Exam 1: Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology

Mr.Grant is a reflective teacher who is always trying to improve his teaching practices to increase student learning.He has conducted several research projects and changed teaching strategies on the basis of the results.In his latest reflections,he predicted that his low-achieving students would complete their spelling tasks in less time and score higher on spelling tests if he began using a buddy system.In the research cycle,Mr.Grant has developed:

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Nearly 16 million or 22% of children in America live in poverty.About how many of these children live in extreme poverty?

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McKenna Williams is a reflective teacher.She has noticed an increasing number of students not completing their independent seatwork in language and spelling.She expects students to take responsibility for working independently while she works with small reading groups.Now she wonders whether she should start allowing students to work together in pairs or trios rather than continuing to require them to work quietly on an individual basis.Her common sense tells her that she should continue to require quiet individual work.Her colleague Cal Sitton disagrees.He allows his students to work in pairs.McKenna respects her colleague Cal and knows he has more experience teaching than she does.But she doesn't want to mirror his teaching without reason or evidence that his strategies are more effective.How might she research this question in her own classroom and produce evidence to support one approach over another?

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Suggested Response: McKenna might conduct her own action research in her classroom.Action research involves systematic observations or tests of methods to improve teaching and learning.Her question might be to find out whether students learn more when they work in pairs or when they work independently.It might be to find out whether more students complete the assignments.
For her observations or tests,McKenna could try pairing students for seatwork.She needs to give students guidelines and procedures to follow.She can compare the results of students' work over a period of time.She might compare the number of completed assignments she had with her old approach to the number of completed assignments with the new approach.She might also compare grades on specific tasks such as spelling tests,writing assignments,or worksheets.She would need to set up her study to answer her questions about effectiveness of the two approaches.Is more learning taking place when students work in pairs?

McKenna Williams noticed an increasing number of students not completing their independent seatwork in language and spelling.She expects students to take responsibility for working independently while she works with small reading groups.Now she wonders whether she should start allowing students to work together in pairs or trios rather than continuing to require them to work quietly on an individual basis.Her common sense tells her that she should continue to require quiet individual work.Her colleague Cal Sitton disagrees.He allows his students to work in pairs.Explain why McKenna should not rely on her common sense as she solves this teaching problem.

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The Measures of Teaching Effectiveness Project identified three measures used together as a valid and reliable way of assessing teaching that leads to student learning.The three measures include surveys of student perceptions of their teachers and classroom observations from the Danielson Framework for Teaching.What is the other measure?

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Question 5

Dr.Sullivan conducts research that involves measuring the amount of change in student scores on state math tests at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year for students in top teachers' classrooms.What type of research is Dr.Sullivan conducting?

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Question 6

Stan Lorenz is a beginning teacher in suburban Houston.He will be teaching fifth grade math and science and wonders how the diversity of his class will compare to the diversity he experienced growing up in Chicago.His principal describes the school as a typical representation of the diversity found in schools across the United States.Describe the diversity Stan might expect based on national norms.Include racial,ethnic,language,economic,and developmental diversity.

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Which teacher comments appear to be most related to educational psychology?

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Experienced teachers often ask several of the following questions as they teach.Which question is most likely to be the metacognitive concern of a beginning teacher?

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Question 9

In Austin Foley's research,he is collecting data in high schools in10 school districts.He is using surveys to learn the types of support APA physics students prefer from their teachers in physics lab.What type of research is Austin conducting?

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Question 10

Many studies indicate that teacher-student relationships and the quality of teaching make a difference.Based on findings from such studies,which of the following children is likely to benefit most from good teaching?

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Question 11

As a new teacher,you are eager to meet your 24 students.You are interested in the ethnic and cultural diversity of your students and their range of abilities and needs.If the diversity among your students matches national statistical norms,how many children will you have with mild to severe developmental disabilities?

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Question 12

Ms.Markham is conducting a study in her classroom.She wants to determine whether students perform better on a concepts test after using a mini-lecture approach or after engaging in a group activity.What type of research is she conducting?

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Question 13

Javier emigrated from Mexico with his family and is starting third grade with minimal ability to speak English.Mrs.Foster can't wait to see how much progress Javier will make in her class this year.This seems to be evidence of:

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Which of the following research designs involves ethnographic research?

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Question 15

Mr.Tanaka has accepted a teaching job in a new district.In his interview,he learned that he will be evaluated on 22 components of knowledge and skills in four domains of teaching responsibilities.Which of the following models of good teaching is most likely being used in his district's teacher evaluation system?

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According to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)Act,which children were required to reach proficiency and meet adequate yearly performance goals?

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Question 17

Marisa Campala is conducting research with fifth grade teachers in diverse classrooms.One group of teachers uses English and Spanish to greet students each morning and other teachers maintain their regular greetings in English.What type of research is Marisa most likely conducting?

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Question 18

From the beginning,psychology in the United States was linked to teaching.Among the early psychologists in this country,which leader is respected as the father of the progressive education movement?

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You've been teaching at the same high school for three years and are accustomed to being evaluated on the basis of the local district forms and procedures that include observations by the assistant principal and collection of data about your attendance,punctuality,and professionalism.You are moving to a new district and have just learned that they use the Danielson Framework for Teaching in their evaluation process.Based on your knowledge of the Framework for Teaching and its domains of teaching responsibilities,describe how you might prepare for such evaluation.

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Nearly 16 million or 22% of children in America live in poverty.About how many of these children live in extreme poverty?

Dr.Sullivan conducts research that involves measuring the amount of change in student scores on state math tests at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year for students in top teachers' classrooms.What type of research is Dr.Sullivan conducting?

Which teacher comments appear to be most related to educational psychology?

Experienced teachers often ask several of the following questions as they teach.Which question is most likely to be the metacognitive concern of a beginning teacher?

In Austin Foley's research,he is collecting data in high schools in10 school districts.He is using surveys to learn the types of support APA physics students prefer from their teachers in physics lab.What type of research is Austin conducting?

Many studies indicate that teacher-student relationships and the quality of teaching make a difference.Based on findings from such studies,which of the following children is likely to benefit most from good teaching?

Ms.Markham is conducting a study in her classroom.She wants to determine whether students perform better on a concepts test after using a mini-lecture approach or after engaging in a group activity.What type of research is she conducting?

Javier emigrated from Mexico with his family and is starting third grade with minimal ability to speak English.Mrs.Foster can't wait to see how much progress Javier will make in her class this year.This seems to be evidence of:

Which of the following research designs involves ethnographic research?

According to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)Act,which children were required to reach proficiency and meet adequate yearly performance goals?

Marisa Campala is conducting research with fifth grade teachers in diverse classrooms.One group of teachers uses English and Spanish to greet students each morning and other teachers maintain their regular greetings in English.What type of research is Marisa most likely conducting?

From the beginning,psychology in the United States was linked to teaching.Among the early psychologists in this country,which leader is respected as the father of the progressive education movement?

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