ABCTE PTK CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Knowledge: Recall and remember information.
Answer: DefinesDescribesIdentifiesKnowsLabelsListsMatchesNamesOutlinesRecall
How many of the following ...?
◍ recitation.
Answer: teacher asks questions, student responds, teacher judge quality of
their answer
◍ Advantages of field trip..
Answer: Real-world experience. It allows students to have a real-world
experience. For example, a textbook lesson on the domestic animals can be
enhanced by a trip to a local farm where the students can clearly see the
domestic animals.Increase in quality of education. For example, a biology
field trip could take kids on a hunt for bugs or certain types of flowers. In
this case students can learn more. Hence it improves the quality of
education.
◍ Purpose of Field Trip: 2.
Answer: 2. Give students experiential learning experiences. Involvement in
a real world experience makes learning more meaningful and memorable.
As a result the students will have more concept of the topic as they have
learnt through their hand-on experiences.
◍ Planning a Field Trip : 4.
Answer: 4. Final Planning / the field tripCheck all permission slips the day
before the field trip.Activities that will occur during the Field TripPlan
activities that allow students to work alone, in pairs or small groups.
Activities might include:Sketch pages with partial drawings of objects found
in the exhibits for students to complete the drawings based on their
, observationsPeepholes in construction paper - cut different sized round
holes in construction paper and have students view a part of the exhibition
through the peepholes. Ask them to describe what they see, what they notice
now that they missed before, and how their perspective changes with each
new viewField notebooks for recording answers to prepared questions based
on cluesHand drawn postcards to write near the end of the tour that will
summarize the field trip visitProvide time for students to observe, ask
questions, and record key words, ideas and phrases as journal entries in their
Field book after viewing each exhibitAsk follow-up questions as students
make observations and listen to presentations.How are these two objects
different from one another?What clues does this artifact provide about the
topic?In what ways do these two objects relate to one another?If you could
change one thing in this exhibit, what would it be?Pretend you are an
archaeologist in the future who is observing this object. What would you be
able to conclude about the culture of the past?Describe the setting in which
you might have found this object.Which object will be of greatest value in a
hundred years? Why?Which object took the most time and effort to
produce?Pretend you are a character in this exhibit. Tell us as much as you
can about your life.What does this object tell us about the person's attitude
toward...?Schedule a particular segment of the field trip for a scavenger hunt
where students look for particular objects and record them in their Field
book or on an observation sheet.Provide time for students to work in their
Field Book writing questions, describing favorite displays or making
sketches of artifacts, structures, scenery, etc. If they cannot complete their
sketches, encourage them to label them for future completion as to color,
detail, etc.
◍ Which of the following phrases BEST completes the following sentence?.
Answer: Vocabulary should be taught...A: in every subject area in order for
students to master the subject matter. Rather than expecting students to
memorize vocabulary, it is more effective to help "hook" the words to
vocabulary words students already know and to use those words in context
both in class and in homework. Vocabulary study need to have context to be
, retained.
◍ A struggling student comes to pick up a paper at your desk during class
time. You have determined that this student needs extra help. Which of the
following would be BEST to say to the student?.
Answer: A: "I'd like to talk to you about this paper in a little more detail.
Let's set up a time when we can talk in private."It is important to protect
student privacy and avoid embarrassment. The vital issue is not to share lack
of success with the rest of the students.
◍ evaluation/evaluate.
Answer: presenting and defending opinions by making judgements about
information, the validity of ideas, or quality of work based on a set of
criteria
◍ When planning how students will practice correct spelling of the words
"there," "their," and "they're," which of the following is the BEST pattern?.
Answer: A: Practice frequently at first, spread out practice after that.
Frequent initial practice helps people acquire a skill and develop frequency
with it. Further practice aids retention.
◍ Token Economy.
Answer: Students given a reward for achieving a goal.
◍ After grading a test, a teacher notices that the scores are significantly below
the students' usual scores. The teacher decides that he did not communicate
the material effectively. Rather than discard the test scores or unfairly
penalize the students, the teacher decides to grade on a curve. Which of the
following distributions will BEST describe the data once it has been
adjusted?A. Bernoulli distributionB. Continuous probability distributionC.
Normal distributionD. Poisson distribution.
Answer: C; Normal distributionGrading on a curve fits the set of test scores
along a bell curve, or normal distribution, in which the majority of students
score near the mean-few students score significantly higher or lower than
the mean.
, ◍ criterion-referenced.
Answer: measures success in reference to defined standards
◍ Cultivating a positive classroom: Relativity.
Answer: The role of the teacher goes both ways - you are responsible for
imparting knowledge to your students, but you will be a more successful
teacher if you also allow yourself to learn from them as well. This is
particularly true when you are teaching ESL in a foreign country. Your
students can teach you multitudes about their culture.Learning about your
students will allow you to keep the material and classroom activities relative
to their interests. I taught in South Korea during the World Cup, so an easy -
and usually accurate - default for me was soccer. Teaching a difficult
concept with a topic that your students are interested in will result in a
higher rate of retention.
◍ essay or constructed response.
Answer: more than one answer or way to express correct answer; subjective,
most difficult
◍ Synthesize: Highest order thinking skills. Builds a structure or patterns from
diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on
creating a new meaning or structure..
Answer: To form by combining parts or
elementsCombinesRole-playConstructOriginateCreatesOrganizesDevelopProduceW
if
HypothesizePlanShowPrepareCategorizesReorganizesRelatesRevisesRewritesConclu
What ideas can you add to ___ ?
◍ Which of the following statements will require students to analyze what they
are working on?.
Answer: A: "What are the main features of..."The answer requires students
to divide something into its constituents, the heart of analysis.
◍ Business Communication.
Answer: Use concrete terms instead of abstract terms. The best you know
your audience, the better you can anticipate and incorporate rules on how,
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Knowledge: Recall and remember information.
Answer: DefinesDescribesIdentifiesKnowsLabelsListsMatchesNamesOutlinesRecall
How many of the following ...?
◍ recitation.
Answer: teacher asks questions, student responds, teacher judge quality of
their answer
◍ Advantages of field trip..
Answer: Real-world experience. It allows students to have a real-world
experience. For example, a textbook lesson on the domestic animals can be
enhanced by a trip to a local farm where the students can clearly see the
domestic animals.Increase in quality of education. For example, a biology
field trip could take kids on a hunt for bugs or certain types of flowers. In
this case students can learn more. Hence it improves the quality of
education.
◍ Purpose of Field Trip: 2.
Answer: 2. Give students experiential learning experiences. Involvement in
a real world experience makes learning more meaningful and memorable.
As a result the students will have more concept of the topic as they have
learnt through their hand-on experiences.
◍ Planning a Field Trip : 4.
Answer: 4. Final Planning / the field tripCheck all permission slips the day
before the field trip.Activities that will occur during the Field TripPlan
activities that allow students to work alone, in pairs or small groups.
Activities might include:Sketch pages with partial drawings of objects found
in the exhibits for students to complete the drawings based on their
, observationsPeepholes in construction paper - cut different sized round
holes in construction paper and have students view a part of the exhibition
through the peepholes. Ask them to describe what they see, what they notice
now that they missed before, and how their perspective changes with each
new viewField notebooks for recording answers to prepared questions based
on cluesHand drawn postcards to write near the end of the tour that will
summarize the field trip visitProvide time for students to observe, ask
questions, and record key words, ideas and phrases as journal entries in their
Field book after viewing each exhibitAsk follow-up questions as students
make observations and listen to presentations.How are these two objects
different from one another?What clues does this artifact provide about the
topic?In what ways do these two objects relate to one another?If you could
change one thing in this exhibit, what would it be?Pretend you are an
archaeologist in the future who is observing this object. What would you be
able to conclude about the culture of the past?Describe the setting in which
you might have found this object.Which object will be of greatest value in a
hundred years? Why?Which object took the most time and effort to
produce?Pretend you are a character in this exhibit. Tell us as much as you
can about your life.What does this object tell us about the person's attitude
toward...?Schedule a particular segment of the field trip for a scavenger hunt
where students look for particular objects and record them in their Field
book or on an observation sheet.Provide time for students to work in their
Field Book writing questions, describing favorite displays or making
sketches of artifacts, structures, scenery, etc. If they cannot complete their
sketches, encourage them to label them for future completion as to color,
detail, etc.
◍ Which of the following phrases BEST completes the following sentence?.
Answer: Vocabulary should be taught...A: in every subject area in order for
students to master the subject matter. Rather than expecting students to
memorize vocabulary, it is more effective to help "hook" the words to
vocabulary words students already know and to use those words in context
both in class and in homework. Vocabulary study need to have context to be
, retained.
◍ A struggling student comes to pick up a paper at your desk during class
time. You have determined that this student needs extra help. Which of the
following would be BEST to say to the student?.
Answer: A: "I'd like to talk to you about this paper in a little more detail.
Let's set up a time when we can talk in private."It is important to protect
student privacy and avoid embarrassment. The vital issue is not to share lack
of success with the rest of the students.
◍ evaluation/evaluate.
Answer: presenting and defending opinions by making judgements about
information, the validity of ideas, or quality of work based on a set of
criteria
◍ When planning how students will practice correct spelling of the words
"there," "their," and "they're," which of the following is the BEST pattern?.
Answer: A: Practice frequently at first, spread out practice after that.
Frequent initial practice helps people acquire a skill and develop frequency
with it. Further practice aids retention.
◍ Token Economy.
Answer: Students given a reward for achieving a goal.
◍ After grading a test, a teacher notices that the scores are significantly below
the students' usual scores. The teacher decides that he did not communicate
the material effectively. Rather than discard the test scores or unfairly
penalize the students, the teacher decides to grade on a curve. Which of the
following distributions will BEST describe the data once it has been
adjusted?A. Bernoulli distributionB. Continuous probability distributionC.
Normal distributionD. Poisson distribution.
Answer: C; Normal distributionGrading on a curve fits the set of test scores
along a bell curve, or normal distribution, in which the majority of students
score near the mean-few students score significantly higher or lower than
the mean.
, ◍ criterion-referenced.
Answer: measures success in reference to defined standards
◍ Cultivating a positive classroom: Relativity.
Answer: The role of the teacher goes both ways - you are responsible for
imparting knowledge to your students, but you will be a more successful
teacher if you also allow yourself to learn from them as well. This is
particularly true when you are teaching ESL in a foreign country. Your
students can teach you multitudes about their culture.Learning about your
students will allow you to keep the material and classroom activities relative
to their interests. I taught in South Korea during the World Cup, so an easy -
and usually accurate - default for me was soccer. Teaching a difficult
concept with a topic that your students are interested in will result in a
higher rate of retention.
◍ essay or constructed response.
Answer: more than one answer or way to express correct answer; subjective,
most difficult
◍ Synthesize: Highest order thinking skills. Builds a structure or patterns from
diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on
creating a new meaning or structure..
Answer: To form by combining parts or
elementsCombinesRole-playConstructOriginateCreatesOrganizesDevelopProduceW
if
HypothesizePlanShowPrepareCategorizesReorganizesRelatesRevisesRewritesConclu
What ideas can you add to ___ ?
◍ Which of the following statements will require students to analyze what they
are working on?.
Answer: A: "What are the main features of..."The answer requires students
to divide something into its constituents, the heart of analysis.
◍ Business Communication.
Answer: Use concrete terms instead of abstract terms. The best you know
your audience, the better you can anticipate and incorporate rules on how,
