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What is one way of incorporating non-performers into a discussion?

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Ask a student to respond to a previous student’s statement. This is because non-performers are not involved in class at that current moment.

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When a teacher leads choral chants, the teacher is…

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Having students repeat basic skills orally

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If a teacher asks, “Does everyone understand where to place their answers?”, the teacher is probably..

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Determining if the class understands the directions.

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Teachers convey emotion through:

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Body language, verbal cues, and eye contact

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How can a teacher handle controlled interruptions?

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Positively directed with procedures already in place

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“You seem to feel that you aren’t doing well in this subject” is an example of..

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Non-directive statement. This is because these statements are a way of showing a student that the teacher is listening, but not making a judgment or pointing the conversation in a specific direction.

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Effective professional development is..

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A continuous plan of lifelong learning

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The method by which teachers gather information on their teaching through the use of audio- and video-tapes is called…case methods, action research, reflective learning communities, or mentors?

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Action Research - allows teachers to carry out investigations in their own classroom.

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Student data such as scores on tests and assignments would be the best criteria for determining, what?

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Student grades and the teacher’s quality of instruction.

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A mentor’s purpose is..

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to promote and support peer teacher growth

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The greatest challenge to implement effective professional development is due to the lack of time, presenters, resources, or interest?

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Time

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Piaget’s theory of cognitive development states that..

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Younger children are unable to understand complex language.

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Children under the age of eight..

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Process information more slowly than older children.

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Marshall Rosenberg categorized learners as:

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rigid-inhibited, undisciplined, acceptance-anxious, and creative.

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Inductive thinking can be fostered through which activity?

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Personal-discovery activities

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How can a teacher elicit a high-order response from a student who provides simple responses?

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Ask follow-up questions

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Bloom divided educational objectives into which of the following domains?

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Cognitive, affective, psychomotor

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Long-term memory…

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is permanent and appears unlimited

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What is an example of deductive reasoning?

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Bill is taller than Ann, but Ann is taller than Grace. Is Ann the tallest child or is Bill the tallest?

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Using student ideas and interests in a lesson..

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increases learning and student motivation

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If your child in your class suffers from serious emotional disturbances, it is important to

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maintain open communication with the parents

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when working with ESL students, the teacher should be aware that

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An accepting classroom and encouraging lessons will foster learning

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Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) uses

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heterogenous groups, elements of competition, and rewards. STADS is a cooperative learning approach that places students in teams of mixed abilities and has rewards for individual and group effort.

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Sequential language acquisition occurs when students:

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learn a second language after mastery of the first.

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What is one primary learning objective that teachers aim for?
Fostering critical thinking skills.
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What does Jean Piaget say about children and concepts?
Children cannot learn a given concept until they learn the concepts that sequentially precede it.
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When do children develop an initiative, according to Erickson's theory of social development?
Two to six years of age
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Teachers who apply behavioral learning theory in practice...
Create educational environments in which educational stimuli can be presented and behavioral responses can be observed and measured.
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What is an example of cognitive learning theory in practice?
Drill and practice
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According to social learning theory, students learn by
Observing the behavior of others
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According to the operant model in behavioral theory, what is negative reinforcement?
Removing a stimulus which causes a behavior to increase
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In the middle of a discussion, a student asks to sharpen a pencil in response to an academic question. The teacher should..
Signal no, and then ask someone else the question. This is to not reward the disruptive behavior.
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Changing to an interactive approach, switching to a cooperative group activity, and incorporating manipulatives during the course of a lesson are examples of:
Getting the students back on track. It gets the students more actively involved because it forces them to become occupied with the task at hand.
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"Invitational learning" is the result of
a well-built classroom space. Invitational learning takes place in a classroom that is welcoming; that is, one that is adequately sized, well-built, and properly equipped. The physical setting of a classroom can greatly influence learning. Special attention should also be paid to lighting, ventilation, and proper exit and entry locations
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What is one skill demonstrated by invitational teachers?
They are active listeners. This is because invitational teachers display behaviors and attitudes that are inviting. These behaviors include reaching out to students, listening with care, and "being real" with students and themselves.
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Kallison Jr. found that subject retention increased when lessons included:
Outlines at the beginning and a summary at the end.
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If a teacher introduces a concept using examples and non-examples and asks the class to provide a definition of the concept, the teacher is considered to be teaching deductively or inductively?
Inductively
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A lesson in which students are given a tankful of water and various objects and are asked to order the objects by weight would be considered a(n) science lesson, discovery-learning lesson, inductive-reasoning lesson, or egrule lesson?
Discovery-learning lesson. This is because a discovery-learning lesson is one where the class is organized to learn through their own active involvement in the lesson.
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Under the operant behavior model, what is negative reinforcement?
Removing something unpleasant after the asserted or expected behavior has occured.
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Robert always calls out answers to questions without raising his hand. The teacher always ignores his answers. The teacher is trying to use..
Extinction. The teacher is not providing any sort of reinforcement for Robert's behavior in the hope that, without reinforcement, Robert will lose interest, and the behavior will die out.
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You suspect that one of your students suffers from some form of psychotic disorder. You should first:
Contact your school administration.
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Who started the first kindergarten?
Friedrich Froebel
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According to the Socratic method, teachers should..
Ask questions to get students to think about universal truths
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Who wrote the first children's book, Orbis Pictus?
John Amos Comenius
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Johann Friedrich Herbert contributed by:
founding the first pedagogical seminary, founding of a demonstration school, and a five-step teaching process including preparation, presentation, association, generalization, and application.
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Where was the first compulsory education law passed?
Massachusetts
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In general, teachers believe that oral language proficiency correlates with academic proficiency. Is this true?
Research indicates that cognitive academic language proficiency is primary to basic interpersonal communciation skills.
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The two receptive basic language skills are
reading and listening
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Which is the national professional organization that represents teachers of students who speak another language?
TESOL
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What is the goal of maintenance bilingual education?
To maintain the native language of the second-language learners; this model includes all the components that are specified by the committee.
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What are the components of the natural approach?
Limited error correction, use of realia, lowered affective filter
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Which organization is responsible for the involvement and participation of families of ESOL students' education?
Parent leadership council
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What did Horace Mann advocate for?
Free circulating libraries in every school district, women's wages equal to those of men, and the need for teacher-training institutions
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When assigning seatwork exercises, an effective teacher always..
Provides corrective feedback
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What is an example of specific praise?
"Your careful work made this special, especially in your artwork!" - be as specific as possible
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A teacher's primary objective when serving the public is to..
Always use precautions and research when representing the institution and when dealing with the public
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When a teacher includes short stories by authors from various ethnic groups for the class to read, the teacher is demonstrating to her students that..
The short story, as a genre, has certain basic characteristics
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Why is it a good idea for a teacher to give students options and allow them to make good choices?
Teachers know different students are motivated and stimulated by different tasks.
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What is the Socratic Method?
Use of questioning to reveal universal truths. Teachers ask Socratic questions to find the truth within themselves.
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How did St. Augustine view education?
He advocated more emphasis on deeds than on words. He promoted the study of great orations rather than of rhetoric.
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How did St. Thomas Aquinas view education?
He espoused scholasticism - logical reasoning through the examinations of opinions and issues by raising questions to decide their validity.
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Who was the first humanistic scholar?
Desiderius Erasmus - he made a clear distinction between innate abilities and learning and recognized that children are not born with equal abilities in all areas of study
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What did Martin Luther believe?
the state should found schools. Believed in expanding curriculum beyond religion.
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Who suggested that education was a joint responsibility shared by the church, the state, and the home?
John Calvin
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Who was the first modern educator and wrote Orbis Pictus?
John Amos Comenius
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What did Rousseau propose?
Naturalism - knowledge is based on the senses, natural feelings, and perceptions rather than on books and a prescribed curriculum.
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Johann Friedrich Herbart
Affirmed that teaching was a science that could be learned rather than an inborn gift that one possessed.
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Who founded kindergarten?
Froebel
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Four basic types of schools in New England
Latin Grammar School, Dame School, Town School, and District Schools
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Who wrote American Spelling
Noah Webster
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First state to pass compulsory education law?
Massachusetts
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Who developed infant schools?
Robert Owen
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Who was the first U.S. Commisioner of Education?
Henry Barnard - he held language to an importance, improved teacher education, and increased teacher salaries.
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Jane Addams
Addams founded Hull House in Chicago where the urban poor could benefit from lessons in childcare, use of the gymnasium, a theatre, etc.
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John Dewey
Believed that children should follow a curriculum based on their experiences and that schools should reflect society and try to find ways to improve it by encouraging students to take part in democratic processes while school
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Seven Cardinal Principles
Issued by the NEA, this report stated that all students should be prepared in seven undertakings: health, the ability to perform fundamental processes, attain a worthy home life, a vocation, civics, worthy use of leisure time, and ethics.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Upheld of separate but equal. But Brown v. Board overturned it.
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Sensorimotor (Piaget)
-Birth to age two. Five senses, object permanence, goal-direction actions
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Preoperational (Piaget)
Ages 2 - 7 - form and use symbols. Reversible thinking. Egocentrism.
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Concrete-Operational (Piaget)
Seven to Eleven. Solve concrete problems in a logical fashion. Hands on thinking. Cannot think in abstract concepts.
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Formal Operation (Piaget)
Age eleven through adult. Abstract problems. Deductive reasoning. Egocentric.
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Zone of proximal development
a child can master a task if given the appropriate help and support
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Bronfenbrenner
Bioecological model of development (everyone lives in ecosystems - microsystem, mesosystem, etc.)
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Erickson (stage 1)
12 - 18 months, basic trust
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Erickson (stage 2)
18 months to 3 years old - Autonomy
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Erickson (Stage 3)
3 years to 6 years - Initiative
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Erickson (Stage 4)
6 years to 12 years - industry
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Erickson (Stage 5)
adolescence - achieves identity
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Erickson (Stage 6)
young adulthood - urge to start a family
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Erickson (Stage 7)
middle adulthood - take care of children
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Erickson (Stage 8)
late adulthood - reflects on life waiting for death
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pre-conventional morals (Kohlberg)
person's judgement is based on self-perceptions
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conventional morals (Kohlberg)
society and law taken into account within moral dilemmas
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post-conventional morals (Kohlberg)
justice is taken into account in moral dilemmas
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Gilligan
Criticized Kohlberg. She focused on women.
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Triarchic theory of intelligence (Sternberg)
Analytical - problemsolving strategies, monitoring process, etc; creative - insight and automaticity; practical - career choice
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Average score of IQ
100 - Binet helped create this
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Behavioral motivation
Extrinsic motivator influenced by reinforcers, rewards, incentives, and punishers
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Humanistic motivation
intrinsic motivator influenced by a need for self-esteem, self-fulfillment, and self-determination
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Cognitive motivation
Intrinsic motivator influenced by beliefs, attribution for success and failure, and expectations
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Social cognitive motivation
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivator that is influenced by goals, expectations, intentions, and self-efficacy.
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Sociocultural motivation
Intrinsic motivation that is influenced by participation in learning communities

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