As you thought about your lesson, you decided that primarily you want your students to understand that living things grow and develop, which led you to the decision to bring in the hamster, the bean plants, and the pictures. Of the following, which phase of instruction is best illustrated by your thinking?
a. Planning for instruction
b. Implementing instruction
c. Assessing learning
d. Diagnosing students
Ques. 2Describe four guidelines that will help you, as a teacher, best perform your role in standardized testing, and provide an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 3You're a math teacher, and you typically have students solve a number of word problems on your quizzes. However, you know that the standardized test your students will soon be taking will be in a multiple-choice format. In addition to ensuring to the extent possible that your students understand the content that will be assessed on the standardized test, describe what you should do to best prepare your students to succeed using this format?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 4You have a student who is being disruptive and you ask him to move to the back of the room and away from the rest of your students. He refuses to leave. First, describe how you should react, and second describe what you should say to the student. Third, describe what you should do if the student remains defiant.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5Programs designed to provide long-term solutions to bullying typically focus most strongly on which of the following?
a. Swift and consistent punishment of each incident of bullying until the unacceptable behavior no longer exists
b. Ignoring minor incidents of bullying, such as pushing students in hallways, and punishment of more severe incidents by school suspension
c. Teaching students broadly applicable personal and social competencies such as self-control, perspective taking, and constructive assertiveness
d. Counseling programs with parents that ask parents to take responsibility for their children's behavior
Ques. 6Which of the following will likely be the most important factor determining the extent to which students at all grade levels and in all content areas are prepared to perform as well as possible on standardized tests?
a. The emphasis your school places on standardized testing
b. The effectiveness of your instruction
c. The extent to which you teach to the test
d. The extent to which you encourage your students to study and prepare for standardized tests
Ques. 7Although teachers will apply aspects of a number of theories when they plan and implement their instruction, on which of the following will they primarily ground their efforts?
a. Behaviorism, with particular emphasis on operant conditioning
b. Self-worth motivation theory
c. Goal theory of motivation and learning
d. Cognitive learning theory
Ques. 8Which of the following best describes teachers' roles in standardized testing?
a. Teachers play an essential role in standardized testing at all grade levels and in all content areas.
b. Teachers play an important role in standardized testing at the middle and secondary levels, but they don't play an important role at the elementary level.
c. Teachers play an important role for standardized achievement tests, such as the Stanford Achievement Test, but they don't play a significant role in high-stakes testing.
d. Because standardized tests are created at the national or state level, teachers don't play a significant role in standardized testing.
Ques. 9Of the following, which is likely to be your most important role in standardized testing?
a. Communicating the results of standardized tests to your school administrators, so they can be as sure as possible that your students are performing at acceptable levels.
b. Communicating standardized test results to parents, so they understand how well their children are performing on the tests
c. Sending test results to district, and, when required, to state offices, to be sure accurate records of student performance are being maintained
d. Helping your students understand the content that will be assessed on the standardized test to ensure that they perform as well as possible
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