EDU 336 F05 NAME________________________________________________ Midterm Exam 150 possible points 1. (5) Evaluate the dress of one staff or faculty member at your field experience school. Does the staff member present a professional appearance? Suggest improvements if needed. 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. (6) Describe at least three efforts made by today’s schools to involve parents, guardians, and the community in the children’s education.EDU 336 F03 Initials____________ Midterm Exam 2 4. (5) Reflect on the implications of Levy’s statement, “We teach students new concepts by connecting them to something that they already know.” (page 72), for your future classroom. 5. (4) Your father (or mother or other family member) is confused about the terms curriculum and instruction. Explain the difference between them in everyday terms. 6. (4) Write a higher level instructional objective in the psychomotor domain for an elementary social studies class related to the topic of culture. 7. (3) Explain the difficulty of a Jefferson County elementary school adopting the curriculum of a Boyle County elementary school.EDU 336 F03 Initials____________ Midterm Exam 3 8. (6) Compare and contrast access and delivery modes of instruction. Include specific classroom examples in your response. 9. (6) Explain how differentiation as a philosophy would impact the elementary classroom. Include specific classroom examples to support your response. 10. (4) Outline roles children might play in a cooperative group task of your choice. Include the task in your response. 11. (4) Outline your homework policy for a student who does not turn in homework when it is due.EDU 336 F03 Initials____________ Midterm Exam 4 12. (3) Summarize at least five characteristics of intelligent behavior (according to the text authors). 13. (4) Construct one low-level and one-high level question related to the math topic of fractions. Low-level High-level 14. (4) Discuss the benefits of wait time for both teacher and students. 15. (3) Restate the following question and explain why you made the change(s). “I don’t think it was a very good idea to use those colors for the picture, do you?” (From Jarolimek, et al., p. 87).EDU 336 F03 Initials____________ Midterm Exam 5 16. (3) You ask your class what they enjoyed most about the science experiment (mixing baking soda and vinegar) yesterday. A student responds, “The experiment.” Then you say, … 17. (3) List five possible resources for thematic unit plans. 18. (3) List three examples of a potential authentic audience for a short story reading of student-created stories presented by children at the conclusion of a writing unit. a) b) c) 19. (4) Explain why criterion-referenced grading is preferable to norm-referenced grading in the elementary classroom.EDU 336 F03 Initials____________ Midterm Exam 6 20. (3) Differentiate among diagnostic, summative, and formative assessment providing specific examples of when and how to use each during a fourth-grade Kentucky history unit. 21. (4) React to the quote “a lot of administrators who don’t want to hear a buzz of excitement in classrooms” in Kohn’s article “Almost There, But Not Quite.” 22. (3) Apply the terms metacognition, portfolio and rubric to the elementary classroom.EDU 336 F03 Initials____________ Midterm Exam 7 23. (4) Apply (either positively or negatively) two of the traits of constructivist classrooms described in the Montgomery text to your field experience classroom. 24. (6) Develop one criterion for a science assignment requiring students to research and write a report of a scientist’s life. Use an analytic format. 25. (3) Describe an authentic task you might utilize in a math lesson. 26. (3) List three student products and three student performances that you might utilize in your EDU 336 thematic unit plan.EDU 336 F03 Initials____________ Midterm Exam 8 27. (3) Evaluate the use of student self-assessment in the elementary classroom. 28. (5) Sketch and explain the connections between the components of Montgomery’s assessment paradigm. 29. (4) Distinguish between performance assessment and alternative assessment,EDU 336 F03 Initials____________ Midterm Exam 9 30. (3) List the three steps of Backward Design according to McTighe and Thomas and explain why schools might begin with the third step. 31. (6) Suggest an appropriate (and different) assessment (other than a traditional test) for each listed elementary student task/assignment. A. Reading comprehension B. Math facts C. Poster creation 32. (4) Locate the appropriate Core Content and Danville Curriculum Guide components for teaching a 2nd grade science unit on insects. ______Core Content ______Danville Curriculum Guide Multiple Choice (2 points each) CLEARLY mark your choice on the exam. 1. The No Child Left Behind Act includes the following principles except: a. emphasis on children learning to read by grade 3 b. stronger accountability to schools for results c. emphasis on children learning in their native language d. options for parents of children from low SES families 2. Which one of the following types of curriculum is least like the others? a. covert b. hidden c. planned d. informalEDU 336 F03 Initials____________ Midterm Exam 10 3. According to the Learning Experiences Ladder, when a class takes a field trip to observe the launching of a space shuttle, for the students on the field trip this is a. an abstract verbal experience. b. a concrete visual experience. c. a simulated experience. d. a direct experience. 4. Instructional objectives guide the students by helping them to a. discuss the lesson with other students. b. identify important high level skills c. monitor their learning d. create teachable moments 5. Which one of the following has not been documented by research studies as being an educational outcome of cooperative group learning when compared with independent