TFL615_week 12_L&O ch 14 & 15

The research on teaching prior to the 1970s by A.S. Barr, Arno Bellack, Ned Flanders, and David Ryans focused on teacher styles, teacher-student interactions, and teacher characteristics - that is, the process, what was happening in the classroom or the behavior of the teacher.

• True

• False

In the 1970s and 1980s, the research on teaching by Jere Brophy, Walter Doyle, Carolyn Evertson, N.L.Gage, Thomas Good, and Barak Rosenshine focused on teacher effectiveness and on the products or results of teaching.

• True

• False

Since the 1990s, two trends influenced research on teaching: 1) one was the nature of expertise in teaching, and how expert and novice teachers differ in approach and in seeing and analyzing classroom events; 2) the other promoted different forms of investigating teaching, based on language and dialogue: metaphors, stories, biographies, autobiographies, expert opinions, and voice.

• True

• False

Evaluation of teachers is becoming increasingly linked to student test outcomes.

• True

• False

Evaluation of teachers based on student test outcomes promotes humanistic, inquiry-based, and creative instruction.

• True

• False

When comparing the performance of students from different countries on international tests of science and mathematics, researchers are most often interested in:

• human capital

• humanistic approach to teaching

• teaching process

• teacher effectiveness

Human resource planning, recruitment, selection, professional development, performance appraisal, and compensation are parts of:

• the personnel process

• the reform process

• the research process

• the election process

Human resource planning begins with a forecast of the number and types of employees needed to achieve the organization’s objectives.

• True

• False

Preparation of job descriptions and specifications is part of:

• human resources planning

• human resources reform

• human resources recruitment

• human resources development

Which of the following refers to recruitment?

• initial screening of prospective employees

• choosing an individual to hire from among the pool of applicants

• testing, interviews, reference checks, and assessment

• determining development needs, designing and implementing the development program