Students of color would likely least enjoy engaging in
a. cooperative learning.
b. seat work.
c. group projects.
d. stories of personal experience.
Ques. 2Mr. Lupez has his students keep a study log and a log of their homework grades in his class. Further, he has them maintain folders that contain their work samples throughout the year. Periodically, Mr. Lupez has the students go back and review the logs and the work samples. The most likely reason he does this is to
a. remind students how important it is to improve their grades, especially as the end of the school year approaches.
b. motivate students by calling their attention to their own progress over time, and to the links between effort and outcome.
c. facilitate student retention of the curricular content that has been covered since the start of the school year.
d. be able to document the legitimacy of his decision to hold a student back at the end of the year.
Ques. 3Too often we have heard teachers say: Girls are harder to manage than boys or vice-versa. This statement is:
a. basically true.
b. stereotypical at best.
c. true because teachers can be harsher will boys.
d. supported by highly-valued research.
Ques. 4A teacher who successfully differentiates classroom instruction to help all students experience success would likely do all but which of the following?
a. Assess and address differences in students' readiness to learn a new concept or skill.
b. Consider which curricular elements are most important for students to learn and omit the ones that he or she deems peripheral or irrelevant.
c. Structure lessons in accordance with students' interests.
d. Take students' preferred modes of taking in information and displaying acquired knowledge.
Ques. 5The authors of our text would likely argue that the least common reason students study is because they
a. value the content they're studying.
b. are concerned about their grades.
c. want to please their parents or teachers.
d. want to avoid punishment.
Ques. 6The text suggests that when teachers are concerned that students do not appear to value learning the content presented in class, the teachers should
a. structure the classroom environment and activities in ways that allow several student goals to intersect.
b. have students articulate why each task is important.
c. tell students to fake it until they make it in other words, to find something about the content that they can build into an interest.
d. have students engage in a grade-level-appropriate study of human motivation as a starting point for behavior change.
Ques. 7Miss Caster is a new teacher whose students are developing a proposal to increase the number of lunch options in the cafeteria. They plan to present it to the school board at the next meeting. Mr. McCullough, a veteran teacher who works with the same group of students in a later period of the day, walks by Miss Caster's room. He stops to observe for a few minutes. He later says to her, I can't believe those were the same students I teach in the afternoon In my class, I can hardly get them to take notes on my lecture or do their seatwork, but in your class, they were all working steadily and seemed awake and involved. Given the limited information that you have in this situation, which statement is most likely to explain the differences between the two teachers' experiences?
a. Miss Caster has students engaged in a task that connects their interests and experiences to solve a meaningful problem, and Mr. McCullough runs a more passively-structured class.
b. The students relate better to Miss Caster because she is younger and more fun, while Mr. McCullough is older and has a harder time engaging in positive, supportive relationships with students.
c. The students are more engaged in Miss Caster's class because it takes place early in the day; research shows that students are less likely to be engaged in class activities as the school day progresses and they get tired.
d. Mr. McCullough has low expectations for his students and does not believe it likely that they will successfully master the material in time for the standardized test.
Ques. 8Studies of the way time is used in classrooms indicate a clear need for more time spent in
a. independent work.
b. whole-group instruction.
c. interactive activities.
d. down-time.
Ques. 9In addition to ________ differences, socially and culturally determined standards for acceptable masculine and feminine behavior can cause significant differences.
a. dispositions
b. biological
c. frustration
d. religious
Ques. 10Increased emphasis on high-stakes testing in schools has impacted students and teachers in all but which of the following ways?
a. Off-task behavior has increased because students are bored with the material.
b. Culturally responsive teaching has been virtually abandoned in favor of teaching content for the tests.
c. Instructional activities and methodologies are often selected because they are touted as improving students' standardized test scores.
d. Students generally exhibit significant effort because of the intrinsic value they attribute to the testing process.
Ques. 11Developing rules for cooperative learning include:
a. Listen to and respect the ideas of all members of the group
b. Share ideas and materials, and take turns
c. Stay focused on the task and work together
d. all of the above
Ques. 12When confrontational situations arise, girls may feel comfortable using ________ to solve the problem through conflict resolution while boys may immediately use physical aggression.
a. cyperbullying
b. gossip
c. emotional distress
d. language
Ques. 13Maricela gets off the bus and her mom says, What did you do at school today? Maricela responds by saying, Nothing much. Maricela may just be reluctant to share information with her mom, but she may also benefit from her teacher spending more time on which aspect of classroom management?
a. summarizing
b. pacing
c. providing useful feedback
d. making smooth transitions
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