EDUC Exam 1 | Study
Guide, Practice Questions
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,purpose goals Wanting to help others, improve their lives, grow and learn
normal school -Provided elementary school graduates with formal training in teaching skills.
-Established by Reverend Samuel Hall.
-Horace Mann established the first state-supported normal school in
Lexington, Massachusetts.
A two-year teacher education institution popular in the nineteenth century.
Many normal schools were expanded to become today's state colleges and
universities.
traditional approach to becoming a teacher - Undergraduates study education and subject matter, then do student
teaching en route to becoming a teacher.
- undergraduate preparation at a college
alternative approach to becoming a teacher - Focus is on a structured apprenticeship, a sort of on-the-job training.
- post-graduate preparation at a college or school district
Pay-for-performance, also called merit pay, attempts to linking teacher and student performance to teacher salary
make teaching more accountable by ______.
Multiple choice question.
cutting teacher salary in order to motivate teachers to
perform better
basing student incentives on teacher salary
linking teacher and student performance to teacher
salary
increasing teacher salary in order to encourage better
performance
______ refers to the art and science of teaching, Pedagogy
especially teaching methods and strategies.
Multiple choice question.
Pedagogy
Tocology
Karyology
Narratology
After teaching satisfactorily during a probationary expectancy of continued employment
period, teachers typically receive tenure, which is a(n)
______.
Multiple choice question.
warning of their incompetency
expectancy of continued employment
confirmation of their probation period
notice period before their termination
Identify the organizations which work to improve the National Education Association (NEA)
salaries and the working conditions of teachers. (Check American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
all that apply.)
Multiple select question.
National Education Association (NEA)
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
The Council for Exceptional Children (TCEC)
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
,students with profit goals No happier than they were in college and were experiencing increased
depression, anxiety, and other negative indicators.
students with purpose goals Happier and more satisfied than they were in college and had very low levels
of anxiety or depression.
Identify an accurate statement about American test The full range of American students is compared with another nation's best,
takers in the context of taking international exams. affecting the test scores of American test takers.
Multiple choice question.
The full range of American students is compared with
another nation's best, affecting the test scores of
American test takers.
Only the most meritorious students in America are
allowed to take international exams.
All American test takers taking international exams have
a similar educational background.
Only the best American students take exams involving
spontaneity, social responsibility, and independence.
A private school, established by Reverend Samuel Hall, normal school
which provided elementary school graduates with
formal training in teaching skills was called a ______.
Multiple choice question.
school for the gifted
school for the religious
normal school
state school
The American public typically values ______. spontaneity, social responsibility, and independence in their children, which are
Multiple choice question. not assessed in international exams
significantly high scores in international exams of
students with very strong linguistic and mathematical
aptitude
spontaneity, social responsibility, and independence in
their children, which are not assessed in international
exams
the ability of students to engender cheers from their
classmates for being selected to appear for an
international exam
the ability to communicate in English, talent, and
intelligence in their children, which are not assessed in
international exams
, The damage caused by the current testing culture in By measuring school effectiveness with yearly reading and mathematics exams,
America due to the creation of perverse incentives to we have created perverse incentives to "teach to the test." Education is
"teach to the test" implies that ______. reduced to a single test score, and that score can stigmatize schools, teachers,
and students.
education in America is reduced to a single test score
the Americans hold a very realistic expectation from
schools
teachers' associations have failed to protect
incompetent teachers
students from public schools always have better test
scores than those from private schools
Identify an accurate statement about teaching. Effective teaching requires both knowledge of one's subject and instructional
Multiple choice question. skills.
Effective teaching requires both knowledge of one's
subject and instructional skills.
Effective teaching requires only the knowledge of one's
subject.
Effective teaching requires neither knowledge of one's
subject nor instructional skills.
Effective teaching requires only good instructional
skills.
What is the impact of anti-public school forces on Anti-public school forces, often with big advertising budgets, demand that
public schools? taxpayer money be used to support private, religious, charter, and for-profit
Multiple choice question. schools. As a result, public schools have seen their budgets decrease.
Students from public schools always perform worse
than those from private schools.
Public schools have seen their budgets decrease.
More taxpayer dollars have been sanctioned to
support public schools.
Public schools have increased their advertising budgets
due to an increase in taxpayer dollars assigned to them.
Which of the following is a resource published by the thought & action
National Education Association (NEA) that explores
higher education issues?
Multiple choice question.
NEA Today
Thought & Action
Education Week
Rethinking Schools
Guide, Practice Questions
& Exam Review
|Guaranteed success|
,purpose goals Wanting to help others, improve their lives, grow and learn
normal school -Provided elementary school graduates with formal training in teaching skills.
-Established by Reverend Samuel Hall.
-Horace Mann established the first state-supported normal school in
Lexington, Massachusetts.
A two-year teacher education institution popular in the nineteenth century.
Many normal schools were expanded to become today's state colleges and
universities.
traditional approach to becoming a teacher - Undergraduates study education and subject matter, then do student
teaching en route to becoming a teacher.
- undergraduate preparation at a college
alternative approach to becoming a teacher - Focus is on a structured apprenticeship, a sort of on-the-job training.
- post-graduate preparation at a college or school district
Pay-for-performance, also called merit pay, attempts to linking teacher and student performance to teacher salary
make teaching more accountable by ______.
Multiple choice question.
cutting teacher salary in order to motivate teachers to
perform better
basing student incentives on teacher salary
linking teacher and student performance to teacher
salary
increasing teacher salary in order to encourage better
performance
______ refers to the art and science of teaching, Pedagogy
especially teaching methods and strategies.
Multiple choice question.
Pedagogy
Tocology
Karyology
Narratology
After teaching satisfactorily during a probationary expectancy of continued employment
period, teachers typically receive tenure, which is a(n)
______.
Multiple choice question.
warning of their incompetency
expectancy of continued employment
confirmation of their probation period
notice period before their termination
Identify the organizations which work to improve the National Education Association (NEA)
salaries and the working conditions of teachers. (Check American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
all that apply.)
Multiple select question.
National Education Association (NEA)
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
The Council for Exceptional Children (TCEC)
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
,students with profit goals No happier than they were in college and were experiencing increased
depression, anxiety, and other negative indicators.
students with purpose goals Happier and more satisfied than they were in college and had very low levels
of anxiety or depression.
Identify an accurate statement about American test The full range of American students is compared with another nation's best,
takers in the context of taking international exams. affecting the test scores of American test takers.
Multiple choice question.
The full range of American students is compared with
another nation's best, affecting the test scores of
American test takers.
Only the most meritorious students in America are
allowed to take international exams.
All American test takers taking international exams have
a similar educational background.
Only the best American students take exams involving
spontaneity, social responsibility, and independence.
A private school, established by Reverend Samuel Hall, normal school
which provided elementary school graduates with
formal training in teaching skills was called a ______.
Multiple choice question.
school for the gifted
school for the religious
normal school
state school
The American public typically values ______. spontaneity, social responsibility, and independence in their children, which are
Multiple choice question. not assessed in international exams
significantly high scores in international exams of
students with very strong linguistic and mathematical
aptitude
spontaneity, social responsibility, and independence in
their children, which are not assessed in international
exams
the ability of students to engender cheers from their
classmates for being selected to appear for an
international exam
the ability to communicate in English, talent, and
intelligence in their children, which are not assessed in
international exams
, The damage caused by the current testing culture in By measuring school effectiveness with yearly reading and mathematics exams,
America due to the creation of perverse incentives to we have created perverse incentives to "teach to the test." Education is
"teach to the test" implies that ______. reduced to a single test score, and that score can stigmatize schools, teachers,
and students.
education in America is reduced to a single test score
the Americans hold a very realistic expectation from
schools
teachers' associations have failed to protect
incompetent teachers
students from public schools always have better test
scores than those from private schools
Identify an accurate statement about teaching. Effective teaching requires both knowledge of one's subject and instructional
Multiple choice question. skills.
Effective teaching requires both knowledge of one's
subject and instructional skills.
Effective teaching requires only the knowledge of one's
subject.
Effective teaching requires neither knowledge of one's
subject nor instructional skills.
Effective teaching requires only good instructional
skills.
What is the impact of anti-public school forces on Anti-public school forces, often with big advertising budgets, demand that
public schools? taxpayer money be used to support private, religious, charter, and for-profit
Multiple choice question. schools. As a result, public schools have seen their budgets decrease.
Students from public schools always perform worse
than those from private schools.
Public schools have seen their budgets decrease.
More taxpayer dollars have been sanctioned to
support public schools.
Public schools have increased their advertising budgets
due to an increase in taxpayer dollars assigned to them.
Which of the following is a resource published by the thought & action
National Education Association (NEA) that explores
higher education issues?
Multiple choice question.
NEA Today
Thought & Action
Education Week
Rethinking Schools
