UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
a. The multidimensional aspect of teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - Juan Alvarez is a
fifth-grade teacher in an urban elementary school. He has 26 students, 4 of whom are absent, and
he is working with a reading group of 8 while the remaining 14 are working on a seatwork
assignment.
As Karen reads aloud, Juan sees Bill tapping Luanne on the back of her head with a pencil.
Karen finishes, and Juan then asks Ariel to read as he continues to watch Bill and Luanne.
Bill taps Karen again, and Karen flails her arm back trying to hit Bill, just as the intercom says,
"Mr. Alvarez?"
"Yes," Juan responds.
"Is Clarice Torres in your class today?"
"Yes she is."
"Would you please send her down to the office?"
"Clarice," Juan says nodding to her, smiling inwardly since announcements commonly occur
during his reading period.
Clarice gets up and heads out the door, Juan tells Ariel to continue, and he gets up, goes over to
Bill and Luanne, and warns Bill that another incident of misbehavior will result in a call to his
mother.
Several of the students doing seatwork look up as Juan admonishes Bill and hears him say that
Bill's mother is likely to be called.
Juan then returns to his reading group as he watches to be sure that Bill is working on his
seatwork.
The combination of a reading group in progress, students working on a seatwork assignment, and
an intercom announcement best illustrate which of the following?
a. The multidimensional aspect of teaching
b. The public aspect of teaching
c. The unpredictable aspect of teaching
d. The artistic aspect of teaching
,b. The immediate aspect of teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - Juan Alvarez is a fifth-grade
teacher in an urban elementary school. He has 26 students, 4 of whom are absent, and he is
working with a reading group of 8 while the remaining 14 are working on a seatwork
assignment.
As Karen reads aloud, Juan sees Bill tapping Luanne on the back of her head with a pencil.
Karen finishes, and Juan then asks Ariel to read as he continues to watch Bill and Luanne.
Bill taps Karen again, and Karen flails her arm back trying to hit Bill, just as the intercom says,
"Mr. Alvarez?"
"Yes," Juan responds.
"Is Clarice Torres in your class today?"
"Yes she is."
"Would you please send her down to the office?"
"Clarice," Juan says nodding to her, smiling inwardly since announcements commonly occur
during his reading period.
Clarice gets up and heads out the door, Juan tells Ariel to continue, and he gets up, goes over to
Bill and Luanne, and warns Bill that another incident of misbehavior will result in a call to his
mother.
Several of the students doing seatwork look up as Juan admonishes Bill and hears him say that
Bill's mother is likely to be called.
Juan then returns to his reading group as he watches to be sure that Bill is working on his
seatwork.
Juan feeling that it was necessary to leave his reading group to intervene in the incident between
Bill and Luanne best illustrates which of the following?
a. The multidimensional aspect of teaching
b. The immediate aspect of teaching
c. The public aspect of teaching
d. The artistic aspect of teaching
d. The simultaneous aspect of teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - Juan Alvarez is a fifth-
grade teacher in an urban elementary school. He has 26 students, 4 of whom are absent, and he is
working with a reading group of 8 while the remaining 14 are working on a seatwork
assignment.
, As Karen reads aloud, Juan sees Bill tapping Luanne on the back of her head with a pencil.
Karen finishes, and Juan then asks Ariel to read as he continues to watch Bill and Luanne.
Bill taps Karen again, and Karen flails her arm back trying to hit Bill, just as the intercom says,
"Mr. Alvarez?"
"Yes," Juan responds.
"Is Clarice Torres in your class today?"
"Yes she is."
"Would you please send her down to the office?"
"Clarice," Juan says nodding to her, smiling inwardly since announcements commonly occur
during his reading period.
Clarice gets up and heads out the door, Juan tells Ariel to continue, and he gets up, goes over to
Bill and Luanne, and warns Bill that another incident of misbehavior will result in a call to his
mother.
Several of the students doing seatwork look up as Juan admonishes Bill and hears him say that
Bill's mother is likely to be called.
Juan then returns to his reading group as he watches to be sure that Bill is working on his
seatwork.
The progress of the reading group, the students doing seatwork, the incident between Bill and
Luanne, and the Intercom all occurred at virtually the same time. The fact that they did so best
illustrates which of the following?
a. The immediate aspect of teaching
b. The artistic aspect of teaching
c. The public aspect of teaching
d. The simultaneous aspect of teaching
c. The public aspect of teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - Juan Alvarez is a fifth-grade
teacher in an urban elementary school. He has 26 students, 4 of whom are absent, and he is
working with a reading group of 8 while the remaining 14 are working on a seatwork
assignment.
As Karen reads aloud, Juan sees Bill tapping Luanne on the back of her head with a pencil.
Karen finishes, and Juan then asks Ariel to read as he continues to watch Bill and Luanne.
Bill taps Karen again, and Karen flails her arm back trying to hit Bill, just as the intercom says,
"Mr. Alvarez?"