MPT - Pedagogy UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
accommodations - CORRECT ANSWER - teaching, assessment strategies, human
supports, and/or individualized equipment required to enable a student to learn and to
demonstrate learning. The provincial curriculum expectations for the grade are NOT altered
achievement chart - CORRECT ANSWER - .A standard, province-wide guide used to
make judgements about student work based on clear performance standards
achievement levels - CORRECT ANSWER - Brief descriptions of four different degrees
of student achievement of the curriculum expectations for any given subject/discipline.
Level 3 is the "provincial standard".
Level 1 identifies achievement that falls much below the provincial standard.
Level 2 identifies achievement that approaches the standard.
Level 4 identifies achievement that surpasses the standard.
assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of gathering, from a variety of sources,
information that accurately reflects how well a student is achieving the curriculum expectations
in a subject or course.
Assessment AS learning - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessment with the goal of helping
students to become more conscious of their own thinking and learning processes. Happens
during the learning...peer-assessment falls under this
Assessment FOR learning - CORRECT ANSWER - The ongoing process of gathering and
interpreting evidence about student learning for the purpose of determining where students are in
their learning, where they need to go, and how best to get there. Used to provide feedback and
adjust instruction and to focus students' learning
Assessment OF learning - CORRECT ANSWER - Summative assessments of students
used to determine grades, placements, graduation, and college admission.
, categories of knowledge and skills - CORRECT ANSWER - knowledge and
understanding, thinking, communication, application
criterion-referenced assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessment that focuses on
whether a student's performance meets a predetermined standard, level, or set of criteria rather
than on the student's performance measured in relation to the performance of other students.
curriculum expectations - CORRECT ANSWER - The knowledge and skills that students
are expected to develop and to demonstrate in their class work, on tests, and in various other
activities on which their achievement is assessed and evaluated.
Overall expectations describe in general terms the knowledge and skills that students are
expected to demonstrate by the end of each grade/course. Specific expectations describe the
expected knowledge and skills in greater detail.
diagnostic assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessment that is used to identify a
student's needs and abilities and the student's readiness to acquire the knowledge and skills
outlined in the curriculum expectations. Diagnostic assessment usually takes place at the start of
a school year, term, semester, or teaching unit. It is a key tool used by teachers in planning
instruction and setting appropriate learning goals.
differentiated instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - An approach to instruction designed to
maximize growth by considering the needs of each student at his or her current stage of
development and offering that student a learning experience that responds to his or her individual
needs. Differentiated instruction recognizes that equity of opportunity is not achieved through
equal treatment and takes into account factors such as the student's readiness, interest, and
learning preferences.
formative assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessment that takes place during
instruction in order to provide direction for improvement for individual students and for
adjustment to instructional programs for individual students and for a whole class. The
information gathered is used for the specific purpose of helping students improve while they are
still gaining knowledge and practising skills.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
accommodations - CORRECT ANSWER - teaching, assessment strategies, human
supports, and/or individualized equipment required to enable a student to learn and to
demonstrate learning. The provincial curriculum expectations for the grade are NOT altered
achievement chart - CORRECT ANSWER - .A standard, province-wide guide used to
make judgements about student work based on clear performance standards
achievement levels - CORRECT ANSWER - Brief descriptions of four different degrees
of student achievement of the curriculum expectations for any given subject/discipline.
Level 3 is the "provincial standard".
Level 1 identifies achievement that falls much below the provincial standard.
Level 2 identifies achievement that approaches the standard.
Level 4 identifies achievement that surpasses the standard.
assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of gathering, from a variety of sources,
information that accurately reflects how well a student is achieving the curriculum expectations
in a subject or course.
Assessment AS learning - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessment with the goal of helping
students to become more conscious of their own thinking and learning processes. Happens
during the learning...peer-assessment falls under this
Assessment FOR learning - CORRECT ANSWER - The ongoing process of gathering and
interpreting evidence about student learning for the purpose of determining where students are in
their learning, where they need to go, and how best to get there. Used to provide feedback and
adjust instruction and to focus students' learning
Assessment OF learning - CORRECT ANSWER - Summative assessments of students
used to determine grades, placements, graduation, and college admission.
, categories of knowledge and skills - CORRECT ANSWER - knowledge and
understanding, thinking, communication, application
criterion-referenced assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessment that focuses on
whether a student's performance meets a predetermined standard, level, or set of criteria rather
than on the student's performance measured in relation to the performance of other students.
curriculum expectations - CORRECT ANSWER - The knowledge and skills that students
are expected to develop and to demonstrate in their class work, on tests, and in various other
activities on which their achievement is assessed and evaluated.
Overall expectations describe in general terms the knowledge and skills that students are
expected to demonstrate by the end of each grade/course. Specific expectations describe the
expected knowledge and skills in greater detail.
diagnostic assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessment that is used to identify a
student's needs and abilities and the student's readiness to acquire the knowledge and skills
outlined in the curriculum expectations. Diagnostic assessment usually takes place at the start of
a school year, term, semester, or teaching unit. It is a key tool used by teachers in planning
instruction and setting appropriate learning goals.
differentiated instruction - CORRECT ANSWER - An approach to instruction designed to
maximize growth by considering the needs of each student at his or her current stage of
development and offering that student a learning experience that responds to his or her individual
needs. Differentiated instruction recognizes that equity of opportunity is not achieved through
equal treatment and takes into account factors such as the student's readiness, interest, and
learning preferences.
formative assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Assessment that takes place during
instruction in order to provide direction for improvement for individual students and for
adjustment to instructional programs for individual students and for a whole class. The
information gathered is used for the specific purpose of helping students improve while they are
still gaining knowledge and practising skills.
