Teaching Strategies Quiz

According to the text, what is an important quality for a teacher to have?

• Being disorganized in the classroom

• Being strict with students

• Being willing to bring new teaching strategies into the lesson plan

• Being afraid of learning new teaching strategies

What is the benefit of using summative assessments as a teaching strategy?

• They don't accurately reflect the learning process

• They are inauthentic

• They motivate students to pay attention and challenges them to apply their learning

• They cause student stress around testing

What is the main purpose of formative assessments?

• To evaluate what students learn

• To emphasize the product of student learning

• To improve how students learn

• To assign a grade to students' understanding

What is the goal of active learning strategies?

• To make students learn more, better, and slower

• To make students learn more, better, and faster

• To make students learn more, better, and harder

• To make students learn more, better, and smarter

What is the main focus of differentiated instruction?

• Reacting to the diverse learning styles in every classroom

• Teaching the same way to all students

• Ignoring the diverse learning styles in every classroom

• Not adjusting content and processes based on student needs

What is the purpose of personalized learning?

• To give students a one-size-fits-all learning experience

• To address the unique abilities of each student

• To make students feel stigmatized

• To not get students involved in what they're learning

What is the main goal of universal design for learning (UDL)?

• To not know the strengths and weaknesses of your students

• To focus efforts on students who don't need it most

• To ensure all students have equal access to education

• To give some students flexible ways to learn

What is the main focus of response to intervention (RTI)?

• To not be part of a more general classroom management plan

• To not quickly address trouble spots

• To focus on late identification, assessment, and assistance for students who have learning or behavior needs

• To focus on early and continuous identification, assessment, and assistance for students who have learning or behavior needs

What is the benefit of using technology in the classroom?

• To make students less engaged and excited for class

• To not improve student engagement

• To make students more engaged and excited for class

• To not be difficult to incorporate seamlessly into the classroom

What is the importance of mental math in math fluency?

• It doesn't improve computational fluency by developing efficiency, accuracy, and flexibility

• It doesn't give students the confidence to attempt more difficult problems

• It improves computational fluency by developing efficiency, accuracy, and flexibility

• It doesn't involve a combination of cognitive strategies that enhances flexible thinking and number sense