WorksheetsTompkins Chapter 1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Educators who believe that learning is the result of stimulus and response actions subscribe to a theory known as:
a)
Constructivism
b)
Behaviorism
c)
Reader Response
d)
Inquiry Learning
2.
The zone of proximal development is:
a)
the level where students have great difficulty learning
b)
the level where students can work independently
c)
the level between students’ actual development and their potential development
d)
the level where students are not successful
3.
In the English language, there are approximately:
a)
10 speech sounds
b)
44 speech sounds
c)
100 speech sounds
d)
Over 500 speech sounds
4.
When he rides the school bus, Tommy engages in casual conversation with his friends. He uses more formal language when he gives oral reports in the classroom. Tommy’s ability to use appropriate language in each situation shows his understanding of the:
a)
phonological system
b)
syntactic system
c)
pragmatic system
d)
semantic system
5.
Six-year-old Carmen is learning to speak English and often makes statements such as “I have a pen blue” instead of “I have a blue pen.” That type of error shows that Carmen is having difficulty with the:
a)
morphemic system
b)
phonological system
c)
semantic system
d)
syntactic system
6.
Shared writing differs from modeling because in shared writing:
a)
teachers edit the students’ work
b)
teachers select the writing topics
c)
students contribute to the writing activity
d)
students work with their parents
7.
Theorists such as Piaget explained that students’ knowledge is organized into cognitive structures or files in mental filing cabinets known as:
a)
repetends
b)
scaffolds
c)
zones
d)
schemata
8.
John McFadden has just graduated from college and will begin his first year as a teacher in September. Experienced educators have correctly told him that teachers experience the most success when they:
a)
take the first several weeks of the school year to establish the classroom community
b)
assume all children understand the rules on the first day of school
c)
begin with a stimulus-response approach to learning
d)
establish a teacher-centered classroom
9.
Teachers can serve as a model of fluent reading by:
a)
guiding students as they complete worksheets
b)
reading aloud to students
c)
encouraging parents to read to their children
d)
providing big books in the classroom
10.
Students usually have more opportunities to work independently, select their reading material, set personal schedules, and collaborate with classmates when they participate in:
a)
basal reading programs
b)
literature focus units
c)
guided minilessons
d)
reading and writing workshop
11.
Effective teachers use formal and informal assessment measures primarily to:
a)
modify their instruction and reteach when necessary
b)
rank students within a class
c)
provide standardized assessment results to administrators
d)
provide report card grade for parents
12.
Texts used for guided reading instruction should be written at the students’:
a)
independent level
b)
instructional level
c)
frustration level
d)
listening level
13.
As a new sixth grade teacher was selecting books for his classroom library, an experienced teacher correctly advised him that students within a typical classroom:
a)
all read at the same grade level
b)
read at a wide range of levels
c)
enjoy the same reading topics
d)
prefer the same authors
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