1. As long as a teacher possesses expert knowledge in a particular subject area, she will be an effective teacher.
a. True
b. False
2. Phonology, the sound system of a language, plays a minor role in the early development of reading skills.
a. True
b. False
3. Reading instruction that emphasizes strategy instruction, particularly metacognitive strategies, refers to which of the following approaches to reading?
a. Phonics approach
b. Whole-language approach
c. Cognitive approach
4. Which of the following assignments is the best example of writing to learn?
a. After studying a topic, students are asked to write a summary of the main ideas
b. After students are presented with an idea for a topic, they write whatever they want.
c. All of the above choices are correct
5. Children may have difficulty designing new experiments because they are likely to bias the experiment in favor of their hypotheses.
a. True
b. False
6. The field of social studies seeks to promote which type of competence?
a. Civil competence
b. Interpersonal skills
c. Cooperative learning
7. The behavioral perspective on motivation emphasizes internal rewards as keys in determining a students motivation.
a. True
b. False
8. The humanistic perspective emphasizes an individuals capacity for growth.
a. True
b. False
9. Researchers have found that intrinsic motivation decreases as students move from the early elementary years to the high school years.
a. True
b. False
10. In which grades are students most likely to be influenced about equally by parental and peer approval?
a. Second grade
b. Sixth grade
c. Twelfth grade
11. When students perceive the level of a challenge as being low and their skill in that area as being high, the likely outcome is which of the following?
a. Anxiety
b. Boredom
c. None of the above choices are correct
12. John feels guilty because he didnot bother to study for a science test, and as a result, he did very poorly. In this example, Johns poor performance was due to which of the following?
a. External factors that another person controlled
b. Internal factors that could not be controlled
c. Internal factors that John could have controlled
13. People need to feel a sense of connectedness with other people. What need does this refer to?
a. Motivation
b. Competence motivation
c. Affiliation
14. In the most recent Gallup Poll, the American public rated “lack of discipline†as the second most important problem in schools, after lack of financial support.
a. True
b. False
15. If students know that they will be held accountable for their work, they are more likely to use class time efficiently.
a. True
b. False
16. In which of the following classroom arrangement styles do large numbers of students sit in circular, square, or U-shaped arrangements?
a. Cluster style
b. Seminar style
c. None of the above choices are correct
17. Good peer relations are most likely to develop in classrooms that are managed with which strategy?
a. Authoritarian
b. Authoritative
c. Permissive
18. By being silent, a good listener will likely do any or all of the following, except which one?
a. Observe the speaker’s facial expressions
b. Think about what the other person is saying
c. Make a polite transition to a new topic
19. When asking questions during class, it is best to ask questions that can be answered with a yes or no.
a. True
b. False
20. A very small part of pre-instruction assessment is informal observation.
a. True
b. False
21. Reliable measures are stable, dependable, and relatively free of errors of measurement.
a. True
b. False
22. Instructional validity refers to the extent to which the assessment does which of the following?
a. Provides all students an equal opportunity to succeed
b. Provides a reasonable measure of what actually occurs in the classroom
c. Provides reliable measures once in a while
23. Which of the following activities is the best example of summative assessment?
a. Observing students to gain information about their interests
b. Reviewing textbooks in an attempt to learn more about a topic
c. Describing the extent to which students have met educational objectives
24. Multiple choice items cannot be used to engage students in higher-level, critical thinking.
a. True
b. False
25. Which of the following is the best example of performance assessment?
a. A group of students must create a PowerPoint presentation
b. A group of students write a paper on the class lesson
c. A student completes a test