CHAPTER 6

What Makes a Teacher Effective?

Multiple Choice
5.

Which of the following teachers best exemplifies the behavior of a reflective teacher?
a.

Keshia reviews her lessons each day after teaching and keeps a teaching journal.

b.

Anselm talks frequently to veteran teachers to see how they teach particular topics.

c.

Darnell uses commercially prepared instructional materials when he begins a unit.

d.

Tina prepares detailed thematic units demonstrating the most recent research on different learning
styles.

ANS: __
13.

Effective teachers demonstrate certain traits in their dealings with peers, administrators, and parents. What
are those traits?
a.

Intellectual rigor, fair-mindedness, and competitiveness

b.

Vision, cooperation, and innovativeness in problem solving

c.

Creativity, competence, and control of students

d.

Cooperation, collaboration, and acceptance of others

ANS: __
24.

Which of the following best describes the concept of academic engagement?

a.

Students work quietly on tasks without any break, mastering skills.

b.

Students work sequentially through more varied and complex material.

c.

Students show a high degree of interest and demonstrate independence in pursuing new tasks.

d.

Students work on activities relevant to the instructional goals and work with a high degree of success.

ANS: __
32.

To use questions effectively, teachers should

a.

ask abstract questions.

b.

ask long questions.

c.

call a student's name before asking the question.

d.

probe students' responses.

ANS: __

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33.

According to research, what typically happens when teachers increase their wait-time when questioning
students?
a.

The momentum of the class lesson slows down, and advanced students lose their concentration.

b.

The teachers questions change from being primarily recall questions to questions that require higherorder thinking.

c.

The students provide lengthier responses without being asked.

d.

The students' attitude about the subject improves, and they are more willing to follow the teachers'
lead.

ANS: __
35.

How do teachers' expectations influence students' achievement?

a.

Students somehow perceive how the teacher feels and achieve consistent with the expectation.

b.

In subtle, often unconscious, ways teachers teach "good" students differently than they teach bad
students.

c.

Teachers consciously work harder with the slower students.

d.

When teachers indicate, in subtle and clear ways, that they don't think the students will succeed, the
students try especially hard to succeed to prove them wrong.

ANS: __

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