Chapter 1
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Raye Lakey
Educational Psychology
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Anita Woolfolk,
The Ohio State University
Ellen L. Usher,
University of Kentucky
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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 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]
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
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
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
3. She begins to reteach the basic skill required for the task
4. She reminds herself with certainty that she can help the student [correct]
[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]
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]
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
is evidence of the teacher’s sense of efficacy.
[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
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Test Item File
Raye Lakey
Educational Psychology
15 Edition
th
Anita Woolfolk,
The Ohio State University
Ellen L. Usher,
University of Kentucky
VERIFIEDBRAINBOOSTER
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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]
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
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
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
3. She begins to reteach the basic skill required for the task
4. She reminds herself with certainty that she can help the student [correct]
[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]
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]
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
is evidence of the teacher’s sense of efficacy.
[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
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