OAE practice questions

A teacher regularly gives students brief quizzes of three to five questions covering material taught in the current or preceding lesson. Which of the following is likely to be the primary benefit of this practice?

• 1. helping improve instruction through ongoing feedback on teaching effectiveness

• 1. minimizing the amount of reteaching required for students to master curricular content

A teacher is modeling for a third-grade student a strategy to break complex and long texts into smaller and more manageable chunks to read and paraphrase into their own words. This strategy primarily works to strengthen students' reading comprehension by:

• 1. modifying concepts in a text according to the student's cognitive level.

• 1. connecting background knowledge of a topic to the text.

• 1. making more efficient use of short-term memory to process information.

• ensuring content is relevant and meaningful to students' own lives

Eighth-grade science, social studies, and language arts teachers are planning an integrated unit on the Industrial Revolution. This instructional approach can be expected to enhance student learning primarily by:

• 1. facilitating students' accelerated achievement of content standards in multiple subject areas.

• 1. presenting students with tasks that are responsive to their individual learning preferences.

• 1. promoting students' ability to apply a wide range of academic problem-solving strategies.

• 1. connecting ideas for students in ways that make content more authentic and meaningful.

Which of the following strategies would likely be most effective in improving the quality and effectiveness of cooperative learning experiences for elementary students?

• 1. allowing students to choose their own group members for group activities

• 1. providing students with direct instruction and guided practice in group-process skills

• 1. delaying group work until students have had a chance to get to know each other well

• 1. giving students verbal feedback on their group work instead of assigning them a grade

Students are most likely to be intrinsically motivated to learn and master subject matter when they:

• 1. know that they will be tested on their understanding of the content in the near future.

• 1. believe that the work they are doing is interesting and relates to their own lives.

• 1. perceive that their performance compares favorably with that of peers engaged in the same tasks.

• 1. anticipate that they will receive positive reinforcement for achieving instructional objectives.

A teacher regularly gives students brief quizzes of three to five questions covering material taught in the current or preceding lesson. Which of the following is likely to be the primary benefit of this practice?

• 1. helping improve instruction through ongoing feedback on teaching effectiveness

• 1. minimizing the amount of reteaching required for students to master curricular content

• 1. ensuring that the teacher has adequate performance data to assign students a fair grade for the class

• 1. enhancing students' engagement in the learning process and recognition of key learning goals

Eighth-grade science, social studies, and language arts teachers are planning an integrated unit on the Industrial Revolution. This instructional approach can be expected to enhance student learning primarily by:

• 1. facilitating students' accelerated achievement of content standards in multiple subject areas.

• 1. presenting students with tasks that are responsive to their individual learning preferences.

• 1. promoting students' ability to apply a wide range of academic problem-solving strategies.

• 1. connecting ideas for students in ways that make content more authentic and meaningful.

An elementary student who has a mild cognitive impairment is likely to experience the most difficulty in which of the following areas?

• 1. generalizing learned skills to new contexts

• 1. following classroom routines

• 1. working with a peer on a class activity

• 1. identifying personal interests

In which of the following situations is a teacher most clearly using reflection and self-assessment to improve professional practice?

• 1. A teacher asks another teacher to review his or her lesson plans prior to instruction and provide feedback on planned activities and materials.

• 1. A teacher engages in co-teaching with a more experienced teacher when introducing particularly challenging content to students.

• 1. A teacher reviews videotapes of his or her instruction with a more experienced teacher to identify teaching strengths and challenges.

• 1. A teacher creates a comprehensive description of activities used during each grading period to submit to the department chairperson.

A teacher is planning lessons for a new instructional unit. The teacher can best ensure the effectiveness of these lessons by considering which of the following questions first?

• 1. What is the fairest and most efficient way to evaluate students' achievement of unit objectives?

• 1. Which unit activities are best completed individually and which activities are best done in a group?

• 1. What background knowledge and experience do students already have with regard to the unit topic?

• 1. n what ways does the unit support the goals of the district curriculum in this subject area?