Secondary PLT 8B

1.

2 points

Piaget theorized four stages of cognitive development. The SECOND stage is the:

Preoperational stage.

Concrete operational stage.

Formal operational stage.

Sensorimotor stage.

2.

2 points

Which of the following is a known intelligence test used to measure a person’s IQ?

Pop quiz.

Rorschach test.

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.

Final exam.

3.

2 points

Which of the following activities would be part of the 'analysis' phase in reflective practice?

Identifying what areas of the lesson to modify or change.

Audio recording a lesson.

Examining how effective the lesson was.

Communicating with another teacher for lesson advice.

4.

2 points

Which of the following would be stored in long-term memory as a semantic memory?

Remembering how to ride a bike.

Remembering a family reunion.

Remembering there are 50 states in America.

Remembering what happened at school the day before.

5.

2 points

Which of the following factors DOES NOT DIRECTLY determine how a student performs at school?

Family environment.

Maturity level.

Learning theories.

Self-confidence.

6.

2 points

Under the provisions of IDEA, who is responsible for implementing all accommodations and modifications listed on a student's IEP?

All the student's teachers.

Only the student's principle teacher.

The student's special education caseworker.

Only the student's special education teachers.

7.

2 points

The mode in a group of numbers refers to the number that occurs what?

First.

Only once.

Most frequently.

Least frequently.

8.

2 points

Learning is the:

Process by which humans continue the species.

Process by which humans acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Process in which behaviors are reinforced.

Series of interactions between the individual his environment.

9.

2 points

The domain of Bloom's taxonomy that emphasizes academic learning is which of the following?

Psychomotor.

Affective.

Cognitive.

Intellectual.

10.

2 points

According to Erikson, which of the following is the central conflict of toddlerhood?

Competency vs. inferiority.

Autonomy vs. doubt.

Identity vs. role conflict.

Trust vs. mistrust.

11.

2 points

Excursions away from the campus in order to facilitate experiential learning are known as which of the following?

Thematic units.

Cloze procedures.

Field trips.

Field days.

12.

2 points

A note taking strategy in which a student draws a line down the center of the page and uses one side for lecture notes and another for reflection is known as which of the following?

Two-sided page.

Concept web.

Double-entry page.

Concept map.

13.

2 points

A physics teacher is considering a lab on forces she acquired from the Internet. The teacher first reads the lab experiment to determine the concepts students should already, the required math and scientific skills, the parts of the lab, and what the students need to do to successfully complete the lab. What BEST describes what this teacher is doing?

Measuring outcomes.

Evaluating performance.

Providing feedback.

Performing a task analysis.

14.

2 points

What is the next step for team members after they share ideas?

Identify the purpose of the collaboration.

Identify the stakeholders.

Seek support for the ideas.

Develop an action plan.

15.

2 points

The IRA publishes a journal to promote literacy in students above the 7th grade level called what?

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.

Journal of Literacy Studies.

Journal of Teenage Literacy Studies.

Journal of Literacy Among Adolescents.

16.

2 points

NETS is a set of standards and policies produced by the ISTE and is available to teachers of any grade level. What is NETS?

National Education of Technological Studies.

National Educator Technology Standards.

National Education Technology Standards.

National Educators of Technological Students.

17.

2 points

The zone of proximal development is BEST explained as which of the following?

Providing instruction that is slightly harder than what the child is capable of doing alone.

Providing instruction at level below a student's capabilities.

Providing instruction that is significantly harder than what the child can do.

Giving students a range of opportunities to repeat failed attempts at learning.

18.

2 points

A high school Chemistry teacher is trying to determine how to manage his class and time to maximize instruction. All of the following are classroom management considerations for him EXCEPT for:

Student safety.

Time needed to setting up lab experiments.

Assessment design.

Supplies needed.

19.

2 points

Teachers can use checklists on how many students at a time?

Five students at a time.

One student at a time only.

One student to whole groups at a time.

Only whole classes at a time.

20.

2 points

Five student tests scores are 75, 90, 80, 95 and 85. What is the median of these test scores?

95

75

90

85

21.

2 points

Children at various ages have different awareness of TASK DEMANDS. An example of this is:

Adolescents are more concerned than younger children with why they must read a specific chapter in their science textbook.

Adolescents are more aware than younger children of the difference between reading a book for fun and reading a chapter in their science textbook for a test.

Adolescents prefer to decide what they read when they go to the library.

Adolescents tend to prefer reading topic information over the Internet as opposed to reading a book.

22.

2 points

Teachers can encourage transfer of learning by

Helping students develop self-motivation.

Checking for comprehension.

Teaching students to look for commonalities.

Using probing questions.

23.

2 points

Which of Bloom's domains relates to values?

Qualitative.

Cognitive.

Psychomotor.

Affective.

24.

2 points

Having general aptitude for learning and problem solving is also called:

Achievement.

Intelligence.

Recall.

Memory.

25.

2 points

Male students are more likely to have trouble than do female students with all but which of the following?

Handwriting.

Spatial skills.

Reading.

Stuttering.