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, Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology
Learning Outcome Quizzes 1
Application Exercises 13
Test Items 16
Test Answer Key 21
Licensure Quizzes 26
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,Chapter 1: Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology
Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes
Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the challenges facing teachers today, including increasing
student diversity, requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the continuing impact of
testing and accountability for teachers and students, and the emphasis on social and emotional
learning.
[Q1]
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Addison has several years of experience teaching third graders from diverse backgrounds. As
one student struggles to complete a math task, Addison wonders why the task seems so
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difficult. She gives the student a hint about solving the task, but the hint doesn’t help. She
begins to reteach the basic skill required for the task. She reminds herself with certainty that she
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can help the student understand and succeed. Which of the teacher’s behaviors is most directly
associated with a personal sense of efficacy?
1. She wonders why the task seems so difficult for the student
2. She gives the student a hint about solving the task
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3. She begins to reteach the basic skill required for the task
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4. She reminds herself with certainty that she can help the student [correct]
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[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
A teacher may wonder about the level of difficulty of a task and yet lack a sense of efficacy.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
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A teacher’s hint may help a student learn, but it is not a sign of the teacher’s sense of efficacy.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
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Reteaching a skill may help a student learn, but it is not a sign of the teacher’s sense of efficacy.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 4]
A teacher’s belief that he or she can reach even the most difficult students and help them learn
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is evidence of the teacher’s sense of efficacy.
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[Q2]
According to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which of the following schools is
considered a failing school?
1. A school in which students’ scores are in the bottom 12% of test scores
2. A school that graduates only 60% of its students [correct]
3. A school in which Native American students underperformed last year
4. A school in which African American students underperformed last year
, [Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
A school at the bottom 5% of test scores is considered failing.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 2]
A school that graduates less than two-thirds of its students is considered failing. Graduating only
60% is even worse.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
If the subgroup of Native American students consistently underperforms, then the school is
considered failing. The underperformance in one year needs to be addressed, but the school is
not considered failing.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
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If the subgroup of African American students consistently underperforms, then the school is
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considered failing. The underperformance in one year needs to be addressed, but the school is
not considered failing.
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[Q3]
Bryson teaches 29 sixth-grade students in a low-income school district. He begins every day
with a sponge activity to review a concept from the previous day. He follows with a goal-directed
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activity in which each student writes a goal for doing a positive deed that day. The next item on
his daily schedule involves a rapid review of the week’s spelling words. What activity or activities
emphasize social and emotional learning?
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1. Sponge activity at the beginning of the day
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2. Goal-directed activity for doing a positive deed [correct]
3. Rapid review of the week’s spelling words
4. Sponge activity and goal-directed activity
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[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
The sponge activity emphasizes academic learning.
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[Feedback for Correct Answer 2]
The goal-directed activity emphasizes doing a positive deed. Social and emotional learning
builds self-awareness and social skills by doing activities such as a positive deed.
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[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
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The rapid review of the week’s spelling words emphasizes academic learning.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
The sponge activity emphasizes academic learning.
[Q4]
Research suggests that the best way to evaluate whether individual teachers are likely to have
a long-term effect on student academic and behavioral outcomes is to assess which of the
following?
1. The quality of the student–teacher relationship [correct]
S
Educational
R
VE
Psychology
IE
H
AC
th
15 Edition
M
EA
Anita Woolfolk,
R
Ellen L. Usher,
D
, Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology
Learning Outcome Quizzes 1
Application Exercises 13
Test Items 16
Test Answer Key 21
Licensure Quizzes 26
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R
VE
IE
H
AC
M
EA
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,Chapter 1: Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology
Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes
Learning Outcome 1.1: Describe the challenges facing teachers today, including increasing
student diversity, requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the continuing impact of
testing and accountability for teachers and students, and the emphasis on social and emotional
learning.
[Q1]
S
Addison has several years of experience teaching third graders from diverse backgrounds. As
one student struggles to complete a math task, Addison wonders why the task seems so
R
difficult. She gives the student a hint about solving the task, but the hint doesn’t help. She
begins to reteach the basic skill required for the task. She reminds herself with certainty that she
VE
can help the student understand and succeed. Which of the teacher’s behaviors is most directly
associated with a personal sense of efficacy?
1. She wonders why the task seems so difficult for the student
2. She gives the student a hint about solving the task
IE
3. She begins to reteach the basic skill required for the task
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4. She reminds herself with certainty that she can help the student [correct]
AC
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
A teacher may wonder about the level of difficulty of a task and yet lack a sense of efficacy.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
M
A teacher’s hint may help a student learn, but it is not a sign of the teacher’s sense of efficacy.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
EA
Reteaching a skill may help a student learn, but it is not a sign of the teacher’s sense of efficacy.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 4]
A teacher’s belief that he or she can reach even the most difficult students and help them learn
R
is evidence of the teacher’s sense of efficacy.
D
[Q2]
According to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which of the following schools is
considered a failing school?
1. A school in which students’ scores are in the bottom 12% of test scores
2. A school that graduates only 60% of its students [correct]
3. A school in which Native American students underperformed last year
4. A school in which African American students underperformed last year
, [Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
A school at the bottom 5% of test scores is considered failing.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 2]
A school that graduates less than two-thirds of its students is considered failing. Graduating only
60% is even worse.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
If the subgroup of Native American students consistently underperforms, then the school is
considered failing. The underperformance in one year needs to be addressed, but the school is
not considered failing.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
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If the subgroup of African American students consistently underperforms, then the school is
R
considered failing. The underperformance in one year needs to be addressed, but the school is
not considered failing.
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[Q3]
Bryson teaches 29 sixth-grade students in a low-income school district. He begins every day
with a sponge activity to review a concept from the previous day. He follows with a goal-directed
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activity in which each student writes a goal for doing a positive deed that day. The next item on
his daily schedule involves a rapid review of the week’s spelling words. What activity or activities
emphasize social and emotional learning?
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1. Sponge activity at the beginning of the day
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2. Goal-directed activity for doing a positive deed [correct]
3. Rapid review of the week’s spelling words
4. Sponge activity and goal-directed activity
M
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
The sponge activity emphasizes academic learning.
EA
[Feedback for Correct Answer 2]
The goal-directed activity emphasizes doing a positive deed. Social and emotional learning
builds self-awareness and social skills by doing activities such as a positive deed.
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[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
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The rapid review of the week’s spelling words emphasizes academic learning.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
The sponge activity emphasizes academic learning.
[Q4]
Research suggests that the best way to evaluate whether individual teachers are likely to have
a long-term effect on student academic and behavioral outcomes is to assess which of the
following?
1. The quality of the student–teacher relationship [correct]
