EDU 301 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026

EDU 301 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026 Ms. Dominguez is a middle school science teacher who consistently gets high student reviews. Her students claim they learn more in her class than in any other class. Based on research about teacher effectiveness, Ms. Dominguez most likely does all of the following EXCEPT: maintain distant, reserved relationships with students. make clear presentations with explanations and examples. show enthusiasm for the subject. develop reflective practices to improve teaching. - Answers maintain distant, reserved relationships with students. Mr. Franks creates a classroom environment in which his elementary students work productively at centers and engage in group activities to apply principles they are learning. His established routines help students stay on track and maximize learning time. Which aspect of Robert Pianta's model is most closely associated with these characteristics of Mr. Franks' teaching? Behavioral dimensions Relational dimensions Affective dimensions Cognitive dimensions - Answers Behavioral dimensions Mrs. Martinez is a new third grade teacher. Before school started, she reviewed the entire math text and planned her approach for the year. After school started, she began moving methodically from lesson to lesson, hoping to cover all Clusters by the end of the year. She knows the subject of math very well and has never had problems understanding math concepts. This week, she began teaching the lesson for week nine. She presented the new concept, and students seemed to be confused. She didn't see how they could be confused, but she repeated the same presentation. After her presentation, many of her students were unable to complete the practice problems. What is most likely the problem with Mrs. Martinez's lesson? She seems to lack the ability to organize the classroom for learning math. She most likely over planned the lesson for week nine. She most likely failed to plan sufficiently at the weekly and daily levels. - Answers She most likely failed to plan sufficiently at the weekly and daily levels. The Common Core Standards have been adopted by many states. Why might implementation pose problems for teachers, students, and schools? Common Core Standards are not based on research and will not help students compete in a global context. Common Core Standards are not aligned with college and career expectations. The high expectations of the Common Core Standards do not match current grade-level texts. Common Core Standards do not state clear, understandable, and consistent goals. - Answers The high expectations of the Common Core Standards do not match current grade-level texts. Which of the following learning targets involves metacognitive knowledge in the cognitive domain? Summarize events following the Civil War, including post-war social issues. Select a strategy that helps you remember which formula to use in solving comparable problems. Describe the composition styles of Bach and Handel during the Baroque era in Europe. Identify the main idea of a brief passage in a non-fiction text such as science or social studies. - Answers Select a strategy that helps you remember which formula to use in solving comparable problems. According to Bloom's taxonomy of the cognitive domain, identify the level of the following objective: Assess the author's skill in implementing the literary device of allegory. Evaluating Applying Creating Understanding - Answers Evaluating Mr. Mack presented the following objective: "Watch the video and respond to the main character's dilemma as though you were walking in her shoes." This objective fits the taxonomy of what domain? Conceptual domain Affective domain Cognitive domain Psychomotor domain - Answers Affective domain Ms. Pringle is writing a test for the unit on persuasion in her high school speech class. Based on guidelines for designing instruction, her test questions should: reflect the information presented in the students' text. relate to her learning targets. relate to current research about the use of persuasion. relate to group discussion. - Answers relate to her learning targets. Which of the following teachers uses a constructivist approach in instructional planning? Ms. Levi combined suggested activities from her teacher's manual with activities suggested by peer teachers as the basis for her lesson about the different types of erosion in her state. Mrs. Akita gave a pretest to determine the amount of background knowledge she needed to incorporate in her unit about two-step equations. Mr. Anthony and his students discussed their unit about crustaceans and decided to create centers that integrated science knowledge, writing skills, and vocabulary. Mr. Hargrove reviewed several resources identified in his teacher's manual and developed a lesson about the first walk on the moon. - Answers Mr. Anthony and his students discussed their unit about crustaceans and decided to create centers that integrated science knowledge, writing skills, and vocabulary. Which of the following teachers is using direct instruction? Mrs. Wiggins uses centers with one unit to integrate writing, science, and math. Ms. Canfield puts words on a word wall to help students use them in their writing. Mrs. Gomez divides students into groups to work on a complex task. Mr. O'Malley presents a mini-lecture about a new concept in science. - Answers Mrs. Wiggins uses centers with one unit to integrate writing, science, and math. Which teacher is using seatwork most appropriately? Mr. Ward gives students an independent assignment in their science workbooks. It asks questions about the material he will lecture on tomorrow. Mrs. Gomez precedes group work with a worksheet for students to do at their seats. It explains how to approach a new kind of math problem. Ms. Cranfield gives students a word puzzle to complete at their seats. They just finished reviewing the vocabulary words for the integrated reading and writing unit. Mrs. Wiggins gives students a worksheet to complete independently. It introduces the new concept for their work at centers. - Answers Ms. Cranfield gives students a word puzzle to complete at their seats. They just finished reviewing the vocabulary words for the integrated reading and writing unit. During the social studies unit about poverty in the United States, Mr. Lambert presents facts and asks students to read two non-fiction articles on the topic. After students read the articles, Mr. Lambert wants to hear what they have to say about the issues surrounding people in poverty and the plight of children growing up in poverty. What teaching approach is most appropriate for his purpose? Homework Seatwork Direct instruction Group discussion - Answers Group discussion In her literature class, Ms. Campos wants her students to engage in divergent thinking about the book they are reading. Which of the following questions is she most likely to ask? What do you think the main character was feeling when he closed the door? How did the author use his journal in writing the book? When did the author experience the events he writes about in the book? What does the author say about his purpose for writing the book? - Answers What do you think the main character was feeling when he closed the door? Mr. Nguyen gives the following feedback to Shawna: "I looked at the slides you created. Check your rubric to see if you have met all the criteria for the assignment." What type of feedback did Mr. Nguyen give Shawna? Self-regulation feedback Task feedback Process feedback Self-feedback - Answers Self-regulation feedback Mrs. Orozco wants to conduct class discussions effectively in her literature class. She should do all of the following EXCEPT: direct student comments and questions back to the teacher. allow students time to think before asking for responses. ask students to defend their positions. judge the reactions of students in the classroom when a student finishes speaking. - Answers direct student comments and questions back to the teacher. Which of the following scenarios provides evidence that the teacher uses backward design? Mr. Rankin is a new teacher. He asks a senior teacher to lend him her teaching plan for the upcoming unit on persuasive writing. He alters the plan to fit his teaching style and make learning fun. Mrs. Hebert is beginning a new unit in French. She presents several ideas to students and allows them to vote on their favorite approach to the unit about the geography of France. She chooses activities that fit the students' preference. Mr. Browning begins to develop his math unit by looking at the state standards and aligning key elements of the lesson with the standards. He thinks about the important end results students need to achieve in the unit. Ms. Rollins wants to use cooperative groups in her upcoming unit. She chooses activities her students will enjoy and develops the curriculum around them. - Answers Mr. Browning begins to develop his math unit by looking at the state standards and aligning key elements of the lesson with the standards. He thinks about the important end results students need to achieve in the unit. Ms. Boudreaux is choosing math tutorials to use in her inclusive fourth grade classroom. Should she choose programs with universal design? Why or why not? No, universal design applies to reading and language arts curriculum but not math. No, universal design is particularly effective for students with hearing impairment, but is not suitable for hearing students. Yes, universal design is particularly effective with students who read slowly. Yes, universal design considers the needs of all users and works for students with disabilities. - Answers Yes, universal design considers the needs of all users and works for students with disabilities. Mr. Castillo's second grade class is quite diverse, and his students represent a wide range of abilities. He believes that flexible grouping is the most effective way to differentiate and reach the most students. In order to use flexible grouping effectively and follow the recommended guidelines of expert educators, Mr. Castillo should do all of the following EXCEPT: form and re-form groups based on students' performance in the subject. provide appropriately different instruction for the different groups. group students by ability for all subjects. discourage comparisons between groups of students - Answers group students by ability for all subjects. Mrs. Kohler uses adaptive teaching with her diverse students. Her student Brady is tutoring one of his peers in writing a personal narrative. Which level of adaptive teaching does Brady require in writing personal narrative? Guided discovery Modeling with guided practice Guided practice Direct instruction and modeling - Answers Direct instruction and modeling Brook has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and struggles to stay focused on seatwork. Her desk is in a cluster with three other students, and she is easily distracted by them, seldom completing her independent work. If her teacher uses the INCLUDE strategy, which of the following adaptations is she likely to make? Allow Brook to work with a partner. Move Brook's desk away from the cluster. Arrange for Brook to do seatwork in a special education setting. Give Brook different seatwork assignments. - Answers Move Brook's desk away from the cluster. Mrs. Simms reviewed her class role and read the permanent files of her incoming fourth grade students before school started in August. She noticed that Casey had poor grades in several subjects last year, and his second and third grade teachers left notes in the permanent file about his bad conduct. When school started, Mrs. Simms told Casey she was happy to have him in her class and said she knew he would like fourth grade subjects and learn a lot. Throughout the year, Mrs. Simms encouraged Casey and expressed her belief in his ability to learn. In the spring, Casey scored in a higher percentile on his district's standardized tests than he had the previous year. His gains were much higher than expected. This is an example of: the Pygmalion effect. explicit teaching. scripted cooperation. the sustaining expectation effect. - Answers the Pygmalion effect. Which of the following situations illustrates sustaining expectation effect? Carmen's third grade teacher made science exciting and fun. Carmen expected to keep loving science and said she wanted to be a scientist, but her fourth grade teacher made science seem boring. Carmen's expectations changed. Megan usually makes low grades in math, but she actually understands fractions. On the fractions unit, she made one of the highest scores, but the teacher thought it was a fluke and wondered whether Megan cheated. Megan didn't try very hard on the next unit. Mrs. Gromberg has been teaching for seven years. Her students always do well on the state tests, and she expects them to make the highest scores in the district. This year her students met her expectations. Ross made good grades in math and rarely struggled with math concepts until he got into calculus. He expected to continue making top scores without studying. - Answers Megan usually makes low grades in math, but she actually understands fractions. On the fractions unit, she made one of the highest scores, but the teacher thought it was a fluke and wondered whether Megan cheated. Megan didn't try very hard on the next unit. Based on research about teacher expectations, which of the following high school students is likely to sustain the highest expectations from teachers? Lei is an Asian American boy. Sidney is a European American girl. Rafael is a Latino American boy. Madison is an African American girl. - Answers Lei is an Asian American boy. Mr. Evans is a new teacher who wants to avoid the negative effects of teacher expectations. If he follows the guidelines of expert educators, he will do all of the following EXCEPT: call on low achievers as often as high achievers. be flexible in grouping students for academic tasks. provide support without challenging students. provide prompts for low-achieving students during class discussions. - Answers provide support without challenging students. Which of the following statements illustrates measurement (as defined in assessment terminology)? Connor answered 14 out of 15 questions correctly. Lynette found the solutions to most of the problems. Many of Mr. Delano's students are failing his class. Gorge achieved one of the highest grades in his algebra class - Answers Connor answered 14 out of 15 questions correctly. The following teachers are using various types of assessments. Which one is most likely used for formative purposes? Mrs. Goodeau uses students' portfolios to determine their final grades in her design class. Mr. McLaren's groups are creating skits to show what they learned in their advertising unit. Mr. DeVall gives students a rubric that will be used in grading their oral presentations in his speech class. Ms. Allen is giving a pretest before she begins instruction on a new unit in geometry. - Answers Ms. Allen is giving a pretest before she begins instruction on a new unit in geometry. Ms. Adams administers assessments three times a year that help her determine each student's current reading level and use the data to differentiate reading instruction. What kind of assessment is Ms. Adams administering? Summative Posttest Interim Pretest - Answers Interim Marla took a standardized test and answered 87 of the 100 questions correctly. She took the same test a week later without extra preparation and answered 88 of the 100 questions correctly. This consistency in test scores is indicative of what test characteristic? Validity Formative assessment Absence of bias Reliability - Answers Reliability Ms. Carpenter created a test to measure students' skill in identifying subjects and verbs in sentences. All test items directly relate to the unit's learning targets — identification of subjects and verbs in simple and compound sentences. Based on this information, Ms. Carpenter's test may be said to have: construct-related evidence of validity. reliability. content-related evidence of validity. small standard error of measurement. - Answers content-related evidence of validity. Identify the question that contains assessment bias. Which of the following Civil War leaders surrendered at Appomattox? Which President was in office at the outbreak of the Civil War? Which of the following men is the greatest hero of the Civil War? Which of the following men led the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg? - Answers Which of the following men is the greatest hero of the Civil War? Which of the following assessments is most likely to be viewed as an objective test of students' skills and knowledge? Portfolio assessment Multiple-choice test Exhibition Essay test - Answers Multiple-choice test What is a common criticism of traditional testing? Traditional tests usually lack validity and/or reliability. Traditional tests typically provide subjective measures of knowledge. Traditional tests do not test knowledge as it is applied in real-world situations. Traditional tests cannot be designed to measure students' knowledge. - Answers Traditional tests do not test knowledge as it is applied in real-world situations. Traditional testing can be used effectively and efficiently to assess which of the following? Exhibits Problem-based learning Facts and concepts Presentations - Answers Facts and concepts Mrs. Ramirez is giving a test to identify the top students in her physics class. The top three or four students will be invited to participate in an event related to their unit of study at a local university. What type of comparison should she use to interpret test results? Norm-referenced Comparison to university students taking the same test Comparison to national group taking the same test Criterion-referenced - Answers Norm-referenced Which of the following fill-in items follows guidelines for preparing test items? ________ invented the telephone. The ________ expedition took place before the telephone was invented. ________ and ________ led an expedition west from St. Louis. Who invented the telephone? ________ - Answers Who invented the telephone? ________ Which of the following is most likely to be identified as an authentic assessment? Ms. Dumas's students are working in groups to find information in their science text about environmental dangers to desert wildlife. Mr. Kuhar's students are developing solutions to the problem of industrial toxins being dumped into their community's drinking water source. Mrs. Adams's students are answering essay questions about the key factors that contributed to the Great Recession. Mr. Britt's students are working in pairs to solve problems that require operations with integers, fractions, and irrational numbers. - Answers Mr. Kuhar's students are developing solutions to the problem of industrial toxins being dumped into their community's drinking water source. Mrs. Carmike's students are creating individual science projects that will be graded in class and also entered into the schoolwide science fair. Which of the following methods is Mrs. Carmike most likely to use to assess each student's project and assign grades? Self-assessments Check-mark for completing the task Rubric Parent assessments - Answers Rubric In his creative writing unit, Mr. Hembre wants to use portfolios to collect student writings. Which of the following steps should he include in the process of creating these portfolios? Involve students in selecting the writing pieces to include in their portfolios. Include the reports students wrote earlier in the semester about how to research a topic. Include the pieces that contain the most mistakes and require the greatest amount of student revision. Incorporate only perfected written works that are free of teacher feedback. - Answers Involve students in selecting the writing pieces to include in their portfolios. Ms. Casella has scheduled three days for students' persuasive speeches in her high school class. Which of the following practices is most likely to improve reliability in evaluating her students' oral presentations? Invite colleagues to rate the presentations and use a different rater each day. Rate the presentations on a 100-point scale to allow a wide range of scores. Increase variability of scoring by incorporating many criteria for the presentations. Focus the rater's attention on a few dimensions of the presentation. - Answers Focus the rater's attention on a few dimensions of the presentation. Mr. O'Dell wants to assess mastery of knowledge after teaching several lessons on the skeletal system. What assessment method aligns best with his goal? Presentation performance Multiple-choice test Individual journals Portfolio - Answers Multiple-choice test