During norm-referenced testing, the content coverage most likely consists of:
a) focus on a limited number of learning tasks.
b) focus on a broad area of coverage.
c) focus on a single topic.
d) Lack of focus on pertinent topics
Mr. Davis is hoping to learn why some of his sixth-grade students are performing
poorly during the third quarter. He finds that the more students are absent, the lower his
or her grades are likely to be. His results reflect:
a) A positive correlation
b) A negative correlation
c) Uncorrelated variables
d) A codependent correlation
In an English immersion placement, a student is primarily taught in the following
manner:
a) Children are taught in their native language and English.
b) Children are taught in two different languages but at different times in the day.
c) Students are taught primarily their native language.
d) Students are taught primarily in English.
According to our text, which of the following is the most frequently used research
method in educational psychology?
a) Randomized field experiments
b) Single-case experiments
c) Correlational studies
d) Longitudinal studies
Which of the following examples best illustrates removal punishment?
(assume that the undesirable behavior decreases after the
consequence occurs).
a) sending a student to the principal
b) scolding a student for misbehavior
c) making students do extra work
d) taking away recess
Definitions of learning disabilities have recently been significantly changed by:
a) differences in ability subscales.
b) response to intervention.
c) IQ-performance discrepancies.
d) high-quality instruction.
Which is most often the appropriate amount of time for a teacher to pause after asking a
question before restating the question or moving on?
a) 1 second
b) 3 seconds
c) 10 seconds
d) 20 seconds
A child has difficulty pronouncing the “r” sound and also says “tham” instead of “Sam.”
The child probably has a(n) ________ disorder.
a) incurable
b) stuttering
c) voice
d) articulation
A teacher reinforces a child first for recognizing two letters of the
alphabet, then for recognizing four, then six, and so on. The teacher
is using a technique called:
a) generalization.
b) shaping.
c) negative reinforcement.
d) “Grandma’s Rule.”
Why would a teacher who was planning to evaluate student problem-solving be
interested in the following steps: understanding the problem to be solved, attacking the
problem systematically, and arriving at a reasonable answer?
a) Each of the steps should be assessed with a different type of test.
b) The steps illuminate the affective objectives of problem-solving tasks.
c) The steps will be useful assessment tools because they are components of
problem-solving tasks that apply to varied subject matter.
d) The steps show that problem solving should be assessed at levels 1 and 2 of Bloom’s
taxonomy.
According to our text, the main source of anxiety in school is:
a) being late to class.
b) highly structured instruction.
c) fear of failure.
d) gangs.
Which of the following questions can be best answered by a criterion-referenced test?
a) How do children at a particular elementary school compare with the national norm in
reading?
b) How many students can multiple 2 digit by 2 digit numbers?
c) What is the cause of a student’s difficulties in mathematics?
d) Which drivers education students are in the top 20%?
Which one of the following principles is effective in setting a list of classroom rules?
a) There should be a large number of well-defined rules.
b) They should be worded in instructional vocabulary.
c) They should be deliberately taught.
d) They should be individualized to each student.
What component of STAD is designed to give each team member an equal opportunity
to contribute to the team points?
a) Points are based on improvement rather than absolute score.
b) Students take the quizzes in groups.
c) Teams are composed of like-ability members.
d) Any student who passes earns the maximum number of points.
Praise is effective as a student motivator to the extent that it is specific, credible, and:
a) emotionally neutral.
b) contingent on the desired behavior.
c) given to all students in the same words.
d) focused on performance of easy tasks.
Mrs. Barr wants to increase students learning. The most effective strategy would be to:
a) increase the amount of independent practice assigned.
b) maintain a rapid pace of instruction.
c) increase the length of lectures by five minutes per lesson.
d) have classroom rules clearly posted.
The term developmentrefers to how people:
a) Learn in response to environmental cues
b) Grow, adapt, and change over the course of their lifetimes
c) Fulfill intellectual potential and promise
d) Respond to demands placed upon them
Controversial children are children who are:
a) named more often as someone who is liked and often not listed as disliked.
b) named as equally liked and disliked.
c) someone often named as disliked and rarely mentioned as liked.
d) named as neither liked nor disliked.
James Marcia’s identity stage in which an identity crisis has never been experienced is:
a) foreclosure.
b) diffusion.
c) moratorium.
d) achievement.
The average amount that scores in a distribution differ from the mean is indicated by
the:
a) stanine score.
b) standard error of measurement.
c) standard deviation.
d) median.
A professor is teaching about the lymph system and uses the example of water moving
through a sponge. This is an example of which cognitive teaching strategy?
a) Levels of processing
b) Advance organizer
c) Keyword
d) Analogies
Initial-letter strategies include:
a) acronyms.
b) locations.
c) keywords.
d) imagery.
Mrs. Troy has a student in her classroom, Mark, who has been diagnosed with an
intellectual disability at the age of seven. It is most likely Mark’s disability is:
a) profound
b) severe
c) mild
d) moderate
Research aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of
interest is:
a) Correlational research
b) Descriptive research
c) Experimental research
d) Longitudinal research
Despite the many examples of situations where untracking is successful for the school
community, opposition exists. According to our text, who typically opposes untracking?
a) Teachers who are required to develop multiple lesson plans to accommodate student
differences
b) District administrators who will not allocate the extra funding required for
untracking success
c) Parents of low achievers
d) Parents of high achievers
If misbehavior persists, parents should be:
a) instructed to punish the student at home.
b) contacted by letter.
c) involved in establishing a program to decrease the problem.
d) notified after the third misbehavior.
An educational research experiment conducted in an actual classroom is called:
a) A randomized field experiment
b) A situational experiment
c) An externalized group experiment
d) A variable field experiment
A driving force in the creation of the Educational Value-Added system is:
a) schools serving disadvantaged students face greater difficulties in reaching standards.
b) different assessments were needed to assess the arts.
c) there needed to be standardized accountability.
d) the implementation of No Child Left Behind.
The following are examples of Piaget’s concept of equilibration. Analyze two of the
following scenarios and identify in each:
a) The source of disequilibrium
b) The accommodation taking place
c) The resulting new scheme
– Baby Natalie can feed herself applesauce with her fingers with relative ease. Her
mother introduces the spoon and encourages Natalie to feed herself. Natalie dips the
spoon in the applesauce but turns the spoon on the way to her mouth and the applesauce
drips off. After some practice Natalie learns how to keep the applesauce on the spoon.
– Eli sees some groups of numbers on a gravestone (1899-1950). He appears to be
thinking about the numbers and his lips are moving and he is speaking under his breath.
Then he looks perplexed and says, “But you can”t really call them can you, if they are
dead?” Eli’s turns to his mom for clarification.
– Alonzo begins reading his textbook and knows from his high school psychology class
that cognitive development begins with the “formal operations” stage. While skimming
his text he discovers that children first develop operations in the Concrete Operational
stage. He carefully reads the section on cognitive development.
One student sees another cheat on a test. The first student reasons that cheating is
acceptable because the teacher wasn’t looking. What level of moral reasoning is the
student exhibiting?
a) conventional
b) unconventional
c) postconventional
d) preconventional
Although between-class ability grouping is commonly used in many schools, research
suggests:
a) parents prefer within-class ability grouping.
b) high-track students become isolated from the other students due to low numbers of
high achievers.
c) instruction is less effective and damaging effects have been noted for students in low
track classes.
d) there is greater opportunity for students to be truant in between class ability
groupings.
A teacher wants to determine how well students can discuss ways in which related
concepts differ. Based on the text author’s discussion of item types, which of the
following is most appropriate for this objective?
a) True-false
b) Multiple choice
c) Matching
d) Short essay
Which of the following is the best example of reciprocal teaching?
a) The teacher asks a small group of students questions about material they have just
read. Later, the students model the teacher’s behavior, generating their own questions
for the group.
b) After the teacher has presented a lesson, students work in teams, making sure that all
team members learn the material.
c) Each student from a group becomes an “expert” on a different segment of the overall
assignment. Then they put the segments together, like a puzzle.
d) Students discover principles by conducting experiments on their own.
An elementary teacher suggests between-class ability grouping for her fifth-grade team.
Which of the following is an example of this type of grouping?
a) Students are placed in mixed ability cooperative learning groups
b) Students of high socioeconomic status mentor students of low socioeconomic status
c) Students are separated into reading ability groups within the home room
d) Gifted students from the fifth grade receive separate instruction
According to our text, which of the following is a major disadvantage of tracking?
a) African American and Latino students are disproportionately placed in less-effective,
low-track classes.
b) The number of low-ability students is increasing so rapidly that only the
lowest-ability students are able to receive low-ability tracked instruction.
c) School resources are strained as schools must purchase textbooks and materials for
each ability group.
d) Teachers of low-track students often give extra credit which results in grade inflation
for students performing below grade level.