PPR22

Before beginning a science unit, a teacher has the students record the unit objective in their science journals. During the unit, students make daily journal entries recording what they have learned. At the end of the unit, the students revisit the journal entries and discuss how well they feel they have mastered each objective. The activity best exemplifies which of the following instructional goal.

• assessing students' prior knowledge

• encouraging student self-assessment

• providing scaffolding for students without prior knowledge

• focusing student attention on content material

A teacher introduces students to an interactive web site. Before having students explore the site it is most important that the teacher frst emphasize which of the following in the acceptable use policy?

• website validity

• net etiquette

• electronic copyright laws

• proper use of search engines

The following is a dialogue between a fourth-grade student and her teacher regarding an assignment to write about a favorite memory Student: I don't know what to write about. I don't have a favorite memory. Teacher: Hmm. Ok. If you don't have a favorite memory, you can write about a day you would like to have in the future. Tell me what your idea of a good day would look like. In order to help the student, begin writing, which of the following instructional strategies di the teacher say?

• providing an increased wait time

• reframing the assignment

• sharing a relevant example

• simplifying a complex idea

A teacher is creating an introduction to a content-based unit presentation software. Which of the following guidelines should the teacher adopt when designing each slide?

• including multiple graphics

• highlighting a single key point

• explaining each point fully

• asking a higher-level question

A middle school teacher integrates internet research skills into a project. Which of the following teacher actions best addresses the needs of students who have limited experience with technology?

• providing reading materials about how to use the internet

• creating topic lists to focus the internet research

• offering specific strategies on how to use the internet

• promoting additional practice of internet research

n economics teacher plans to assess a class understanding of unit content by having students complete a performance assessment that is based on a case study. The case study describes problems facing a company and students will be asked to prepare a report that analyzes the company's situation and proposes short- and long-term solutions. The teacher can best help ensure that the assessment will yield fair and accurate results by taking which of the following steps before students begin their work?

• providing students with an outline that highlight key facts and issues from the assigned case study

• helping students locate information relevant to the case study n their textbook or in the classroom resources

• giving students information about the specific criteria and standards that will be used to evaluate their performance

• Showing students a sample response to the case study.

A teacher reviews a list of discussion guidelines before students begin discussing a topic in small groups. The list includes guidelines such as "Be respectful of others' opinions" and don't speak out of turn". Practice best fosters which of the following for the students?

• safe environment for expression

• sense of community with peers

• opportunity to practice critical thinking

• a connection between their school and the world.

The teachers at a middle school are concerned about many students' failure to complete their homework assignments. During the school's first round of parent teacher conferences, the teachers learn from some parents/guardians that their children often tell the adults in their homes that they have no homework to do. In response the teachers decided to create a homework help line that the students and their families can use to obtain information about homework assignments for each class. Which of the following is likely to be the most significant benefit of this strategy?

• a strengthens family's ability to be partners with school personnel in their children's education

• promoting students' sense of ownership of and responsibility of their own learning

• enhancing teachers' ability to create a classroom environment that is responsive to diverse student needs

• reinforcing the idea to both students and families that teachers have high expectations for students' achievement

When planning conferences with families a teacher can best demonstrate the value of parent-teacher interaction through which of the following strategies?

• a. utilizing email as the main method of communication with families

• sending home conference talking points for families who cannot attend

• rescheduling conference times to accommodate families' schedules

• asking students to convey school related messages to their families

Mr. Dunn's discipline plan for his 4th grade classroom includes calling the parents if a student breaks the rules three times in one day. Mr. Dunn often fnds that warning a student that a parent will be called will serve to change the student's behavior. Which of the following analyzes best describes the major problem with this discipline method?

• it undermines the teacher's authority in the classroom

• it does not allow the teacher and parents to work together to reduce problem behavior

• a characteristics communication between parents and teachers as something students should fear

• it causes disruption when the teacher must interrupt instruction to call a parent