Texas Teachers of Tomorrow
Assessment 2 questions and answers.
How would you justify proximity to the teacher as a method for maintaining classroom order? ANS -
Teachers need to move around the classroom and keep little distance between themselves and the
students for management.
What approach would you use to best help students retain information they have learned? ANS -Teach
a peer as a technique for retention.
Select the answer with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in the correct order from most basic needs on
upward. ANS -Physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, self-actualization
What approach would you use to motivate your students and why? ANS -By providing opportunities for
children to experience success in their learning through the use of appropriately challenging work.
How would you use your knowledge of Erikson's stage of identity vs. role in a high school classroom?
ANS -Allowing students multiple opportunities to try many different things.
What is the main idea of self-actualization? ANS -self-actualization is when an individual reaches a state
of harmony and understanding.
Based on what you know about Jean Piaget and his research into cognitive development, why is it so
important to strike a balance between challenging a child's perceptions and ensuring activities are
developmentally appropriate? ANS -To be sure there is enough of a challenge to require adaptation but
not cause the child the disengage.
Explain how the zone of proximal development applies to adolescent learning. ANS -adolescents are
developmentally idealistic and this interferes with one's ability to be realistic.
Which of the following demonstrates an understanding of the need to consider the level of concern for
students? ANS -Providing an environment that is low threat and high in challenge.
, What conclusion can you draw about a teacher's need for understanding brain development? ANS -
Teachers must be aware of the parts of the brain that developmentally complete in order to understand
behaviors seen in classrooms
How would you differentiate Piaget's formal operations stage from the concrete operational stage?
ANS -Formal operations stage, thinking involves abstractions.
What information would you use to support the use of feedback in the classroom? ANS -Students need
immediate, specific, and habitual feedback to continue learning based on previous efforts.
How can you show your understanding of multiple intelligences in adolescent education? ANS -Guiding
students to determine their own intelligence type and aligning the learning to what they understand.
How would you use your knowledge of a high school student's developmental stage to appropriately
plan a class lesson? ANS -Allow opportunities for students to have guided conversations to develop
multiple points of view.
Why should teachers be aware of the zone of proximal development or scaffolding in their lessons?
ANS -Students must be in position to take on new learning with layers of support until it is no longer
necessary.
Which statement supports chunking an assignment for students? ANS -Chunking allows learners to take
in information in digestible pieces.
Based on what you know about love and belonging needs of a person, what can you do as a teacher to
help fulfill these needs for your students? ANS -Get to know your students, what they like and dislike
Get to know your students, what they like and dislike ANS -Adolescent's physical development creates
stress in the learning environment whereas the cognitive development creates an inability to reason.
Who developed the theory of multiple intelligences? ANS -Dr. Howard Gardner
Assessment 2 questions and answers.
How would you justify proximity to the teacher as a method for maintaining classroom order? ANS -
Teachers need to move around the classroom and keep little distance between themselves and the
students for management.
What approach would you use to best help students retain information they have learned? ANS -Teach
a peer as a technique for retention.
Select the answer with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in the correct order from most basic needs on
upward. ANS -Physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, self-actualization
What approach would you use to motivate your students and why? ANS -By providing opportunities for
children to experience success in their learning through the use of appropriately challenging work.
How would you use your knowledge of Erikson's stage of identity vs. role in a high school classroom?
ANS -Allowing students multiple opportunities to try many different things.
What is the main idea of self-actualization? ANS -self-actualization is when an individual reaches a state
of harmony and understanding.
Based on what you know about Jean Piaget and his research into cognitive development, why is it so
important to strike a balance between challenging a child's perceptions and ensuring activities are
developmentally appropriate? ANS -To be sure there is enough of a challenge to require adaptation but
not cause the child the disengage.
Explain how the zone of proximal development applies to adolescent learning. ANS -adolescents are
developmentally idealistic and this interferes with one's ability to be realistic.
Which of the following demonstrates an understanding of the need to consider the level of concern for
students? ANS -Providing an environment that is low threat and high in challenge.
, What conclusion can you draw about a teacher's need for understanding brain development? ANS -
Teachers must be aware of the parts of the brain that developmentally complete in order to understand
behaviors seen in classrooms
How would you differentiate Piaget's formal operations stage from the concrete operational stage?
ANS -Formal operations stage, thinking involves abstractions.
What information would you use to support the use of feedback in the classroom? ANS -Students need
immediate, specific, and habitual feedback to continue learning based on previous efforts.
How can you show your understanding of multiple intelligences in adolescent education? ANS -Guiding
students to determine their own intelligence type and aligning the learning to what they understand.
How would you use your knowledge of a high school student's developmental stage to appropriately
plan a class lesson? ANS -Allow opportunities for students to have guided conversations to develop
multiple points of view.
Why should teachers be aware of the zone of proximal development or scaffolding in their lessons?
ANS -Students must be in position to take on new learning with layers of support until it is no longer
necessary.
Which statement supports chunking an assignment for students? ANS -Chunking allows learners to take
in information in digestible pieces.
Based on what you know about love and belonging needs of a person, what can you do as a teacher to
help fulfill these needs for your students? ANS -Get to know your students, what they like and dislike
Get to know your students, what they like and dislike ANS -Adolescent's physical development creates
stress in the learning environment whereas the cognitive development creates an inability to reason.
Who developed the theory of multiple intelligences? ANS -Dr. Howard Gardner
