Question 1

Which strategies help students prepare for future life experiences in a nonthreatening environment?

Accepted Answer

A)   Contests and games
B)   Simulations and role-plays
C)   Computer exercises using databases
D)   Guest speakers and field trips B

Question 2

Lesson smoothness is a major component in classroom management that involves:

Accepted Answer

A)   completing instruction on the original idea before switching to a new idea.
B)   moving to instructional activities quickly instead of wasting time on an introductory activity.
C)   bringing in interesting facts whether or not they are relevant to the activity underway.
D)   attending immediately to minor student misbehavior during a lesson. A

Question 3

All of the following are skills needed for effective discussion except:

Accepted Answer

A)   listening to others.
B)   carefully presenting your own view while avoiding paraphrasing the views of others.
C)   asking questions to draw out others' ideas.
D)   identifying areas of agreement or disagreement. B

Question 4

Webquests are best used in the lesson development phase of the learning cycle.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What students learn is influenced by how they are taught, the quality of the social processes in the classroom, and how social studies is perceived by teachers and students.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Teachers are free to select and combine various instructional strategies that they can professionally justify.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

All of the following are characteristics of expository, or direct, instruction except the teacher:

Accepted Answer

A)   controls the situation, providing adequate directions and motivation.
B)   provides ample opportunities to practice the skill in a wide variety of situations.
C)   supplies immediate and continuous feedback focusing on correct answers.
D)   provides students with the time and opportunity to study relationships in data and form a new idea.

Question 8

Inquiry activities are intrinsically motivating because students direct their own learning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Goals of cooperative learning include ALL but:

Accepted Answer

A)   positive interdependence.
B)   individual and group accountability.
C)   high grades for all students.
D)   awareness of the need for group processing.

Question 10

Open, or broad, questions have many answers that can be correct even though some responses are more sophisticated than others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Different instructional strategies are appropriate for use during different parts of a social studies lesson or unit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Clarity, or clear instruction, includes:

Accepted Answer

A)   few opportunities for interaction among students to keep students on task.
B)   few social studies lesson each month.
C)   experiences related to and relevant to students' lives.
D)   eliminating student self-evaluation of their learning.

Question 13

Which of the following are verbs that could ALL appear in narrow questions?

Accepted Answer

A)   Describe, hypothesize, recall, recreate
B)   Named, define, identify, classify
C)   Define, explain, distinguish, predict
D)   Match, identify, distinguish, evaluate

Question 14

All of the following are characteristics of guided discovery instruction except:

Accepted Answer

A)   students use an activity focusing on one concept, generalization, value, or skill.
B)   students are involved in multiple activities illustrating the concept, generalization, value, or skill.
C)   students select problem areas to study.
D)   students' main role is to investigate and discover answers to the questions posed, discussing and displaying data.

Question 15

Narrow questions are used in the exploratory introduction of the learning cycle.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Cooperative learning is well suited to social studies because the skills it teaches are essential to democratic attitudes and beliefs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Cooperative learning involves grouping students with similar abilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

When students are asked to figure out the attributes and their importance to a concept by comparing and contrasting examples and non-examples of the concept, this is considered:

Accepted Answer

A)   fact acquisition.
B)   concept attainment.
C)   idea formation.
D)   value development.

Question 19

Selecting materials for use in a lesson controls the range of possible student actions and discoveries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Closed or narrow questions, when asked, are asked in the expansion phase of the learning cycle.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 7: How Do Teachers Use and Manage Social Studies Instructional Strategies Effectively

Which strategies help students prepare for future life experiences in a nonthreatening environment?

Lesson smoothness is a major component in classroom management that involves:

All of the following are skills needed for effective discussion except:

Webquests are best used in the lesson development phase of the learning cycle.

What students learn is influenced by how they are taught, the quality of the social processes in the classroom, and how social studies is perceived by teachers and students.

Teachers are free to select and combine various instructional strategies that they can professionally justify.

All of the following are characteristics of expository, or direct, instruction except the teacher:

Inquiry activities are intrinsically motivating because students direct their own learning.

Goals of cooperative learning include ALL but:

Open, or broad, questions have many answers that can be correct even though some responses are more sophisticated than others.

Different instructional strategies are appropriate for use during different parts of a social studies lesson or unit.

Clarity, or clear instruction, includes:

Which of the following are verbs that could ALL appear in narrow questions?

All of the following are characteristics of guided discovery instruction except:

Narrow questions are used in the exploratory introduction of the learning cycle.

Cooperative learning is well suited to social studies because the skills it teaches are essential to democratic attitudes and beliefs.

Cooperative learning involves grouping students with similar abilities.

When students are asked to figure out the attributes and their importance to a concept by comparing and contrasting examples and non-examples of the concept, this is considered:

Selecting materials for use in a lesson controls the range of possible student actions and discoveries.

Closed or narrow questions, when asked, are asked in the expansion phase of the learning cycle.