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2.
When Nathaniel Gage talks about the art of teaching, he is using the word art to
describe:
A. the beauty that can be observed when skillful teachers are teaching well.
B. the teacher who is creative in an artistic sense, as when designing bulletin boards.
C. the way teaching departs from formulas and includes moment-by-moment
considerations.
D. the way creative teachers include principles from the arts in their approach to
teaching.
Answer: C
3.
Role expectations for teachers changed between the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. This statement is:
A. true, because student needs and school goals changed.
B. true, because basic skills are more important now.
C. false, because teachers still must teach large numbers of children.
D. false, because the teaching profession is still dominated by women.
Answer: A
4.
5.
Which of the following graphs best depicts minority population projections for
schools in the United States in the twenty-first century?
Answer: C
7.
Which of the following does not represent one of the several current trends in
relation to teaching?
A. Extended schooling for teachers.
B. Easier access into teaching.
C. Required testing for certification.
D. Demonstrated knowledge of pedagogy.
Answer: B
8.
When the word accountability is used in relation to teachers and their teaching, it
means:
A. teachers are responsible for knowing and using best practice.
B. teachers are responsible for every student who does not learn.
C. teachers are responsible for school drop-outs.
D. teachers are responsible for doing the best they can.
Answer: A
9.
Which of the following does not represent one of the important attributes effective
teachers should possess?
A. Effective teachers should have a repertoire of best practices.
B. Effective teachers should be actively engaged in research on teaching.
C. Effective teachers should take a reflective, problem-solving stance toward
teaching.
D. Effective teachers should consider learning to teach a lifelong process.
Answer: B
A. to ensure that the majority of students taught are able to function in the real
world.
B. to help students become independent and self-regulated learners.
C. to ensure that the majority of students taught have an understanding of the basic
academic skills that our society deems important.
D. to help students become proficient in the skill areas that are useful in our society.
Answer: B
29. The perspective of teaching that holds that teachers are expert in a particular
discipline, and that this knowledge is passed on to students in the form of facts,
concepts, and principles is called:
A. the objectivist perspective.
B. the constructivist perspective.
C. the academic learning perspective.
D. best practice.
Answer: A
30. Dina Perez is a biology teacher at New City High School. Although she has a
masters degree in her subject area, Dina worked throughout the weekend planning
a fairly simple unit on dissection and got little sleep due to recurring dreams
involving the students running wild in her classroom. Dina is most likely in what
stage of development?
A. Survival stage.
B. Teaching situation stage.
C. Pupil concern and mastery stage.
D. Mastery stage.
Answer: A
33. A lesson plan is the collection of methods, strategies, and processes that teachers use
to teach.
A. True
B. False
Answer: False
34. The existing knowledge base on teaching has been badly conceived.
A. True
B. False
Answer: False
35. Teachers cannot be dismissed for performing organizational aspects of teaching
poorly.
A. True
B. False
Answer: False
Describe the meaning of the scientific basis for the art of teaching, and discuss
ways both science and art contribute to effective teaching.
05 points: 1 for correct, concise description, and 2 each for discussion of their contributions to
effective teaching
37.
List and define attributes of the effective teacher described in Learning to Teach.
Discuss why these are important for effective teaching.
012 points: 1 each for naming, 1 each for correct definitions, and 1 each for providing appropriate
rationale
38.
It has been posited that effective teachers have command over a specialized
knowledge base that informs teaching. Discuss three strengths and three limitations
of this knowledge base.
06 points: 1 for each strength; 1 for each limitation
39.
40.
010 points: 5 for correct, concise explanation of a developmental theorist and 5 for implications
41.
The research by Murphy, Delli, and Edwards shows the importance of experiences
as students have for influencing our conceptions of teaching, and that our beliefs
about teaching develop at a fairly early age. Discuss both the positive and negative
implications of these findings.
04 points: 2 each for positive and negative implications