FTCE Professional Education Exam Questions and Answers A Score
Which of the following tests relates an individual's test performance to standards rather than to the performance of others? - criterion-referenced
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FTCE Professional Education Exam Questions and
Answers A Score
,Which of the following tests relates an individual's test performance to standards rather
than to the performance of others? - criterion-referenced
Sharon, a 3rd-grade student, received the following scores on a formal reading assessment:
identifying main idea - raw score of 18/25
recalling details - 70th percentile
making inferences - 30% correct
determining author's purpose - grade equivalent of 4.5
A teacher who interprets these data can accurately conclude that Sharon - scored higher
than 70% of students who took the same test in recalling details, and above grade level in
determining author's purpose.
Which of the following is the most appropriate assessment for measuring student mastery
of content in a high school algebra class at midyear? - teacher-made test
A teacher is assessing a student's oral reading skills. Which of the following assessment
tools is the most appropriate? - running record
A science teacher uses the phrase, "My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas"
to help the students remember the order of the planets. This phrase is an example of a -
mnemonic device.
A teacher asks, "How was the Grand Canyon formed, Patty?" Patty answers, "There is a
river at the bottom." The teacher then says, "Patty, tell us how the river affected the
formation of the Grand Canyon."
What technique is the teacher using in her last statement? - probing
While a student is giving a report to the class, the teacher smiles, nods, leans forward, and
listens attentively. Her behavior best demonstrates - nonverbal positive acknowledgement.
Mr. Robinette is a new teacher who teaches high school algebra courses. He has difficulty
maintaining student interest in instruction and has an excessive number of disciplinary
referrals.
What strategy would be the best first step to address this situation? - discussing problems
with a mentor teacher to identify strategies for reducing the number of discipline
problems
As part of her planning process, Mrs. Smith is concerned about the levels of reading
comprehension in her class. Which of the following would provide the richest source of
data for the beginning analysis of her class? - student test records
,Which of the following situations is the best example of a teacher promoting middle school
students' creative thinking after reading a given fiction selection? - students rewrite the
ending of the selection to change the resolution of the plot
Identify the classroom practice that best encourages a positive learning climate for all
students. - The teacher includes all students in class discussions, showing equal respect and
sensitivity to each student.
At the beginning of the school year, a 2nd-grade teacher determines there are children
from diverse cultural backgrounds in the class. One of the best ways to study cultural
similarities and differences would be to have students - participate in a classroom
international festival to complete the unit on cultural study.
While students are completing individual work, the teacher leaves the classroom to pick up
handouts that have been copied for the next class.
This teacher's behavior - violates the professional duty to protect the safety of students.
Which statement is true with respect to physical growth patterns of children in the upper
elementary school? - Girls reach puberty before boys
Wesley has been identified as a slow learner. He is frequently frustrated by class activities
and seatwork assignments and sometimes cries when he cannot do the work that others
complete quickly. Which of the following teacher actions is best in this situation? - Arrange
what Wesley is to learn into a series of small steps, each followed with immediate feedback.
A teacher finds that students can deal with abstractions and hypothetical-deductive
questions, offer interpretations, and draw conclusions. According to Piaget's theory of
cognitive development, at what stage of cognitive development are the students
functioning? - formal operations
Which of the following behaviors may indicate the need to refer a child for speech-language
evaluation? - having difficulty comprehending words and concepts
A science teacher suspects a new student of having problems with reading comprehension.
To assist the student, the teacher should - arrange for diagnostic testing in reading.
More than 65% of a 3rd-grade class scored at high risk on the oral reading fluency
measure of the school's progress-monitoring instrument. Which instructional practice
would be most effective for improving the students' oral reading fluency? - repeated
reading of familiar text with corrective feedback
Which instructional method would be the most effective for fostering vocabulary
development in a secondary content area? - presenting target words in context several
times during each week
, Before sending pairs of students to practice with a text, a teacher models how to choose
unfamiliar words and write an explanation, create a title for the passage they are reading,
write questions based on their passage, and guess what will happen in the next passage.
These are examples of comprehension strategies that include - clarifying, summarizing,
questioning, and predicting.
Which 3rd-grade students' unit culminating activity provides the best opportunity for them
to integrate language art skills? - having students prepare and give a software presentation
A group of 5th-grade students collected information on how many kindergarten students
like chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry ice cream. What is the best format for an initial
presentation of results to the kindergarten students? - stacks of three different colored
cubes representing each student's choice
A teacher reviews a student's cumulative scores on a comprehensive fluency progress
monitoring measure at midyear. Based on the data presented above, what is the most
appropriate method of differentiating instruction for this student? - intensive instruction in
phoneme segmentation fluency
Which of the following is an example of a classroom that has been best arranged to
facilitate student safety? - furniture placed to accommodate traffic patterns
Which procedure should a middle school teacher follow at the beginning of a class? - Assign
students to complete "Do Now" activity already written on the board when the class starts.
In a middle school classroom, the teacher observes that many students are calling out
answers during large group discussions, even after being reminded of the posted classroom
rules. What would be the best strategy for the teacher to follow next? - Have students
brainstorm ways to participate in large group discussions and amend the classroom rules
as necessary.
Before the teacher has had a chance to explain the school's procedure for fire drills, the fire
alarm sounds. Which of the following procedures would be most appropriate in this
situation? - Have students line up quickly and quietly and lead them out of the building;
review procedures upon returning to the classroom.
A high school teacher wants students studying the Civil War to understand the attitudes
of the soldiers on both sides. Of the following, which activity would best help meet this
objective? - Role-playing: based on class reading, have each student write a letter to a
family member about war experiences from the perspective of first a Northern and then a
Southern soldier. Students will read the letters out loud.
A 4th-grade teacher has a group of students with mixed abilities. As he plans his unit on
early Florida settlers, he should pay special attention to - varying the delivery models of
instruction to compensate for different reading levels.
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