ABCTE PTK Practice Exam
Questions and Answers (Graded
A)
What type of question would most likely generate the widest range of answers and
discussions among students? - ANSWER - Why would the author have ended the
book this way? "Why" questions tend to be the most open-ended.
Why should a teacher always spend time explaining classroom rules during the first
few days of class? - ANSWER - To establish clear expectations for performance and
behavior. Students benefit from clear, firm guidelines from the outset.
What method will BEST hold students accountable for their full participation in
cooperative learning groups? - ANSWER - Assign each student in the group a
specific role in accomplishing the objectives of the activity. If each student has a
role in meeting the objectives and the activity is well structured, then all students
will be drawn into participating because they all have something to do.
When teachers share standardized test results with parents, there is a large amount
of information in the score report to be discussed. Which information will be of
MOST use to the typical parent? - ANSWER - Specific areas of academic strength
and weakness. When parents know their child's weaknesses, they can emphasize
working to improve them.
Suppose your objective for a lesson is "The student will demonstrate an ability to
differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks." Which of the
following is the BEST activity for introducing students to the attributes of each type
of rock? - ANSWER - Students examine rocks belonging to each group and identify
the similarities and differences. The activity is followed by a group discussion in
which the teacher brings out the important characteristics of each type. Students
learn best when they are actively involved.
A group of students wants to produce an electronic magazine that publishes original
student writing and art. Their adviser is planning a unit to train them how to use a
word-processing application to create pages that include features such as images,
multi-column layouts, sidebars, headers, footers, links, and page backgrounds. What
, would be the BEST culminating activity for this portion of the training? - ANSWER -
Small teams producing a document under proctored conditions, using specified
features, and within a time limit. The purpose of the raining is to prepare students
to apply what they learn. The team and time limit conditions make the performance
more realistic; the whole activity promotes retaining and transferring what has been
leaned.
What is MOST likely to promote effective transfer of knowledge to students? -
ANSWER - Having students work on their own with specific information related to a
topic before giving an organizing lecture. Studies indicate that topics need to be
organized and connected in order to promote transfer knowledge, but that a large
number of topics covered quickly will hinder student transfer because students have
too little time to connect and organize the information.
Students are about to take a paper and pencil test. If there is time for only one
activity, what would be the BEST to prepare the students for the test? - ANSWER -
Students should make a chart of the important topics with notes on subtopics below
each. Organizational structures help students to connect and remember.
What learning objectives uses a higher order thinking skill? - ANSWER - Bloom's
Taxonomy identifies thinking skills in increasing order of sophistication as
knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
"Students will create a metaphor to describe an emotion." requires synthesis in
order to complete the task.
What would provide the BEST introduction for a lesson on writing bibliographic
references? - ANSWER - Demonstrate to students the specific procedure and order
expected. Procedures are best taught through demonstration.
Suppose you want students to learn to distinguish between the words imply and
infer. What sequences would be MOST effective? - ANSWER - Explain the distinction,
then have students apply the terms to their own examples.
In order to use an inductive sequence for testing about Work War II, what would be
the BEST way for a class to work? - ANSWER - Examine events leading up to the war
and develop a general model of world war in the process. Induction is the process of
building a general model.
Questions and Answers (Graded
A)
What type of question would most likely generate the widest range of answers and
discussions among students? - ANSWER - Why would the author have ended the
book this way? "Why" questions tend to be the most open-ended.
Why should a teacher always spend time explaining classroom rules during the first
few days of class? - ANSWER - To establish clear expectations for performance and
behavior. Students benefit from clear, firm guidelines from the outset.
What method will BEST hold students accountable for their full participation in
cooperative learning groups? - ANSWER - Assign each student in the group a
specific role in accomplishing the objectives of the activity. If each student has a
role in meeting the objectives and the activity is well structured, then all students
will be drawn into participating because they all have something to do.
When teachers share standardized test results with parents, there is a large amount
of information in the score report to be discussed. Which information will be of
MOST use to the typical parent? - ANSWER - Specific areas of academic strength
and weakness. When parents know their child's weaknesses, they can emphasize
working to improve them.
Suppose your objective for a lesson is "The student will demonstrate an ability to
differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks." Which of the
following is the BEST activity for introducing students to the attributes of each type
of rock? - ANSWER - Students examine rocks belonging to each group and identify
the similarities and differences. The activity is followed by a group discussion in
which the teacher brings out the important characteristics of each type. Students
learn best when they are actively involved.
A group of students wants to produce an electronic magazine that publishes original
student writing and art. Their adviser is planning a unit to train them how to use a
word-processing application to create pages that include features such as images,
multi-column layouts, sidebars, headers, footers, links, and page backgrounds. What
, would be the BEST culminating activity for this portion of the training? - ANSWER -
Small teams producing a document under proctored conditions, using specified
features, and within a time limit. The purpose of the raining is to prepare students
to apply what they learn. The team and time limit conditions make the performance
more realistic; the whole activity promotes retaining and transferring what has been
leaned.
What is MOST likely to promote effective transfer of knowledge to students? -
ANSWER - Having students work on their own with specific information related to a
topic before giving an organizing lecture. Studies indicate that topics need to be
organized and connected in order to promote transfer knowledge, but that a large
number of topics covered quickly will hinder student transfer because students have
too little time to connect and organize the information.
Students are about to take a paper and pencil test. If there is time for only one
activity, what would be the BEST to prepare the students for the test? - ANSWER -
Students should make a chart of the important topics with notes on subtopics below
each. Organizational structures help students to connect and remember.
What learning objectives uses a higher order thinking skill? - ANSWER - Bloom's
Taxonomy identifies thinking skills in increasing order of sophistication as
knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
"Students will create a metaphor to describe an emotion." requires synthesis in
order to complete the task.
What would provide the BEST introduction for a lesson on writing bibliographic
references? - ANSWER - Demonstrate to students the specific procedure and order
expected. Procedures are best taught through demonstration.
Suppose you want students to learn to distinguish between the words imply and
infer. What sequences would be MOST effective? - ANSWER - Explain the distinction,
then have students apply the terms to their own examples.
In order to use an inductive sequence for testing about Work War II, what would be
the BEST way for a class to work? - ANSWER - Examine events leading up to the war
and develop a general model of world war in the process. Induction is the process of
building a general model.
