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Download PPR test bank-with 100% verified solutions-2024.docx and more Exams Advanced Education in PDF only on Docsity! PPR test bank-with 100% verified solutions- 2024 Mrs. McCaffery, a health teacher, is discussing the typical sequence of physical development in adolescence with her middle school students. She's aware that the timing and rate at which puberty occurs vary widely. These differences mean that some of Mrs. McCaffery's students may be completely mature, while others have not begun puberty- Mrs. McCaffery is likely to be aware that late- maturing boys- have less self-confidence than early maturers Mrs. McCaffery, a health teacher, is discussing the typical sequence of physical development in adolescence with her middle school students. She's aware that the timing and rate at which puberty occurs vary widely. These differences mean that some of Mrs. McCaffery's students may be completely mature, while others have not begun puberty- Mrs. McCaffery is also likely to be aware that early- maturing girls- may develop precocious sexual interests Mrs. McCaffery, a health teacher, is discussing the typical sequence of physical development in adolescence with her middle school students. She's aware that the timing and rate at which puberty occurs vary widely. These differences mean that some of Mrs. McCaffery's students may be completely mature, while others have not begun puberty- When Mrs. McCaffery sends three-week progress reports home, one-third of her students are failing. She wonders if physiological needs may be playing a role in her students' lack of academic achievement. Which of the following best describes the role of physiological needs in students' academic performance? A student with unmet physiological performance needs may show little interest in academic performance Mrs. McCaffery, a health teacher, is discussing the typical sequence of physical development in adolescence with her middle school students. She's aware that the timing and rate at which puberty occurs vary widely. These differences mean that some of Mrs. McCaffery's students may be completely mature, while others have not begun puberty- As a health teacher, Mrs. McCaffery is likely to be aware that nutritional deficiencies among her students are- more common among girls than boys A teacher should be most concerned about which of the following students? A second-grade girl whose grades have plummeted Mrs. Griffin teacher ninth-grade mathematics. She is demonstrating on the board how to solve a difficult word problem. She talks to herself out loud as she draws diagrams and tries out different strategies, some that work and some that don't, explaining to herself the steps she is taking until she finally solves the problem. Her "talk aloud" is intended to- model metacognitive behaviors and thought processes The fifth-grade teacher has instituted a plan in his classroom called "I'm calling your parents!" The goal of the plan is to contact all of the students' parents often to tell them things their child did well in school. The teacher believes this is important because he knows that- Students at this age will develop a sense of industry rather than inferiority if they experience satisfaction. There are many adolescent and pre-adolescent students at risk of failure in US schools. Which of the following is NOT a contributing factor to this problem? Differences in the ability to learn between students of culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds and students of mainstream backgrounds. Which of the following professional strategies is most likely to help middle-school teachers connect with students of diverse backgrounds share and discuss literature from a variety of cultures Marta is an elementary English language learner who can successfully participate in short and simple conversations on familiar topics. When she doesn't understand something you say, she will sometimes ask you to slow down or repeat it. Given this description, Marta is MOST LIKELY at which proficiency level for the listening domain? Intermediate Select the answer which best completes the sentence- Elementary students who live in poverty or are economically disadvantaged- can meet high expectations and standards Mrs. Sessler studies world geography and current events with students in her eighth- grade classroom. She cultivates an attitude of respect for the cultures and people that her students encounter in these studies. Which of the following are benefits for students for this classroom? Select all that apply. -the teacher is modeling the value of other cultures -the teacher is modeling acceptance of differences in people -students gain a sense of the greater world around them -students develop critical thinking skills when analyzing information -students have an avenue for exploring ways to address their own biases Type of learning Listen to a podcast auditory Type of learning Color code information visual learners Type of learner Build a model kinesthetic/tac tile Type of learner Study a chart of graph Visual learner Type of learner Present information using a skit or false The STAAR test is a criterion- referenced test true The STAAR test is given to students in grades 1-12 false The STAAR test measures students' knowledge of the TEKS true What is the purpose of the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) curriculum guidelines? Provide guidelines for mandated curriculum for public schools from elementary through high school in in Texas Fourth graders will be learning about trees. It is fall and each child will pick a tree to observe. The students will use a journal to sketch the tree throughout the year and record observations of how it changes from season to season. In the late spring or early summer, the teacher will ask students to describe the changes and cycle the tree went through. What type of learning is this an example of? Discovery learning Which of the following statements accurately reflect the intended relationship between the state curriculum (TEKS), instruction, and assessment (STAAR)? Select all that apply -The STAAR test are aligned to the TEKS -Instruction should be planned to teach the TEKS -There should be a one-to-one correlation among the TEKS, instruction, and STAAR Mrs. Green is helping her students with creating slide shows for presenting their upcoming project on continents. She tells the students this technology allows them to insert figures, pictures, and icons, and recommends them to minimize the verbosity and make text and visuals as large as possible in their presentations. At the end, she reminds the students they are responsible for locating relevant information including geography, climate, and countries populations as the content of their presentations. Which of the following will BEST ensure that Mrs. Green has given explicit directions for both assignments? Model for the students how to create a slide show, go over the outline of the project, and remain open for questions Mrs. Green is helping her students with creating slide shows for presenting their upcoming project on continents. She tells the students this technology allows them to insert figures, pictures, and icons, and recommends them to minimize the verbosity and make text and visuals as large as possible in their presentations. At the end, she reminds the students they are responsible for locating relevant information including geography, climate, and countries populations as the content of their presentations. The reason Mrs. Green incorporated the slide show as part of the research is MOST LIKELY to- have students use productivity tools to communicate information A teacher works with an intermediate-level English language learner who is struggling to understand concepts taught in science. If the science teacher is beginning a unit about weathering and erosion, the teacher might scaffold instruction by- sharing a short video clip on the topic A fifth-grade social studies teacher, as part of the unit they have been studying, has all the students in the class do a 4-minute presentation about the intent, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence and the US constitution. The teacher uses a rubric to grade the students' presentations. The teacher includes a section on a rubric entitled "Self- Evaluation" for each student to self-evaluate the presentation prior to presenting it to classmates. What is the MOST LIKELY reason for having students do a self- assessment? Students have become self-directed learners. Their motivation is improved; they become more responsible and take ownership of the project A fifth-grade teacher selects reading material for a small reading group. The selected text, to be used for instructional purposes, is a level above what the group members read independently. Which of the following theories reflects this practice? Zone of proximal development A second-grade teacher is observing her students problem-solve math word problems. What is perhaps the MOST important drawback when students go directly to writing a number sentence first in order to solve a problem? They may not be able to show their problem-solving strategy on paper without using manipulatives first A sixth-grade English teacher would like to accommodate English language learners as they respond to writing prompts in the classroom. Which of the following activities would LEAST likely support this goal? Use only narrative writing prompts to prevent confusion Eighth-grade students have recently completed a unit on westward expansion. Which of the following student activities would demonstrate the highest level of critical thinking? Investigate the relationship between Manifest Destiny and westward growth A teacher introduces new vocabulary to a class containing some ELL's at the intermediate and advanced levels of reading and writing proficiency. In order to promote an understanding of the new words, the teacher should- use synonyms to help students make connections from prior knowledge to the new word A seventh-grade English teacher wants to let his students know how much he expects of them. What is the best way to communicate those high expectations? "I know you will do well on this assignment because you know a lot about the topic and are interested in it. Remember, we covered this information through various activities you chose. I anticipate good work." Promoting respect for others helps to establish a safe and positive classroom environment. Students should also extend these values as users in the current high tech environment. Which of the following skills best promotes courtesy in the digital environment? a digital citizenship In his fifth period class, the teacher has two very bright students who are dating. They always have homework done and participate in class Mr. Soares realizes the health unit that was planned is rather all-inclusive and is looking forward to having Ms. Thompson, a paraprofessional, assist in the classroom. The paraprofessional will be able to help with everything except- Introducing alternative instruction parallel to the teacher's or certified personnel's The social studies teacher has one special needs student in her classroom who has difficulty staying on-task for more than a few minutes. The student wants to work only at a computer. The teacher instigated a system that gives the student points for every minutes that the student can remain on-task. After the student has earned 50 points, the student may go to the computer for a specified period of time. The teachers PRIMARY goal in setting up this reward system is to- move this student from external control to self-control and self-monitoring Mr. Rafael's fourth grade social studies class was discussing the population expansion that occurred in Texas. They talked about how new businesses are springing up in every town and city, but along with that growth there are always problems. Mr. Rafael asks the class to predict how they think Texas will meet challenges brought on by the growth of the state. In responding to the question, Mr. Rafael is hoping for what kind of response? He wants the students to engage in active, inquiry learning an higher- order thinking Mr. Rafael's fourth grade social studies class was discussing the population expansion that occurred in Texas. They talked about how new businesses are springing up in every town and city, but along with that growth there are always problems. Mr. Rafael continues with his questioning on the population expansion in Texas. According to Blooms Taxonomy, the highest order question Mr. Rafael asks is- What effect will the population expansion in Texas have on your lives 15 years from now If a teacher has developed skilled questioning techniques, the teacher should- ask questions that help children see relationships among ideas After discussing classroom rules, consequences, and rewards with her kindergarten class and allowing the students to take part in the decision making of which rules the students would adopt; the teacher will now post the rules near the whole group area. Which would be the most clear an effective way for presenting the information in the poster? Use pictures and words to convey the rules, consequences and rewards The biology teacher has tried to communicate the structure of DNA to his 10th grade class, but the explanation does not seem adequate to him. He has pictures of the double helix strand but after the lecture and after showing the picture, he can ell from the student's body language that their understanding of a complex concept is not clear. The teacher should- reteach the concept using a video or digital technology The principal has received several complaints about the art teacher. Students complain that he makes fun of the work students do in his classroom. The principal cannot imagine what these complaints are in reference to and has planned a meeting with the art teacher to discuss the situation. The principal informs him that several excellent students reported that "he rolls his eyes at my artwork." The art teacher is quick to explain that he rolls his eyes when the work is excellent. The principal suggests that the best way to communicate with students is to- use verbal communication so that the explicit message is understood Mr. Phillips served on the ARD committee that reviewed the academic progress of Natasha, a sixth-grader who scores on-level on achievement tests but who is hearing-impaired. The IEP developed by the committee specifies that Natasha be placed in Mr. Phillips' classroom. During one lesson, Mr. Phillips indicates to Natasha that she is to answer the question. Then he waits patiently for her to respond. How would you evaluate this approach of Mr. Phillips to the student? Positive, because it communicates positive expectations about the student A sixth-grade teacher with students at the beginning and intermediate level of English Language proficiency in listening and speaking plans a lesson on the human body. In order to provide targeted instruction for all students, the teacher chooses content concepts appropriate for the age and educational background level of the students, adapts content for all students, and plans meaningful activities to integrate lesson concepts. Which of the following strategies would the teacher LEAST LIKELY use to help ELl's become active participants in learning? The teacher should share jargon and slang to clarify concepts. A third-grade teacher plans a social studies unit that will include teacher presentations, whole-class and small-group discussions, a presentation by a guest speaker, a video, a small group activity, and a field trip. Of the following, the MOST important advantage of the teacher's instructional plan is that it- gives students with varied learning preferences multiple chances to process and reinforce unit content After teaching a lesson to her middle graders, the English teacher assigns a selection of literature for students to read independently and respond to in a reader response journal before discussion. In the journals, the students are asked to write about the characters and plot and retell the story. Another portion of the journal students are challenged to discuss what the text reminded them of from their own lives, and on another section some students write questions that they still have about the piece of literature. By having students respond in a journal first, the teacher is able to- monitor the effectiveness of her instruction by examining the students' responses and their depth of understanding Before beginning a unit on marine mammals, a teacher asks students the question, "What do you know about the ocean?" Which of the following statements reflects the primary reason for this question? The teacher wants to assess prior knowledge of the topic In a classroom of students at the beginning and intermediate levels of English proficiency in listening and speaking, which of the following activities would the teacher implement to reinforce new concepts? A teacher has been working with her fourth-grade class on using the internet to do research. One of her students shows a website that is very negative on a certain political candidate and tells the teacher that she didn't realize the person was such a bad candidate. Based on this situation what is it that the teacher should discuss with her students? To determine who the author or sponsor is a website before using it A biology teacher used a rubric to score a science project. The chart below represents a portion of the rubric. Which of the following statements about the rubric is accurate? The rubric is a criterion-referenced assessment What would be a reasonable first step in developing a rubric for grading? List key elements to assess A biology teacher used a rubric to score a science project. The chart below represents a portion of the rubric. It is good practice for teachers to - provide the rubric to students before they complete the assignment Students at Scarborough middle school are regularly assessed using various methods. Some of the teachers were discussing about using the State Of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) as a form of assessment. Some are of the opinion that it is a snapshot of one day in school and should not be used to evaluate students' learning. Other teachers believe that the STAAR test is a good test to assess schools and school district performance. Many think that it is "high stakes testing." The STAAR test is actually- a criterion-referenced test Mrs. Boss, an eighth-grade math teacher, uses data to determine student strengths and weaknesses. Which of the following types of assessments would provide Mrs. Boss information about how much her individual students learned about a particular aspect of the curriculum? Criterion-referenced assessment A middle-school reading teacher used an informal reading inventory with a student who was struggling with comprehension. Which of the following explains why the assessment is beneficial to the student and the teacher? The informal reading inventory incorporates authentic reading tasks which provide insight into why the reader may be struggling with comprehension Which of the following tests measures ability? norm-referenced tests Ms. Jackson, the sixth math teacher, wants to encourage all the students in her class to perform at their highest level in mathematics. She believes that timely effective feedback will develop skills and confidence. Knowing what effective feedback sounds like, which of the following is the LEAST effective statement to make a student having problems with writing equations that represent problems related to the area of rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and triangles? "Think about what you did here. You must use the information that I give to you" Mrs. Jakes' second-grade class is beginning an integrated unit that will focus on important historical figures of the state of Texas. As part of the activities the class will create a bulletin boar called "The Wall of Fame" where the biographies of these famous Texans will be highlighted. Next, she plans to extend the concept of autobiography by telling the students they too will join the "Wall of Fame". But for that, the students must first conduct an interview with their parents, asking such questions as "how did I get my name," or "Where was I born?" Mrs. Jakes' PRIMARY objective for this exercise would be to- engage the parents in various aspects of the educational experience Mrs. Jakes' second-grade class is beginning an integrated unit that will focus on important historical figures of the state of Texas. As part of the activities the class will create a bulletin boar called "The Wall of Fame" where the biographies of these famous Texans will be highlighted. Next, she plans to extend the concept of autobiography by telling the students they too will join the "Wall of Fame". Before the project is complete, Mrs. Jakes wants to share information with parents on each student's progress. What form of communication would be MOST effective? Send home a written report on the work the students have done so far and ask the students to return it the next day along with a parents signature During teacher-parent conference night, Mr. Brown, a fifth-grade classroom teacher at Clara Sunrise Middle School, braced himself as he prepares to have a face-to- face conference with Mr. and Mrs. Sims. John Sims, a student that Mr. Brown has had difficulties with for three weeks, walks into the classroom with his parents and states "Mr. Brown, these are my parents," and he walks away. Although Mr. Brown has sent home several notices to inform the parents of John's inappropriate behavior in class, Mr. Brown has not received any feedback from the parents. Which of the following strategies would best support a successful parent-teacher conference between Mr. Brown and the Sims? Mr. Brown should maintain a calm voice during the meeting, but be firm on decisions to help the student At the end of the nine-week grading period, the school offers parents the opportunity to come to school for a parent-teacher conference. The chemistry teacher sends home a note to parents notifying them of the dates and times that are available for conferences. She explains in the note the purpose of the conference and requests parents notify her if the scheduled time is convenient or to suggest an alternative time. During one of the conferences the parents ask the teacher why their son is making a C for the nine weeks when their daughter always made A's in chemistry. She should be able to explain this by- sharing with parents the students work portfolio for the nine weeks and any teacher notes. Emails Conferences committee rather than something related to athletics. What is his BEST explanation for serving in the committee? "If no one from the physical education department participates on this committee, the PE department will not be represented. This is a valuable committee for our department and for us as teachers." Mrs. Hoff, a third-grade teacher, is preparing a unit for her social studies class on communities. Students will work together in groups to discuss the components that are needed to make a community. With the individual portion of the unit, Mrs. Hoff will require students to demonstrate their understanding of communities by planning a community of their own. She designs a packet that outlines requirements for the assignment and includes internet resources where students can turn to for assistance. She sends the packet home with the students and post the information about the activities of this unit on her school web page. Before posting the information on her school web page, Mrs. Hoff must adhere to which of the following guidelines? The legal and ethical requirements regarding copyright, privacy, and acceptable use policies Mrs. Hoff, a third-grade teacher, is preparing a unit for her social studies class on communities. Students will work together in groups to discuss the components that are needed to make a community. With the individual portion of the unit, Mrs. Hoff will require students to demonstrate their understanding of communities by planning a community of their own. She designs a packet that outlines requirements for the assignment and includes internet resources where students can turn to for assistance. She sends the packet home with the students and post the information about the activities of this unit on her school web page. George, a student confined to a wheelchair in the class, has difficulty using his arms and legs. Mrs. Hoff wants to approach the principal about providing a special computer device for George to help him keep pace with his brilliant mind. Before going to the principal, Mrs. Hoff reviews the individual with disabilities education act (IDEA) and realizes that it is her responsibility as a teacher to- Ensure appropriate education for students with disabilities like this one School administrators notify a teacher that they intend to suspend her. They provided the teacher with written notice of intent and the dates the suspension will be effective. The administrators also provided the teacher with an explanation of why they are taking the action of suspension. The due process would also include- An opportunity for the teacher to explain why the suspension should not be carried out The soccer coach has been told that if Ronaldo does not make a B or better in English this six-week period, his parents will not allow him to play soccer in the spring. The coach goes to the English teacher at the end of the semester and asks to know what grade Ronaldo will make in English. She refuses to tell him and explains that grades are confidential and that he has no "need to know" and must get the information from the student when grades come out the next week. The coach becomes angry and says "If that boy gets below a B in this class then you'll have to deal with me, do you understand?"