Consider the following test item.
_____ and _____ are two of the important requirements for a test.
Based on the guidelines for preparing completion items, which of the following is the most valid assessment of the item?
a. The item is appropriate as written.
b. The item measures content that is inappropriate for the completion format. A multiple-choice format would be more effective.
c. The statement should be made first, and the blanks should follow at the end of the statement.
d. The item should contain only one blank that is related to the main point of the statement.
Ques. 2Dan also makes it a point to always return quizzes and tests the day after they're given. You have to turn your homework in on time, so I have to return your tests on time, he says to his students. Based on his comments, which of the following best describes Dan's efforts to promote self-regulation in his students?
a. Dan is attempting to demonstrate high personal teaching efficacy.
b. Dan is attempting to demonstrate that he cares about his students.
c. Dan is attempting to communicate high expectations for his students.
d. Dan is attempting to model self-regulation for his students.
Ques. 3The ability to direct and control our actions and emotions best describes:
a. metacognition.
b. personal development.
c. perspective taking.
d. self-regulation.
Ques. 4Of the following, which is typically beginning teachers' greatest concern?
a. Their knowledge of the content they teach
b. Their skills, such as questioning
c. Their ability to manage their classrooms
d. Their repertoire of teaching strategies
Ques. 5Which of the following is least likely to help learners be successful in learning activities?
a. Develop lessons with questioning.
b. Make clear lectures your primary mode of instruction.
c. Provide a variety of high-quality examples of the topics students study.
d. Make assessment an ongoing part of instruction.
Ques. 6Dan Parker comments, Kari, congratulations on our win yesterday. She made six stops in our victory over Landon yesterday. Kari wears number 19 on her jersey. Now let's look at how Kari's numbers relate to the different scales of measurement that we are studying today. (Kari is the goal keeper on the school's soccer team.) Of the following, the variable in the Model for Promoting Student Motivation best illustrated by the way Dan introduced scales of measurement is:
a. involvement.
b. strategy use.
c. personalization.
d. caring.
Ques. 7As a middle school health teacher, you will be teaching a unit on nutrition. Identify three techniques that demonstrate tools for introductory focus. Provide a concrete, novel example of how you could employ each for your unit on nutrition.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 8According to research, which of the following groups of students will be most likely to benefit from instruction in test-taking skills?
a. Mature students (such as eleventh graders)
b. High-achieving students
c. Students low in test anxiety
d. Cultural minority students
Ques. 9Zabrina's question (What do you see that's different about the third sentence compared to the first two?) also is an attempt to capitalize on a second variable in the Model for Promoting Student Motivation. Of the following, which variable is best illustrated by her question?
a. Metacognition
b. Personal teaching efficacy
c. Caring
d. Success
Ques. 10Zabrina's question (What do you see that's different about the third sentence compared to the first two?) is most likely an attempt to capitalize on which of the following variable in the Model for Promoting Student Motivation?
a. Teacher expectations
b. Challenge
c. Involvement
d. Task comprehension
Ques. 11I start school right off the bat by setting up my rules for the year, and I spend the first 10 days of school enforcing them until they get to be a pattern. The variable in the Model for Promoting Student Motivation that the example best illustrates is:
a. caring.
b. modeling.
c. introductory focus.
d. order and safety.
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