EDF 375 School and Society Midterm
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Certification requirements vary widely from state to state - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Describe the nature of the satisfaction and dissatisfaction with which teacher
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view their work - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Although administrators and
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bureaucratic inadequacies create a great deal of stress, teachers are satisfied with
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watching children learn as the primary satisfaction gained through teaching
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A recent emphasis on improving student thinking and comprehensive skills
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emphasizes reflective teaching as central in teacher education. True or False -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Professional development schools (PDs) are consistent with which of the
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following trends in preservice teacher education? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-early
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field experiences and school-based learning centers
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The growing trend towards caring for students with special needs is increasing.
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The practice of ____________ in a regular class is as growing trend. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-inclusion
Probably the best-known alternative certification program is a national effort
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called Teach for America (TFA). True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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, Polls taken in 2008 indicated that the level of job satisfaction of teachers since
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1984 has _____________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased
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The fact that there is no agreed-upon body of knowledge for teaching is a
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limitation when professional organizations try to increase teachers
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professionalism. True or False? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True | | | | | |
Because education is a public enterprise and a public responsibility, citizens, and
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their elected officials will be slow to turn control over to teachers presents the
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greatest obstacle to teachers' gaining the kind of autonomy is suggest by the
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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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There is a great deal of variety in what is defined as a "knowledge base" for
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teaching evidence that teaching is increasingly being recognized as a full-fledged
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profession in this country True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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Interest in staff development has increased because it is being seen as a way to
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stay current with the lastest education needs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Your friend Susan found her first years of teaching to be very traumatic. She had
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great difficulty adjusting to the "real world" of school, and she felt overwhelmed
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by how much she had to learn and handle / Which of the following might have
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helped her most in avoiding such negative experiences during her initial years of
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teaching. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a meditated entry program
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Merit pay is given to a teacher who has - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-demonstrated
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superior performance |
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Certification requirements vary widely from state to state - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-True
Describe the nature of the satisfaction and dissatisfaction with which teacher
| | | | | | | | | | |
view their work - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Although administrators and
| | | | | | | |
bureaucratic inadequacies create a great deal of stress, teachers are satisfied with
| | | | | | | | | | |
watching children learn as the primary satisfaction gained through teaching
| | | | | | | | | |
A recent emphasis on improving student thinking and comprehensive skills
| | | | | | | | | |
emphasizes reflective teaching as central in teacher education. True or False -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
|
Professional development schools (PDs) are consistent with which of the
| | | | | | | | | |
following trends in preservice teacher education? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-early
| | | | | | | | |
field experiences and school-based learning centers
| | | | |
The growing trend towards caring for students with special needs is increasing.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
The practice of ____________ in a regular class is as growing trend. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-inclusion
Probably the best-known alternative certification program is a national effort
| | | | | | | | | |
called Teach for America (TFA). True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
| | | | | | | | | |
, Polls taken in 2008 indicated that the level of job satisfaction of teachers since
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1984 has _____________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Increased
| | | | |
The fact that there is no agreed-upon body of knowledge for teaching is a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
limitation when professional organizations try to increase teachers
| | | | | | | |
professionalism. True or False? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True | | | | | |
Because education is a public enterprise and a public responsibility, citizens, and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
their elected officials will be slow to turn control over to teachers presents the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
greatest obstacle to teachers' gaining the kind of autonomy is suggest by the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
| | | | | | | |
There is a great deal of variety in what is defined as a "knowledge base" for
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
teaching evidence that teaching is increasingly being recognized as a full-fledged
| | | | | | | | | | |
profession in this country True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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Interest in staff development has increased because it is being seen as a way to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
stay current with the lastest education needs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
| | | | | | | | |
Your friend Susan found her first years of teaching to be very traumatic. She had
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
great difficulty adjusting to the "real world" of school, and she felt overwhelmed
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
by how much she had to learn and handle / Which of the following might have
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
helped her most in avoiding such negative experiences during her initial years of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
teaching. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a meditated entry program
| | | | | |
Merit pay is given to a teacher who has - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-demonstrated
| | | | | | | | | | | |
superior performance |
