FTCE Professional Education Test
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1. Teachers who conduct action research might: Videotape their lessons to reflect on instruc-
tional strategies.
2. A student-centered classroom uses reciprocal teaching to analyze a selection
of text. The four basic steps that are used in reciprocal teaching are: Predicting,
questioning, clarifying, summarizing.
3. What type of test could a school district use to determine if state standards
were being effectively taught?: Criterion-referenced test
4. Which of the following is the best example of a cognitive objective?
Students will complete a two-digit multiplication skills test with 85 percent
mastery.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the structure of animal cells
Students will identify the main characters in a short story
Students will be able to brainstorm possible endings to a story: Students will complete
a two-digit multiplication skills test with 85 percent mastery.
5. An educator signed up for a paid online professional development session
that required watching short video segments and personally reflecting on
their content. The educators let the videos run in the background and quickly
clicked through the acknowledgments without completing the reflection. What
portion of the code of ethics does this violate?: the obligation to the profession
6. Learning activities should always be based on: specific objectives
7. An elementary reading teacher wants to get parents reading nightly with
their children. The most effective way to do this while fostering parent com-
munication is to: invite parents to a "reading night" where student and parents meet to read and share favorite
poems.
8. The following statements from a teacher would be considered classroom
management through the use of negative or positive reinforcement?
"If you would start turning in your homework, I wouldn't have to call your
mother every afternoon!": Negative Reinforcement
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9. Classroom rules should be followed by all students and be consistently en-
forced in order to practice: Effective Behavior Management
10. Developing a school improvement plan would be a responsibility of: a school
advisory council
11. The teacher stops complaining about the messy floor after the students
clean it up is an example of negative or positive reinforcement?: Negative reinforce-
ment
12. A teacher has discovered and implemented a new online behavior-manage-
ment program that is improving student behavior while providing an easy way
to communicate with parents. The teacher should: Meet with the principal to discussing
sharing the new product at the next professional development day.
13. The best tool for a teacher to use to keep a running, averaged record of
student scores throughout the year is a: spreadsheet
14. The most effective way to present vocabulary is: In context to convey rich meaning to the
students.
15. The best graphic organizer for analyzing similarities and differences is a: Venn
diagram.
16. An English language learner joins the classroom mid-year. She appears to
speak fluent English and partici- pates well in class, yet struggles academically
in reading and science. When questioned, the teacher learnes has only lived in
America for two years. The student's academic struggles are likely the result
of: not having mastered cognitive academic language proficiency due to the length of time she has been speaking
English.
17. The input hypothesis model developed by Steven Krashen would suggest
that English language learners would benefit from: Being given information that is just
slightly above their ability level in the second language.
18. The No Child Left Behind Act states that: Student whose first language is not English may only
be tested in English.
19. Student test performance reflects: a student's understanding of the topic and the quality of
instruction.
20. When teaching idioms it is important to: Explicitly teach the implied meaning of the phrase.
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1. Teachers who conduct action research might: Videotape their lessons to reflect on instruc-
tional strategies.
2. A student-centered classroom uses reciprocal teaching to analyze a selection
of text. The four basic steps that are used in reciprocal teaching are: Predicting,
questioning, clarifying, summarizing.
3. What type of test could a school district use to determine if state standards
were being effectively taught?: Criterion-referenced test
4. Which of the following is the best example of a cognitive objective?
Students will complete a two-digit multiplication skills test with 85 percent
mastery.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the structure of animal cells
Students will identify the main characters in a short story
Students will be able to brainstorm possible endings to a story: Students will complete
a two-digit multiplication skills test with 85 percent mastery.
5. An educator signed up for a paid online professional development session
that required watching short video segments and personally reflecting on
their content. The educators let the videos run in the background and quickly
clicked through the acknowledgments without completing the reflection. What
portion of the code of ethics does this violate?: the obligation to the profession
6. Learning activities should always be based on: specific objectives
7. An elementary reading teacher wants to get parents reading nightly with
their children. The most effective way to do this while fostering parent com-
munication is to: invite parents to a "reading night" where student and parents meet to read and share favorite
poems.
8. The following statements from a teacher would be considered classroom
management through the use of negative or positive reinforcement?
"If you would start turning in your homework, I wouldn't have to call your
mother every afternoon!": Negative Reinforcement
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9. Classroom rules should be followed by all students and be consistently en-
forced in order to practice: Effective Behavior Management
10. Developing a school improvement plan would be a responsibility of: a school
advisory council
11. The teacher stops complaining about the messy floor after the students
clean it up is an example of negative or positive reinforcement?: Negative reinforce-
ment
12. A teacher has discovered and implemented a new online behavior-manage-
ment program that is improving student behavior while providing an easy way
to communicate with parents. The teacher should: Meet with the principal to discussing
sharing the new product at the next professional development day.
13. The best tool for a teacher to use to keep a running, averaged record of
student scores throughout the year is a: spreadsheet
14. The most effective way to present vocabulary is: In context to convey rich meaning to the
students.
15. The best graphic organizer for analyzing similarities and differences is a: Venn
diagram.
16. An English language learner joins the classroom mid-year. She appears to
speak fluent English and partici- pates well in class, yet struggles academically
in reading and science. When questioned, the teacher learnes has only lived in
America for two years. The student's academic struggles are likely the result
of: not having mastered cognitive academic language proficiency due to the length of time she has been speaking
English.
17. The input hypothesis model developed by Steven Krashen would suggest
that English language learners would benefit from: Being given information that is just
slightly above their ability level in the second language.
18. The No Child Left Behind Act states that: Student whose first language is not English may only
be tested in English.
19. Student test performance reflects: a student's understanding of the topic and the quality of
instruction.
20. When teaching idioms it is important to: Explicitly teach the implied meaning of the phrase.
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