Ftce Professional Test Strategies

Front 1

A teacher is setting the stage foe a learning process. Choose the best introductory remark.

Back 1

What is unusual about the picture on the bulletin board?

Front 2

The following scenario is an example of which communication strategy?
‘Students, it was important for our president to meet the leader of china to promote good communications between the leaders of two of the most powerful countries in the world.”
Teacher: “How would such a meeting promote open communication?”

Back 2

Probing

Front 3

Which teacher action is a part of the communication technique for active listening?

Back 3

The teacher restates the student’s message

Front 4

During class discussions, a teacher wants to emphasize significant concepts and information. Which strategy will best achieve this goal?

Back 4

Critical question technique

Front 5

The teacher asks, “What is an equilateral triangle?
The student answer “A triangle which has two equal legs”
What will be an effective response from the teacher?

Back 5

Remember our clue that we used yesterday that came from the Latin word that sounds equal.

Front 6

Which teacher action will request students to complete a report on the same topic but one project has gaps that cause concern?

Back 6

Discussing the same strengths and weaknesses and provide an opportunities for revision

Front 7

Following instructions by a teacher a student continues to have difficulty in learning the material. What strategy should the teacher used?

Back 7

Assigning a peer tutor to work with the student

Front 8

The teacher rearranges the seating pattern in the class so that seats form a horseshoe. What purpose will such an arrangement serve?

Back 8

Increase eye contact with students

Front 9

A teacher writing sentences on the board was disturbed by mild talking in the class. “No more talking” the teacher said pausing. The talk stops momentarily, but soon the noise level increases again. What non-verbal behavior might best be used to quiet the class?

Back 9

Turn established eye contact

Front 10

A student rehearses an oral report he has prepared for competition and asks the teacher for feedback. The report lacks organization. What will be the most effective teacher response?

Back 10

Establish a sequencing plan and follow it

Front 11

Which technique will most effectively establish a 9th grade teacher’s expectation for assignment?

Back 11

A list of due dates of each assignment for the grading period

Front 12

Every spring Willett High School honors the highest achieving students at an academic award banquet, where they are presented scholarship vouchers for college. This event is an example of

Back 12

An incentive program

Front 13

The most effective strategy for engaging an ongoing dialogue with educators about the assignment of ESOL and ESE students is to?

Back 13

Join an online discussion group conversation about assignment

Front 14

Which professional development opportunities will be best for a new teacher?

Back 14

Participation in school improvement meeting

Front 15

After a lesson that was not as satisfactory as it was hoped, a teacher notes where it could have been improved to meet his students learning needs. The teacher is engaged in?

Back 15

Reflection

Front 16

Maintaining anecdotal records of effective instructional strategies offers teachers practice in the skill of?

Back 16

Reflecting

Front 17

A teacher who plans content rich lessons targeting all students learning styles in various activities and group work should also consider?

Back 17

Requirement from the school district

Front 18

Which resource will provide Ms. Jones with data for grouping all students before the first week of reading instruction?

Back 18

IEP

Front 19

A teacher of a class of gifted highly motivated students aged 10- 12 is planning a class lesson. The teacher wants students to develop their own concepts and principles for the lesson. Which instructional strategy is most appropriate for this situation?

Back 19

Guided discovery

Front 20

In teaching math and science, a teacher wants students to analyze information and to adjust or to express a value. What should the teacher do to stimulate high level thinking skills of students?

Back 20

Ask student to compare and evaluate situations

Front 21

A teacher notices that students seem disinterested in class topic. The teacher wants to liven up the discussion portion of the lesson to increase student’s participation, what is the best procedure for the teacher to follow?

Back 21

Ask questions that require students to show explain or describe

Front 22

Which teacher action will most likely help develop students’ divergent thinking abilities?

Back 22

Ask student to discuss the way to combat pollution in their area

Front 23

To best help 10th grade students studying American Revolution develop analytical skills; the teacher should ask students to discuss?

Back 23

How different with responses the same event could change the outcome of the American revolutionary war

Front 24

To help a student analyze issues more carefully and engage in other critical thinking skills, the teacher should ask to?

Back 24

Develop and perform a play based on the novel “The Red Budge of College”

Front 25

A teacher willing to introduce a new unit provided ideas of novel instructional materials and activities and encouraged a student to do the same exploring. What type of intrinsic instructional activities the teacher used?

Back 25

Curiosity

Front 26

A teacher wants to improve the writing and thinking ability of her student. What is an appropriate activity the teacher should use?

Back 26

Engage the student in an imaginary exercise related to the topic of which they are to write

Front 27

To have 4th grade students demonstrate their understanding of the interconnectedness of ocean life, a teacher should ask students to?

Back 27

Write an explanation for how ocean life in interconnected

Front 28

To best encourage critical thinking, a science teacher should design a lot of activities that?

Back 28

Have multiple solutions

Front 29

A high school math teacher would like her students to explore geometric shape-like forms, and shape uses in daily life. Which activity would best promote student creative thinking to accomplish the teachers’ goal?

Back 29

Student use multi-media resources to identify and analyze geometric shape found in art and architecture