EDF 2025 Exam 1 Questions with
Accurate Answers
Academic Learning Time correct answer The time a student is actively engaged
with the subject matter and experiencing a high success rate.
Accelerated Programs correct answer Allow gifted students to skip grades or
receive college credit early.
Advance Placement (AP) correct answer A program that offers college-level
courses for high-achieving high schoolers.
Affective Domain correct answer Include attitudes, values, and emotions, factors
that influence curiosity, the ability to tolerate and overcome frustration, and the
willingness to take risks.
Allocated Learning Time correct answer The time a teacher schedules for a
subject; the more time allocated for a subject, the higher student achievement in
that subject is likely to be.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) correct answer A national organization of
teachers that is primarily concerned with improving educational conditions and
protecting teachers' rights. The AFT is comprised of 900,000 members that are
made up of teachers, paraprofessionals, college faculty, employees of the state
and local governments, and health care professionals. Is affiliated with American
Federation of Labor and it's school reform goals include supporting standards for
student conduct and academic achievement.
,Assimilation correct answer a.k.a. enculturation; the process of acquiring a
culture, a child's acquisition of the cultural heritage through both formal and
informal educational means.
Bilingual Education correct answer Educational programs in which students of
limited or no English-speaking ability attend classes taught in English as well as in
their native language. There is great variability in these programs in terms of
goals, instructional opportunity, and balance between English and a student's
native language.
Bloom's Taxonomy correct answer A classification system in which each lower
level is subsumed in the next higher level. Bloom's taxonomy describes simple to
more complex mental processes, and usually is used to classify educational
objectives or classroom questions.
Level 1 (Knowledge): Requires student to recall or recognize information. Student
must rely on memory or senses to provide the answer.
Level 2 (Comprehension): Requires student to go beyond simply recall and
demonstrate the ability to mentally arrange and organize information. Student
must use previously learned information by putting it in his or her own words and
rephrasing it.
Level 3 (Application): Requires student to apply previously learned information to
answer a problem. At this level the student uses a rule, a definition, a
classification system, or directions in solving a problem with a specific correct
answer.
Level 4 (Analysis): Requires student to use three kinds of cognitive processes; 1)
to identify causes, reasons, or motives [when they have not been provided to the
student previously], 2) to analyze information to reach a generalization or
conclusion, 3) to find evidence to support a specific opinion, event, or situation.
Level 5 or 6 (Synthesis/Creation): Requires student to use original and creative
thinking; 1) to develop original communications, 2) to make predictions, 3) to
solve problems for which there is no single right answer.
, Level 6 or 5 (Evaluation): Requires student to judge the merits of an aesthetic
work, an idea, or the solution to a problem.
Bullying correct answer Generally repeated; intentionally harmful; involves a
power imbalance can be physical, verbal, or non-verbal; can be in-person, behind
your back, or internet-based; can include peer rejection or exclusion
Teachers can:
1) talk about the negative effects of bullying
2) emphasize the role of bystanders
3) address degrading language or slurs
4) create a climate of respect and caring
Cognitive Domain correct answer Individuals have different ways of perceiving,
organizing, retaining, and using information.
Collective Bargaining correct answer A negotiating procedure between an
employer and employees for resolving disagreements on salaries, work schedules,
and other conditions of employment. In collective bargaining, all teachers in a
school system bargain as one group through chosen representatives.
Cooperative Learning correct answer In classrooms using cooperative learning,
students work on activities in small groups, and they receive rewards based on
the overall group performance. Research shows that cooperative learning
promotes both intellectual and emotional growth: students make higher
achievement gains, students have higher levels of self-esteem and greater
motivation to learn, students have stronger sense that classmates have positive
regard for one another, understanding and cooperation among students from
different racial and ethnic backgrounds are enhanced.
Accurate Answers
Academic Learning Time correct answer The time a student is actively engaged
with the subject matter and experiencing a high success rate.
Accelerated Programs correct answer Allow gifted students to skip grades or
receive college credit early.
Advance Placement (AP) correct answer A program that offers college-level
courses for high-achieving high schoolers.
Affective Domain correct answer Include attitudes, values, and emotions, factors
that influence curiosity, the ability to tolerate and overcome frustration, and the
willingness to take risks.
Allocated Learning Time correct answer The time a teacher schedules for a
subject; the more time allocated for a subject, the higher student achievement in
that subject is likely to be.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) correct answer A national organization of
teachers that is primarily concerned with improving educational conditions and
protecting teachers' rights. The AFT is comprised of 900,000 members that are
made up of teachers, paraprofessionals, college faculty, employees of the state
and local governments, and health care professionals. Is affiliated with American
Federation of Labor and it's school reform goals include supporting standards for
student conduct and academic achievement.
,Assimilation correct answer a.k.a. enculturation; the process of acquiring a
culture, a child's acquisition of the cultural heritage through both formal and
informal educational means.
Bilingual Education correct answer Educational programs in which students of
limited or no English-speaking ability attend classes taught in English as well as in
their native language. There is great variability in these programs in terms of
goals, instructional opportunity, and balance between English and a student's
native language.
Bloom's Taxonomy correct answer A classification system in which each lower
level is subsumed in the next higher level. Bloom's taxonomy describes simple to
more complex mental processes, and usually is used to classify educational
objectives or classroom questions.
Level 1 (Knowledge): Requires student to recall or recognize information. Student
must rely on memory or senses to provide the answer.
Level 2 (Comprehension): Requires student to go beyond simply recall and
demonstrate the ability to mentally arrange and organize information. Student
must use previously learned information by putting it in his or her own words and
rephrasing it.
Level 3 (Application): Requires student to apply previously learned information to
answer a problem. At this level the student uses a rule, a definition, a
classification system, or directions in solving a problem with a specific correct
answer.
Level 4 (Analysis): Requires student to use three kinds of cognitive processes; 1)
to identify causes, reasons, or motives [when they have not been provided to the
student previously], 2) to analyze information to reach a generalization or
conclusion, 3) to find evidence to support a specific opinion, event, or situation.
Level 5 or 6 (Synthesis/Creation): Requires student to use original and creative
thinking; 1) to develop original communications, 2) to make predictions, 3) to
solve problems for which there is no single right answer.
, Level 6 or 5 (Evaluation): Requires student to judge the merits of an aesthetic
work, an idea, or the solution to a problem.
Bullying correct answer Generally repeated; intentionally harmful; involves a
power imbalance can be physical, verbal, or non-verbal; can be in-person, behind
your back, or internet-based; can include peer rejection or exclusion
Teachers can:
1) talk about the negative effects of bullying
2) emphasize the role of bystanders
3) address degrading language or slurs
4) create a climate of respect and caring
Cognitive Domain correct answer Individuals have different ways of perceiving,
organizing, retaining, and using information.
Collective Bargaining correct answer A negotiating procedure between an
employer and employees for resolving disagreements on salaries, work schedules,
and other conditions of employment. In collective bargaining, all teachers in a
school system bargain as one group through chosen representatives.
Cooperative Learning correct answer In classrooms using cooperative learning,
students work on activities in small groups, and they receive rewards based on
the overall group performance. Research shows that cooperative learning
promotes both intellectual and emotional growth: students make higher
achievement gains, students have higher levels of self-esteem and greater
motivation to learn, students have stronger sense that classmates have positive
regard for one another, understanding and cooperation among students from
different racial and ethnic backgrounds are enhanced.
