ABCTE PTK Certification Script Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: DefinesDescribesIdentifiesKnowsLabelsListsMatchesNamesOutlinesRecall How many
of the following ...?
Answer: Knowledge: Recall and remember information
Question 2: recitation
Answer: teacher asks questions, student responds, teacher judge quality of their answer
Question 3: 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.
Question 4: 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.
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,Question 5: 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.
Question 6: 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.
Question 7: 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.
Question 8: 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
Question 9: 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.
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, Question 10: Token Economy
Answer: Students given a reward for achieving a goal.
Question 11: 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.
Question 12: criterion-referenced
Answer: measures success in reference to defined standards
Question 13: 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.
Question 14: essay or constructed response
Answer: more than one answer or way to express correct answer; subjective, most difficult
Question 15: 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 ___ ?
Question 16: 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.
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: DefinesDescribesIdentifiesKnowsLabelsListsMatchesNamesOutlinesRecall How many
of the following ...?
Answer: Knowledge: Recall and remember information
Question 2: recitation
Answer: teacher asks questions, student responds, teacher judge quality of their answer
Question 3: 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.
Question 4: 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.
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,Question 5: 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.
Question 6: 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.
Question 7: 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.
Question 8: 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
Question 9: 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.
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, Question 10: Token Economy
Answer: Students given a reward for achieving a goal.
Question 11: 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.
Question 12: criterion-referenced
Answer: measures success in reference to defined standards
Question 13: 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.
Question 14: essay or constructed response
Answer: more than one answer or way to express correct answer; subjective, most difficult
Question 15: 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 ___ ?
Question 16: 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.
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