FTCE Professional Education (FTCE)

FTCE Professional Education Practice Test Teachers who conduct action research might: Videotape their lessons to reflect on instructional strategies. A student-centered classroom uses reciprocal teaching to analyze a selection of text. The 4 basic steps that are used in reciprocal teaching are: Predicting, questioning, clarifying, summarizing. What type of test could a school district use to determine if state standards were being effectively taught? Criterion-referenced test Which of the...

A teacher's first step in planning a lesson correct answer: To identify, within the framework of the state-adopted standards, the instructional objective(s) for the lesson Planning is critical to successful ______ of curriculum, instruction, and assessment correct answer: Alignment When designing instruction, teachers should focus on the desired instructional _____ correct answer: Objectives Good assessment reflects what is _____ correct answer: Taught T or F: When planning less...

ESOL correct answer: English for Speakers of Other Languages META correct answer: Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy LEP correct answer: Limited English Proficiency Consent Decree correct answer: Requires all teachers working with any LEP student to participate in courses and training related to teaching ESOL students and earn formal bilingual or ESOL credentials. Basic ESOL correct answer: instruction in English/Language Arts Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skil...

What is an indication of the IQR (Interquartile range)? correct answer: It gives you an indication of how much the data values "stretch" from the center of the data. IQR = Q3 - Q1. The IQR contains the center 50 percent of the data. What is an advantage of criterion reference assessment over norm-refernce? correct answer: An advantage of criterion-referenced tests over norm-referenced tests is their diagnostic, placement, and remediation use. Teachers in Florida are expected to analyze...

Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development correct answer: The theory that holds moral reasoning, the basis for ethical behavior, has six identifiable developmental stages, each more adequate at responding to moral dilemmas than its predecessor. Kohlberg's Levels correct answer: Level 1. Preconventional Morality Level 11. Convetional Morality Level 111. Postconvetional Morality Kohlberg's 6 Stages correct answer: Stage 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation Stage 2. Individualism ...

Which accommodation will be most helpful in teaching a general elementary education class that has students with visual learning disabilities?2 correct answer: Establish buddy pairs +If the teacher is offended by comments, which are inappropriate, during lunch with colleagues, the teacher should first? correct answer: Leave the location Tamika, a kindergarten student, has memorized a simple 8-line nursery rhyme. A teacher has made a written copy of the rhyme and asked Tamika to read the ...

In planning any activity for a lesson in language arts, mathematics, or science, the short-term objectives of the activity should be based on correct answer: Student learning needs A student with an impairment related to hearing would typically have a delay in correct answer: Developing vocabulary skills Which of the following strategies is most appropriate for improving access to general education curriculum for young children with severe disabilities? (Mobility) correct answer: Alteri...

A social studies teacher asks the students in the class how they could use the word HOMES to help them remember the names of the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. The students quickly recognize that the first letters of the names of the lakes can be arranged to spell HOMES. This approach to memorizing information best exemplifies using A. an acronym B. chunking C. rehearsal D. rote correct answer: A During a class discussion, for which of the following purposes w...

Teachers who conduct action research might: correct answer: Videotape their lessons to reflect on instructional strategies. A student-centered classroom uses reciprocal teaching to analyze a selection of text. The 4 basic steps that are used in reciprocal teaching are: correct answer: Predicting, questioning, clarifying, summarizing. What type of test could a school district use to determine if state standards were being effectively taught? correct answer: Criterion-referenced test W...