In which of the following situations does Mr. Cannon scaffold learning?
a. Mr. Cannon assigned readings in the text about the period of history immediately following the Civil War in the U.S.
b. Mr. Cannon gave a student a choice between two actions: return to his seat quietly and immediately or stay after school.
c. Mr. Cannon showed a brief video with a close-up demonstration of the detailed steps he had explained to the class.
d. Mr. Cannon divided students into groups to play their favorite game of trivial pursuit in history.
Ques. 2Sherita is now grasping the concept of conservation. She is most likely in what stage of development?
a. Formal operational
b. Preoperational
c. Sensorimotor
d. Concrete operational
Ques. 3Bryan went to the zoo with his first grade class. At the zoo, he saw alligators for the first time. He had never even seen pictures of alligators, but called them big-mouthed snakes. What basic tendency of thinking is Bryan using?
a. Conservation
b. Assimilation
c. Object permanence
d. Reversible thinking
Ques. 4In Action Research, a consultant or administrator is the primary researcher in the classroom
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 5Teacher self-assessment can help teachers raise their sense of self-efficacy
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 6Which of the following tools is helpful in determing the social status of students in a classroom
a. A teacher made checklist
b. A sociogram
c. Observations by a colleague
d. The Classroom Environment Scale (Moos and Tricket, 1995)
Ques. 7Which is the best example of triangulation of data
a. In her action research project, Mrs. Martin completes a sociogram to determine if she has successfully increased the sense of community in her classroom.
b. Mrs. Martin collects baseline data for three days before implementing a new strategy to increase engaged time in her classroom
c. Mrs. Martin interview several students to determine the level of motivation in her classroom
d. Mrs. Martin uses anecdotal notes, interviews with her students and an observation by a colleague to determine if her intervention for increasing engaged time in her classroom was effective
Ques. 8According to research on teacher self-efficacy, compared to teachers with low self-efficacy, teachers with high self-efficacy
a. Are more likely to use positive classroom management strategies
b. Are more likely to try innovative approaches and search out new strategies for classroom predicaments
c. Are more likely to use approaches that promote a learning orientation
d. All of the above