A teacher may use child-guided
A) models of curriculum, but they are rarely effective.
B) activities, but children rarely learn from them.
C) activities, but children are likely to lose interest quickly.
D) and direct instruction models of curriculum.
E) or direct instruction models of curriculum; but not both.
Question 2Some programs conduct a curriculum review periodically in order to
A) determine if goals and objectives are being accomplished.
B) help the teacher decide what continuing education courses they should participate in.
C) determine if the teacher should be allowed to remain in the classroom.
D) make the parents happy.
E) All of these answers are correct.
Question 3The three-W strategy can be used to discover
A) where observation should take place, why it's important and what the observer is looking for.
B) what is known, what is unknown but can be known and what has been learned.
C) who will influence learning, what will be learned and why it is important.
D) when an activity should take place, who will participate and why the activity was chosen
E) who is learning, why they're interested and what they will take away from the activity.
Question 4Teachers can become skilled conversationalists by
A) appearing to listen even if you are not fully engaged in the conversation.
B) avoiding asking any questions.
C) correcting the child as the conversation progresses to ensure that you stay on task.
D) listening intently to the children and probing for information.
E) watching television and listening to the radio.
Question 5Each child's way of displaying competencies may be influenced by
A) their temperament and innate characteristics.
B) cultural conditioning and individual family beliefs.
C) their temperament, innate characteristics, cultural conditioning and individual family beliefs.
D) the student teacher's patience and attention span.
E) the student teacher's patience and observation style.