High expectations are an example of which of the following essential teaching skills?
a. Teacher beliefs and behaviors
b. Feedback
c. Questioning
d. Organization
Ques. 2Learning activities that focus on objectives, and assessments that measure the extent to which the objective have been met, best describe which of the following?
a. A task analysis
b. Knowledge of learners and learning
c. Instructional alignment
d. The cognitive domain
Ques. 3Describe the process of planning in a standards-based environment and compare it to planning in general.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 4Classify Celena's objectiveunderstand why multiplication of two fractions results in a smaller fractioninto one of the cells of the cognitive taxonomy table, and explain your classification. Also, classify the objective into one of the categories in Bloom's original taxonomy.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5Identify the part of Celena's plan that most closely relates to planning for assessment.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 6Identify the part of Celena's plan that most closely relates to preparing and organizing learning activities.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 7Statements that are generated at the state or national level and that describe what students should know or be able to do at the end of a prescribed period of study are best labeled:
a. task analyses.
b. domains.
c. taxonomies.
d. standards.
Ques. 8Ted Holmquist repeatedly makes comments such as, Mistakes are a normal part of learning, so don't feel badly when you make a mistake. Remember, our goal is to really understand this stuff, not just memorize a few terms. Of the following, which statement best describes Ted's efforts?
a. He is attempting to increase the students' self-regulation.
b. He is attempting to create a mastery-focused classroom environment.
c. He is attempting to create a classroom environment in which students perform better than students in other classes.
d. He is attempting to model desirable behaviors for the students.
Ques. 9Of the following, which best identifies the emotional architecture that provides a framework and a foundation for the model for promoting student motivation?
a. Reinforcement for effort and achievement
b. The teacher-student relationship
c. Intrinsic motivation
d. Practice and feedback
Ques. 10Brenda Ruiz, a science teacher, wants her students to understand the makeup of atoms and molecules. She plans to begin with protons, neutrons, and electrons, and use models to identify the protons and neutrons in the nucleus. She then plans to display several models, beginning with simple elements, such as hydrogen and helium, and gradually progress to elements with larger numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Finally, she plans to have the students identify elements on the periodic table. Brenda's thinking in this example best illustrates which of the following?
a. Knowledge of learners and learning
b. A task analysis
c. Teaching to a standard
d. Instructional alignment