FTCE Professional| 154 questions| with complete solutions

Anecdotal records, portfolios, observations, peer evaluations, checklist, self-assessments, and rubrics are all forms of which of the following types of assessments? correct answer: Informal Grouping bits of information into sets of five to seven discrete pieces to assist in memorization is an example of which of the following cognitive strategies? correct answer: Chunking Which of the following is a common characteristic of a student with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder? correct answer: Low Level of organization skills A teacher has been teaching in a district for 3 months. During a state conference, he is offered a job in another district for several thousand dollars more than he is currently making. The teacher returns home and leaves without notice to work in the new district. The Education practices Commission may impose disciplinary penalties against his certificate for correct answer: Breach of contract A teacher notices that most of the students in a class are struggling to integrate previously read information across several texts. The teacher wants to increase this skill. The most appropriate method is to teach correct answer: Inferences and elaborations Select the best activity for finding American history and American literature for 11th graders correct answer: Assigning the students in written report on the Great Depression In an elementary classroom, the teacher would like to assign roles to a literature circle. Which example best defines titles used for members of the group? correct answer: Facilitator, materials manager, recorder, reporter, monitor Which of the following objectives most appropriately explains indirect instructions? correct answer: Teach concepts, patterns, and abstractions A team of 4th- grade teachers is choosing an assessment tool that will help guide future instruction to improve students writing skills. Which of the following will be most effective? correct answer: Utilizing an analytic rubric that focuses on specific writing criteria To ensure that the content of a test aligns with what is covered in a lesson, a teacher should correct answer: Include only questions from the test bank accompanying the text A teacher needs to measure student mastery of the following objective: Students will identify the features found at specific coordinates on a map. The most appropriate way to assess this objective is to correct answer: Give students a map and have them state what is located at each set of coordinates A student scored at the 80th percentile on a standardized reading achievement