FTCE Professional Education Practice Test #1/
Strategies Review of Key Quizzes & Correct
Answers.
Terms in this set (120)
A social studies teacher asks A
the students in the class how
they could use the word
HOMES to help them
remember the names of the
Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario,
Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
The students quickly
recognize that the first letters
of the names of the lakes can
be arranged to spell HOMES.
This approach to memorizing
information best exemplifies
using
A. an acronym
B. chunking
C. rehearsal
D. rote
,During a class discussion, for A
which of the following
purposes would it be
appropriate for a teacher to
ask a closed-ended questions?
A. to check for agreement
among students B. to
encourage brainstorming
C. to probe for
moreinformation
D. to foster creativity
,After reading essays students A
have written, a sixth-grade
language arts teacher
consults a colleague about
how to improve the quality
of students' writing
assignments. The teacher's
decision to ask a colleague
for help illustrates which of
the following principles? A.
Teachers need to understand
the importance of being
reflective practitioners.
B. Teachers should
activelyengage in group
processes to make decisions.
C. Teachers should
knowhow to encourage
student achievement of
desired outcomes.
D. Teachers need to
stayabreast of current
knowledge and practices.
, Which of the following B
actions should the teacher
take at the end of a
computer simulation activity
to promote students'
evaluation-level thinking?
A. Give a short quiz
overthe vocabulary
encountered during the
simulation activity.
B. Have a whole-
classdiscussion in which
students are asked to tell
why they did or did not like
the simulation activity. C.
Have students write a
paragraph explaining how
they participated in the
simulation activity.
D. Have students work in
groups to make a list of
concepts they learned
from the simulation
activity.
Students in a fourth-grade A
class are making drawings to
illustrate their writing
projects. The teacher
observes a few students who
are artistically talented
making rude comments
about the drawings of their
classmates who are less
artistically inclined. The
teacher immediately lets the
Strategies Review of Key Quizzes & Correct
Answers.
Terms in this set (120)
A social studies teacher asks A
the students in the class how
they could use the word
HOMES to help them
remember the names of the
Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario,
Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
The students quickly
recognize that the first letters
of the names of the lakes can
be arranged to spell HOMES.
This approach to memorizing
information best exemplifies
using
A. an acronym
B. chunking
C. rehearsal
D. rote
,During a class discussion, for A
which of the following
purposes would it be
appropriate for a teacher to
ask a closed-ended questions?
A. to check for agreement
among students B. to
encourage brainstorming
C. to probe for
moreinformation
D. to foster creativity
,After reading essays students A
have written, a sixth-grade
language arts teacher
consults a colleague about
how to improve the quality
of students' writing
assignments. The teacher's
decision to ask a colleague
for help illustrates which of
the following principles? A.
Teachers need to understand
the importance of being
reflective practitioners.
B. Teachers should
activelyengage in group
processes to make decisions.
C. Teachers should
knowhow to encourage
student achievement of
desired outcomes.
D. Teachers need to
stayabreast of current
knowledge and practices.
, Which of the following B
actions should the teacher
take at the end of a
computer simulation activity
to promote students'
evaluation-level thinking?
A. Give a short quiz
overthe vocabulary
encountered during the
simulation activity.
B. Have a whole-
classdiscussion in which
students are asked to tell
why they did or did not like
the simulation activity. C.
Have students write a
paragraph explaining how
they participated in the
simulation activity.
D. Have students work in
groups to make a list of
concepts they learned
from the simulation
activity.
Students in a fourth-grade A
class are making drawings to
illustrate their writing
projects. The teacher
observes a few students who
are artistically talented
making rude comments
about the drawings of their
classmates who are less
artistically inclined. The
teacher immediately lets the
