FTCE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ENGLISH
SCRIPT UPDATED TESTED SOLUTIONS
⫸ How does a teacher utilize an IEP? Answer: An Individualized
Education Program is used to serve the needs of students with learning
disabilities.
⫸ According to Bloom, how many types of educational objectives are
there? Answer: Three - cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.
⫸ What is cooperative learning? Answer: Cooperative learning is an
instructional straegy that focuses on team recognitition, individiual
accountability, and equal opportunities for success.
⫸ What is an example of a cooperative learning activity? Answer:
Jigsawing
⫸ True or False: Direct instruction is a student-centered instructional
strategy. Answer: False. Direct instruciton is a teacher-centered
instructional strategy.
⫸ How many learnign styles are there? Answer: 7
,⫸ What is the first step in developing a culutrally responsive
classroom? Answer: Develop a self-assessment and analyze personal
values and beliefs, concerning learners.
⫸ What theorist developed the idea of multiple intelligences? Answer:
Howard Gardner
⫸ In what stage of Piaget's cognitive development would a learner be
equipped to think logically about abstract ideas? Answer: Formal
operational stage (adolescence to adulthood)
⫸ How does Bloom's taxonomy relate to higher-level thinkiong?
Answer: The levels at the top of the taxonomy (analyzing, creating,
evalutationg) generally reflect higher-order thinking skills developed by
students.
⫸ What is the primary difference between deductive and inductive
thinking? Answer: Deductive thinking strates with one or two general
statements and leads to a specific conclusion, while inductive thinking
requires students to take specific facts and leads to a genreal conclusion.
⫸ True or False: Homework does not measure progress. Answer: False.
Homework does measure progress. It provides a snapshot of how a
student is mastering the skills and concepts being taught.
, ⫸ What is a curriculum-based measurement? Answer: An assessment
that is driven directly from the curriculum being taught; generally
speaking it would be derived from local and state standards.
⫸ Why is it important to monitor pre-requisite skill development?
Answer: The reason pre-requisite skill development must be focused
upon is that these skills lead up to the ultimate learning target.
Therefore, if a student does not show competency of a learning target,
the inadequacy may be more reflective of the pre-requisite skills
involved in the learning process.
⫸ Learning activites should always be based on:
a. the textbook selected by the district.
b. student interests.
c. specific objectivies.
d. questions that will be on the summative test. Answer: C. All learning
activities should be based on specific objectives as determined by the
state standards.
⫸ An elementary reading teacher wants to get parents reading nightly
with their children. The most effeictive way to do this while fostering
parent communication is to:
a. invite parents to a "reading night" where studtns and parents meet to
read and share favorite poems.
b. develop a reaing log and have parents sign that they read with the
child for 30 minutes each night.
SCRIPT UPDATED TESTED SOLUTIONS
⫸ How does a teacher utilize an IEP? Answer: An Individualized
Education Program is used to serve the needs of students with learning
disabilities.
⫸ According to Bloom, how many types of educational objectives are
there? Answer: Three - cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.
⫸ What is cooperative learning? Answer: Cooperative learning is an
instructional straegy that focuses on team recognitition, individiual
accountability, and equal opportunities for success.
⫸ What is an example of a cooperative learning activity? Answer:
Jigsawing
⫸ True or False: Direct instruction is a student-centered instructional
strategy. Answer: False. Direct instruciton is a teacher-centered
instructional strategy.
⫸ How many learnign styles are there? Answer: 7
,⫸ What is the first step in developing a culutrally responsive
classroom? Answer: Develop a self-assessment and analyze personal
values and beliefs, concerning learners.
⫸ What theorist developed the idea of multiple intelligences? Answer:
Howard Gardner
⫸ In what stage of Piaget's cognitive development would a learner be
equipped to think logically about abstract ideas? Answer: Formal
operational stage (adolescence to adulthood)
⫸ How does Bloom's taxonomy relate to higher-level thinkiong?
Answer: The levels at the top of the taxonomy (analyzing, creating,
evalutationg) generally reflect higher-order thinking skills developed by
students.
⫸ What is the primary difference between deductive and inductive
thinking? Answer: Deductive thinking strates with one or two general
statements and leads to a specific conclusion, while inductive thinking
requires students to take specific facts and leads to a genreal conclusion.
⫸ True or False: Homework does not measure progress. Answer: False.
Homework does measure progress. It provides a snapshot of how a
student is mastering the skills and concepts being taught.
, ⫸ What is a curriculum-based measurement? Answer: An assessment
that is driven directly from the curriculum being taught; generally
speaking it would be derived from local and state standards.
⫸ Why is it important to monitor pre-requisite skill development?
Answer: The reason pre-requisite skill development must be focused
upon is that these skills lead up to the ultimate learning target.
Therefore, if a student does not show competency of a learning target,
the inadequacy may be more reflective of the pre-requisite skills
involved in the learning process.
⫸ Learning activites should always be based on:
a. the textbook selected by the district.
b. student interests.
c. specific objectivies.
d. questions that will be on the summative test. Answer: C. All learning
activities should be based on specific objectives as determined by the
state standards.
⫸ An elementary reading teacher wants to get parents reading nightly
with their children. The most effeictive way to do this while fostering
parent communication is to:
a. invite parents to a "reading night" where studtns and parents meet to
read and share favorite poems.
b. develop a reaing log and have parents sign that they read with the
child for 30 minutes each night.
