which becomes the students' final grade for that quarter -A teacher asks her students to give a brief oral presentation about one aspect of the lessons they have been learning in history, and follows up with a short review of prior learning to fill in the gaps - *A teacher asks her students to give a brief oral presentation about one aspect of the lessons they have been learning in history, and follows up with a short review of prior learning to fill in the gaps Mr. Fradigio would like to investigate the effectiveness of wearing bandannas on the retention of information among his high school seniors. He believes that the tighter students tie their bandannas the better they will recall lecture material. To see if his theory is correct, one-third of his morning class wear extremely tight bandannas, one-third wear moderately tight bandannas, and one-third wear a loose fitting band. He repeats the same experiment the following term with a group of a new group of students. He then writes about his experiment and reports the results in the weekly school newsletter. Mr. Fradigio's inquiry is an example of -using constructivist teaching methods -the scientific method -selection and interpretation of data -unsystematic observation - *the scientific method A science teacher is teaching a lesson on rivers and flooding, using videos and drawing on the whiteboard. He realized that his students are not paying attention, and do not appear to be engaged in the lesson. Which of the following strategies would represent an application of Wasserman's use of flexibility? -The teacher asks the students to pay attention and continues with the lesson once they are all focused on the front of the classroom -The teacher moves the students over to the lab area and quickly creates a mock river, and proceeds to demonstrate the concepts he is trying to teach -The teacher moves on to a math lesson, to give the students a break from science and plans to resume the lesson the next day -The teacher goes back to the beginning of the lesson material and quizzes the students on what they remember - *The teacher moves the students over to the lab area and quickly creates a mock river, and proceeds to demonstrate the concepts he is trying to teach