FTCE Professional Education Practice Test 2 Correct 100%

Which of the following would require inductive thinking? (A) Students are presented with the question, "How does competition for resources affect population growth in an ecosystem?" then are asked to research the topic to find possible answers. (B) Students are taught about similarities in plant and animal cells, and must make a Venn diagram to show what they learned. (C) Students hear a story and must paraphrase it. (D) The teacher gives a short lecture on the causes of the American Revolution and then has the students develop a graphic organizer to show cause and effect. - ANSWERS(A) Inductive thinking starts with a question, then students must find the answer through experimentation or research. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes was famous for his inductive reasoning. A student is doing a cold read, and the teacher documents that the student is reading at a 75 percent accuracy level. After reading the selection, the student takes a multiple-choice quiz on the material and scores 60 percent correct. What does this mean? (A) The student is reading at a frustration level and the teacher needs to select a more level-appropriate text. (B) The student is reading at an instructional level and needs some support to comprehend the text. (C) The student is distracted and needs to reread the text several times before taking the assessment. (D) The student is bored with the text and needs more challenging material. - ANSWERS(A) Since the student cannot successfully read 90 percent of the words in a given text and is showing a low comprehension level, it verifies that the student in the scenario is reading well below instructional level. Who elects parents to the school advisory council? (A) School board members (B) School instructional staff (C) Other parents (D) The principal and vice-principal - ANSWERS(C) Parents are elected to the school advisory council by other parents. According to the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession in Florida, what is a professional educator's primary concern? (A) The educator's primary concern will be to be a lifelong learner, pursuing excellence in the profession. (B) The educator's primary concern will be the pursuit of truth, devotion to excellence, and acquisition of knowledge. (C) The educator's primary concern is to maintain th