Question 1

The National Teachers Association was established by educators in Philadelphia in 1862. It was founded with all of the following goals EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

The National Teachers Association was NOT founded with the goal of providing parents with legal rights in regard to their child's education. The original membership consisted of 43 educators who wished to promote public education, produce advancements within education and to encourage growth in the number of Americans entering the teaching profession. The NEA was an all-male organization until it permitted women to begin joining in 1866. After several mergers with other teacher organizations, it is now known as the National Education Association (NEA).

Question 2

The work of Lewis Terman (1877-1956) is credited with beginning the testing movement. Which of the following is NOT true regarding the professional career of Terman?

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Terman did NOT formalize the special education referral process. He did, however, create the Stanford-Binet intelligence test, whose updated editions are still widely used during the special education evaluation phase. Additionally, he invented the term intelligence quotient (IQ) in an effort to quantify intelligence levels. The mean of the IQ is 100, and its standard deviation is 15.

Question 3

Which report, written in 1983 by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, provided research-supported evidence that American schools were falling farther behind schools of other countries?

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A Nation at Risk was a report written in 1983 by the National Commission on Excellence in Education which provided research-supported evidence that American schools were falling farther behind schools of other countries. It identified that this lag occurred primarily within the nation's secondary schools. It began dialogue that would later evolve in the concept of highly qualified teachers by calling for the creation of standards within teacher education programs.

Question 4

What are the five stages of the SQ3R note-taking strategy as they are cued by the acronym?

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The five stages of the SQ3R note-taking strategy, as they are cued by the acronym, are:
§ Survey - During the survey stage, students perform pre-reading behaviors such as scanning.
§ Question- The students then use chapter headings and subheadings to create questions.
§ Read- The students read the sections of the text, keeping in mind the questions.
§ Recite - In this stage, the students attempt to answer the questions they created in their own words. This may be done orally or in written form
Review- The students review the information they have processed.

Question 5

Some school districts are minimizing the use of homework as a means of providing students extra practice in newly-acquired content and skills. However, the proponents of homework would argue that these districts are eliminating an integral part of the instructional model. Which of the following statements would best support the use of homework as an essential educational practice as it relates to student learning?

Accepted Answer

The use of homework is an essential educational practice in student learning because itprovides extended practice that reinforces newly-learned concepts and helps identify areas where students need further instruction. It is important to note that homework is designed to practice concepts that have already been taught, excepting cases where a teacher is using an activity as an anticipatory set to build excitement and buy-in for an upcoming unit or lesson.

Question 6

Best practices support the inclusion of several components within effective teacher lesson plans. Some components are viewed as supplemental, rather than essential. Which of the following components issupplemental in nature, rather than essential?

Accepted Answer

Interdisciplinary activities are supplemental in nature, rather than essential. While they are considered a highly effective instructional approach, best practices indicate that lesson plans require instructional objectives, methods of assessing mastery and guided practice activities in order to be complete.

Question 7

It is important to include an anticipatory set, also known as a set induction, when planning for a lesson or a unit of lessons. The purpose of an anticipatory set is to:

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The purpose of an anticipatory set is to activate the students' prior knowledge and to spur interest in the topics covered. In other words, its purpose is to create anticipation for the upcoming unit or lesson and to make connections to prior knowledge.

Question 8

Crofton is trying to find a graphic organizer that will help his students to identify the chain of events within a butterfly's life as he is reading Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Which of the following graphic organizers should Mr. Crofton use?

Accepted Answer

The best type of graphic organizer to help Mr. Crofton's studentsidentify the chain of events within a butterfly's life is the cycle map.This approach is best because the life of a butterfly is cyclical, ending at the stage where it began. Sequence maps can be used to put details into chronological order. Family trees are an example of a sequence map. Continuums are items like rating scales. Cause-and-effect maps are used to make connections on the interdependence of events.

Question 9

According to Bloom's taxonomy, the most advanced category of questioning is:

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According to Bloom's taxonomy, the most advanced category of questioning is evaluation. The order of learning concentrations in Bloom's taxonomy from most basic to most complex is: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

Question 10

Which of the following graphic organizers would best allow students to log the effects of a variety of chemicals on a series of compounds?

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A matrix would be the best graphic organizer to log the effects of a variety of chemicals on a series of chemicals. Matrixes use rows and columns to present information in a way that simplifies relationships and promotes retention. Teacher-made rubric are often set up in a matrix.

Question 11

McMullin has assigned an essay to be written on the causes of the Revolutionary War between the American colonists and Great Britain. He will score the students on several dimensions, including their use of prior knowledge, their application of principals, their use of original source material to support their point of view and the actual composition. This type of scoring is commonly referred to as

Accepted Answer

This type of scoring is commonly referred to as analytical scoring. Analytical scoring also involves the use of detailed descriptions of criteria and is typically used to assess constructed-response questions within assessments. It helps teachers to score a large numberof items while providing meaningful feedback.

Question 12

When students demonstrate that they are capable of using previously acquired knowledge in either a new situation or context, they are said to demonstrate:

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When students demonstrate that they are capable of using previously acquired knowledge in either a new situation or context, they are said to demonstrate transference. Another term used to refer to this behavior is generalization. Transference is typically nurtured at the culmination of a unit and during enrichment and extension activities.

Question 13

One of the core purposes of providing direct instruction oncurrent technologies is to:

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One of the core justifications for providing direct instruction oncurrent technologies is to prepare students to function in the real world and to access higher paying jobs. Technology develops rapidly, and therefore instruction should be on-going with competent individuals leading the instruction. For many students, school represents the only location wherein they can access current technologies. The schools in the United States value the direct instruction of technology usage as a means to keep its workforce competitive at a global level.

Question 14

As a culminating activity on a unit on the drafting of the United States Bill of Rights, Mr. Conden's class works as a single group to create a Student Bill of Rights. At which level of Bloom's taxonomy would this activity be categorized?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Conden's activity would be categorized under the synthesis level on Bloom's taxonomy. Within the synthesis level, students are expected to combine concepts from the lesson in order to create a new product. It is assumed that in order to create a Student Bill of Rights, they had to understand the model provided by the US Bill of Rights enough that the abstract concepts behind its creation could be recreated to a degree.

Question 15

Which of the following assessment types isused prior to instruction in order to identify students' areas of strength and difficulty so that teacherscan make informed decisions as they plan instruction or form educational judgments?

Accepted Answer

Diagnostic evaluations are used prior to instruction in order to identify students' areas of strength and difficulty so that teacherscan make informed decisions as they plan instruction or form educational judgments. They can be used to eliminate repetitive teaching and to identify potholes in students' learning. Additionally, teachers may create homogeneous or heterogeneous groupings based on the students' performance on diagnostic tools.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Latin Grammar School?

Accepted Answer

Latin Grammar Schools did NOT require that students participate in international internships. They did, however, provide an education to only the sons of upper social class citizens that would prepare them either for leadership in the church, state or judicial system and to pass the Harvard entrance examination. The boys that attended these schools received lessons in reading, writing and arithmetic.

Question 17

Harvard College was established by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to:

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Harvard College was established by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to ensure that future leaders of the church, state and judicial system received a solid education consistent with the Puritan philosophy of education. Students of the school would receive an education based on the English university model. Harvard continues to be an Ivy League university providing exemplary schooling in divinity, law and a variety of contemporary and traditional majors.

Question 18

Thomas Jefferson spent several years working to establish the University of Virginia at Charlottesville with the intention of:

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Thomas Jefferson spent several years working to establish the University of Virginia at Charlottesville with the intention of providing an education which shares new ideas on government and equality with American students. The school was established in 1825, and it allowed students to take elective courses as well as those necessary for their major. Jefferson took an active role in the selection of a site, architectural decisions and in selecting the curriculum that the university would use.

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common school?

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Common schools were not in session all year regardless of season. They did provide schooling to all people, even immigrants, in order to prepare them for work. Attendance was considered a birth right for all American citizens. Individuals such as Horace Mann believed that common schools would provide students with an opportunity for all individuals receive equal opportunities in employment.

Question 20

The New England Primer, textbooks originally printed in 1690, contained:

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The New England Primer, textbooks originally printed in 1690, contained alphabet lessons with Bible verses included. More than five million copies of the Primer were sold. It was the first reading primer designed within the American colonies, and it was an educational standard that would be updated and reprinted many times.

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