- A 3rd grade teacher has planned a lesson designed to illustrate a living organisms need for water. After presenting a mini-lesson, the teacher engages students in a discussion in which they hypothesize the effects of the sufficiency of water supply on a living organism. Which activity would best encourage students to reflect and draw their own conclusions about an organism's need for water? A. Research information on the importance of hydration to living organisms from a credible website.B. Examine a plant that receives water on a regular basis and a plant that does not receive water and record their observations in their science journals. C. Read information together from a science textbook and have students complete worksheet questions at the end of the chapter. D. Cut pictures of plants that received water and those that did not from magazines and place them in the appropriate columns in a graphic organizer.
- A 7th grade teacher learns that an ELL student will enroll midweek. Her lesson plan includes engaging her class in comparing and contrasting the plots of two short stories. How can the teacher best modify this lesson so that the incoming ELL student will be able to comprehend the language of the two short stories? A. Give the student similar reading that are simpler and shorter. B. Shorten the stories and include visual aids such as illustrations or graphic organizers to give the stories context. C. Underline all difficult words and phrases in the stories and provide definitions and meanings. D. Locate an oral recording of the stories in the school library or create such a recording for the student to listen to during class.
- A high school mathematics teacher class includes English-language learners (ELLs). The teacher is designing a class activity that will involve groups working together on a task. Which of the following strategies would be the best for developing this activity in a way that accommodates the students varying levels of English-language proficiency? A. Grouping students according to their level of academic language proficiency in English. B. Planning tasks based on the assumption that the ELLs will have an average understanding of English. C. Including tasks that will encourage students to explore mathematics in a hands on manner. D. Involving students in a detailed class discussion of the activity before the groups begin.
- Ms. Cedillo's senior class is approaching the end of a literature unit. Which closure activity should Ms. Cedillo include to allow students to reflect on and self assess their knowledge of the literature unit? A. Providing story outlines and have each student complete the outlines using details from the stories. B. Administer a multiple-choice test over the five story elements in the units literature and discuss the correct answers after the tests are grades. C. Have the students select five of their journals entries that focus on different stories and discuss them with group members. D. Ask the students to create a chart comparing and contrasting two of their favorite characters from the units literature.
- Ms. Murphy asks her students to write an essay about themselves including their family's heritage, their place of birth, their childhood years and their positive characteristics. She informs the students that she will check for proper grammar and usage. Then she reminds them to revise and edit their work before submitting their paper for grading. What is the best way Ms. Murphy can reduce comments on the negative aspects of their essays while providing effective feedback to the students about their writing? A. Refraining from marking on their essays to avoid discourage them about the writing process. B. Giving every student's an A for turning in the essay because it would be insulting for a student to receive a lower grade on a paper about himself or herself. C. Writing a few positive comments on the essay and then making suggestions for improvement. D. Grading each students essay with a holistic score and assigning a scale grade from zero to four.
- Connecticut was established by a Puritan minister named Thomas Hooker. He wanted religious and political freedom. They also wanted to build farms on the fertile soil near the Connecticut River.
- Which entity handles consumer complaints and distributes valuable and up-to-date information on consumer protection?
- Joaquin can't control the urge to splurge on things he does not need and often runs into financial problems. What disorder does he have?
- The various types of depression have different causes as well as different levels of severity. Which of the following best describes clinical depression?
- Which activity is an unhealthy way of easing the emotional pain of depression?
- Wren's mother is looking for her car keys. When she asks Wren where the keys are, Wren responds that she doesn't know. Which non-verbal gesture might Wren make to match her verbal response?
- In the United States, what is the estimated percentage of food produced that ends up as waste?
- Which is an effect of short-term exposure to stress?
- A student who can formulate a hypothesis and work through the steps of the scientific method by isolating influences and identifying cause-and-effect relationships would be functioning at which cognitive stage of development? A. Concrete operations B. Formal operations C. Preoperational D. Sensorimotor
- What happens to the lens of the eye becoming less flexible and when it becomes cloudy when you get older?
- Which of the following best describes formative assessment and its purpose? A. This type of assessment consist of daily written assignments that can be graded quickly and returned to students so that both the students and the teacher can monitor the students progress. B. This type of assessment should be completed at the end of an instructional unit so that both the teacher and students can see if learning goals and objectives were met. C. This type of assessment is informal, consisting of reflection and questioning by both the teacher and the students to judge the effectiveness of each days instruction. D. This type of assessment is ongoing and utilizes a variety of assessment techniques to allow the teacher to gauge student understanding so that he or she can make appropriate adjustments to instruction.
- if the left visual field is lost, it is due to a lesion where?
- Which is the most realistic goal for attaining and maintaining mental and emotional health?
- Which type of website is most likely to be biased when providing information about a product?
- Which healthcare professional is typically a secondary care provider?