NES Professional Knowledge: Elementary Questions and Answers Graded A+

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NES Professional Knowledge: Elementary Questions and Answers Graded A+ Mrs. Blue is teaching a lesson on color groups. She wants to be sure that students learn as much as they can about colors, so ... she includes information with which they are familiar with the new information she presents. Knowing that these are first-grade learners, what should Mrs. Blue consider when thinking about their learning experience? a. Students will know how much information they can retrieve from memory. b. Students will be able to pick out the information they need to study and the information which they don't need to study due to prior mastery. c. Students will estimate how much they can learn in one time period. d. Students will overestimate how much information they can retrieve from memory. -ANS>> a. Students will overestimate how much information they can retrieve from memory. Mrs. Blume is teaching her first grade students a lesson about the rain forest. She wants to make sure her students remember as much as possible about the rain forest, so she incorporates information they are familiar with into the new information. Knowing that these are first-grade learners, what should Mrs. Blume consider when thinking about her students' learning experiences? a. The students will be able to determine what information they need to study and what is already prior knowledge. b. The students will overestimate how much information they can remember. c. The students will be able to accurately predict how much information they can remember. d. The students will underestimate the amount of information they can remember. -ANS>> b. The students will overestimate how much information they can remember. Mr. Jones teaches sixth-grade science at Arroyo Elementary. He encourages students to work in small groups of two or three as they begin homework assignments so they can help each other answer questions. Mr. Jones has noticed that some of his students insisted on working alone rather than in groups as stipulated. He also notices that some students are easily distracted even when other members of their group are working on the assignment as directed. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for the students' behavior? a. Sixth-grade students need structured settings in order to learn. For this reason, it is best to avoid group learning. b. Sixth-grade students are influenced by a variety of interests and attitudes. They are very different from one another in terms of maturity and physical development. c. Small groups are not suitable for students of this age. Sixth-grade students lack the mental and physical maturity required for small group work. d. Mr. Jones needs to state his expectations for student behavior in a more specific format. -ANS>> b. Sixth-grade students are influenced by a variety of interests and attitudes. They are very different from one another in terms of maturity and physical development. During a unit on Native American Cultures, a field trip is planned for all of the sixth grade students. The students were allowed to choose between visiting Wupatki, Montezuma Castle, or Hopi Mesa. Whatever the choice, the students would be responsible for taking notes about their experience and sharing those notes with the class the following day. The field trip: I. Allowed students to make a connection between their current skills and new experiences. II. Allowed the teachers to obtain a summative assessment on how much the students learned during the unit. III. Allowed students to be part of a learning community. IV. Allowed the students to take responsibility for their own learning. a. I, III, and IV only. b. III only. c. IV only. d. III and IV only. -ANS>> a. I, II, and IV only The results of a reading program in a local elementary school show that most students are not reading at grade level. The reading coordinator, Mr. Little, has noticed a lack of interest in reading. The school administrator has given Mr. Little the responsibility of forming of a plan to improve reading levels for the entire school. The improvement of reading skills on or near grade level is the school objective. Mr. Little's plan involved a committee made up of a teacher from each grade, the school librarian and the school psychologist. The psychologist was to study the test results to determine what students were lacking in reading skills. She reported that only 35 percent of the students were deficient in specific reading skills. The remainder of the students had an overall deficiency rather than a specific reading skill deficiency. She explained that there were developmental progressions and ranges of individual variation in each domain, which would account for about 10 percent of the students. Mr. Little asks the seven teachers to design a plan of study for those students who fell within the 10 percent. The rationale for his request was based upon, a. Creating a plan for providing remedial reading skills to the other students. b. Reducing the burden of work load on the teachers. c. Addressing the needs of individual students by creating a project plan designed to meet those needs. d. Recognizing the benefits of working cooperatively to achieve goals. -ANS>> c. Addressing the needs of individual students by creating a project plan designed to meet those needs. [Show More]

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