FTCE: NavaEd PeD Exam Questions And
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Formative Assessment - Answer✔Informs instruction (exit tickets, show of hands, checklists,
journals, anecdotal notes, observations)
Summative Assessment - Answer✔The end measure of mastery of the standards. Used for
grades and to measure teacher performance (midterm/final, district benchmark assessments,
state assessments, teacher created tests or textbook chapter tests, research paper/project).
critical thinking - Answer✔Analyze, evaluate, interpret, and synthesize information to reach a
conclusion or make a judgment.
creative thinking - Answer✔Think outside of the box to draw unique conclusions and develop
products with a fresh perspective.
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reflective thinking - Answer✔Students look back and reflect upon their learning process to
promote abstract thinking and to encourage the application of learning strategies to new
situations.
Bloom's Taxonomy - Answer✔Remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create.
Questioning Techniques - Answer✔Wait time, specific feedback, redirection (wrong answer
given), probe (clues), increase question complexity (not yes/no answers).
visual learners - Answer✔Do best with images and graphic organizers to make sense of new
information.
auditory learners - Answer✔Grasp concepts best through listening and speaking situations
(lectures, podcasts, and group discussions).
kinesthetic learners - Answer✔Hands-on learning experiences.
Kagan Structures - Answer✔Used in cooperative learning environments. Focuses on students
working together to achieve a common goal (small group, peer-assisted, positive
interdependence).
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Thematic/Interdisciplinary Units - Answer✔1.) Concept-based: Critical thinking approach
focuses on a broad idea vs. subject-specific (thematic, cross-curricular, or multidisciplinary).
2.) Computer-based: Use of computers and software.
3.) Project-based: Student center inquiry-based model. Investigate a subject over an extended
period of time.
4.) Problem-based: Student centered model where learners are given a problem and students
must work out a solution.
Modeled Reading (Read Aloud) - Answer✔Teacher reads a text aloud and includes think-alouds
(metacognition).
Shared Reading - Answer✔Students and teachers share in the reading process.
1.) Whole Class: Teacher guides and supports, pauses to ask students to make predictions,
points to key words, and ask questions.
2.) Small Group/Partners: Interactive activity where students and their peers read a text
together. One student reads while peers follow along, students discuss the story.
Guided Reading - Answer✔Small group, teacher-driven instructional model designed to provide
differentiated teaching that supports students in developing proficiency. Students are following
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the teacher's directions. Focuses on students' specific needs and is intended to progress
students towards reading independence.
Reciprocal Teaching - Answer✔Students take charge. In this small group activity, everyone has a
role. As they read the text together, one student summarizes, one questions, one clarifies, and
one predicts.
Interactive Reading Journals - Answer✔On the first read, students use a variety of response
strategies (pictures, lists, written comments, and questions) to communicate their thoughts
about what was read on one side of the journal.
Close Reading - Answer✔This involves multiple reads and deep analysis of a text to foster
critical thinking skills.
Literature Circles - Answer✔Small group, in-depth discussions of a piece of literature based on
the students' responses to the text (driven by student inquiry and reflection).
Comprehension - Answer✔Essence of reading. They read fluently, with prosody, automaticity,
and accuracy.
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