Test Bank For
Teaching for Student Learning Becoming a Master Teacher 4th Edition by Kevin Ryan, James M. Cooper,
Susan Tauer, Cory Callahan
Chapters 1-11
Chapter 1
1. According to your textbook, an effective teacher is one who
a. brings about intended learning outcomes.
b. keeps parents and administrators from complaining.
c. closely follows his or her teaching plan.
d. maintains an orderly classroom.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.1 - Describe the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of effective teachers that will
enable you to continuously improve throughout your career.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
2. A key element of continued growth is a consistent reflection on which of the following?
a. Learning
b. Research
c. Practice
d. Teaching portfolios
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.2 - Demonstrate the important elements of reflection in teaching.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
3. Which of the following is a danger sign that a teacher may fall into a ―comfort zone‖?
a. Open communication with parents and colleagues.
b. Achieve adequate yearly progress.
c. Not being highly qualified.
d. Not open to learning new methods
ANSWER: d
,POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.2 - Demonstrate the important elements of reflection in teaching.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
4. All of these are attributes of an effective teacher EXCEPT which of the following?
a. Manages students’ behaviors in the classroom
b. Develops productive relationships with students and their families, colleagues, and administrators
c. Adjusts learning activities in response to students’ needs, interests, and abilities
d. Creates and maintains a ―comfort zone‖ for teaching
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.1 - Describe the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of effective teachers that will
enable you to continuously improve throughout your career.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
5. Reflective teaching is encouraged as a way of helping teachers to do which of the following?
a. maintain open communication with parents and colleagues.
b. achieve adequate yearly progress.
c. become highly qualified.
d. avoid complacency and stagnation.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.2 - Demonstrate the important elements of reflection in teaching.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
6. All of the following are recommended tools to foster reflection in teachers EXCEPT
a. Teaching portfolios
b. Colleagues
, c. The teaching journal
d. The ―comfort zone‖
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.1 - Demonstrate the important elements of reflection in teaching.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
7. One of the key provisions of Every Student Succeeds Act is
a. pre-K programs are exempted from this law.
b. common standards in literacy and mathematics.
c. states must develop their own accountability systems, including ways of identifying and supporting low-
performing schools.
d. adequate yearly progress of 50 percent of all students in a given school district.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.3 - Explain how state and federal governments, through the Every Student
Succeeds Act, are holding schools and teachers accountable for ensuring all
students learn.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standard #10 - Leadership and Collaboration
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
8. The 2009 Race to the Top Assessment Program, was a federally funded competitive grant program to encourage the
development of next generation assessment systems based on which of the following?
a. Every Student Succeeds Act
b. No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
c. Common Core State Standards
d. Education for All Children Act
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.3 - Explain how state and federal governments, through the Every Student
Succeeds Act, are holding schools and teachers accountable for ensuring all
students learn.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standard #10 - Leadership and Collaboration
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
9. Annual testing in language arts and mathematics for students in grades three to eight is required by which of the
following laws?
a. The Every Student Succeeds Act
, b. The Education for All Children Act
c. The Highly Qualified Teacher Act
d. The Adequate Yearly Progress Act
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.3 - Explain how state and federal governments, through the Every Student
Succeeds Act, are holding schools and teachers accountable for ensuring all
students learn.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standard #10 - Leadership and Collaboration
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
10. The following are distinct stages of Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development EXCEPT which of the following?
a. Sensorimotor stage
b. Repetition stage
c. Concrete operational stage
d. Formal operational stage
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.4 - Analyze a few major learning theories, and recognize the strengths and
limitations of each for explaining how people learn.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
11. Which of the following is a characteristic of Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?
a. Repetition stage
b. Specific, measurable (and measured) learning objectives
c. Organization into schemes
d. Using certain cues
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.4 - Analyze a few major learning theories, and recognize the strengths and
limitations of each for explaining how people learn.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
Teaching for Student Learning Becoming a Master Teacher 4th Edition by Kevin Ryan, James M. Cooper,
Susan Tauer, Cory Callahan
Chapters 1-11
Chapter 1
1. According to your textbook, an effective teacher is one who
a. brings about intended learning outcomes.
b. keeps parents and administrators from complaining.
c. closely follows his or her teaching plan.
d. maintains an orderly classroom.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.1 - Describe the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of effective teachers that will
enable you to continuously improve throughout your career.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
2. A key element of continued growth is a consistent reflection on which of the following?
a. Learning
b. Research
c. Practice
d. Teaching portfolios
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.2 - Demonstrate the important elements of reflection in teaching.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
3. Which of the following is a danger sign that a teacher may fall into a ―comfort zone‖?
a. Open communication with parents and colleagues.
b. Achieve adequate yearly progress.
c. Not being highly qualified.
d. Not open to learning new methods
ANSWER: d
,POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.2 - Demonstrate the important elements of reflection in teaching.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
4. All of these are attributes of an effective teacher EXCEPT which of the following?
a. Manages students’ behaviors in the classroom
b. Develops productive relationships with students and their families, colleagues, and administrators
c. Adjusts learning activities in response to students’ needs, interests, and abilities
d. Creates and maintains a ―comfort zone‖ for teaching
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.1 - Describe the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of effective teachers that will
enable you to continuously improve throughout your career.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
5. Reflective teaching is encouraged as a way of helping teachers to do which of the following?
a. maintain open communication with parents and colleagues.
b. achieve adequate yearly progress.
c. become highly qualified.
d. avoid complacency and stagnation.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.2 - Demonstrate the important elements of reflection in teaching.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
6. All of the following are recommended tools to foster reflection in teachers EXCEPT
a. Teaching portfolios
b. Colleagues
, c. The teaching journal
d. The ―comfort zone‖
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.1 - Demonstrate the important elements of reflection in teaching.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
7. One of the key provisions of Every Student Succeeds Act is
a. pre-K programs are exempted from this law.
b. common standards in literacy and mathematics.
c. states must develop their own accountability systems, including ways of identifying and supporting low-
performing schools.
d. adequate yearly progress of 50 percent of all students in a given school district.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.3 - Explain how state and federal governments, through the Every Student
Succeeds Act, are holding schools and teachers accountable for ensuring all
students learn.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standard #10 - Leadership and Collaboration
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
8. The 2009 Race to the Top Assessment Program, was a federally funded competitive grant program to encourage the
development of next generation assessment systems based on which of the following?
a. Every Student Succeeds Act
b. No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
c. Common Core State Standards
d. Education for All Children Act
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.3 - Explain how state and federal governments, through the Every Student
Succeeds Act, are holding schools and teachers accountable for ensuring all
students learn.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standard #10 - Leadership and Collaboration
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
9. Annual testing in language arts and mathematics for students in grades three to eight is required by which of the
following laws?
a. The Every Student Succeeds Act
, b. The Education for All Children Act
c. The Highly Qualified Teacher Act
d. The Adequate Yearly Progress Act
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.3 - Explain how state and federal governments, through the Every Student
Succeeds Act, are holding schools and teachers accountable for ensuring all
students learn.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standard #10 - Leadership and Collaboration
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
10. The following are distinct stages of Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development EXCEPT which of the following?
a. Sensorimotor stage
b. Repetition stage
c. Concrete operational stage
d. Formal operational stage
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.4 - Analyze a few major learning theories, and recognize the strengths and
limitations of each for explaining how people learn.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
11. Which of the following is a characteristic of Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?
a. Repetition stage
b. Specific, measurable (and measured) learning objectives
c. Organization into schemes
d. Using certain cues
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 1.4 - Analyze a few major learning theories, and recognize the strengths and
limitations of each for explaining how people learn.
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - InTASC Standards #1 - Learner Development
United States - InTASC Standards #2 - Learning Differences
United States - InTASC Standards #3 - Learning Environments
United States - InTASC Standards #8 - Instructional Strategies
United States - InTASC Standards #9 - Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
