FTCE Professional Education Practice Test

FTCE Professional Education Practice Test Teachers who conduct action research might: Videotape their lessons to reflect on instructional strategies. A student-centered classroom uses reciprocal teaching to analyze a selection of text. The 4 basic steps that are used in reciprocal teaching are: Predicting, questioning, clarifying, summarizing. What type of test could a school district use to determine if state standards were being effectively taught? Criterion-referenced test Which of the following is the best example of a cognitive objective? Students will complete a two-digit multiplication skills test with 85% mastery. An educator signed up for a paid online professional development session that required watching short video segments and personally reflecting on their content. The educator let the videos run in the background, and quickly clicked through the acknowledgments without completing the reflections. What portion of the Code of Ethics does this violate? The obligation to the profession. Learning activities should always be based on: specific objectives. An elementary reading teacher wants to get parents reading nightly with their children. The most effective way to do this while fostering parent communication is to: Invite parents to a "reading night" where student and parents meet to read and share favorite poems. Which of the following statements from a teacher would be considered classroom management through use of negative reinforcement? "If you would start turning in your homework, I wouldn't have to call your mother every afternoon!" In order to practice effective behavior management, classroom rules should be followed by all students and be consistently enforced. Which of the following would be a responsibility of a school advisory council? Developing a school improvement plan Which of the following would be an example of negative reinforcement? The teacher stops complaining about the messy floor after the students clean it up. A teacher has discovered and implemented a new online behavior-management program that is improving student behavior while providing an easy way to communicate with parents. The teacher should Meet with the principal to discussing sharing the new product at the next professional development day. The best tool for a teacher to use to keep a running, averaged record of student scores throughout the year is Spreadsheet The most effective way to present vocabulary is in context to convey rich meaning to the students. The best graphic organizer for analyzing similarities and differences is a Venn diagram An ELL joins the classroom mid-year. She appears to speak fluent English and participates well in class, yet struggles academically in reading and science. When questioned, the teacher learns that the student has only lived in America for 2 years. The student's academic struggles are likely the result of Not having mastered cognitive academic language proficiency due to the length of time she has been speaking English. The input-hypothesis model developed by Steven Krashen would suggest that ELLs would benefit from Being given information that is just slightly above their ability level in the second language. The No Child Left Behind Act states that Student whose first language is not English may only be tested in English. Student test performance reflects a student's understanding of the topic and the quality of instruction. When teaching idioms it is important to Explicitly teach the implied meaning of the phrase. A teacher wants to know if he is allowed to copy software onto more of his classroom computers. To find this out he should consult the site license A student comes to school and says that her report is done but she is out of ink on her home printer. She asks the teacher if she can email the assignment to school and have the teacher print it out. The teacher should be cautious because emails can contain viruses. Prior to teaching a unit on bacteria and viruses, a teacher has students evaluate a list of content-area statements as being true or false. After the lesson is complete, the students reevaluate the statements. What was the purpose of giving the assignment before the lesson if it was also to be complete afterwards? The teacher using an anticipation chart to increase student interest and focus the instruction. A culturally responsive teacher should be aware of students' social skills, home culture, interests & attitudes. A teacher gets a ticket for running a red light in a school zone. According to the Code of Ethics, the teacher should Do nothing. This was a minor traffic violation. A convergent question has a simple, short answer and requires the use of lower-order thinking skills. Shared classroom materials should be easily accessed, assembled prior to beginning the lesson, and safe for student use. Drill and practice is primarily used to re-teach a skill that a student has failed to master. A teacher is arrested for domestic violence, but does not report the incident because it was unfounded. The teacher will be terminated as soon as the State of Florida learns of the offense. A teacher notices that a student has lost her appetite and has difficulty walking or sitting. She also seems to be behaving in a sexually sophisticated manner. The teacher should immediately contact the Florida Abuse Hotline (DCF). Teachers that meet regularly to reflect on instructional methods are members of a reflective learning community. When planning a unit, a teacher must ensure that the lessons activate prior knowledge and ensure coherence throughout the unit. Who is responsible for implementing the school improvement plan? The principal and staff A teacher's professional development goals should be relevant, measurable, and based on student needs. Which of the following professional development classes would be most beneficial to a teacher wanting to focus on general instructional practices? Action Research- How to Do It What type of question elicits a written, pictorial, or graphic response from a student? Constructed response An intermediate science teacher wants to develop a lesson that would teach her students to categorize items like a scientist while appealing to students with a naturalistic intelligence. Which plan would best meet her objective? Plan an outdoor trip and have students gather items, then work in groups to sort them based on their categories. Learning communities provide educators an opportunity to Meet with other educators to discuss and study more effective instructional practices. A high-school English teacher reviewed data from a benchmark review and determined that the results showed that the students had not mastered a key concept. The teacher feels that she could improve her instructional practices and is looking for a scientifically-based approach to improve her teaching methods. How should she do this? Attend a learning community meeting to discuss her instructional practices with other teachers with the same goal. A first-grade teacher has students change the beginning letters of words to make new words (b-at, c-at, v-at), then has them switch the ending sounds on words (c-at, c-ar, c-ake). The teacher is having the students manipulate onset-rimes What would be the best way for a teacher to prepare her students for the state mandatory criterion-referenced test that is administered every year? Make sure that the students have been taught the standards and are familiar with the test format. A 6th grade history classroom is set up with desks facing each other in clusters of students mixed gender, ability, and cultures. Students are working on document-based questioning about Valley Forge. The teacher moves throughout the classroom, ready to offer guidance if necessary. What type of activity is the class performing? A student-centered learning activity The initial stages of language acquisition are: