Education Exam #2
An assessment that a teacher uses to assign a grade for student work is known as which of the
following? - ANS-Summative Assessment
What name is given to a statistical model in which 34% of the population scores just above
average and another 34% scores just below? - ANS-normal curve
Which of the following is not one of the underlying themes of classroom management discussed
in the text? - ANS-collaborating with other teachers to develop your own classroom rules
Assessments that typically are designed by the classroom teacher to assess a particular
population with regard to material specifically presented in that class is referred to as which of
the following? - ANS-classroom assessments
In the context of administrative decision-making, assessments are not used for which of the
following? - ANS-assigning students to teachers within a grade level
A formative test differs from a summative test in which of the following ways? - ANS-The
instructor does not intend to re-teach based upon results of a summative test.
The three A's of the data-driven cycle include which of the following? - ANS-assessment,
analysis, action
Though the noninstructional tasks discussed in the text typically do not require the time and
consideration that goes into developing instructional strategies and classroom management
plans, they still entail what aspect of professionalism? - ANS-responsibility
Cleary stated and conspicuously posted, what do classroom rules represent? - ANS-the code of
behavior that the teacher expects from the student
When responding to inappropriate behavior, it is important for a teacher to do which of the
following? - ANS-focus on the behavior, not the person
Stiggins suggests that high-quality assessments include all of the following except: -
ANS-minimum number of questions
What is the name for an activity in which a teacher engages before, during, and after interacting
with students to allow instruction to take place? - ANS-classroom management
How does the text define assessment? - ANS-the means by which information is gathered to
make a variety of decisions
, The text suggests that with classroom assessments you can overcome the expectation of
grades being distributed along the normal curve by doing which of the following? -
ANS-Demonstrating that your assessment program effectively documents that your students
have achieved at a higher level.
Who should establish the class rules? - ANS-the students and the teacher
In their most fundamental form, what do grades represent? - ANS-degree to which a student
has or has not met specified objectives
According to the text, discipline refers to actions a teacher takes: - ANS-after misbehavior has
occurred.
What comment does the text suggest about the question of providing academic credit (points)
for a student's efforts? - ANS-The topic is still an issue of debate.
The text suggests that a focus on earning "points" has shifted the educational emphasis from
_____ to the _____. - ANS-learning / completion of requirements
The Program for International Student Achievement (PISA) was last administered in 2009 and
found that American students scored: - ANS-about the international average in reading and
science
The Progressive Education movement is most closely aligned with the pragmatist philosophy of
which of the following thinkers? - ANS-John Dewey
For whom were dame schools intended? - ANS-boys
Schools of the 1600s that were typically run for a fee by educated widows or housewives in their
own homes, providing initial academic instruction for boys, particularly those from the middle
and upper classes, were known as which of the following? - ANS-dame schools
Though the _____ movement was not sufficient to overthrow the authority of the church in
society, it was sufficient to lay the foundation for the Reformation that was about to follow. -
ANS-humanist
The concept that teachers are responsible for the achievement of students regardless of their
circumstances (e.g., cognitive, social, psychological, environmental, physical) is known as which
of the following? - ANS-teacher accountability
Fueled by the rediscovery of the works of Aristotle, a new form of religious-philosophical study,
_____, emerged in the eleventh century. - ANS-scholasticism
An assessment that a teacher uses to assign a grade for student work is known as which of the
following? - ANS-Summative Assessment
What name is given to a statistical model in which 34% of the population scores just above
average and another 34% scores just below? - ANS-normal curve
Which of the following is not one of the underlying themes of classroom management discussed
in the text? - ANS-collaborating with other teachers to develop your own classroom rules
Assessments that typically are designed by the classroom teacher to assess a particular
population with regard to material specifically presented in that class is referred to as which of
the following? - ANS-classroom assessments
In the context of administrative decision-making, assessments are not used for which of the
following? - ANS-assigning students to teachers within a grade level
A formative test differs from a summative test in which of the following ways? - ANS-The
instructor does not intend to re-teach based upon results of a summative test.
The three A's of the data-driven cycle include which of the following? - ANS-assessment,
analysis, action
Though the noninstructional tasks discussed in the text typically do not require the time and
consideration that goes into developing instructional strategies and classroom management
plans, they still entail what aspect of professionalism? - ANS-responsibility
Cleary stated and conspicuously posted, what do classroom rules represent? - ANS-the code of
behavior that the teacher expects from the student
When responding to inappropriate behavior, it is important for a teacher to do which of the
following? - ANS-focus on the behavior, not the person
Stiggins suggests that high-quality assessments include all of the following except: -
ANS-minimum number of questions
What is the name for an activity in which a teacher engages before, during, and after interacting
with students to allow instruction to take place? - ANS-classroom management
How does the text define assessment? - ANS-the means by which information is gathered to
make a variety of decisions
, The text suggests that with classroom assessments you can overcome the expectation of
grades being distributed along the normal curve by doing which of the following? -
ANS-Demonstrating that your assessment program effectively documents that your students
have achieved at a higher level.
Who should establish the class rules? - ANS-the students and the teacher
In their most fundamental form, what do grades represent? - ANS-degree to which a student
has or has not met specified objectives
According to the text, discipline refers to actions a teacher takes: - ANS-after misbehavior has
occurred.
What comment does the text suggest about the question of providing academic credit (points)
for a student's efforts? - ANS-The topic is still an issue of debate.
The text suggests that a focus on earning "points" has shifted the educational emphasis from
_____ to the _____. - ANS-learning / completion of requirements
The Program for International Student Achievement (PISA) was last administered in 2009 and
found that American students scored: - ANS-about the international average in reading and
science
The Progressive Education movement is most closely aligned with the pragmatist philosophy of
which of the following thinkers? - ANS-John Dewey
For whom were dame schools intended? - ANS-boys
Schools of the 1600s that were typically run for a fee by educated widows or housewives in their
own homes, providing initial academic instruction for boys, particularly those from the middle
and upper classes, were known as which of the following? - ANS-dame schools
Though the _____ movement was not sufficient to overthrow the authority of the church in
society, it was sufficient to lay the foundation for the Reformation that was about to follow. -
ANS-humanist
The concept that teachers are responsible for the achievement of students regardless of their
circumstances (e.g., cognitive, social, psychological, environmental, physical) is known as which
of the following? - ANS-teacher accountability
Fueled by the rediscovery of the works of Aristotle, a new form of religious-philosophical study,
_____, emerged in the eleventh century. - ANS-scholasticism
