Into which cell of the cognitive taxonomy table would the objective Students will know their times tables from 1 through 12 be best classified?
a. The cell where factual knowledge intersects with remember
b. The cell where factual knowledge intersects with understand
c. The cell where conceptual knowledge intersects with remember
d. The cell where procedural knowledge intersects with understand
Ques. 2You decide that you will give the students a worksheet with a series of numbers on it, such as 11, 21, 32, and 6, and ask them to identify the number of 10s and 1s on the worksheet. Which of the following planning decisions does your thinking best illustrate?
a. Identifying topics
b. Specifying learning objectives
c. Preparing and organizing learning activities
d. Planning for assessment
Ques. 3To help your first graders understand the concept of living things, you bring a pet hamster to class and have your first-graders pet it and feel it breathing. You also show your students two different bean plants, one that they planted a week ago, and a second that they planted two weeks ago, and pictures of other plants and animals. You guide the students with questions, such as noticing that the bean plant they planted two weeks ago is taller than the one planted one week ago, as well as others to help them to the idea of living things. Your actions best illustrate which phase of instruction?
a. Planning for instruction
b. Implementing instruction
c. Assessing learning
d. Diagnosing students
Ques. 4As 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. 5Describe 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. 6You'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. 7You 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. 8Programs 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. 9Which 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. 10Although 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. 11Which 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.
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