Research indicates that because of non-instructional demands (discipline problems, attendance, etc.), teachers lose what percentage of instructional time?
about 25 percent
Which of the following claims about tracking is supported by research?
Tracking by class (socioeconomic status) is one of the oldest of school traditions
In "Life in the Classroom", Philip Jackson charcterizes school life as
busy teachers working with students often forced to delay or deny their needs
The "rule of two-thirds," uncovered by Nel Flanders, indicates
two-thirds of classroom is talk, and two-thirds of that time teachers are doing the talking
Philp Jackson calls teachers gatekeepers because
they direct the flow of classroom interaction
Philip Jackson researched teacher interactions in the classroom and concluded
the high number of teacher-student interactions that occur in class underscores the rapid pace of classroom discourse
Which of the following best describes a characteristic of adolescent culture in school?
preoccupation with physical attractiveness and peer popularity
Sociologist Talcott Parsons' investigation of the tracking system led to the conclusion that tracking is
a system that molds educational and career paths of children at a very early age
John Goodlad found that teachers
vary considerably in how efficiently they use time
The system by which students are assigned to a position within an academic range or level is known by any of the following terms except:
social determinism
Which of the following are least likely to graduate from high school?
Hispanics
Which of the following statements is true?
Half of all students are bullied at least once a week
The most widespread form of substance abuse is
alcohol abuse
Which of the following is true of today's families in the United States?
Approximately 13 million children - more than one in five - live in single-parent families
Which of the following is false? A homeless child
may be restricted from participating in extracurricular activities if such participation might prove embarrassing to the homeless child or to the peers of a homeless child
Which statement is false?
Impulsivity accounts for about two-thirds of all adolescent suicides
As a teacher, you find graffiti on your classroom wall that names one of your students as a "fag." The National Education Association recommends that a teacher should take which of the following actions:
Announce to the class what has happened, indicate that such behavior is disrespectful, and that those responsible will be held accountable
A middle school that divides students into three different "houses" to promote closer student-teacher connections is enacting one of the reforms urged in
"Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century"
Latchkey children
are generally from educated families
When people remember their high school experiences, they are most likely to recall issues concerning the
school status system
When students, parents, and teachers were asked to rate school goals in a study
vocational, personal, academic, and social and civic goals were all rated "very important"
Educators such as Arthur Bestor and Ernest Boyer have concluded that
U.S. schools have taken responsibility for too many policies and goals
Immediately after the release of "A Nation at Risk", most school reformers focused on
reducing electives and increasing courses required for graduation from high school
A colleague wants to learn more about economic reconstruction. Which of the following would you recommend he or she read?
Paulo Freire's "The Pedagogy of the Oppressed"
Someone in favor of a social action curriculum would rate which of the following goals for schools highest?
to encourage students to question and reform current practices and institutions
Who was John Goodlad?
the author of "A Place Called School", a study examining the purposes of schooling
Which of the following was the influential report that focused the nation's attention on the need for educational reform, and set in motion the first of three waves of reform that have been buffeting American schools since the 1980's?
"A Nation at Risk"
A state establishes "standards" that students must meet in order to graduate. The state is most likely focusing on which broad educational goals?
transmitting society's knowledge and values
The scathing 1983 report released by the National Commission on Excellence in Education criticized schools for their
"cafeteria-style" curriculum and declining test scores
In a second wave of school reform, educators such as Theodore Sizer, John Goodlad, and Ernest Boyer called for such things as
challenging practices at the school level and empowering teachers and principals
An examination of the history of school reform movements in the U.S. reveals
that school goals tend to change to reflect the nation's ever-changing priorities
Charter schools typically enjoy
permission to operate for a fixed length of time
Home-schooled students
are most often home-schooled for religious reasons
The neighborhood public school is
in competition with magnet schools, charter schools, and even for-profit schools
Edison Schools
are for-profit, charter schools with an uncertain future
Virtual schools
are a form of distance learning
What principle do Educational Maintenance Organizations follow?
Profits can be realized by investing in education
Open enrollment is the term given to
the elimination of the requirement that students attend the closest public school
Effective schools research has been criticized for all of the following except:
overrepresentation of suburban schools
Which of the following characateristics is usually associated with effective schools research?
School goals are enunciated by the principal and followed by teachers and students
The formal curriculum of the 17th century was primarily concerned with
religion and reading
The strong emphasis on the basics and academics during the 1980's was due to
concern over the proliferation of easy high school electives and declining test scores
The educational approach that best fits an emphasis on cultural literacy as advanced by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., is
a curriculum that details the facts and concepts that every educated American should know
All of the following statements about the extracurriculum are true except:
since Title IX, high school boys and girls have participated in varsity sports in equal numbers
In the 1960's, the curriculum emphasized
social issues
A major difference between the formal and the hidden curriculum is
the hidden curriculum arises spontaneously from interactions between students and their environments
Teachers shape the curriculum by
supplementing an official curriculum with other materials and objectives
Research on the effectiveness of computers in education shows that
although a popular idea, the jury is still out on the effectiveness of computers in schools
The sequence of planned learning experiences described in course guides and syllabi is called
the formal curriculum or explicit curriculum
Which of the following would be least supported by the back-to basics movement?
incorporating demanding programs that meet the interests of students
The state government influences curriculum by
sponsoring standards and standardized testing
A textbook uses "he" and "mankind" to refer to all people. This is an example of bias called
linguistic
Advantages of the statewide adoption process include all of the following benefits except
more options for teachers at the local level
Your school is changing some policies to meet the demands of No Child Left Behind. Which of the following would not meet federal NCLB requirements?
providing military recruiters with private student records
High-stakes testing has been criticized for
failing to consistently correlate with other measures of student learning
The two states that are most influential in the state adoption process are
Texas and California
The push for testing
concerns those who protest the use of class time for test preparation
Textbook adoption states
are common in the South
Proposed content standards were quite controversial in which content area?
history
A textbook covers 20th century U.S. history without mentioning the continuing struggle for civil rights, and pictures throughout the text portray only harmonious race relations. This is an example of bias called
unreality
By beginning a lesson with a riddle or an anecdote, a teacher is trying to establish
motivation
Teachers' questions are usually
lower order
You have just been assigned to teach a class that has several management problems. In order to reduce or eliminate these problems, you decide to
establish predictable routines and rules to offer a sense of stability
Arno Bellack's pedagogical cycle features these moves:
structure, question, respond, react
Which of the following describes Bloom's taxonomy?
system for determining the intellectual level of questions
Lower order questions
can be answered through memory and recall
Engaged time is
time students are actively involved with subject matter
A teacher asks a student to grade her own research paper - and to justify her grade. Identify the level of this task on Bloom's taxonomy.
evaluation
Group alerting is a technique designed to
keep students' attention by addressing questions to the class, then naming the student to respond
Increased wait time leads to
fewer student questions or greater student participation
The amount of time a teacher typically waits to call on a student after asking a question is:
one second or less
Which of the following is a desirable trait in a classroom manager?
overlapping
The most frequent teacher reaction is
acceptance
For teachers, increased wait time leads to
greater use of higher order questions
Direct teaching is
teacher presentation of new material, followed by directed practice and feedback
Mastery learning is based on the premise that
all students can learn- if given the right tools and the opportunity to work at their own pace
Which of the following is emphasized in the more recent research on effective teaching?
the social nature of learning
As a new teacher, you are considering using cooperative learning. One research finding supporting your decision is that
students have greater motivation to learn
When asking questions, teachers tend to give more wait time to students who they expect
will not know the answer or will be able to give a correct answer
Most standardized tests in the United States today are
criterion-referenced tests
The results of the state-mandated standardized tests are used for determination of:
the school's AYP status
In Georgia, End-of-Course tests are
used to determine 15% of the grade in a course
In which grades is the Georgia Writing Assessment administered?
3, 5, 8, and 11
Which type of assessment provides open-ended questions, often in the form of short answer or essay questions?
Subjective
Which of the following test in Georgia is used to determine if a student will be promoted to the next grade?
CRCT
Typically, teachers do not grade which of the following?
formative assessment
The Georgia High School Graduation Test is given to students for the first time in which of the following grades?
11
The increased emphasis on standardized testing has led to concerns about all of the following except:
Standardized testing has improved teaching performance in many classrooms
In Georgia, students with significant cognitive disabilities take the
Georgia Alternative Assessment
