ABCTE PROFESSIONAL TEACHING
KNOWLEDGE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Direct Instruction - Correct Answers -Teachers give explicit, structured instruction using
uniform lesson plans. Exploration, discussions, etc. are excluded. Direct instruction is
among the few scientifically confirmed ways of improving curriculum.
Indirect Instruction - Correct Answers -Is student-centered and interactive; teachers
facilitate small-group and cooperative learning. Students construct or transform material
into new or different, meaningful responses.
Critical Thinking - Correct Answers -Includes the abilities to question, evaluate, and
judge information or material For example, students should learn to distinguish opinions
from fact in what they read and hear; look for evidence supporting author or speaker
arguments, or lack thereof; evaluate supporting evidence, etc.
Creative Thinking - Correct Answers -Includes thinking generating original ideas,
coming up with problem-solving alternatives that differ from usual solutions, applying
knowledge in novel ways and context, and divergent thinking.
Knowledge Based Material - Correct Answers -Requires recall and frequently includes
information that must be memorized. An example would be to state the definition of a
planet.
Reliable Test - Correct Answers -Yields consistent results. A reliable test must simply
produce consistent results. A test must be reliable to be considered valid, but valid tests
are not automatically reliable as well.
Standard Deviation - Correct Answers -Describes the average distance a number in the
data set is from the mean of the set. In other words, it describes the spread of the data.
The lower the standard deviation, the more tightly the data is grouped around the mean
of the data set.
Questioning - Correct Answers -Promotes inquiry learning; gives students purposes for
reading; focuses attention on learning targets; fosters active thinking, metacognition,
and self-monitoring; augments comprehension, and helps students review new material
and connect it to their previous knowledge.
KNOWLEDGE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Direct Instruction - Correct Answers -Teachers give explicit, structured instruction using
uniform lesson plans. Exploration, discussions, etc. are excluded. Direct instruction is
among the few scientifically confirmed ways of improving curriculum.
Indirect Instruction - Correct Answers -Is student-centered and interactive; teachers
facilitate small-group and cooperative learning. Students construct or transform material
into new or different, meaningful responses.
Critical Thinking - Correct Answers -Includes the abilities to question, evaluate, and
judge information or material For example, students should learn to distinguish opinions
from fact in what they read and hear; look for evidence supporting author or speaker
arguments, or lack thereof; evaluate supporting evidence, etc.
Creative Thinking - Correct Answers -Includes thinking generating original ideas,
coming up with problem-solving alternatives that differ from usual solutions, applying
knowledge in novel ways and context, and divergent thinking.
Knowledge Based Material - Correct Answers -Requires recall and frequently includes
information that must be memorized. An example would be to state the definition of a
planet.
Reliable Test - Correct Answers -Yields consistent results. A reliable test must simply
produce consistent results. A test must be reliable to be considered valid, but valid tests
are not automatically reliable as well.
Standard Deviation - Correct Answers -Describes the average distance a number in the
data set is from the mean of the set. In other words, it describes the spread of the data.
The lower the standard deviation, the more tightly the data is grouped around the mean
of the data set.
Questioning - Correct Answers -Promotes inquiry learning; gives students purposes for
reading; focuses attention on learning targets; fosters active thinking, metacognition,
and self-monitoring; augments comprehension, and helps students review new material
and connect it to their previous knowledge.
