Mr. Stone's students have been completely engrossed in a physics experiment.At the end of the experiment, all of his students scored 100 on the follow-up quiz. This is one of Mr. Stone's most effective class sessions. This illustrates:
a. engaged time or time on task.
b. access to learning.
c. academic learning time.
d. instructional time.
Ques. 2Nika is a failure-avoiding student. Her teachers have different ways of dealing with her. Which one of her teachers does NOT encourage self-worth?
a. Mr. Simmons tells Nika how he failed math one grading period and then learned new strategies that helped him succeed.
b. Mr. Levitz says failure is diagnostic and tells Nika what she needs to do to improve.
c. Mrs. Rollins helps Nika set performance goals to make a passing grade in health class.
d. Ms. Carmike coaches Nika to ask specific questions about the aspects of science she doesn't understand.
Ques. 3Jana practiced her lines for the play and watched movies in which gifted actors portrayed characters similar to her character in the high school play. After her performance, her teacher and other adults and students told her she gave a stellar performance. She said she worked really hard to develop the character's wacky disposition. She attributed her success to:
a. external locus.
b. stable causes.
c. uncontrollable causes.
d. internal locus.
Ques. 4The following teachers all assigned essay writing in their middle school English classes. Today they returned students' papers. Based on the following information, which of these teachers is most likely to have students who are motivated to pursue learning goals in the classroom?
a. Mr. Angelo returned the papers and complimented students on their essays. He said the class as a whole is submitting goodwork.
b. Mrs. Dominguez returned the essays and told the class they needed to write another draft. She said she knew they could do better work.
c. Mr. Lindsey returned students' essays and said they lacked interest. He reminded students of the standard and said the essays fell short of his expectations.
d. Ms. Compton returned the essays and asked students to compare this draft with their first draft to see how much progress they had made.
Ques. 5In which of the following situations is success attributed to stable causes?
a. Success attributed tohours of practice
b. Success attributed to inherited intelligence
c. Success attributed to having a good coach
d. Success attributed to a partner's help
Ques. 6Mr. Neal wants to set up two or three areaswhere his third grade students may work independently and quietly on reading and information gathering for various projects. The following options are all acceptable EXCEPT:
a. two computer tables at the side of the classroom.
b. area rug beside the book shelves in the classroom.
c. reading table when reading groups are not meeting.
d. hallway outside the classroom.
Ques. 7Mrs. Evans believes her middle school students are too dependent. They wait for teachers to tell them every step to take day by day, task by task. She wants them to become self-regulated learners. Describe what she might do to reach this goal and explain the model she might use in coaching students to become self-regulated learners.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 8When teachers want to influence students to develop self-regulation and efficacy for learning, they should do all of the following EXCEPT:
a. design basic tasks that address a single goal, incorporate one step at a time, and are completed in a short time
b. give students choices and teach decision making about choices
c. involve students in determining evaluation criteria and encourage them to self-evaluate
d. use groups and cooperative tasks that require co-regulation of one another's learning
Ques. 9Which of the following teachers is most likely to encourage emotional self-regulation in the classroom?
a. Mrs. Tallchief prompts students to keep working on the task in science lab and to ignore the two students who burned their fingers during the experiment.
b. Mr. Starnes doesn't listen to students' complaints about the difficulty of the math task and encourages them to keep their feelings to themselves.
c. Ms. Travis avoids listening to Melba's tattle tales about a classmate during a group activity and encourages Melba to focus on performing her role in the group.
d. Mrs. Gomez saw Jeff throw his eraser at Kendal, but Mrs. Gomez expects both students to bury the issue and deal with it after school.