Deck 1: Teaching Excellence and You

Question 1

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

A)Teaching Abilities
B)Subject Matter Knowledge
C)Emotional Intelligence
D)Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Answer 1

D

Question 2

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

A)Socioeconomics
B)Power
C)Locus of control
D)Fate

Answer 2

C

Question 3

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"?

A)Freedom
B)Love
C)Survival
D)Power

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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?

A)Standardized test scores
B)Pretests and Posttests
C)Observational data
D)Assessment method

Question 5

According to the findings of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2009), what were two of the most important abilities students perceive effective teachers possess?

A)Caring for students and making material relevant
B)Controlling a classroom and challenging students with rigorous work
C)Incorporating technology and being accessible
D)Teaching the standards and promoting learning abilities

Question 6

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

A)Piaget
B)Glasser
C)Combs
D)Confucius

Question 7

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?

A)Race To The Top
B)American recovery and Reinvestment Act
C)Measures of Effective Teaching
D)No Child Left Behind

Question 8

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?

A)Improve teacher and principal effectiveness
B)Greater focus on standardized tests
C)Implementation of college and career readiness standards
D)Improvement of student learning in the lowest-performing schools

Question 9

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?

A)Instructional Skills
B)Personality Traits
C)Classroom Management
D)Reflective Teaching

Question 10

The Art of Teaching is considered a function of ______.

A)Creativity
B)Planning
C)Personality
D)Instructional Skill

Question 11

According to the educational research, students perceive effective teachers as being caring teachers.In a study of 825 middle-grade students, what made the qualities considered to be a caring teacher, vary?

A)Ethnicity
B)Philosophy
C)Curriculum
D)Environment

Question 12

The Science of Teaching is considered a function of _____.

A)Instruction Skill
B)Teacher Questions
C)Theory
D)Communication Skill

Question 13

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

A)Teacher's relationship with student
B)Instructional skill
C)Student achievement
D)Subject knowledge

Question 14

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?

A)Knowledge, skills, and dispositions
B)Reflection and assessment
C)Diverse learners
D)Expectations and certified teachers

Question 15

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

A)Classroom management and Knowledge
B)Real world application and Interactive technology
C)Happiness and Skills
D)Explanations and Directions

Question 16

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

A)Textbooks
B)Classroom size
C)Socioeconomics
D)Teacher

Question 17

What two components are needed to form excellence in teaching?

A)Innovation and Patience
B)Art and Science of Teaching
C)Rules and Organization
D)Preparation and Reflection

Question 18

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

A)Her actions will reflect her beliefs that all students can learn
B)Her assessments will be fair
C)Her students will be happy
D)Believes her actions will control the outcomes of learning

Question 19

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?

A)Content knowledge
B)Reflective practice
C)Professional dispositions
D)Student learning

Question 20

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

A)License
B)Accolades
C)Accreditation
D)Standardization

Question 21

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?

Question 22

Consider one of your favorite teachers.Provide 5 Personality Traits that describe your favorite teacher.

Question 23

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.

Question 24

Should the effectiveness of a teacher be judged by the achievement of students on a test? Provide Pros and Cons.

Question 25

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?

Question 26

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.

Question 27

NCATE Standard I describes basic characteristics for effective teacher candidates.One of these characteristics is Professional Dispositions.What are Professional Dispositions?