ABCTE PTK Practice Exam | 100% Correct Answers

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What type of question would most likely generate the widest range of answers and discussions among students? Correct Answer: Why would the author have ended the book this way? "Why" questi... ons tend to be the most open-ended. Why should a teacher always spend time explaining classroom rules during the first few days of class? Correct Answer: To establish clear expectations for performance and behavior. Students benefit from clear, firm guidelines from the outset. What method will BEST hold students accountable for their full participation in cooperative learning groups? Correct Answer: Assign each student in the group a specific role in accomplishing the objectives of the activity. If each student has a role in meeting the objectives and the activity is well structured, then all students will be drawn into participating because they all have something to do. When teachers share standardized test results with parents, there is a large amount of information in the score report to be discussed. Which information will be of MOST use to the typical parent? Correct Answer: Specific areas of academic strength and weakness. When parents know their child's weaknesses, they can emphasize working to improve them. Suppose your objective for a lesson is "The student will demonstrate an ability to differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks." Which of the following is the BEST activity for introducing students to the attributes of each type of rock? Correct Answer: Students examine rocks belonging to each group and identify the similarities and differences. The activity is followed by a group discussion in which the teacher brings out the important characteristics of each type. Students learn best when they are actively involved. A group of students wants to produce an electronic magazine that publishes original student writing and art. Their adviser is planning a unit to train them how to use a word-processing application to create pages that include features such as images, multi-column layouts, sidebars, headers, footers, links, and page backgrounds. What would be the BEST culminating activity for this portion of the training? Correct Answer: Small teams producing a document under proctored conditions, using specified features, and within a time limit. The purpose of the raining is to prepare students to apply what they learn. The team and time limit conditions make the performance more realistic; the whole activity promotes retaining and transferring what has been leaned. What is MOST likely to promote effective transfer of knowledge to students? Correct Answer: Having students work on their own with specific information related to a topic before giving an organizing lecture. Studies indicate that topics need to be organized and connected in order to promote transfer knowledge, but that a large number of topics covered quickly will hinder student transfer because students have too little time to connect and organize the information. Students are about to take a paper and pencil test. If there is time for only one activity, what would be the BEST to prepare the students for the test? Correct Answer: Students should make a [Show More]

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