FTCE: Professional Education Test (Florida Teacher Certification Examination)

How does a student interest relate to student learning and mastery of objectives? - Answer- There is a direct correlation between student interest/engagement and student learning. Generally, if a student has a high level of interest and engagment then the student has an increased level of motivation and academic mastery. 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 con