During the first day of kindergarten, students learn the rules of the classroom. One student tells the teacher that someone broke one of the rules.
What is this student likely to believe about the rules, according to Piaget's analysis of moral development
Rules are inflexible and unchangeable.
A twelfth-grade student asks a ninth-grade student in her English class to write a persuasive essay for her. The younger student says, "No, that's against school policy."
Which orientation of moral reasoning does the ninth-grade student exhibit, according
Conventional morality
A middle-school teacher has her students read a poem that is filled with metaphors and analogies. She then asks her students to write a short analysis of the poem's metaphors and analogies.
Which student ability is the teacher trying to develop, according
Dealing with abstractions and forming hypotheses
Which teaching practice is an example of direct instruction?
-Prepare students in advance so they know how much material will be covered in a day's lesson.
-Devote a period of time each morning to exercises geared towards boosting students' self-esteem.
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Prepare students in advance so they know how much material will be covered in a day's lesson.
Which teaching practice is an example of a constructivist approach in the classroom?
-Encourage students who do not collaborate well in groups to come to a solution on their own.
-Provide students with complex, real-world problems that are challenging and
Provide students with complex, real-world problems that are challenging and realistic.
How can a teacher apply instructional objectives to teaching practice?
-Test students to see if they have achieved the educational goals underlying the objectives
-Assign a summer reading list to help prepare students for the next academic year
-Give stud
Give students a study sheet listing what they will be tested on for an upcoming exam
Which teaching practice is an application of the humanistic approach in the classroom?
-Discussing students' disciplinary actions privately
-Expecting students to complete difficult work without help
-Restricting student choices to teacher expectations
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Discussing students' disciplinary actions privately
What do students need in order to understand the nature of a problem, according to constructivist learning theory?
-Knowledge of subject matter and strong pattern recognition
-Knowledge of subject matter and familiarity with problem type
-Practice with si
Knowledge of subject matter and familiarity with problem type
A high school algebra class has been learning to multiply binomials. The next lesson will be on multiplying trinomials. The teacher expects the students to use what they learned about multiplying binomials to solve these new types of problems.
Which key s
Compile relevant information.
A fifth-grade teacher trains her students to use learning strategies and tactics.Which key concept from social cognitive theory is the teacher using?
-Self-regulation
-Initiative
-Scheme development
-Mediation
Self-regulation
Which teaching methodology is consistent with Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
-Give the students time to create an at-home study schedule, with the goal of self-regulation
-Take time to have the students perform physical tasks each week, with th
Organize students into groups to work on upcoming homework, with the goal of expanding schemes
A second-grade teacher notes that while the majority of his students seek recognition by submitting high-quality work, a few students are struggling and are not interested in his recognition.
How can the teacher help the struggling students develop a sens
Provide a high level of reinforcement
A high school language arts teacher has a class that is struggling to identify the main themes in short stories.
Which strategy should the teacher use to increase the students' analytical abilities, based on Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development?
-Re
Ask leading questions
A second-grade teacher is creating a lesson plan for reading. Based on Skinner's behavioral theory, the teacher includes demonstration, practice, and corrective feedback.
Which teaching strategy does this describe?
-Direct instruction
-Self-regulated lear
Direct instruction
A fourth-grade teacher has students who struggle when he introduces new information which seems to contradict their assumptions. When this happens, they have a difficult time moving on to new material.
Which strategy should the teacher use to help these s
Allow students to participate in simulated learning environments, to build equilibrium.
A student is a struggling reader, but she does not have learning disabilities. She is assigned to a low-level reading group where she begins to significantly outperform her peers.
Which strategy will further improve the learning experience of this student
The student receives a group reassignment that better aligns with her level of ability.
A third-grade teacher notices there is some bullying occurring in his classroom. He decides to implement a cooperative learning approach to reduce bullying.
Which social characteristic of the group must improve to make the learning environment more produc
Interpersonal skills
A class in an international high school is composed of students of many different ethnicities. To help them understand one another, the teacher assigns them to small, diverse groups. He assigns each group a different country and has them create and give a
Social
A fifth-grade teacher has a class with a wide range of intellectual abilities. Students in this class range from intellectually gifted to intellectually disabled. Even though the teacher requires collaborative work, the students with intellectual disabili
Humanistic
A high-functioning child on the autism spectrum is mainstreamed into a third-grade class. The teacher models activities during recess in order to include this child.
Which theory is this teacher using to promote good relationships among students?
-Behavio
Social cognitive
An elementary school English teacher has various groups of students who aren't performing well in her reading classes. She wants to implement a more focused type of instruction for students of all ability levels. She chooses the Joplin Plan as her method.
Same ability levels from different grades
In a racially diverse classroom, a student wears the same shirt and pants every day. The other kids notice this and make fun of the student.
Which underlying difference contributes to this conflict?
-Language barriers
-Socioeconomic status
-Teacher favori
Socioeconomic status
A fourth-grade teacher takes his students on a field trip to a nature center where they learn about plants and animals that live in riparian areas. The following week, he notices that his students are able to answer questions that require them to recall i
Concrete operational
In social science discussions, a teacher notices that her students are beginning to understand the metaphors that she uses to illustrate her points.
Which developmental stage describes these students, according to Piaget's developmental theory?
-Formal op
Formal operational
A student who is identified as emotionally disturbed demonstrates aggressive behavior toward peers and refuses to complete assignments. The teacher decides to implement a behavioral management plan to help the student cope with anger.
What can the teacher
Private lunch with the teacher and two friends
A third-grade student has an emotional disturbance and takes medication. Still, the student has difficulty behaving in class and completing assignments.
What is a direct, nonacademic approach the teacher can use to assist this student in the classroom?
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Use frequent positive reinforcement when the student behaves appropriately.
A high school language arts teacher is preparing an essay test based on the students' reading of The Canterbury Tales. The essay tests the students' reasoning and comprehension skills. Because of this, the teacher decides to not give a fill in the blank t
Spearman's general intelligence
A high school social studies teacher wants to further his students' understanding of politics and develop their linguistic-verbal intelligence. He gives them an assignment to write, practice, and deliver a persuasive political speech.
Which theory of inte
Gardner's multiple intelligences
A high school history teacher plans a political debate for her class. In hopes of keeping the debate focused on issues rather than emotions, she incorporates a scoring rubric based on the students' abilities to think rationally, act purposefully, and deal
Wechsler's global intelligence
A senior in high school is currently breastfeeding her newborn baby. She faces a time conflict between her classes and her duties as a mother.
What is the school's responsibility towards this student, according to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act?
-Encou
Provide a private room so the student can attend to her baby's needs.
A fifth-grade public school student has ADHD. She struggles to maintain focus in the classroom and is rapidly falling behind her peers. The teacher wants to help, but the student's condition is not covered by IDEA.
How can the Vocational Rehabilitation Ac
Implement an individualized approach that combines direct and strategy instruction
A student's intelligence is comprised of three different components: creative, analytical, and practical. As such, it is measured by how well the student responds to environmental changes.
Which theory aligns with the definition above?
-Gardner's multiple
Sternberg's theory of successful intelligences
Which theory states that authentic learning occurs when a student is asked to solve realistic problems?
-Social cognitive theory
-Constructivist learning theory
-Information processing theory
-Behavioral learning theory
Constructivist learning theory
Which learning type has a fast conceptual tempo and quickly answers questions for which there is no ready solution?
-Field dependent learning
-Field independent learning
-Impulsive learning
-Reflective learning
Impulsive learning
A teacher's ninth-grade environmental science class is attempting to figure out how pollution impacts water in an urban setting. As part of their research, they took a field trip to an urban creek where they drew samples of water to examine in the lab.
Wh
Situated learning
Third-grade students are learning to format paragraphs. Two students who struggle with handwriting ask to be allowed to use the computers. The teacher tells the students that they may use the computers during the other writing periods that week as long as
Contingency contracting
During a lesson on figurative language, every time a student correctly identifies the difference between a metaphor and a simile, the teacher praises the student.
Which principle of behavioral learning theory is the teacher demonstrating?
-Contingency con
Positive reinforcement
A ninth-grade geometry teacher breaks his class into teams during the unit on proofs. Each member of the team is given a proof to work through before explaining it to the team.
Which aspect of a social approach to teaching is the teacher focusing on?
-Gro
Promotive interaction
An 11th-grade mathematics teacher is teaching his students mathematics facts related to logarithms. The teacher uses clever anecdotes and colorful visual images to illustrate concepts in each lesson.
Which key principle of information processing theory is
People learn new things when their attention is engaged.
A tenth-grade history teacher constructs a lesson plan on the Civil War that includes watching a video and having a class discussion. The teacher plans to challenge the students during the class discussion when they make statements that are historically i
Corrective feedback