EDU 336 F05 NAME________________________________________________Midterm Exam 150 possible points1. (5) A sophomore level LIFT volunteer asks for your advice as she prepares to participate in a local elementary classroom. What will you suggest she wear to the classroom?2. (5) Which of the New Teacher Standards is of the most concern to you as a developing teacher? Elaborate on the reason for your choice.3. (5) Describe one of the four variations for elementary-school grade organization in this country.4. (5) Discuss two specific ways in which elementary schools are attempting to help each child succeed in school.5. (5) Discuss one equity issue as it relates to the elementary classroom.6. (4) Your roommate is confused about the terms curriculum and instruction. Explain the difference between them in everyday terms.7. (5) Write a higher level instructional objective in the cognitive domain for an elementary science class related to the topic of animals.2EDU 336 F03 Initials____________Midterm Exam8. (4) Explain the difficulty of a Danville elementary school adopting the curriculum of a Fayette County elementary school.9. (8) Connect the four listed common purposes of curriculum to a specific elementary classroomexample:Creative ProductionCitizenship and Social ResponsibilityHealthful LivingAffective Development10. (6) Construct one low-level and one-high level question related to the social studies topic of Kentucky.Low-levelHigh-level11.(4) Discuss the rationale for writing detailed lesson plans.312. (4) Your roommate asks you what a “teachable moment” is and you say…13.(6) Discuss the advantages of including questions to ask of students in your lesson plans. Why don’t more teachers utilize this strategy?14.(5) Analyze the use of cooperative learning in the elementary classroom with regard to Johnson and Johnson’s five basic elements.4EDU 336 F03 Initials____________Midterm Exam15.(5) State the rule for the appropriate amount of homework as suggested in the textbook. Include one example of application of the rule.16.(5) Explain the difference between formative and summative assessment.17.(3) During a lesson on fractions, a student shouts, “This is stupid. Why do we have to learn this?” You respond…18.(5) Dr. Mengert shared that boys’ motor responses are immature. What is the implication for the elementary classroom?519.(5) Choose between a norm-referenced and a criterion-referenced grading system for student grade reports. Explain your rationale.20.(6) Apply an appropriate (and different) assessment to each listed elementary student tasks/assignments.A. Cooperative group skillsB. Reading fluencyC. Oral reports21.(6) Apply (either positively or negatively) two of the traits of constructivist classrooms describedin the Montgomery text to your field experience classroom.22.(4) Describe an authentic task you might utilize in a science lesson.6EDU 336 F03 Initials____________Midterm Exam23.(4) List two examples of a potential authentic audience for a play written, produced and presented by children in a poems unit.a)b)24.(6) Develop an example of the exemplary criteria for a social studies assignment requiring students to research and write a report of a president’s life. Use a holistic format. 25.(5) Your school faculty is discussing the implementation of WebQuests in the elementary curriculum. Share your experiences and evaluation of the usefulness of this technology.26.(5) Locate the appropriate Core Content and Danville Curriculum Guide components for teaching a 3rd grade language arts unit on writing short stories.______Core Content ______Danville Curriculum Guide7Multiple Choice (2 points each)CLEARLY mark your choice on the exam.1. Which one of the following is the most recent stated purpose of public elementary school education in the United States?a. Basic literacyb. Religious educationc. Citizenship educationd. Personal developmente. Quality education for every child2. When used with the “school within a school” concept which one of the following does NOT have the same meaning as the others?a. podb. loopc. teamd. house3. When you expect class brainstorming of a question, you should do any of the following EXCEPTa. Use passive acceptance of student responsesb. Record on the board or overhead all student ideas as expressed by themc. When recording student ideas, recognize the contributor by recording the name or initials of the contributing studentd. When a student provides a response that you particularly like or agree with, reinforce the contributor with something like “Hey, that is a good one!”4. After asking a question of the whole class, the teacher shoulda. allow the students to yell out their responses.b. immediately call on the brightest student in the class.c. wait a few seconds before calling on a student to answer.d. immediately call on the first student who raises a hand.5. In order for an instructional objective to be useful it musta. Be written in terms that are measurableb. Be for the cognitive domain of learningc. Involve feelings and attitudes d. All of the above6. Which one of the following assessment strategies would be most appropriate to determine a student’s progress over a period of several months?a. Portfoliob. Performancec. Multiple choice testd. Skills test8EDU 336 F03 Initials____________Midterm Exam7. According to the concept of the Learning Experiences Ladder, which would be the most direct experience for learning about animals and their habitats?a. Caring for a classroom petb. Reading about animals on the WWWc. Feeding and observing birds in the school’s gardend. Observing animals in their natural habitat on a DVD8. Which one of the following does not have the same meaning as the others?a. Direct teachingb. Didactic teachingc. Expository teachingd. Student-centered teachingMatch the type of Instructional unit with the appropriate description (4 points)_____in-depth study, more traditional format_____supports knowledge integration, authentic context_____focuses on broad themes, emphasizes connections among disciplines_____students discover relationships between disciplines without teacher guidanceA. Discipline-based B. InterdisciplinaryC. MultidisciplinaryD.