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A teacher wants to develop an assessment based on the work of Benjamin Bloom. To
best meet the goal, the assessment should include - ✔✔test questions that assess varying
levels of understanding
Which of the following terms best describes a cognitive process that involves combining
information to develop new understanding, concepts, or ideas? - ✔✔Creative thinking
Which of the following is a limitation of using a scoring guide for assessing student
writing? - ✔✔Students may be overwhelmed by the amount of information provided on
the scoring guide.
Which of the following best describes a cognitive characteristic of intellectually gifted
students? - ✔✔They have the ability to generate original ideas
Which of the following federal mandates protects the confidentiality of educational
records for parents and students? - ✔✔Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
1974
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,Ms. Moran has concerns that one of her students is performing below grade level.
Which of the following will provide the most accurate and meaningful information on
the student's level of performance relative to others of the same age or grade level? -
✔✔Standardized test
Which of the following activities best reflects a family-centered program and the
promotion of parent partnerships with the school? - ✔✔Relating classroom activities to
the various needs and interests of children and families
Which of the following best describes Piaget's cognitive stage in which children are able
to debate social matters and other abstract ideas? - ✔✔Formal operational
Which of the following describes an informal assessment that a teacher might use to
best check individual students' understanding of a lesson or unit in progress? - ✔✔The
teacher asks each student to write two sentences that answer a question on a topic the
teacher puts on the board midway through the class.
Which of the following is most representative of a portfolio assessment? - ✔✔A
student's collection of original poems at the end of a poetry unit
Which of the following is an appropriate task to assign to a paraeducator in a
classroom? - ✔✔Providing student support during independent practice
A physical education teacher decides to teach students how to execute the jump shot by
showing them videos of great basketball players performing the action. Students then
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, practice the shot based on the video. Which of the following educational theories is the
teacher's technique most based on? - ✔✔Social learning
Throughout the year, a teacher assists students with developing and achieving specific,
challenging, short-term goals. Which of the following is the teacher helping to foster in
the students? - ✔✔Self-efficacy
According to Maslow's theory of the hierarchy of needs, people cannot achieve self-
actualization without first - ✔✔satisfying their lower-level needs
Students are given assignments on the basis of their ability levels and provided with
frequent opportunities for success. - ✔✔Erikson
Students are encouraged to eat if hungry, provided with a safe environment, and made
to feel accepted in the classroom. - ✔✔Maslow
Students are given a reward for positive behavior and academic success and a
consequence for negative behavior and lack of academic progress. - ✔✔Watson
Students are assessed and encouraged to work at their own pace as they are introduced
to new information one step at a time. - ✔✔Watson
A teacher implements message journals in the classroom. The teacher sends a journal
home with each student on Monday, along with a note regarding accomplishments,
concerns, needs, and upcoming school events. Parents return the journals on Thursday
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A teacher wants to develop an assessment based on the work of Benjamin Bloom. To
best meet the goal, the assessment should include - ✔✔test questions that assess varying
levels of understanding
Which of the following terms best describes a cognitive process that involves combining
information to develop new understanding, concepts, or ideas? - ✔✔Creative thinking
Which of the following is a limitation of using a scoring guide for assessing student
writing? - ✔✔Students may be overwhelmed by the amount of information provided on
the scoring guide.
Which of the following best describes a cognitive characteristic of intellectually gifted
students? - ✔✔They have the ability to generate original ideas
Which of the following federal mandates protects the confidentiality of educational
records for parents and students? - ✔✔Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
1974
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,Ms. Moran has concerns that one of her students is performing below grade level.
Which of the following will provide the most accurate and meaningful information on
the student's level of performance relative to others of the same age or grade level? -
✔✔Standardized test
Which of the following activities best reflects a family-centered program and the
promotion of parent partnerships with the school? - ✔✔Relating classroom activities to
the various needs and interests of children and families
Which of the following best describes Piaget's cognitive stage in which children are able
to debate social matters and other abstract ideas? - ✔✔Formal operational
Which of the following describes an informal assessment that a teacher might use to
best check individual students' understanding of a lesson or unit in progress? - ✔✔The
teacher asks each student to write two sentences that answer a question on a topic the
teacher puts on the board midway through the class.
Which of the following is most representative of a portfolio assessment? - ✔✔A
student's collection of original poems at the end of a poetry unit
Which of the following is an appropriate task to assign to a paraeducator in a
classroom? - ✔✔Providing student support during independent practice
A physical education teacher decides to teach students how to execute the jump shot by
showing them videos of great basketball players performing the action. Students then
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, practice the shot based on the video. Which of the following educational theories is the
teacher's technique most based on? - ✔✔Social learning
Throughout the year, a teacher assists students with developing and achieving specific,
challenging, short-term goals. Which of the following is the teacher helping to foster in
the students? - ✔✔Self-efficacy
According to Maslow's theory of the hierarchy of needs, people cannot achieve self-
actualization without first - ✔✔satisfying their lower-level needs
Students are given assignments on the basis of their ability levels and provided with
frequent opportunities for success. - ✔✔Erikson
Students are encouraged to eat if hungry, provided with a safe environment, and made
to feel accepted in the classroom. - ✔✔Maslow
Students are given a reward for positive behavior and academic success and a
consequence for negative behavior and lack of academic progress. - ✔✔Watson
Students are assessed and encouraged to work at their own pace as they are introduced
to new information one step at a time. - ✔✔Watson
A teacher implements message journals in the classroom. The teacher sends a journal
home with each student on Monday, along with a note regarding accomplishments,
concerns, needs, and upcoming school events. Parents return the journals on Thursday
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