Why does a teacher stop a video to ask questions about recycling?

teachers' efforts to maintain and reinforce student involvement correlate with students' cognitive engagement.

The most appropriate way for a teacher to share an innovative instructional strategy with school colleagues is to

speak with the principal about demonstrating the strategy as part of a workshop for all interested teachers

Which activity is most likely to promote the creative thinking skills of high school students?

In English, writing an original short story.

A student who exhibits a cognitive style that is right-brain dominant is likely to learn best through instruction based on:

visual and kinesthetic global activities

What action should Mr. Black take after discovering the school does not own licensed copies of a popular computer graphics software used in his classes?

Immediately remove all copies of the software from the computers in the classroom.

Which strategy should a fourth-grade teacher use to promote students' comprehension of expository text?

Giving them explicit instruction in identifying and using the various structures found in expository text.

Mr. James, a new high school American history teacher, has asked Ms. Field, a mentor teacher, to observe a session of his history class because he has had difficulty motivating students to stay on task during cooperative learning activities. What can Mr. James provide to Ms. Field to help her prepare for the classroom observation?

Lesson plan for the class session that she will be observing.

Which language arts task best elicits students' critical thinking skills? Options: Using a dictionary to find the meaning of words, Identifying and summarizing the major events in a narrative, Evaluating the effectiveness of a written response according to audience and purpose, Identifying standard English grammatical structures in a written work.

Evaluating the effectiveness of a written response according to audience and purpose

A teacher has a class composed of students from varied cultural backgrounds. DVDs, CDs, magazines, and books related to the students' home culture would be most effectively used as resources for the purpose of

Matching students according to similar cultural communication styles.

A teacher sees another faculty member commit a violation of Florida education rules. The teacher must

Report the alleged misconduct to appropriate authorities

Which strategy is most effective for promoting students' content area vocabulary development?

Semantically grouping new vocabulary words in the content area with familiar words that have similar meaning.

When leading class discussions, teachers should:

establish positive interactions that support students' responses.

What is the most significant benefit of joining a professional organization in one's content field?

increased opportunities to stay abreast of current developments in the field.

When planning learning experiences for diverse students, which of the following is an important guideline for teachers to keep in mind?

Teachers should recognize that, within a particular cultural group, individual variation is to be expected.

After collecting data and creating a graph of maximum bounce heights from different drop heights, which prompt assesses higher-order thinking skills? Did you always measure the bounce to either the top or the bottom of the ball? Did the ball bounce more times when it was dropped from a higher height? Write a justification for the information shown in your graph. Without referring to the instructions provided to you, write a set of step-by-step procedures that another person could follow to perform the experiment.

Write a justification for the information shown in your graph.

During a science unit on simple machines, a girl in the class complains to the teacher, "This is boy stuff. Why do I have to do it?" Several of the other girls in the class nod in agreement. The teacher ponders how best to deal with this incident. She should first:

check herself to make sure she is not modeling any gender stereotyping.

What is unethical for a teacher to do when borrowing a computer from school according to the Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida?

Fail to use the computer for authorized school business only.

Which assessment method is most likely to yield valid information about what students know and understand?

informal observation with a checklist

What tenet would have been most helpful for the teacher to consider when crafting the writing assignment?

Effective teachers communicate instructional tasks clearly to students.

A new high school teacher wants to learn how to more effectively lead whole-group class discussions. Which measure would most help the teacher improve?

Arrange to observe a colleague who effectively uses whole-group discussions.

Which of the following science tasks would best elicit students' critical thinking skills? Options: solving a problem after choosing an appropriate formula, retrieving information from a chart, table, diagram, or graph, generalizing or drawing conclusions, recognizing examples and nonexamples of concepts.

generalizing or drawing conclusions

Middle school students who are at risk of academic failure benefit most when

the students are given opportunities to experience academic success on assignments they perceive as meaningful and challenging

Which teacher behavior violates the Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida? Private conference: teacher points out student's poor performance compared to peers. In front of classmates: teacher makes disparaging comments about student's answer. Offers extra points for test corrections, benefiting lower-achieving students. Removes disruptive student and requests principal not to return them.

In front of classmates: teacher makes disparaging comments about student's answer.

What is most likely to occur when a high school interdisciplinary team has an informal social event for their classes?

Field-independent learners will tend to be more passive than field-dependent learners during the event.

When is it appropriate for a teacher to share information about a minor student without written permission from the student's parent?

When a colleague conducting a research project wants to use non-personally-identifiable information from the educational records.

Current thinking regarding literacy instruction calls for a balanced and comprehensive approach to early reading instruction that includes:

Explicit, systematic phonics instruction in the context of meaningful connected reading of informative, engaging text.

What is a primary benefit of having students reflect on the effectiveness of their team's decision making in a stock market simulation?

It will promote self-assessment on the part of the students

A teacher has observed that, during the whole-class discussions, English Language Learners (ELLs) in her classroom rarely volunteer comments. In leading class discussions, it is important the teacher is aware that

Cultural factors as well as language ability affect the extent to which ELLs speak out in class.

How can a teacher best prepare to work with academically gifted students?

Opportunities for independent learning that encourage them to apply creative and critical thinking

A fifth-grade student has a grade equivalent score of 7.6 on a standardized reading test. What does this score indicate?

Did as well on the test as an average seventh-grader in the sixth month of the school year would do on the same standardized reading test that the fifth-grade student took.

During an informal conversation, a second-grade English Language Learner (ELL) tells his teacher, "My madre - I mean, my mother - she work on grocery store." What would be the most appropriate teacher feedback?

"Your mother works in a grocery store? What does she do there?"

In which class is the activity LEAST consistent with a tactile/kinesthetic modality preference?

In mathematics, students do a survey on favorite jean brands and summarize results.

How does the Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener (FLKRS) enhance children's experiences in kindergarten?

Helping teachers to ensure instruction is developmentally appropriate for the children in their classes.

FTC Professional Education Practice Test Flashcards

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which of the following measures is a type of summative assessment?

an End-of-Course assessment
a homework assignment
a learning styles inventory
a whole-class question and answer session

Back

an End-of-Course assessment

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are students likely to learn from a class discussion about the preservation of historical landmarks?

Back

Accurate information is critical for effective communication.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What should a new teacher do to ensure a supportive attitude from the principal when using innovative instructional methods in class?

Back

Invite the principal to visit his class to observe his teaching methods and their effects.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the purpose of asking students to justify their experiment results and formulate a theory based on them?

Back

promotes their critical and creative thinking skills

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

With regard to administration of the mandatory statewide assessments, which of the following actions by a teacher would be considered unethical?

Back

To question students on test content or test items after the days set aside for state testing have passed.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

To become successful readers, which skill is most important for students to have upon entering first grade?

Back

the ability to recognize letters by name

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A student who scores at the 80th percentile on a standardized achievement test has

Back

Scored the same as or better than 80 percent of a norm group

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