ABCTE PTK Multichoice Test
Questions and Answers 100%
Correct
The four major steps to planning a lesson are: task analysis, determining objectives,
determining goals, and identifying necessary prerequisite knowledge. In what order
should those steps occur? - ANSWER - Goals, objectives, task analysis, prerequisite
knowledge Answer Explanation : The first thing is to determine the overarching goal
and then measurable objectives to reach that goal. A task analysis is completed to
help guide the lesson plan, including determining the necessary prerequisite
knowledge.
The most effective group discussion questions - ANSWER - are open-ended to allow
for students to explore a range of possible correct answers. Answer Explanation :
Questions with correct answers do not promote student achievement and
expansion. Addressing cognitive levels does not relate to thinking styles.
Which of the following approaches would be the MOST effective introduction to a
lesson on quadrilaterals? - ANSWER - Give students examples and non-examples of
a quadrilateral. Answer Explanation : By comparing and contrasting students are
able to develop the definition and generalize to new examples, thus truly
understanding the term on a conceptual level. None of the other choices is an
appropriate introductory exercise.
Which of the following is the BEST example of effective cooperative learning? -
ANSWER - Each group member has a specific task and the group has a clearly
identified objective Answer Explanation : Studies indicate that setting individual
tasks for group members will lead to effective cooperative learning. Because self-
selection seems to weaken a group, the strongest answer in the collection is C.
What must a teacher ascertain before designing a unit on the relationships between
decimals, fractions, and percentages? - ANSWER - What students already know
about decimals, fractions, and percentages Answer Explanation : Prior learning
always influences new learning. Student interest is important, but an awareness of
student interest is not a prerequisite to effective teaching.
,A student who is usually well-behaved is consistently interrupting the class routine
and annoying nearby students. The teacher has already reminded him that he must
obey the classroom behavior standards, but that has not changed the behavior.
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate teacher response? - ANSWER -
Separate the student from his classmates and have him take a five-minute time-out.
Answer The behavior is consistent so ignoring it is ineffective. Rules must be
enforced consistently, and if the student actively chooses to disobey, a
consequence must follow.
Which type of material is MOST easily memorized? - ANSWER - Knowledge-based
Answer Explanation : Knowledge-based material requires recall and frequently
includes information that must be memorized. An example would be to state the
definition of a planet.
During a lesson, a teacher notices a student quietly folding a paper airplane rather
than paying attention or participating. The MOST appropriate action to regain the
student's attention would be - ANSWER - moving to stand near the student. Answer
Explanation : The student is not yet disrupting class or disturbing other students.
Unless the problem escalates, proximity should properly indicate that you have
noticed the misbehavior, and cause it to cease.
Which of the following statements, when used to begin a lesson on the respiratory
system, encourages meaningful student participation? - ANSWER - "Take a deep
breath and pay attention to how it feels to breathe deeply." Answer Explanation:
Beginning a lesson with overt or covert participation is effective in helping students
focus and absorb the material.
While in science lab, a student who is repeatedly off task and disruptive is
pretending to make pancake batter by mixing chemicals together. The appropriate
response is to - ANSWER - get the student out of the room and under the
supervision of another adult. Answer Explanation : Mixing chemicals is risky
behavior. Because the student is repeatedly off task and disruptive, an immediate
consequence is in order. A science lab class offers many distractions, and the
teacher cannot ignore the rest of the students in order to control one child.
Which of the following techniques BEST promotes student comprehension? -
ANSWER - Dividing major objectives into small learning units, each with objectives
and assessment Answer Explanation : Identifying and mastering all of the skills and
concepts that make up each objective ensures that students truly understand what
is taught. Testing, student practice, and extra help are all methods you can use to
teach the material, but only once you have first divided it up appropriately.
,The following exchange between a teacher and a student occurs during a middle
school science lesson: Teacher: "Identify one problem in wetlands ecology." Student:
"Non-native plants?" Which of the following is the MOST appropriate teacher
response? - ANSWER - Why would non-native plants be a problem? Answer
Explanation: When a student is correct but uncertain, it is helpful to follow their
answer with a clarifying question to lead the student to a more developed level of
understanding.
Under what circumstance might it be appropriate to ignore a classroom behavior
that violates the rules? - ANSWER - The student acknowledges and changes the
behavior. Answer Explanation : Classroom rules are working well when students
recognize violations and change their behavior on their own.
Which of the following BEST describes how a consequence for classroom
misbehavior should be enforced? - ANSWER - After some warning has been
delivered Answer Explanation : A small correction calls a student's attention to
behavior that needs to change and gives the student an opportunity to make the
change. Usually that ends the immediate problem with minimum disruption to
teaching and learning.
A teacher should use metaphors during a lesson in order to - ANSWER - explain new
concepts by identifying the similarities they share with known concepts. Answer
Explanation : Metaphor can build understanding of new ideas by building on the
foundations of previously taught concepts.
A reliable test - ANSWER - yields consistent results Answer Explanation : 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.
Which teaching plan is the BEST way to begin a mathematics class? - ANSWER -
Begin a simple activity Answer Explanation : A simple warm-up activity allows the
students to transition their thinking to mathematics. It has the added benefits of
giving students a review, preview, or extension activity and giving the teacher an
opportunity to check in with students and recognize individual difficulties that may
appear while students do the warm up.
Which of the following questions BEST promotes discussion? - ANSWER - Why do we
still struggle to end racism? Answer Explanation: This question allows for a large
, number of answers and a wide-ranging discussion. The discussion is likely to be
interesting because it can include so many points of view.
Correctly listing all 50 states of the United States of America and their capitals
involves which type of thinking skill? - ANSWER - Knowledge Answer Explanation :
According to Bloom's taxonomy, learning to list states and capitals involves
knowledge, a lower-order thinking skill. All other answers are higher-order thinking
skills.
What kind of information can be gathered using a formative student assessment? -
ANSWER - Patterns of student errors Answer Explanation : A formative assessment
is designed to give immediate evidence of student learning and is not used to grade
or evaluate students.
On a standardized history achievement test, a student scored at +2 standard
deviations. From this, the teacher can determine that the student - ANSWER - has
learned a great deal of history. Answer Explanation : This graphic organizer focuses
on the structure of the rain forest and helps students organize the lesson material.
A teacher notices that a student often misbehaves after she is given a reading
assignment, most likely because the student has poor vocabulary skills and is not a
competent reader. What should the teacher do? - ANSWER - Start designing a plan
that will help the student build reading and language skills. Answer Explanation:
Some educational problems seem to be at the root of the misbehavior and choice B
puts attention on finding educational solutions to them.
Students monitor a United States Geological Survey (USGS) website and collect
information about recent volcanoes and earthquakes. Which of the following
learning goals is met by this activity? - ANSWER - Accurately observe natural
events. Answer Explanation: The activity gathers reliable information about natural
events, but does not call for analysis and inference.
Which of the following instructional methods MOST effectively conveys information
to an entire group of students at once? - ANSWER - Lecture Answer Explanation: The
most efficient way to impart information that the entire group needs is through
lecture. It also gives the opportunity to teach students to listen attentively and take
notes.
Questions and Answers 100%
Correct
The four major steps to planning a lesson are: task analysis, determining objectives,
determining goals, and identifying necessary prerequisite knowledge. In what order
should those steps occur? - ANSWER - Goals, objectives, task analysis, prerequisite
knowledge Answer Explanation : The first thing is to determine the overarching goal
and then measurable objectives to reach that goal. A task analysis is completed to
help guide the lesson plan, including determining the necessary prerequisite
knowledge.
The most effective group discussion questions - ANSWER - are open-ended to allow
for students to explore a range of possible correct answers. Answer Explanation :
Questions with correct answers do not promote student achievement and
expansion. Addressing cognitive levels does not relate to thinking styles.
Which of the following approaches would be the MOST effective introduction to a
lesson on quadrilaterals? - ANSWER - Give students examples and non-examples of
a quadrilateral. Answer Explanation : By comparing and contrasting students are
able to develop the definition and generalize to new examples, thus truly
understanding the term on a conceptual level. None of the other choices is an
appropriate introductory exercise.
Which of the following is the BEST example of effective cooperative learning? -
ANSWER - Each group member has a specific task and the group has a clearly
identified objective Answer Explanation : Studies indicate that setting individual
tasks for group members will lead to effective cooperative learning. Because self-
selection seems to weaken a group, the strongest answer in the collection is C.
What must a teacher ascertain before designing a unit on the relationships between
decimals, fractions, and percentages? - ANSWER - What students already know
about decimals, fractions, and percentages Answer Explanation : Prior learning
always influences new learning. Student interest is important, but an awareness of
student interest is not a prerequisite to effective teaching.
,A student who is usually well-behaved is consistently interrupting the class routine
and annoying nearby students. The teacher has already reminded him that he must
obey the classroom behavior standards, but that has not changed the behavior.
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate teacher response? - ANSWER -
Separate the student from his classmates and have him take a five-minute time-out.
Answer The behavior is consistent so ignoring it is ineffective. Rules must be
enforced consistently, and if the student actively chooses to disobey, a
consequence must follow.
Which type of material is MOST easily memorized? - ANSWER - Knowledge-based
Answer Explanation : Knowledge-based material requires recall and frequently
includes information that must be memorized. An example would be to state the
definition of a planet.
During a lesson, a teacher notices a student quietly folding a paper airplane rather
than paying attention or participating. The MOST appropriate action to regain the
student's attention would be - ANSWER - moving to stand near the student. Answer
Explanation : The student is not yet disrupting class or disturbing other students.
Unless the problem escalates, proximity should properly indicate that you have
noticed the misbehavior, and cause it to cease.
Which of the following statements, when used to begin a lesson on the respiratory
system, encourages meaningful student participation? - ANSWER - "Take a deep
breath and pay attention to how it feels to breathe deeply." Answer Explanation:
Beginning a lesson with overt or covert participation is effective in helping students
focus and absorb the material.
While in science lab, a student who is repeatedly off task and disruptive is
pretending to make pancake batter by mixing chemicals together. The appropriate
response is to - ANSWER - get the student out of the room and under the
supervision of another adult. Answer Explanation : Mixing chemicals is risky
behavior. Because the student is repeatedly off task and disruptive, an immediate
consequence is in order. A science lab class offers many distractions, and the
teacher cannot ignore the rest of the students in order to control one child.
Which of the following techniques BEST promotes student comprehension? -
ANSWER - Dividing major objectives into small learning units, each with objectives
and assessment Answer Explanation : Identifying and mastering all of the skills and
concepts that make up each objective ensures that students truly understand what
is taught. Testing, student practice, and extra help are all methods you can use to
teach the material, but only once you have first divided it up appropriately.
,The following exchange between a teacher and a student occurs during a middle
school science lesson: Teacher: "Identify one problem in wetlands ecology." Student:
"Non-native plants?" Which of the following is the MOST appropriate teacher
response? - ANSWER - Why would non-native plants be a problem? Answer
Explanation: When a student is correct but uncertain, it is helpful to follow their
answer with a clarifying question to lead the student to a more developed level of
understanding.
Under what circumstance might it be appropriate to ignore a classroom behavior
that violates the rules? - ANSWER - The student acknowledges and changes the
behavior. Answer Explanation : Classroom rules are working well when students
recognize violations and change their behavior on their own.
Which of the following BEST describes how a consequence for classroom
misbehavior should be enforced? - ANSWER - After some warning has been
delivered Answer Explanation : A small correction calls a student's attention to
behavior that needs to change and gives the student an opportunity to make the
change. Usually that ends the immediate problem with minimum disruption to
teaching and learning.
A teacher should use metaphors during a lesson in order to - ANSWER - explain new
concepts by identifying the similarities they share with known concepts. Answer
Explanation : Metaphor can build understanding of new ideas by building on the
foundations of previously taught concepts.
A reliable test - ANSWER - yields consistent results Answer Explanation : 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.
Which teaching plan is the BEST way to begin a mathematics class? - ANSWER -
Begin a simple activity Answer Explanation : A simple warm-up activity allows the
students to transition their thinking to mathematics. It has the added benefits of
giving students a review, preview, or extension activity and giving the teacher an
opportunity to check in with students and recognize individual difficulties that may
appear while students do the warm up.
Which of the following questions BEST promotes discussion? - ANSWER - Why do we
still struggle to end racism? Answer Explanation: This question allows for a large
, number of answers and a wide-ranging discussion. The discussion is likely to be
interesting because it can include so many points of view.
Correctly listing all 50 states of the United States of America and their capitals
involves which type of thinking skill? - ANSWER - Knowledge Answer Explanation :
According to Bloom's taxonomy, learning to list states and capitals involves
knowledge, a lower-order thinking skill. All other answers are higher-order thinking
skills.
What kind of information can be gathered using a formative student assessment? -
ANSWER - Patterns of student errors Answer Explanation : A formative assessment
is designed to give immediate evidence of student learning and is not used to grade
or evaluate students.
On a standardized history achievement test, a student scored at +2 standard
deviations. From this, the teacher can determine that the student - ANSWER - has
learned a great deal of history. Answer Explanation : This graphic organizer focuses
on the structure of the rain forest and helps students organize the lesson material.
A teacher notices that a student often misbehaves after she is given a reading
assignment, most likely because the student has poor vocabulary skills and is not a
competent reader. What should the teacher do? - ANSWER - Start designing a plan
that will help the student build reading and language skills. Answer Explanation:
Some educational problems seem to be at the root of the misbehavior and choice B
puts attention on finding educational solutions to them.
Students monitor a United States Geological Survey (USGS) website and collect
information about recent volcanoes and earthquakes. Which of the following
learning goals is met by this activity? - ANSWER - Accurately observe natural
events. Answer Explanation: The activity gathers reliable information about natural
events, but does not call for analysis and inference.
Which of the following instructional methods MOST effectively conveys information
to an entire group of students at once? - ANSWER - Lecture Answer Explanation: The
most efficient way to impart information that the entire group needs is through
lecture. It also gives the opportunity to teach students to listen attentively and take
notes.
