Exam 1: Teaching Excellence and You

Berliner (1985) identifies 3 factors (planning, implementation & reflection, and assessment) which teachers can learn and practice to be an effective teacher.What do these characteristics help define?

Ballou (1999) writes that everything a teacher does should be aimed at improving student learning.How does this view measure teacher excellence?

What does an institution attain when it meets all formal official requirements of excellence described in professional standards?

Ms.Cooper believes all her students have the ability to learn.How does her belief affect her teaching?

The Quality School approach believes that all human beings have five basic needs.What is the basic need that correlates with the premise that "we will work hard for those we respect and who respect us"?

There are varying methods on how to evaluate teacher effectiveness in the classroom.One method involves collecting data for each student at the beginning of a unit of instruction and collecting data on each student at the end of the unit.What do we call this method?

Who developed the Quality School approach which identifies six basic conditions for quality teaching?

In this act by the federal government a high-quality teacher is one who has demonstrated subject-matter knowledge, holds a bachelor's degree, and has a teaching license by the state.What is the name of this act?

Instructional Skills are an integral part of effective teaching.Many of these skills can be learned, practiced and refined in your teacher preparatory program.Describe 5 examples of effective instructional skills.

Gil has been teaching in a middle school in Illinois for three years.Recently, his wife got a job in California.What are two ways Gil can obtain certification to teach in California?

In 2010 President Obama proposes a comprehensive education plan called the Blueprint for Reform.Which of the following is NOT an area emphasized in the reform?

According to a survey by eSchool News (2011), what are the two most prevalent aspects of education that students want to learn?

What two components are needed to form excellence in teaching?

Ms.Austin has a positive attitude towards teaching.She displays fairness to all her students and believes all her students can learn.Which NCATE standard for Effective Teacher Candidates does Ms.Austin demonstrate?

What is the most important factor in the classroom affecting student achievement according to research?

Gurney Chambers, former dean of the College of Education at Western Carolina University, identifies 5 traits of Great Teachers.One common trait describes how these teachers are aware of the hidden curriculum in the classroom.What is a hidden curriculum?

The five core propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards coincide with Standard 1 of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.What are the common traits?

What is a characteristic that describes whether an individual attributes responsibility for failure or success to internal or external factors?

You are interviewing for a teaching position at a school and the principal asks you about your effectiveness as a teacher.You answer by providing specific examples of what makes you effective and how these attributes correspond with the research on effective teachers and the standards for effective teachers.

What do teachers need in order to teach the content to others and the ability to develop higher-order thinking skills in learners?