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- 1.To assess a reading comprehension of a passage, an alternative to a multiple-choise test would be to have the student.
- A.
Reads the passage allowed
- B.
Do a jigsaw activity
- C.
Do a brieft pre-write assignment
- D.
Do a close activity on the passage
- 2.For a thrity-minute examination, which type of test will achieve both high reliability and greatest coverage of content and skill?
- A.
Completion
- B.
True/false
- C.
Multiple Choice
- D.
Essay
- 3.Which of the following class characteristic well be assessed only by direct observation?
- A.
Amount of student time on task
- B.
Preference for learning style
- C.
Reading ability
- D.
Intelligence and creativity
- 4.A teacher wishes to evaluate a student's ability to apply concepts that have been presented in class. What should test item require student to do?
- A.
List the attribute of the concept
- B.
Use the concept in novel situation
- C.
Identify examples of the concept
- D.
Recognize the definition of the concept
- 5.Before beginning a new instructional unit, a teacher administers a pre-test and find that half the students do not have the necessary pre-requiste skills for the new unit. How should the teacher proceed?
- A.
Teach the new unit anyway because all students will have to take a test on the material in two week
- B.
Divides the class into groups and provides remedial activities for those who do not pass the pre-test
- C.
Gives the students who failed the pre-test extra written homework on the skills for the next two weeks
- D.
Shows all the student videotapes covering the skill and proceed with teaching the entire class
- 6.Which will be the best procedure for preparing a class of high achieving students to take a standardized aptitude test?
- A.
Encourage students to review their test book and class notes
- B.
Encourage students all classroom test
- C.
Review examples of types of questions, which are on this test
- D.
Tell students not to mark an answer if they are not sure of it
- 7.Which is the best procedure for providing feedback after a classroom test?
- A.
Returns test papers to students and tell them to look up the answer of each of the questions
- B.
Provide page reference and instruct students to look up missed items
- C.
Return test paper to student and go over each question
- D.
Provide the student with written word such as good work try hard next time
- 8.A teacher is setting the stage for a learning process. Choose the best introductory remark.
- A.
We are going to see a videotape on Japan. Watch carefully
- B.
Turn to page 13. The work is similar to yesterday
- C.
Ok everybody; let's get to work on this lesson
- D.
What is unusual about the picture on the bulletin board?
- 9.Which teacher action is a part of the communication technique for active listening?
- A.
The teacher participates by interpreting explain or directing
- B.
The teacher restates the student's message
- C.
The teacher focuses on the student's feelings and gives advice
- D.
The teacher emphasizes reassures and questions a student
- 10.During a class discussions, a teacher wants to emphasize significant concepts and information. Which strategy will best achieve this goal?
- A.
Positive and negative reinforcement
- B.
Underscoring and repetition
- C.
Paraphrasing prompts
- D.
Critical question technique
- 11.The teacher asks, "What is an equilateral triangle?" The student answer, "A triangle which has two equal legs" What will be an effective response from the teacher?
- A.
Please don't guess Jackie; France define equilateral triangle for us
- B.
I am sorry to have to remind you again about how important it is to prepare by doing your homework
- C.
Did you study the Greek and Latin terms I passed out yesterday
- D.
Remember our clue that we used yesterday that came from the Latin word that sounds equel
- 12.Which teacher action will request students to complete a report on the same topic but one project has gams that cause concern?
- A.
Sharing the better project with the class and pointing out the good features
- B.
Discussing the same strengths and weaknesses and provide an opportunities for revision
- C.
Sharing the incomplete project with the class and making corrections
- D.
Pointing out good features of the better project and continue to lecture students
- 13.Following instructions by a teacher a student continues to have difficulty in learning the material. What strategy should the teacher used?
- A.
Arranging a conference with the parent and the student
- B.
Assigning additional work covering the material
- C.
Assessing the student with teacher made tests
- D.
Assigning peer tutor to work with the student
- 14.The teacher rearranges the seating pattern in the class so that seats form a horseshoe. What purpose will such an arrangement serve?
- A.
Show videotape to the class more easily
- B.
Increase eye contact with students
- C.
Encourage small group activity
- D.
Maintain safety procedures
- 15.A teacher writing sentences on the board was disturbed by mild talking in the class, "No more talking" the teacher said pausing. The talk stops momentairly, but soon the noise level increases again. What non-verbal behavior might best be used to quiet the class>
- A.
Frown to show discipline
- B.
Turn established eye contact
- C.
Raising hand and clearing throat loudly
- D.
Ignore the behavior, and continue writing
- 16.A student rehearses an oral report he has prepared for competition and asks the teacher for feedback. The report lacks organization. What will be the most effective teacher response?
- A.
You should conduct further research and revise the entire report
- B.
Establish a sequencing plan and follow it
- C.
Work more on the delivery of the presentation
- D.
If you are happy about the report, don't change anything
- 17.Which technique will most effectively establish a 9th grade teacher's expectation for assignment?
- A.
A list of due dates of each assignment for the grading period
- B.
A list of assignment due every nine weeks of the grading period
- C.
Require a parent signature on all assignment
- D.
Posting grading rubric for each assignment
- 18.Every spring Willett High School honors the highest achieving students at an academic award banquet, where they are presented scholarshipe vochers for college. This event is an example of
- A.
An academic involvement
- B.
An incentive program
- C.
Formal feedback
- D.
An extra curriculum activity
- 19.The most effective strategy for engaging an ongoing dialogue with educators about the assignment of ESOL and ESE students is to?
- A.
Search the www for article about assignment
- B.
Present a paper at a state or regional conference on the topic of assignment
- C.
Join an online discussion group conversation about assignment
- D.
Ask a question about the topic of assignment as a faculty meeting
- 20.Which professional development opportunities will be best for a new teacher?
- A.
Participation in school fundraisers
- B.
Attendance at the school athletic events
- C.
Participation in school improvement meeting
- D.
Attend a PTA meeting
- 21.After a lesson that was not as satisfactory as it was hoped, a teacher notes where it could have been improved to meet his students learning needs. The teacher is engaged in?
- A.
Assignments
- B.
Pair preview
- C.
Curriculum development
- D.
Reflection
- 22.Maintaining anecdotal records of effective instructional strategies offers teachers practice in the skill of?
- A.
Lesson planning
- B.
Assessing students
- C.
Reflecting
- D.
Collaborating
- 23.A teacher who plans content rich lesson targeting all students learning styles in various activites and group work should also consider?
- A.
Requirement from the school district
- B.
Prior knowledge from the student
- C.
Pacing instruction for the year
- D.
Expectation for the parents
- 24.What resource will provide Ms. Jones with data for grouping all students before the first week of reading instruction?
- A.
Student report card from the previous year
- B.
IEP
- C.
AIP
- D.
Student assessment
- 25.A teacher of a class of gifted highly motivated studens aged 10-12 is planning a class lesson. The teacher wants students to develop their own concepts and principles for the lesson. Which instructional stragey is most appropriate for this situation?
- A.
Guide discovery
- B.
Independent seatwork
- C.
Programmed learning
- D.
Lecture
- 26.A teacher notices that students seem disinterested in class topic. The teacher wants to liven up the discussion portion of the lesson to increase student's participation, what is the best procedure for the teacher to follow?
- A.
Ask questions that require students to show explain or describe
- B.
Ask questions that have students response to how, when and where
- C.
Ask question that have students to recall and recognize
- D.
Ask question that have students predict outcomes and solve problem
- 27.Which teacher action will most likely help develop students' divergent thinking abilites?
- A.
Ask student to enumerate different types of pollution
- B.
Ask student to discuss the way to combat pollution in their area
- C.
Ask students to list in order the most polluted cities in the United States
- D.
Ask students to bring pictures depicting pollution to class
- 28.
- A.
Lecture one day and follow up with a writing short answer quiz the next day
- B.
Divide the class in ESOL and non ESOL students and let the two groups do separate projects
- C.
Have a competition to see which student had the most creative way of meeting the lesson objective
- D.
Allow the students to discuss how to demonstrate their comprehension of lesson objective
- 29.A student is repeating the same grade level and fail ti complete assignment, design ways to participate in class activites and withdraws from interaction with other students. What will be the most appropriate teacher action in this situation?
- A.
Assue the student lacks a great attitude and refers her to a special class
- B.
Provide opportunity for the student to experience success
- C.
Assign the class into multiple assignments that lead to instruction with other students
- D.
Contact the students parents and ask them to provide help to bring that student up to grade level.
- 30.What is the best way to help students who are shy and insist on being near the teacher whenever possible?
- A.
Move the student in the center of the classroom
- B.
Let the student do this in his own way
- C.
Assign the student task to help other students
- D.
Assign the student task to assist the teacher with classroom activities
- 31.Several students from culturally different background are experiencing challenges with the use of Standard Engligh. How should the teacher respond to these challenges?
- A.
Correct all the student errors in the class to the appropriate rule
- B.
Disregard the misuse of the language and consider then acceptable medium of exchange in the student's home
- C.
Reinforce correct usage: make some corrections and serves as a positive model
- D.
Refer student with non traditional English skills to learn English as a second language
- 32.A teacher wishing to help students who are having difficulty relating to others students who are racially or culturall different. The teaching should emphasize which of the following?
- A.
Social activity of the school
- B.
Reading book about student from other culture
- C.
Group academic program on self-esteem
- D.
View foreign videotapes
- 33.The best way to enrich students understanding of cultural differences is to ask students to?
- A.
Study how masks are used in cultures though out the world
- B.
Create a rainforest in the classroom out of the colorful materials
- C.
Study pottery- making technique of the ancient Mayans
- D.
Examine how the Chinese began dye and silk weaving
- 34.If a teacher wants to know the students performace on another teacher's class, the latter can refuse to let him know if?
- A.
The report is required by lass
- B.
Results in none specifiable professional purpose
- C.
It is not ordinary decision in the school
- D.
Other teacher also refuse similar request
- 35.In applying for Florida teacher's certificate, Mrs. Black denied she has evern been conviced of a crime. In fact, she has been convicted of shop lifiting as a 21 year old. Her application would be?
- A.
Denied because of the serious nature of the crime
- B.
Denied because it was fraudulent application
- C.
Approved because the shop lifting was just an error in judgment
- D.
Approved since the teacher has paid the appropriate legal penalty
- 36.The complaint and all information obtained during an investigation of an educator by the Florida Department of Education are confidential until?
- A.
Preliminary investigation is concluded
- B.
Hearing officer finding of fact is determined
- C.
Commissioner reaches a decision in the matter
- D.
School board take final action
- 37.An instate teacher whose certificate was suspended for 3 years and who se certificate expired during that time will have her certificate reinstated by applying the?
- A.
Local board of education
- B.
Florida Department of Education
- C.
University that generated the certificate
- D.
National association of education
- 38.The Education Practice Commission may permanently revoke the educators' certificate once an educator is?
- A.
Adjudge delinquent in meeting court ordered alimony obligation
- B.
Adjudge delinquent in meeting a court ordered child support obligation
- C.
Accuse of gross immorality or an act involving moral turpitude
- D.
Accused of a misdemeanor, felony, or other criminal charges
- 39.A divergent thinker is best described as one who is?
- A.
A careful observer seeing things from different perspective, and looks for meanings of things
- B.
Is able to get things done, influences events through actions, and is a risk taker
- C.
Relates to people is sensitive to feelings and people and learns from specific experience
- D.
Is a systematic planner, acts on intellectual understanding and analyzes ideas
- 40.According to Piaget's theories most middle school students have the capacity to?
- A.
Think systematically but only about concrete activities and objectives
- B.
Think systematically about abstracts and hypothetical concepts
- C.
Engage in ideological and unsystematic thoughts
- D.
Engage in frequent egocentric thoughts
- 41.Which of the following will most likely maximize student learning?
- A.
Recitation of materials to be learned
- B.
Reinforcement by the teacher during and after the completion of activity
- C.
Relating the learning specific items on the test following an activity
- D.
Making the learning meaningful to the students
- 42.According to Maslow's hierarchy, which need is the highest level?
- A.
Self esteem
- B.
Love and belonging
- C.
Safety
- D.
Self actualization
- 43.Which procedure will be most useful in making the acadmic assignment meet the needs of the ESE students?
- A.
Make assignment on alternate days
- B.
Vary the length and depth of the assignment
- C.
Lower the reading level of all assigned material
- D.
Provide rubrics during all seatwork assignment
- 44.Some of the students are unale to read the textbook, how should the teacher handle the situation?
- A.
Have the teacher read the assignment pages to the students
- B.
Make shorter assignments of the text for these students
- C.
Obtain alternate form of this text for the students
- D.
Spend part of the class period having the students read aloud
- 45.When faced with the need to adapt materials for students to master the objective, what is the important variable to consider?
- A.
Perception of classroom instructional process
- B.
Level of needs, according to Mallows' hierarchy
- C.
Size of the class
- D.
Stages of cognitive development
- 46.Which mechanism is most appropriate for collecting evidence about which book students have read as they progressed through elementary school?
- A.
A questionnaire
- B.
Check out record from the library
- C.
Reading log
- D.
Assessment test result
- 47.
- A.
Asking students to draw models of the elements and compounds
- B.
Playing classical music softly in the background while students' complete the laboratory assignments
- C.
Request that students write a progress analysis of an experiment
- D.
Demonstrating the lesson, then allowing the student to view the lesson on videotape
- 48.Which strategy would most effectively encouraged multi-disciplinary studies?
- A.
Promoting instructional reading and writing on content areas
- B.
Grouping student according to achievement in the content area
- C.
Aligning curriculum with parental value
- D.
Emphasize multiculturalism in the curriculum
- 49.A 10th grade teacher is planning a unit of instruction requiring the students to use equipment and materials that could cause injury if not used properly. What would be the best solution to this problem?
- A.
Choose an alternative plan that does not involve potentially dangerous equipment or material
- B.
Demonstrate the proper use of equipment or material and monitor their use by student
- C.
Demonstrate the project and have the students do the project at home
- D.
Limit use of potential dangerous equipment or material to only the most able students
- 50.What should be the first step in selecting a new arrangement for a classroom where students often bump into other when they are going to the pencil sharpener, trashcan, or the water fountain?
- A.
Check for traffic patter in the room
- B.
Ask other teachers opinion on how to arrange the classroom
- C.
Consider the physical environment requirement for different types of teaching strategies
- D.
Find activity that will limit the need foe student involvement
- 51.According the current research, what is an effective use of time at the beginning of the period?
- A.
Post assignment on the board so student can begin work when they enter class
- B.
Give the group a break time then signal "then signal" the beginning of work after a few seconds
- C.
Let the student know that in no uncertain terms that there will be consequences for fooling around
- D.
Let the group know that the work will take every minute of the period
- 52.Which of the following is am example of transition statement?
- A.
What can you tell me about the Amax?
- B.
O.K. Charles can you show me where you get the answer?
- C.
Now class let put all books away and get ready for music
- D.
I'll wait until the class is quite
- 53.A teacher finds a number of her beginning students come to class and quickly go to work. They complete their work; then they begin to whisper, play or seat until the end of class doing nothing useful. Which end of period strategy is likely to keep student on task all period?
- A.
Allow students to do what they choose
- B.
Give out homework to start during the remaining class time
- C.
Provide a supply of games and books to those who finish before the end of the day
- D.
Provide interesting subject related material and activities for student who finish early
- 54.What should a teacher do to ensure smooth tranistion in completeing a unit began by another teacher?
- A.
Give an overview of the topic
- B.
Administer a test on the complete topic
- C.
Review and recap the completed topic
- D.
List the objectives to be achieves in the next topic
- 55.During the 6th class meeting, a teacher seeks the cooperation of the class in establishing certain ground rules about classroom behavior. What is the purpose of his activity?
- A.
To enforce rules in the classroom so that students will not bother others
- B.
To teach students that rules are applicable to all
- C.
To gain students commitment to the rules
- D.
To be assertive as a teacher
- 56.A teacher wants to be sure that all students know the rules of the classroom. Which is the most effective way of ensuring this?
- A.
Announce in class what is expected of all students
- B.
Include the rules in the course outline
- C.
Write the information on the bulletin board
- D.
Conduct a class discussion of the rules
- 57.Which strategy is useful for helping student accept and follow classroom rules and standards for behaving?
- A.
Hold parent conference with the student present
- B.
Distribute and discuss the school's code of conduct with the students
- C.
Request that a list of procedures be developed by student groups
- D.
Invite the principal to discuss discipline with the class
- 58.Which would be long-term goal rather than a course or lesson objective?
- A.
Student will think clearly and rationally
- B.
Student will read the main idea in a short story
- C.
Student will identify the noun in a sentence
- D.
Student will give a well-organized speech
- 59.An English teacher who wants her students to appreciate Shakespeare wants to convert this objective into a form of behavioral objective. What is the first question she needs to ask them?
- A.
How much the student appreciate Shakespeare now
- B.
How can I increase the student's appreciation of Shakespeare
- C.
How can I measure student's individual perception of Shakespeare's work
- D.
What behaviors will the student exhibit if they attain the objectives?
- 60.In planning for a unit of instruction, a teacher has determind the needs, interest and abilities of her students. In identifying the objectives for the unit what criterion should be apply next?
- A.
The objective should be slightly above the students' ability level
- B.
The objective should be covered in the states adapted textbook
- C.
The objective should conforms to states performance standards
- D.
The objective should be measured by the standardized test used in the district
- 61.Which of the following should be used as a preliminary guideline in planning the content of the course?
- A.
Adapted textbook
- B.
Available textbook
- C.
State and district goals
- D.
Teachers' professional goals
- 62.What principle is illustrated by conducting a 20 minutes review session each Monday during a class?
- A.
A periodic review enhance long term memory
- B.
A periodic review enhance short term memory
- C.
Repletion of previous learning increases understanding
- D.
Repletion of familiar enhances self-concept
- 63.In selecting materials for a course, the teacher has particular concerns for the needs of a student with a developmental disability who will be unable to use material selected for other students. Which procedure is most appropriate for the teacher to follow in this situation?
- A.
Provide the special student with games or drawing materials
- B.
Send the special student to the library to use other resource material
- C.
Adapt material based on the objectives of the course to be used by the special student
- D.
Enable special student to observe and absorb as much as possible from regular class instruction
- 64.A teacher finds that the students quickly become bored and uninterested in the textbooks. What teacher action is needed in this situation?
- A.
Find textbook with higher interest level
- B.
Use a variety of seatwork activity in place of workbooks
- C.
Spend more time on direct instruction and less on reading
- D.
Use a variety of medium and materials appropriate to student needs
- 65.A student has recently become irritable, argumentative, nervous and restless in class. These changes in behavior may indicate abuse of which substance?
- A.
Barbiturates
- B.
Alcohol
- C.
Amphetamines
- D.
Marijuana
- 66.Which of the following have been found to be a characteristic of physical abused young children?
- A.
They turn to verbalize excessively
- B.
They are aggressive and angry
- C.
They are quite, anxious and fearful at school
- D.
They try to make friends with the teacher
- 67.A 9th grade student responds to overtues of other students with hostility and has extreme mood swings. Which of the following should the teacher interpret as the students need?
- A.
A talk with the teacher
- B.
A talk with the counselor in the next week or two
- C.
A talks with the counselor today or tomorrow the latest
- D.
Referral to a licensed mental health professional
- 68.The most effective way to gain school wide accepted rule to improve behavior in the hall is to?
- A.
Involve the student's advisory counsel in rule making
- B.
Call special parent teacher meeting
- C.
Further empower resource officer
- D.
Resolve the issue in team meeting
- 69.A teacher discovers that a student has brought a pint of whisky to class. What is the best teacher response to this discovery?
- A.
Send a note home to the student parents
- B.
Refer the student to the principal
- C.
Refer the student to the drug abuse center
- D.
Offer to work with the student at school
- 70.A teacher notices that a student has many bruises on the right side of the face and the leg. When questioned, the child cannot remember "what caused the bruises" the teacher suspects' child abuse. What must the teacher do next?
- A.
A call the child parents and asks what happened to the child
- B.
Arrange a three-way conference between the parents, the principal and teacher to document concerns about the child
- C.
Consult with a colleague and review school policy for reporting suspected child abuse
- D.
Call the Florida abuse hotline and advice the principal of the action
- 71.A mother insists that her child is gifted and should be placed in a gifted program. When the placement is denied, the mother asked the teacher for the IQ scores of the other children in the gifted class so that she can compare her child score with others. What procedure should the teacher follow?
- A.
Allow the mother to see the scores to satisfy her that the child score does not meet the gifted program criteria
- B.
Explain to the mother that the law of privacy protects confidentiality of student's records
- C.
Explain to the mother that gifted program has well defined criteria and goals and that she is setting the child up for failure
- D.
Tell the mother that the child be allowed in the program on a trial basis
- 72.What knowledge does the general education teacher bring to the IEP team?
- A.
Knowledge of the general curriculum
- B.
Knowledge of special education technique
- C.
Knowledge of general school issues
- D.
Knowledge of special eduction services
- 73.A teacher is teaching a unit requiring students to obtain considerable amount of current information on a topic from electronic source. What is the best type of computer network for the purpose?
- A.
Computer assisted instructional network
- B.
Database software network
- C.
Telecommunication network
- D.
Simulation network
- 74.Which type of software would be best for demonstrating different chemical reaction for a science class?
- A.
Tutorials
- B.
Grill and practice
- C.
Educational games
- D.
Simulations
- 75.The most effecient use of computer laboratory time for an elementary class orientation when each student has access to a computer is to?
- A.
Discuss guideline and handout about using computer
- B.
Allow students collaborative groups to share computer
- C.
Allow individual student time to explore the computer
- D.
Give students' unstructured time to explore the computer
- 76.A teacher whose students use the network classroom with no Internet should be most concerned about?
- A.
File deletion
- B.
Instant messaging
- C.
Copy right violation
- D.
Plagiarism
- 77.Choose the search engine key word most appropriate to begin an internet search for student preparing a presentation on physical fitness?
- A.
Fitness, physical
- B.
Physical fines
- C.
Physical fitness
- D.
Physical (or) fitness
- 78.Which of the following established that equal assess does not guarantee equal opportunity?
- A.
The Bilingual Education Act
- B.
The Consent Degree
- C.
Brown vs. Board of education
- D.
Lau vs. Nicolas
- 79.The purpose underlying the enactment of the concern decree (META) was to?
- A.
Provide alternative schooling opportunities for students in failed schools
- B.
Understand and successfully meet the various linguistic and cultural need for the none English speaking students
- C.
Establish international baccalaureate education programs for elementary and secondary students
- D.
Mitigate the traditional inequities in economically challenged communities
- 80.Teacher who promote freedom and responsibility in their classroom and believe that the business of running a serlf-definition will be described as?
- A.
Constructivist
- B.
Essentialist
- C.
Existentialists
- D.
Perennials
- 81.All of the following is purpose of today public school EXECT?
- A.
Reinforcing existing social structure
- B.
Serving individual students developmental needs
- C.
Fostering students' independent, critical thinking
- D.
Ensuring the continuity of cultural homogeneity
- 82.What practice does the most to perpetuate educational inequality?
- A.
Standardized test
- B.
Issuing report cards
- C.
Tracking
- D.
Enforcing state standard
- 83.All of the following are components of an effectice school EXCEPT?
- A.
Teachers with high expectations of the students
- B.
Task oriented classroom activities
- C.
Involved parents and guardians
- D.
Students pressure to succeed
- 84.An ESOL student applies the use of his or her first language in acquisition of English. This is an example of?
- A.
Language transfer
- B.
Code switching
- C.
Comprehensible input
- D.
Language diffusion
- 85.Students who have acquired basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) will be able to use English in?
- A.
Describing the characteristics of mammals, give an oral presentation on a holiday and writing a postcard
- B.
Discussing food from their countries, writing one page summary of their favorite short story, and reading poems
- C.
Doing short problems, mathematics, answering the phone, and asking for direction
- D.
Ordering lunch in the school cafeteria, greeting the principal, and playing a game with classmates
- 86.Which of the following statements is true concerning the "silent period"?
- A.
A silent period varies from 2 week to 2 years or more
- B.
Student should be forced into activities to make them speak English
- C.
Haitians and Spanish speaker take 4 years to immerge from the silent period
- D.
Teachers should require that student use only English in the classroom setting
- 87.Which procedure best addresses the need of a classroom containing none English speaking student?
- A.
Allowing these students to use their native language when necessary
- B.
Permitting these students to do different or less challenging work
- C.
Pairing a high achieving student with a low achieving student
- D.
Grouping student according to their preferred learning style
- 88.The goal of specially designed academic instruction in English is?
- A.
Preparing ESOL student linguistically and academically
- B.
Fostering English language acquisition opportunities for ESOL students
- C.
Providing content support for ESOL students
- D.
Teaching academic reading, writing, speaking and listening skills to ESOL students
- 89.A teacher asks each student to bring an object representative of his or her cultural background as part of a show and tell exercise. The teacher is using?
- A.
Suggestopedia
- B.
Regalia
- C.
Comprehensible input
- D.
Total physical response
- 90.Teachers who want to encourage ESOL students to interact in the classroom should?
- A.
Foster cultural awareness
- B.
Use mnemonic strategies
- C.
Promote linguistic-risk talking
- D.
Facilitate vocabulary activities
- 91.Select the learning that best promotes second language acquisition?
- A.
Preparation, presentation, and practice strategies
- B.
Social, cognitive and Meta cognitive strategies
- C.
Social strategies, evaluation, and follow up
- D.
Preparation, evaluation, and Meta cognitive strategies
- 92.All of the following instructional practices are effective in promoting an ESOL student's self-esteem EXCEPT?
- A.
Modeling the correct pronunciation when a student mispronounce a word
- B.
Providing extra assignment to those students who sometimes use their native language in the ESOL class
- C.
Inviting guest speakers from different countries to share information with the class
- D.
Learning and using a few words in the student native language
- 93.A social study teacher would like to know if her student knowledge of social study is similar to that of other students through the United States. What type of standardized test would best give the teacher this information?
- A.
A norm-referenced intelligence test
- B.
A norm-referenced achievement test
- C.
A criterion-refereced intelligence test
- D.
A criterion-referenced achievement test
- 94.A teacher wants to find out if student has mastered the instructional objectives at the end of the unit. What type of test should the teacher use?
- A.
Achievement
- B.
Diagnostics
- C.
Placement
- D.
Norm-referenced
- 95.Which is the best instruction for a teacher to give students who are getting ready to take a test?
- A.
There is no way to do well if you have not been studying
- B.
If you don't know the answer to a question skip the question
- C.
Read the directions carefully then read all the options before making your answer
- D.
If I catch you cheating on this test you will receive an F on the test
- 96.The following scenario is an example of which communication strategy?"Students, it was importat for our president to meet the leader of China to promote good communication between the leaders of two of the most powerful countries in the world."Teacher: "How would such a meeting promote open communication?"
- A.
Paraphrasing
- B.
Promoting
- C.
Probing
- D.
Redirecting
- 97.In teaching math and science, a teacher wants students to analyze information and to adjust or to express a value. What should the teacher do to stimulate high level thinking skills of students?
- A.
Direct questions for the brighter student first
- B.
Reinforce every student response during this discussion
- C.
Ask questions that provide hints to the correct response
- D.
Ask students to compare and evaluate situations
- 98.To best help 10th grade students studying American Revolution develop analytical skills; the teacher should ask students to discuss?
- A.
How different responses with the same event could change the outcome of the American revolutionary war
- B.
The major events that battled during and beginning the development though the revolution war
- C.
The events that surrounded the first few battle of the war between the British and the colonist
- 99.Several Native American students transferred from the native schools to a near by public school. The teacher arranges for the students to domstrate games the students play in the reservation. What strategy is illustrated here?
- A.
Sharing knowledge for the students to accept the native student
- B.
Sharingg knowledge will enable the student interact on equal terms with other students
- C.
Sharing knowledge will assure successful interaction between teacher and students
- D.
Sharing knowledge will help to enrich learning by all student and the teacher
- 100.Two children from foreign culture have joined a 4th grade class in middle of the semester, and the other students are making fun of them. What should the teacher do to change the situation?
- A.
Create learning center based on the foreign culture followed by class discussion
- B.
Tell the class that differential treatment will not be tolerated
- C.
Work separately with the two students
- D.
Ask the student to bring in pictures of themselves and out then up on the bulletin board
- 101.Mr. Taylor, a high school teacher is attending a movie at the local drive-in theater and saw a couple in the next car locked in an inimate embrace. When they finally separate, Mr. Taylor was shocked to see the man was collegue and the girl was a 10t grade student in their school. What is his ethical obligation?
- A.
Call the girls parents and report the case
- B.
Report the case with the school police
- C.
Report what he has seen to his colleagues
- D.
Seek advice from his mentor
- 102.Which strategy is best for a 10th grade teacher to use to improve students comprehension and reading achievement scores?
- A.
Providing students' different version of the same information from the reading
- B.
Dividing each chapter into shorter reading assignment
- C.
Asking students to read science fiction books that relate to the science concept
- D.
Showing students how to make graphic organizer from each chapter
- 103.The day after a replacement teacher began work, a fire drill was held. The students seemed confused and ill prepared for emergencies. What should the new teacher do?
- A.
Assume that the students will respond appropriately in a real emergency
- B.
Instruct student in the necessary procedure; provide repeated practice
- C.
Explain procedure to the students; then evaluate their performance on the next drill
- D.
Wait for the next drill and give specific instruction as needed
- 104.As she leaves the classroom, Rosaline whispers to the teacher "I think Beth has a knife in her purse". The teacher should first?
- A.
Ask Rosalina to stay after class to explain
- B.
Send a note to the school counselor
- C.
Call the office to inform the designated administrator
- D.
Check the school policy manual for procedure
- 105.After a presentation of information about an assignment, a teacher realizes that the students did not understand how to complete the handout. Which teacher procedure will be the best solution to this problem?
- A.
Work through one example from the handout with the students
- B.
Allow student to ask question before they begin working on the handout
- C.
Explain the handout direction orally and write them on the board
- D.
Re-teach the information presented using a multi-sensory approach
- 106.A teacher usually conducts a review of the previous day's lesson before beginning a new lesson. However, students are often unable to respond correctly to the question. What is the most effective teaching strategy to employ at the end of a lesson?
- A.
Give a short quiz to check student comprehension
- B.
Ask student to develop questions foe the teacher to answer
- C.
Remind student they must answer questions the next day
- D.
Involve student in the summary or the review
- 107.What criteria is most important for a teaacher to consider in selecting material for an instructional unit?
- A.
Student performance for different media
- B.
Copy right information
- C.
Objectives of the unit
- D.
Material used successfully by other teachers
- 108.A student brings a computer disk that contains right educational games that a teacher needs for her mathematics class to school. The student offers to make a copy of the program for the teacher. What should be the teachers' response to this offer?
- A.
Accept the offer and use the copy only at home
- B.
Refuse the offer but allow the student to use the program during class
- C.
Accept the offer and make one copy for the entire mathematics department
- D.
Refuse the offer but allow the student to make copies for the other student
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