PLT Praxis (5622) M.C. Practice | 220
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Which of the following statements is most accurate about informal assessments?
A. Informal assessments are used less frequently than formal assessments because time and
cost constraints
B. Informal assessments provide data that are used for making placement decisions and to
document student learning overtime
C. Informal assessments help teachers understand students' growth and refine instruc to
meet students' needs
D. Informal assessments are primarily used for comparing students' performance with that
of other students at a similar level ✔✔informal assessments help teachers to understand
students' growth and refine instruction to meet students' needs
A class is broken into homogeneous reading groups. Each group has a leveled historical
fiction novel to read and discuss. Before the groups meet, the teacher delivers a mini-lesson
that models how to ask higher-level questions to spark deep discussion. Which of the
following instructional strategies is primarily being used during the reading group meetings?
A. Interactive instruction
B. Independent study
,C. Direct instruction
D. Experiential learning ✔✔interactive instruction
When considering the educational implications for a student with an ID, the teacher
should primarily focus on
A. modifying the general curriculum and implementing direct teaching skills
B. collecting data to measure ongoing academic progress in an adapted curriculum
C. assuring full access to all school-sponsored activities
D. teaching social skills and developing a behavioral intervention plan ✔✔modifying the
general curriculum and implementing direct teaching strategies
When addressing continued misbehavior, teachers can best establish expectations for student
behavior by developing clear rules and procedures as well as by doing which of the following?
A. giving the students a warning for their misbehavior
B. providing students with a peer mentor for guidance
C. giving feedback on student goals and objectives
D. providing consequences for student misbehavior ✔✔providing consequences for
student misbehavior
A fourth-grade teacher is about to start a reading lesson, but the classroom is noisy with
talkative students. Which of the following is the most effective nonverbal communication
strategy that the teacher can use to capture students' attention in order to begin the lesson?
A. Frowning at the students who are doing the most talking
,B. Standing at the front of the room with arms crossed
C. Sitting down at the desk until the students stop talking
D. Standing still at the front of the room while staring at the clock ✔✔standing still at the
front of the room while staring at the clock
Which of the following can be used to convert any test result to a single-digit score?
A. Stanine score
B. Age-equivalent score
C. Percentile rank
D. Grade-equivalent score ✔✔stanine score
Which of the following strategies best increases student motivation in the
classroom environment?
A. Assigning high-performing students to tutor peers as part of expected conduct
B. Placing students in groups of three or more to complete graded assignments
C. Asking student to generate a list of goals that they plan to accomplish in their lifetimes
D. Allowing students to collaborate with the teacher to design learning opportunities
✔✔allowing students to collaborate with the teacher to design learning opportunities
Which of the following types of scores ranges from 1 to 99 and compares a
student's performance with that of other students at the same grade or age level?
A. Standard
, B. Raw
C. Stanine
D. Percentile ✔✔percentile
Which of the following assessments best helps a science teacher determine a student's
ability to test a hypothesis
A. Multiple-choice test
B. Lab experiment
C. Cloze activity
D. Lab report ✔✔lab experiment
Which of the following scenarios most closely describes the learning environment in a
classroom that utilizes constructivist theory?
A. Mentoring and monitoring students as they learn social behaviors from others in the school
setting
B. Sharing and equalizing interactions between the teacher and the students throughout
the day
C. Employing extrinsic rewards provided by the teacher to the students to
encourage participation
D. Providing consequences to students to reinforce behaviors that allow for progress
✔✔sharing and equalizing interactions between the teacher and the students throughout the
day
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