A state requires new teacher-education graduates to pass a test before they can be officially recognized as teachers. For what type of decision is this test used?
(a) Certification decision
(b) Placement decision
(c) Selection decision
Question 2...Which statement best shows the relationship between placement and selection?
(a) Placement is synonymous with selection.
(b) Placement does not involve rejection but selection does.
(c) Placement involves exclusion of some students from the institution while selection does not.
Question 3...Which of the following is the soundest rationale a teacher could have for deciding to re-teach a lesson on comma use?
(a) Several students asked for a review.
(b) Quiz scores indicated many students could not use commas correctly.
(c) A combination of both (a) and (b) provides a stronger rationale than either alone.
(d) Only (b)
Question 4...What is the most common kind of decision teachers make in the classroom?
(a) Instructional decision
(b) Classification decision
(c) Placement decision
Question 5...How are the state departments of education involved in establishing curriculum standards?
What will be an ideal response?
Question 6...Briefly list and explain the questions that must be considered in planning curriculum.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 7...According to research findings, all adolescents and adults eventually attain Piaget's formal operations stage.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.