1. Current developments in curriculum are to emphasize the changes across the curriculum which
include all but one of the following:
2. Some easy tips to start helping students become better listeners involve all but one of the
following:
3. Which of these activities is not a specific thinking skill?
4. Which of these is involved in the effective schools process?
5. Which of these makes dialects different from one another?
6. Which of the following ways is not suggested to involve three distinct thinking skills
strategies?
7. Districts developing speaking curricula should involve all but one of the following:
8. Which of the following example demonstrates competent listening skills?
9. Which of the following strategies would not be included under metacognition?
10. According to the International Listening Association, which of the following is not one of the
statistics?
11. Which of the following is an example of controlled problem solving?
12. Which of the following best describes information processing?
13. Which of the following describes some characteristics of Independent Thinking?
14. If the teacher expects the students to evaluate the quality of information included in a specific
website on civil war events using strategies previously learned about primary and secondary
sources of history, she is using an:
15. Which of the following tasks involves the least critical thinking?
16. Which of the activities described below might exemplify self-directed learning?
17. Which of the following levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy are viewed as “higher-order thinking
skills”?
18. Technology has had a significant impact on student writing. All but one of the following are
examples of this positive change:
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19. Which of the following are not benefits of web-based curriculum mapping tools?
20. The authors suggest that the key to a successful integration of technology and the
curriculum is:
21. To erase the digital divide what needs still remain?
22. Creating a technology culture has a positive impact on all but which of the following?
23. According to recent reports, technology usage in schools includes all but which of the
following?
24. High income schools have students using technology for which of the following?
25. When using Professional Development and Technology, which one of the goals should not
be included?
26. True or False. A way to help students become better listeners is for students to listen to the
way teachers speak.
27. True or False. Self-managed learning is involved in the effective schools process.
28. True or False. Unique syntax, accent, and the unique use of lexicon are what make dialects
different from one another.
29. True or False. Independent thinking is a distinct thinking skills strategy.
30. True or False. Districts developing the speaking curricula should involve being
interdisciplinary and across the curriculum.
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31. True or False. The debate as to whether students should be taught general thinking skills that
cross the disciplines or be taught as content – specific skills has been resolved by recent research.
32. True or False. According to the authors, if students are taught how to think, the belief is they
will be able to think better.
33. True or False. A frequent misconception by teachers is that students will listen if they are
told and reminded periodically to engage in the task.
34. True or False. The text suggests that technology in education should focus first on desired
outcomes and then design the framework to achieve this outcome.
35. True or False. Technology has little impact on the management of assessment and analysis of
data.
36. True or False. According to the national technology plan called, “Transforming American
Education: Learning Powered by Technology 2010”, one goal for the building technology plan
would be an infrastructure goal.
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37. True or False. A focused lesson is one where the thinking skill represents the main objective
of that lesson.
38. True or False. 65% of a student’s day is spent listening.
39. True or False. It requires conscious planning by the teacher to include listening activities.
Type: F
40. _______________ stated “Critical thinking is the skillful application of a repertoire of
validated general techniques for deciding the level of confidence you should have in a
proposition in the light of the available evidence.”
41. Common Core State Standards make sure students are doing what?
42. What are three critical thinking approaches used in Glatthorn’s 1985 study?
43. The strategy of thinking about thinking is called______________.
44. When students are taught only the facts and not to go beyond, their knowledge base quickly
becomes _______________.
45. In a(n) ___________lesson as defined in the text a content objective is the focus of the
lesson and the thinking skills is taught as part of that lesson.
46. If the primary objective of the lesson is mastery of a thinking skill as how to evaluate sources
for bias then that lesson is described as __________.
47. Models emerging from research, in the areas of leadership and technology, show that
technology is becoming a driver of ______________ and _____________.
48. _____________________has been proven to be a useful technological organization tool for
both lesson preparation and instruction.
49. Research indicates there is a significant correlation between the use of technology and the
classroom teacher’s ability to address ________________________ in the classroom.
50. Students are expected to acquire ___ percent of the knowledge they have by listening.
51. Only __% of the population ever received formal listening instruction.
52. Most people never _______.
53. “A major focus area for improving thinking skills is the engagement of students with
technology and content.” What information does the book give to support this statement?
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54. Self-regulation is part of metacognition. What are some ways you could teach students in the
classroom to self regulate?
55. For Identifying Specific Thinking Skills, one thinking skill is locating and evaluating
sources. How might you teach students to locate and evaluate sources on the Internet?
56. Is thinking skills more usefully perceived as a set of general processes that transcend the
disciplines or as content-specific skills that should be anchored in a discipline? Give your
opinion and support it with information from the book
57. According to Gibbons, three distinct thinking skill strategies are: independent thinking, self-
managed learning, and self-directed. What are they?
58. How would you describe the definition suggested by Francis Bacon for critical thinking?
59. Describe the four common descriptors ELLs.
60. Discuss the Six Correlates of Effective Schools.
61. Describe some of the key elements of instruction in speaking.
62. Discuss some guidelines for providing instruction in listening.
63. Discuss the Core Competencies for Digitally Literate Teachers.
64. Describe some of the academic benefits of technology.
65. Describe some of the impacts technological advances have had in school.
66. Describe some forms of multimedia that the classroom teacher might integrate into his or her
classroom curriculum.
67. A successful integration of technology into the curriculum will require leaders who are aware
of the issues on a community, state, and national level. Describe some of the areas that should be
considered to enhance awareness at these three levels.
68. With the on-going changes in technology and the ever increasing need to be successful,
according to the authors, what goals should schools set in terms of technology?