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EDF1005 FINAL Exam Questions And
Answers 2025 Update.
Compared to resumes, portfolios:
-offer a more comprehensive reflection of a candidate's skills.
-are less valued by many school districts and universities.
-simply include a career objective and work experience.
-are simpler to create and save time. - Answer✔offer a more comprehensive reflection of a
candidate's skills.
Research shows that teachers skilled in pedagogy:
-give more importance to subject knowledge than teaching methods.
-lack effective instructional skills.
-do not employ effective teaching strategies.
-outperform teachers with superior subject area knowledge - Answer✔outperform teachers
with superior subject area knowledge
Normal schools were important because they:
-remain, to this day, the primary way teachers are trained.
-represented the earliest form of professional teacher education
-led to a more diverse teaching force.
-focused solely on pedagogy and teaching methodology. - Answer✔represented the earliest
form of professional teacher education
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Pavel is a new teacher in an inner-city school in Boston. To prepare for teaching, Pavel commits
to teach for at least five years. Then, he spends his first year observing and working with Dava,
a master teacher, while taking coursework. Only during his second year he will be allowed to
teach students of his own, under Dava's supervision. Based on this description, Pavel is part of
_____.
-a traditional teaching education program.
-the Teach for America program.
- a teaching residency program
-a guild-based apprenticeship program. - Answer✔a teaching residency program
After becoming "board certified," a teacher _____.
-is legally entitled to receive a minimum 20 percent raise
-might be given additional pay
-can be assured of a promotion and hike in pay
-is given less responsibility for school-wide instruction - Answer✔might be given additional pay
Elaine has been a fifth grade teacher since 1998. Elaine's decisions are grounded not only in the
literature but also in her experiences. She serves as a role model for her students, and she
exemplifies virtues such as honesty and fairness that she seeks to inspire in them. Which of the
core propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards do Elaine's actions
most closely reflect?
-Teachers are committed to students and their learning experience.
-Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.
-Teachers are experienced members of learning communities.
-Teachers are committed to students and their learning experience. - Answer✔Teachers are
committed to students and their learning experience.
In terms of professional status, many feel teaching:
- falls somewhere between professional and semiprofessional in status.
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-enjoys a full professional status on the level of doctors, lawyers, and clergy.
-is a profession that cannot be associated with intrinsic rewards.
-is a skilled occupation such as a computer programmer or an accountant. - Answer✔falls
somewhere between professional and semiprofessional in status.
Which of the following statements is true regarding merit pay?
-It is not part of the current reform movement.
-It reduces the "political" factor in deciding who is an effective teacher.
- It links students' performance to teachers salary.
-It can be easily linked to measurements such as test scores and attendance. - Answer✔It links
students' performance to teachers salary.
One of the recommendations to strengthen the Teach for America (TFA) program is to:
-increase the pay for TFA teachers if students' test scores improve.
-recruit a more diverse group of participants.
-add incentives to make more students want to join TFA.
-increase classroom support for TFA participants as they teach. - Answer✔increase classroom
support for TFA participants as they teach.
The National Education Association(NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) work
to improve the salaries and the working conditions of teachers _____.
-through collective bargaining
-by granting tenure to its members
-through alternative teacher certification programs
-by providing low-cost legal services to all members - Answer✔through collective bargaining
Procedural due process refers to the:
-principle that upholds the right of non-English-speaking students to select their language of
instruction.
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-established procedures to accommodate the needs of gifted learners in regular classrooms.
-right of children with disabilities to be assessed, placed, and taught in special and separate
classrooms.
-principle that upholds the right of students with disabilities to protest a school's decisions
about their education. - Answer✔principle that upholds the right of students with disabilities to
protest a school's decisions about their education.
Which of the following is true about gifted students?
-Many gifted students drop out of school, instead of thriving at school.
-About 15 percent students have been identified as academically gifted
-Most of them experience school as a friendly place.
-Many gifted students form separate social groups and try to isolate other students -
Answer✔Many gifted students drop out of school, instead of thriving at school.
Grace Fernald, Marianne Frostig, and Heinz Werner are noted for pioneering research in the
field of _____.
-gifted education
-neuroplasticity
-learning styles
-special education - Answer✔special education
Least-restrictive environment refers to:
-ensuring appropriate segregation of children with disabilities in each school, and in every state.
*allowing students with disabilities to be educated by their parents at home.
-creating an atmosphere in which students with disabilities are not inappropriately segregated.
-providing students with disabilities with specially trained teachers, assistive technologies, and
access to other appropriate resources. - Answer✔creating an atmosphere in which students
with disabilities are not inappropriately segregated.
Which of the following conclusions is a teacher reading the work of Janet Hyde, likely to reach
about the students in his class?
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EDF1005 FINAL Exam Questions And
Answers 2025 Update.
Compared to resumes, portfolios:
-offer a more comprehensive reflection of a candidate's skills.
-are less valued by many school districts and universities.
-simply include a career objective and work experience.
-are simpler to create and save time. - Answer✔offer a more comprehensive reflection of a
candidate's skills.
Research shows that teachers skilled in pedagogy:
-give more importance to subject knowledge than teaching methods.
-lack effective instructional skills.
-do not employ effective teaching strategies.
-outperform teachers with superior subject area knowledge - Answer✔outperform teachers
with superior subject area knowledge
Normal schools were important because they:
-remain, to this day, the primary way teachers are trained.
-represented the earliest form of professional teacher education
-led to a more diverse teaching force.
-focused solely on pedagogy and teaching methodology. - Answer✔represented the earliest
form of professional teacher education
1
, ©FYNDLAY 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 4:02AM.
Pavel is a new teacher in an inner-city school in Boston. To prepare for teaching, Pavel commits
to teach for at least five years. Then, he spends his first year observing and working with Dava,
a master teacher, while taking coursework. Only during his second year he will be allowed to
teach students of his own, under Dava's supervision. Based on this description, Pavel is part of
_____.
-a traditional teaching education program.
-the Teach for America program.
- a teaching residency program
-a guild-based apprenticeship program. - Answer✔a teaching residency program
After becoming "board certified," a teacher _____.
-is legally entitled to receive a minimum 20 percent raise
-might be given additional pay
-can be assured of a promotion and hike in pay
-is given less responsibility for school-wide instruction - Answer✔might be given additional pay
Elaine has been a fifth grade teacher since 1998. Elaine's decisions are grounded not only in the
literature but also in her experiences. She serves as a role model for her students, and she
exemplifies virtues such as honesty and fairness that she seeks to inspire in them. Which of the
core propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards do Elaine's actions
most closely reflect?
-Teachers are committed to students and their learning experience.
-Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.
-Teachers are experienced members of learning communities.
-Teachers are committed to students and their learning experience. - Answer✔Teachers are
committed to students and their learning experience.
In terms of professional status, many feel teaching:
- falls somewhere between professional and semiprofessional in status.
2
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-enjoys a full professional status on the level of doctors, lawyers, and clergy.
-is a profession that cannot be associated with intrinsic rewards.
-is a skilled occupation such as a computer programmer or an accountant. - Answer✔falls
somewhere between professional and semiprofessional in status.
Which of the following statements is true regarding merit pay?
-It is not part of the current reform movement.
-It reduces the "political" factor in deciding who is an effective teacher.
- It links students' performance to teachers salary.
-It can be easily linked to measurements such as test scores and attendance. - Answer✔It links
students' performance to teachers salary.
One of the recommendations to strengthen the Teach for America (TFA) program is to:
-increase the pay for TFA teachers if students' test scores improve.
-recruit a more diverse group of participants.
-add incentives to make more students want to join TFA.
-increase classroom support for TFA participants as they teach. - Answer✔increase classroom
support for TFA participants as they teach.
The National Education Association(NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) work
to improve the salaries and the working conditions of teachers _____.
-through collective bargaining
-by granting tenure to its members
-through alternative teacher certification programs
-by providing low-cost legal services to all members - Answer✔through collective bargaining
Procedural due process refers to the:
-principle that upholds the right of non-English-speaking students to select their language of
instruction.
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-established procedures to accommodate the needs of gifted learners in regular classrooms.
-right of children with disabilities to be assessed, placed, and taught in special and separate
classrooms.
-principle that upholds the right of students with disabilities to protest a school's decisions
about their education. - Answer✔principle that upholds the right of students with disabilities to
protest a school's decisions about their education.
Which of the following is true about gifted students?
-Many gifted students drop out of school, instead of thriving at school.
-About 15 percent students have been identified as academically gifted
-Most of them experience school as a friendly place.
-Many gifted students form separate social groups and try to isolate other students -
Answer✔Many gifted students drop out of school, instead of thriving at school.
Grace Fernald, Marianne Frostig, and Heinz Werner are noted for pioneering research in the
field of _____.
-gifted education
-neuroplasticity
-learning styles
-special education - Answer✔special education
Least-restrictive environment refers to:
-ensuring appropriate segregation of children with disabilities in each school, and in every state.
*allowing students with disabilities to be educated by their parents at home.
-creating an atmosphere in which students with disabilities are not inappropriately segregated.
-providing students with disabilities with specially trained teachers, assistive technologies, and
access to other appropriate resources. - Answer✔creating an atmosphere in which students
with disabilities are not inappropriately segregated.
Which of the following conclusions is a teacher reading the work of Janet Hyde, likely to reach
about the students in his class?
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