Edu7293 Quiz 2 - 6 November 2014
Chapters 2-5
- 1.Which of the following is a false assumption that is commonly held by new teachers of mathematics?
- A.
Technology is helpful to learning mathematics.
- B.
Students will benefit from exposure to the same learning environment that was experienced by the teacher.
- C.
Mathematics is perceived as being very difficult by many of their students.
- D.
Teaching methods can and do make a difference in student success.
- E.
All students are capable of learning mathematics.
- 2.Which of the following is NOT one of the six NCTM principles?
- A.
Teaching.
- B.
Technology.
- C.
Assessment.
- D.
Environment.
- E.
Learning.
- 3.Which of the following principles refers to “high expectations and strong support for all students”?
- A.
Curriculum
- B.
Equity.
- C.
Learning.
- D.
Teaching.
- E.
Technology.
- 4.Which of the following principles states that students should “actively build new knowledge from experience and prior knowledge”?
- A.
Teaching.
- B.
Curriculum.
- C.
Learning
- D.
Equity.
- E.
Assessment.
- 5.The type of research that deals with gathering numerical data and analyzing it is called which of the following?
- A.
Formative research.
- B.
Qualitative research.
- C.
Quantitative research.
- D.
Questionnaire research.
- E.
Descriptive research.
- 6.A school district decided to look at the effects of a new teaching method. They had one teacher teach in a "traditional" manner, while another taught using a "new" approach. Which research method would involve comparing student test results of each group to determine which method was more effective?
- A.
Descriptive research.
- B.
Experimental research.
- C.
Historical research.
- D.
Informative research
- E.
.Qualitative research.
- 7.Which educational theorists were responsible for research on the “zone of proximal development” and “multiple intelligences”, respectively?
- A.
Bruner and Gardner.
- B.
Van Hiele and Piaget.
- C.
Gardner and Piaget.
- D.
Vygotsky and Bruner.
- E.
Vygotsky and Gardner.
- 8.Jerome Bruner's theory led to extensive use of which of the following materials in the mathematics classrooms?
- A.
Calculators.
- B.
Manipulatives.
- C.
Movies and other media.
- D.
Textbooks.
- E.
Workbooks.
- 9.According to the author, in Chapter 3, why does addition using algebra tiles make sense to the student?
- A.
The tiles are the same shape and size.
- B.
The tiles are the same color and texture.
- C.
The tiles are the same thickness and shape.
- D.
The tiles are the same shape and color.
- E.
The tiles are the same size and thickness.
- 10.The van Hiele Model is a theory that addresses the development of children's learning of which area of mathematical content?
- A.
Algebra.
- B.
Geometry.
- C.
Measurement.
- D.
Number Relations.
- E.
Probability.
- 11.The authority to write curriculum, by virtue of the U.S. Constitution, is delegated to which “group"?
- A.
The federal government.
- B.
The states.
- C.
The counties.
- D.
The school districts.
- E.
The teachers.
- 12.Which of the following is a term standing for a benchmark against which a state or local school district's curriculum can be compared to determine the degree to which the curriculum addresses nationally-recognized critical outcomes?
- A.
A national outline.
- B.
A national curriculum.
- C.
A model.
- D.
A standard.
- E.
A strand.
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