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Suppose a student received a raw score of 41 which corresponded to the 67th percentile. What does this information mean to the teacher? ✔✔67% of the students who took this same exam earned a raw... score of 41 or less. A percentile is ✔✔the value or score on the ordered array of data that indicates the percentage of the scores that fall at or below that value. The third quartile establishes the point where 75% of the score are below it. Therefore, at the 67th percentile, this student did not score above the third quartile. Which of the following measures of central tendency is MOST strongly influenced by extreme scores? ✔✔The correct answer is A. The mean is most greatly influenced by extreme scores. Given a normal distribution of student scores, what percentage of the scores will fall within two standard deviations of the mean? ✔✔95% of the data points will fall between two standard deviations of the mean. 68%, shows the percentage of data points that will fall within one standard deviation of the mean. Choice A is incorrect because the standard deviation includes the area on both sides of the mean. Which of the following BEST describes what a Pearson coefficient of zero between scores on two tests would indicate to a teacher? The scores on the two tests are ... ✔✔A Pearson coefficient of zero indicates that the scores on the two tests are not related in a reliable or predictable way.Which of the following assessments would be MOST likely to produce a normal curve when graphing the results? ✔✔State-wide achievement exam The correct answer is D. The normal curve is most likely to apply to a large, statistically "normal" population. If the graph of a data distribution shows that the mean is graphed to the right of the mode, which of the following is most likely true? ✔✔The results are positively skewed. In a positively skewed frequency distribution, the mean moves to the right of the mode and the majority of the scores fall below the mean. For a frequency distribution that is negatively skewed, the mean moves to the left of the mode and is shaped so that the majority of its scores fall above its mean. In a positively skewed distribution, the median is generally less than the mean. What would a large standard deviation most likely indicate to a teacher? ✔✔The scores are widespread. A large standard deviation means an excessive spread of data well dispersed away from the mean. A small standard deviation indicates a tight cluster of data points near the mean. Given a data set with a small range, which of the following would be the BEST measure of central tendency? ✔✔The mean is considered the best measure of central tendency, unless exaggerated by extreme scores. Which of the following BEST describes a graph of a bimodal distribution? ✔✔"Bimodal" means that there are two modes or peaks within the same distribution of data. The two modes will not necessary reflect two extremes and may be clustered near one another. What is the numeric difference between the mode and the median of the following set of scores?Student Score 25 25 45 60 60 75 75 75 80 ✔✔15; The mode (most frequently occurring score) is 75 and the median (which divides a distribution exactly in half) is 60. 75 − 60 = 15. What is the unbiased standard deviation of the following sample? Student Score 1 3 5 7 9 ✔✔3.16; Step 1: The mean is 5. Step 2: Subtracting the mean from each score. (1−5) = −4 (3−5) = −2 (5−5) = 0 (7−5) = 2 (9−5) = 4 Step 3: Squaring the result for each score. 16 4 0 4 16 Step 4: Adding the results (16 + 4 +0 + 4 + 16) = 40 Step 5: Dividing 40 by the number of scores minus 1 = 10Step 6: The square root of 10 is approximately 3.16. Brainstorming 15 minutes before writing is good because ✔✔Allows students to become comfortable with the pre-writing routine Graphic organizer before reading ✔✔organize relationships between ideas while reading Why is it important to review state standards before starting a new unit ✔✔To determine what activities align with the instructional goals. If you are going to have students write a persuasive essay, you need to do what first? ✔✔Teach the students the components of a persuasive essay. What is the best reason to have students create a timeline of key historical facts? ✔✔Gives students the opportunity to visually represent the temporal relationships between key facts. The most important reason to look at classroom data before starting a unit is ✔✔establish goals that are specific to the needs of the students show leaves before starting leaf unit because... ✔✔It activates students prior knowledgeComplete practice questions in pairs because ✔✔It gives students the chance to practice an important skill set The best way for a science teacher to end a lesson on cell structure ✔✔briefly review the main concepts of the lesson and we will be applying them in the next lesson. the most important reason to give homework outside of classroom ✔✔facilitate learning outside of the classroom After a lesson on biomes, what should be the closing comment of a student and why ✔✔Student says her experimental biome in a bottle is like South America because it creates its own weather; this is good because student has applied learning to a new setting why should a teacher model each step of learning and allow time to practice between each step? ✔✔To introduce the new content in to students in small steps You provide example of what something is, what should your next step be? ✔✔You should show what it is not. After finishing a unit, what activity should the teacher do: ✔✔Have the students create a timeline because it allows the students to develop the study skill of outlining important material and reviewing for a test.Most important reason to ask questions at the start of a unit ✔✔Connect the students personal experiences and stimulates interest when asked a personal question somewhat related to the discussion ✔✔Respond politely and connect it to the lesson. What is the best approach to take when a student hesitates to answer a question ✔✔wait after asking the question to give sufficient time for the student to answer and then call on a student who is volunteering to answer. Give sufficient wait time. The best seating arrangement for an end of the book open class discussion ✔✔circle or u-shaped arrangement of desks. A teacher has 3 stations set up around the room. This is an example of ✔✔To incorporate interactive learning with in the classroom. Poetry on the board. Fill in the subjects. Why? ✔✔Engaging students interest in poetry; It allows students to draw from their personal background and interests . A teacher is ready to introduce new ideas in a lesson. What is the best way? ✔✔Share with the students the main ideas to be covered and questions to be answered in the lesson and prepared them to think about what the lesson will be.Teacher reads to a group of students a story. She wants to ask a question about the character of the story. How should she get the answer? ✔✔Ask the whole class, wait and then ask for a volunteer. What is the best way for students to learn spelling words? ✔✔Close their eyes, write in the air, and the whole class spelling out loud together. Short, simple answers are best practiced in groups. A student is doodling on a piece of paper during instruction. What should the teacher do? ✔✔Move closer to the student and ask them a question. Engage the student. A teacher wants to teach the concept of beginning, middle and end in a story. How should they teach it? ✔✔With an analogy to illustrate the story that will foster comprehension. Story parts = sandwich parts 6th grade teacher teaching about the solar system. Best homework? ✔✔Complete a worksheet that reviews the characteristics of the planets. This is the appropriate homework in length and time. Students are learning multiply with decimals. What would give them the best opportunity to practice this idea? ✔✔Worksheet because it gives them the most opportunities to practice what they have learned. A teacher is introducing poetry in a lesson. What is the best sequence to teach it? ✔✔describe each poem and review parts; have students write examples; compare and contrast the differentparts. Teachers should present in logical sequence. It makes sense to introduce poems and parts before instructing the class to write. Teacher wants students to know what events precipitated the Renaissance. A good objective would be ✔✔Written objectives should be specific and measurable. Students can place events on a timeline. To determine if a student has mastered new material, ✔✔Having students apply new knowledge is the best way to asses if a student has mastered new material. In a physics lab, a teacher utilizes a central model through out the year. The best explanation for using this is ✔✔Organizing content across lesson around a central helps students relate ideas and understand relationships between concepts. When introducing a topic, why would a teacher have students read a newspaper article about the topic? ✔✔To provide students with real world examples. A teacher wants students to master multiplication tables. Why would they spend the 1st quarter doing 5 problems a day? ✔✔To provide students with opportunities to practice important concepts. Before planning an activity about the scientific method, a teacher should know ✔✔if the students understand the scientific method.At the beginning of each unit, a teacher briefly reviews the previous unit and introduces the next lesson. Why? ✔✔to organize lessons into clearly defined segments. Teachers should use routines, presentations and reviews to organize instruction into clearly defined segments. A teacher wants to establish a relationship between new and prior content ✔✔A worksheet showing relationships among content. To compare and contrast, what is the best graphic organizer? ✔✔Venn diagram A KWL chart effectively accomplishes ✔✔provides a sense of direction and context for the topic A teacher write the following objective, "Students will write parenthetical citations." What would make the objective more valuable? ✔✔Specifying the assignment type and timeline. It provides more information and instructional value. A teacher closes the lesson where the students identify the main ideas covered in the lecture. The best reason for using this is ✔✔The teacher can asses the learning and adjust activities as needed. This is good because having the students close the lesson allows the teacher to asses if they have met the goals of instruction. To help students understand a new concept, the teacher should ✔✔offer examples and conduct simple experiments. Offering facts, samples, examples to illustrate ideas is the best way to help students grasp new information.What is the best way to teach classification to students? ✔✔Sort photos of different animals in to the appropriate category. It is a visual example which is essential for classification. The best way to show the differences in living this is to show ✔✔yeast, carrot, baby These are example of living things that are very different. What is the best method for helping students to master mapping? ✔✔Create several related mapping homework assignments. Important ideas should be practiced on several occasions with plenty of opportunities to master the concept. Teacher is giving a lesson on writing business letters. After listing the reasons for a business letter, what should the next step be? ✔✔Teach the components of a business letter. This builds on prior knowledge. Teacher starts day off with a warm up, review and moves on to the day's lesson. What is the best reason for this? ✔✔Instruction is clearly organized and easy to follow. Routines allow teachers to clearly organize into defined segments. Teacher assigns students a book report. What is the best graphic organizer? ✔✔A story map. This allows students to organize key points, back ground and characters of a story. What graphic organizer would best demonstrate the pros and cons of solar energy? ✔✔A Tchart. A T-chart is the most useful organizer when examining 2 sides of a topic.What best completes a lesson on the planets in the solar system? ✔✔Measurable activity. Identify and describe each planet in the solar system. The teacher's goal is to increase reading. What is the best method to do so? ✔✔Have students read timed passages every day and track the words per minute. This accomplishes the teacher's goal. How do you help students understand the structure of DNA ✔✔Show them an example of DNA. Showing examples increases students understanding by illustrating ideas. During a lesson, a teacher offers students several different examples. Why? ✔✔This will help the students to generalize. Offering students several examples that differ in many ways yet stay the same will help students generalize information to new examples. The best method for mastery? ✔✔Practicing. Students should have the opportunity to practice important concepts on several occasions. An art teacher has students practice drawing several different times in a week. Why? ✔✔It allows students multiple opportunities to apply a skill. Mastery! Why use prior knowledge? ✔✔Linking prior knowledge will help students piece together prior knowledge with the current lesson. Before having the students read the Gettysburg Address, a teacher briefly reviews persuasive writing that the students studied last month. WHY? ✔✔Shows a relationship between contentThe best graphic organizer for a research paper would be a ✔✔outline. An outline is the best method for organizing key ideas and support statements. An English teacher has students create an outline of a story before they begin to write. Why? ✔✔To help students develop a guide to help students keep track of steps for an assignment. On the first day of school, an algebra teacher gives a diagnostic assessment with questions from pre-algebra and upcoming units. The BEST reason for doing this is ✔✔to give the teacher an idea of where and how to begin. By understanding students prior knowledge and prerequisite skills, a teacher can plan instruction at the appropriate level. At the beginning of a lesson, the teacher gives the students an incomplete outline with key info missing. Why? ✔✔To help students structure the info and remember it. Teachers should instruct students about when and how to use study skills like outlines. An outline gives them a framework to organize their knowledge . A teacher arranges a class lesson to be 25 min lecture, 15 min individual work and then 10 min. group work in checking. Why? ✔✔This keeps students engaged in what we are studying. Organizing the lesson in such a way will engage students who are self directed as well as those who learn best through lecture. After finishing a lesson on long division, what is the best activity to help the students apply what they have learned? ✔✔Complete sample examples on the board. After demonstrating the steps, Students will better be able to apply the rules themselves.Students finish a lesson on volcanoes. What is the most important homework? ✔✔A worksheet with a diagram about identifying the parts of a volcano. This is the most relevant to the in-class lesson. Before starting a lesson, teacher quizzes students about previous lesson. Why? ✔✔Before introducing a new concept, teachers should determine if students have mastered the material already covered in the unit. Teacher shows students a few practice math problems on the board and completes them with the students. Then she allows them to complete the rest of the problems on their own. Why? ✔✔She is systematically withdrawing assistance as students become more proficient. A teacher wants students to master topic sentences. What is the best way to do so? ✔✔Use a combination of in-class and homework assignments. Teachers should provided ample opportunities for the students to practice the problems. What is the best way to learn the characteristics of birds? ✔✔Show students photos of birds and other types of animals because students will be able to compare and contrast identifying features. A student is ready to move up into a high reading group but that group is full. What should the teacher do? ✔✔Regroup the student anyway and make space for sharing books etc. Teachers need to regroup students when the students are ready even if it presents a challenge to the teacher.When planning a unit on heredity, a teacher allows 3 days on DNA. Why? ✔✔It is a complex concept. With more difficult concepts, students should have ample time to understand the concepts. Which study skill would best help a student struggling with spelling? ✔✔Repetition Be aware of the importance of teaching sequential items. ✔✔Start with the basic and work to be more complex. The best way for a teacher to maximize student involvement during a science exam? ✔✔Assign small groups with each student assigned to participate in some part of the experiment. Why should vocabulary be taught in every subject? ✔✔To help students master the materials presented. Best homework to help students enforce their learning of commas? ✔✔Students fill in commas in a 10 sentence worksheet. It is appropriate in length and difficulty for a 6th grade class. The majority of students did poorly on an assessment of the Revolutionary war. What should the teacher do? ✔✔Re-teach the material, give additional practice and then create a new assessment. After proper instruction, a teacher allows students to do their lab independently. Why? ✔✔It allows students to master skills and concepts without assistance.A first grade teacher orally demonstrates how to combine two syllables to form a word. What is the best activity for students to do to follow up? ✔✔Match syllables together to build new works. Students need many opportunities to solve similar problems. What is the best way for a teacher to provide closure for a lesson? ✔✔Review the main points of a lesson. [Show More]

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