Test Bank For Building Teachers: A Constructivist Approach to Introducing Education
Chapter 1
Chapter One
Multiple Choice
1. What is the most important factor in the classroom affecting student achievement
according to research?
a. Textbooks
b. Classroom size
c. Socioeconomics
d. Teacher
ANS: D
2. According to a survey by eSchool News (2011), what are the two most prevalent aspects
of education that students want to learn?
a. Classroom management and Knowledge
b. Real world application and Interactive technology
c. Happiness and Skills
d. Explanations and Directions
ANS: B
3. Berliner (1985) identifies 3 factors (planning, implementation & reflection, and
assessment) which teachers can learn and practice to be an effective teacher. What do
these characteristics help define?
a. Instructional Skills
b. Personality Traits
c. Classroom Management
d. Reflective Teaching
ANS: A
4. What two components are needed to form excellence in teaching?
a. Innovation and Patience
b. Art and Science of Teaching
c. Rules and Organization
d. Preparation and Reflection
ANS: B
5. The Art of Teaching is considered a function of ______.
a. Creativity
b. Planning
c. Personality
d. Instructional Skill
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ANS: C
6. The Science of Teaching is considered a function of _____.
a. Instruction Skill
b. Teacher Questions
c. Theory
d. Communication Skill
ANS: A
7. What do teachers need in order to teach the content to others and the ability to develop
higher-order thinking skills in learners?
a. Teaching Abilities
b. Subject Matter Knowledge
c. Emotional Intelligence
d. Pedagogical Content Knowledge
ANS: D
8. According to the findings of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project
conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2009), what were two of the most
important abilities students perceive effective teachers possess?
a. Caring for students and making material relevant
b. Controlling a classroom and challenging students with rigorous work
c. Incorporating technology and being accessible
d. Teaching the standards and promoting learning abilities
ANS: B
9. What is a characteristic that describes whether an individual attributes responsibility for
failure or success to internal or external factors?
a. Socioeconomics
b. Power
c. Locus of control
d. Fate
ANS: C
10. According to the educational research, students perceive effective teachers as being
caring teachers. In a study of 825 middle-grade students, what made the qualities
considered to be a caring teacher, vary?
a. Ethnicity
b. Philosophy
c. Curriculum
d. Environment
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ANS: A
11. Ballou (1999) writes that everything a teacher does should be aimed at improving student
learning. How does this view measure teacher excellence?
a. Teacher’s relationship with student
b. Instructional skill
c. Student achievement
d. Subject knowledge
ANS: C
12. Who developed the Quality School approach which identifies six basic conditions for
quality teaching?
a. Piaget
b. Glasser
c. Combs
d. Confucius
ANS: B
13. The Quality School approach believes that all human beings have five basic needs. What
is the basic need that correlates with the premise that “we will work hard for those we
respect and who respect us”?
a. Freedom
b. Love
c. Survival
d. Power
ANS: D
14. Ms. Cooper believes all her students have the ability to learn. How does her belief affect
her teaching?
a. Her actions will reflect her beliefs that all students can learn
b. Her assessments will be fair
c. Her students will be happy
d. Believes her actions will control the outcomes of learning
ANS: A
15. In 2010 President Obama proposes a comprehensive education plan called the Blueprint
for Reform. Which of the following is NOT an area emphasized in the reform?
a. Improve teacher and principal effectiveness
b. Greater focus on standardized tests
c. Implementation of college and career readiness standards
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d. Improvement of student learning in the lowest-performing schools
ANS: B
16. In this act by the federal government a high-quality teacher is one who has demonstrated
subject-matter knowledge, holds a bachelor’s degree, and has a teaching license by the
state. What is the name of this act?
a. Race To The Top
b. American recovery and Reinvestment Act
c. Measures of Effective Teaching
d. No Child Left Behind
ANS: D
17. What does an institution attain when it meets all formal official requirements of
excellence described in professional standards?
a. License
b. Accolades
c. Accreditation
d. Standardization
ANS: C
18. The five core propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
coincide with Standard 1 of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
What are the common traits?
a. Knowledge, skills, and dispositions
b. Reflection and assessment
c. Diverse learners
d. Expectations and certified teachers
ANS: A
19. Ms. Austin has a positive attitude towards teaching. She displays fairness to all her
students and believes all her students can learn. Which NCATE standard for Effective
Teacher Candidates does Ms. Austin demonstrate?
a. Content knowledge
b. Reflective practice
c. Professional dispositions
d. Student learning
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Chapter 1
Chapter One
Multiple Choice
1. What is the most important factor in the classroom affecting student achievement
according to research?
a. Textbooks
b. Classroom size
c. Socioeconomics
d. Teacher
ANS: D
2. According to a survey by eSchool News (2011), what are the two most prevalent aspects
of education that students want to learn?
a. Classroom management and Knowledge
b. Real world application and Interactive technology
c. Happiness and Skills
d. Explanations and Directions
ANS: B
3. Berliner (1985) identifies 3 factors (planning, implementation & reflection, and
assessment) which teachers can learn and practice to be an effective teacher. What do
these characteristics help define?
a. Instructional Skills
b. Personality Traits
c. Classroom Management
d. Reflective Teaching
ANS: A
4. What two components are needed to form excellence in teaching?
a. Innovation and Patience
b. Art and Science of Teaching
c. Rules and Organization
d. Preparation and Reflection
ANS: B
5. The Art of Teaching is considered a function of ______.
a. Creativity
b. Planning
c. Personality
d. Instructional Skill
1
,Test Bank For Building Teachers: A Constructivist Approach to Introducing Education
Chapter 1
ANS: C
6. The Science of Teaching is considered a function of _____.
a. Instruction Skill
b. Teacher Questions
c. Theory
d. Communication Skill
ANS: A
7. What do teachers need in order to teach the content to others and the ability to develop
higher-order thinking skills in learners?
a. Teaching Abilities
b. Subject Matter Knowledge
c. Emotional Intelligence
d. Pedagogical Content Knowledge
ANS: D
8. According to the findings of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project
conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2009), what were two of the most
important abilities students perceive effective teachers possess?
a. Caring for students and making material relevant
b. Controlling a classroom and challenging students with rigorous work
c. Incorporating technology and being accessible
d. Teaching the standards and promoting learning abilities
ANS: B
9. What is a characteristic that describes whether an individual attributes responsibility for
failure or success to internal or external factors?
a. Socioeconomics
b. Power
c. Locus of control
d. Fate
ANS: C
10. According to the educational research, students perceive effective teachers as being
caring teachers. In a study of 825 middle-grade students, what made the qualities
considered to be a caring teacher, vary?
a. Ethnicity
b. Philosophy
c. Curriculum
d. Environment
2
,Test Bank For Building Teachers: A Constructivist Approach to Introducing Education
Chapter 1
ANS: A
11. Ballou (1999) writes that everything a teacher does should be aimed at improving student
learning. How does this view measure teacher excellence?
a. Teacher’s relationship with student
b. Instructional skill
c. Student achievement
d. Subject knowledge
ANS: C
12. Who developed the Quality School approach which identifies six basic conditions for
quality teaching?
a. Piaget
b. Glasser
c. Combs
d. Confucius
ANS: B
13. The Quality School approach believes that all human beings have five basic needs. What
is the basic need that correlates with the premise that “we will work hard for those we
respect and who respect us”?
a. Freedom
b. Love
c. Survival
d. Power
ANS: D
14. Ms. Cooper believes all her students have the ability to learn. How does her belief affect
her teaching?
a. Her actions will reflect her beliefs that all students can learn
b. Her assessments will be fair
c. Her students will be happy
d. Believes her actions will control the outcomes of learning
ANS: A
15. In 2010 President Obama proposes a comprehensive education plan called the Blueprint
for Reform. Which of the following is NOT an area emphasized in the reform?
a. Improve teacher and principal effectiveness
b. Greater focus on standardized tests
c. Implementation of college and career readiness standards
3
, Test Bank For Building Teachers: A Constructivist Approach to Introducing Education
Chapter 1
d. Improvement of student learning in the lowest-performing schools
ANS: B
16. In this act by the federal government a high-quality teacher is one who has demonstrated
subject-matter knowledge, holds a bachelor’s degree, and has a teaching license by the
state. What is the name of this act?
a. Race To The Top
b. American recovery and Reinvestment Act
c. Measures of Effective Teaching
d. No Child Left Behind
ANS: D
17. What does an institution attain when it meets all formal official requirements of
excellence described in professional standards?
a. License
b. Accolades
c. Accreditation
d. Standardization
ANS: C
18. The five core propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
coincide with Standard 1 of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
What are the common traits?
a. Knowledge, skills, and dispositions
b. Reflection and assessment
c. Diverse learners
d. Expectations and certified teachers
ANS: A
19. Ms. Austin has a positive attitude towards teaching. She displays fairness to all her
students and believes all her students can learn. Which NCATE standard for Effective
Teacher Candidates does Ms. Austin demonstrate?
a. Content knowledge
b. Reflective practice
c. Professional dispositions
d. Student learning
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