EDF 1005 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
The lack of rigorous professional teacher training in the 1800s and into the 1900s
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contributed to the less than professional treatment
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offered to teachers. | |
Board certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
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(NBPTS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is fairly rare among the entire teacher
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population; only some 3 percent of the millions of teachers in the U.S. are board-
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certified.
The Carnegie Forum's report A Nation Prepared called for - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-an end to the undergraduate teaching major, to be replaced by | | | | | | | | | | |
master's level degrees. | |
By the 1950s, many of the state teachers' colleges - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-had
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evolved into state colleges. | | |
The majority of teachers reported in an NEA survey that they were satisfied with -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-All these answers are correct.
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Alternative teacher training programs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-are offered in
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some form in almost every state.
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In the colonial era, teachers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-at the elementary level
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typically had not even attended secondary school.
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,Teachers working at the secondary level before the era of normal schools -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-had usually received some college education.
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Research on the relative effectiveness of alternative teacher training programs -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is not yet conclusive.
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Tomorrow's Teachers and A Nation Prepared both called for - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-higher standards for teachers in the U.S. | | | | | |
Which of the following statements about Teach for America is FALSE? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-It receives government funding because of its mission to place
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teachers in under-resourced urban and rural schools
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Teacher residency programs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-are alternative teacher
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training programs that actually mirror in practice the main suggestions for
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improvement of the Teach for America program.
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Which of the following is an accurate assessment of recent trends or
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performance of American students on key tests? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-U.S.
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students are staying in school longer and taking more challenging courses than
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ever before.
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Which of the following is NOT a criterion of a profession, as determined by the
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American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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There is markedly less emphasis on theoretical and conceptual bases for practice.
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, Which of the following statements accurately characterizes teacher opinions of
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their career field? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The vast majority of teachers believe
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that their curriculum is excellent or good.
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Teacher salaries are standardized within states but vary between states. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False |
In a survey by the National Education Association, the vast majority of teachers
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reported they were satisfied with their jobs. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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In colonial times, some teachers learned in an apprentice system; others were
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indentured servants. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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The public holds high expectations for teacher education programs, and most
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Americans want these programs to prepare teachers to pass a national
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competency exam. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True | | | |
The 1950s marked the beginning of the modern effort to reshape education,
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driven primarily by two prominent education reform reports. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
Teach for America, an alternative to traditional teacher preparation programs, has
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been criticized for having a lower proportion of teachers of color than traditional
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programs. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False | | |
David Berliner and Bruce Biddle charged that sloppy, biased reporting has
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damaged the public's perception of schools. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Correct Answers
The lack of rigorous professional teacher training in the 1800s and into the 1900s
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contributed to the less than professional treatment
| | | | | | | | | |
offered to teachers. | |
Board certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
| | | | | | | | | |
(NBPTS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is fairly rare among the entire teacher
| | | | | | | | | |
population; only some 3 percent of the millions of teachers in the U.S. are board-
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
certified.
The Carnegie Forum's report A Nation Prepared called for - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-an end to the undergraduate teaching major, to be replaced by | | | | | | | | | | |
master's level degrees. | |
By the 1950s, many of the state teachers' colleges - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-had
| | | | | | | | | | | |
evolved into state colleges. | | |
The majority of teachers reported in an NEA survey that they were satisfied with -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-All these answers are correct.
| | | | | |
Alternative teacher training programs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-are offered in
| | | | | | | | |
some form in almost every state.
| | | | |
In the colonial era, teachers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-at the elementary level
| | | | | | | | | | |
typically had not even attended secondary school.
| | | | | |
,Teachers working at the secondary level before the era of normal schools -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-had usually received some college education.
| | | | | |
Research on the relative effectiveness of alternative teacher training programs -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is not yet conclusive.
| | | |
Tomorrow's Teachers and A Nation Prepared both called for - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-higher standards for teachers in the U.S. | | | | | |
Which of the following statements about Teach for America is FALSE? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-It receives government funding because of its mission to place
| | | | | | | | | |
teachers in under-resourced urban and rural schools
| | | | | |
Teacher residency programs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-are alternative teacher
| | | | | | | |
training programs that actually mirror in practice the main suggestions for
| | | | | | | | | | |
improvement of the Teach for America program.
| | | | | |
Which of the following is an accurate assessment of recent trends or
| | | | | | | | | | | |
performance of American students on key tests? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-U.S.
| | | | | | | | | |
students are staying in school longer and taking more challenging courses than
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ever before.
|
Which of the following is NOT a criterion of a profession, as determined by the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
There is markedly less emphasis on theoretical and conceptual bases for practice.
| | | | | | | | | | |
, Which of the following statements accurately characterizes teacher opinions of
| | | | | | | | | |
their career field? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The vast majority of teachers believe
| | | | | | | | | | |
that their curriculum is excellent or good.
| | | | | |
Teacher salaries are standardized within states but vary between states. -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False |
In a survey by the National Education Association, the vast majority of teachers
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
reported they were satisfied with their jobs. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
| | | | | | | | |
In colonial times, some teachers learned in an apprentice system; others were
| | | | | | | | | | | |
indentured servants. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
| | | |
The public holds high expectations for teacher education programs, and most
| | | | | | | | | | |
Americans want these programs to prepare teachers to pass a national
| | | | | | | | | | |
competency exam. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True | | | |
The 1950s marked the beginning of the modern effort to reshape education,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
driven primarily by two prominent education reform reports. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-False
Teach for America, an alternative to traditional teacher preparation programs, has
| | | | | | | | | |
been criticized for having a lower proportion of teachers of color than traditional
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
programs. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False | | |
David Berliner and Bruce Biddle charged that sloppy, biased reporting has
| | | | | | | | | | |
damaged the public's perception of schools. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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