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Multiple Choice

This activity contains 15 questions.

	Classroom teachers have which pair of qualities under their direct control?   Seat time and students' attention Incentive and appropriateness of instruction Students' attention and quality of instruction. Room temperature and lighting

	The amount of time a teacher has for teaching depends largely on two factors. Which of the below is one of them?   The amount of time the teacher schedules for instruction The amount of materials required by a given lesson The rate at which a small group of students learn a given lesson. The amount of preparation a given lesson will require.

	According to the author of your text, one of the most fundamental problems of education is:   Accommodating instruction to student differences. Funding public education Teaching mathematical skills Preparing students to be responsible consumers

	What is the name of a system of accommodating student differences by dividing a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subjects?   Analysis of variance Correlational ability grouping Within-class ability grouping Between-class ability grouping

	What is a strategy for accommodating instruction to student differences?   Administering IQ tests to all students in the class Between-class ability grouping Student's T distribution Psychoanalysis

	Computer-based instruction of students has proven to be of particular instructional value in which situation?   In the early elementary grades In the high school curriculum For students of advanced mathematics For middle school social studies students

	Research on between-class ability grouping has been shown:   that students assigned to low-track classes lose the most, and balance out the benefits derived by students in the college-prep classes. that students assigned to low-track classes gain the most, and augment the benefits gained by students in the college-prep classes. it is most effective in the elementary grades to boost student achievement across the board.

	According to the author of your text, one of the most insidious aspects of tracking is:   that the needs of students of average ability are neglected. that it separates students by socioeconomic status and race. that it erodes the academic performance of middle school students that it wastes educational resources

	Having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for them to reach these standards is called:   Mixed-ability correlation Between-class ability grouping Achievement-based grouping Untracking

	What is the name of a system of instruction that seeks to enable all students to achieve instructional objectives by allowing learning time to vary as needed?   Corrective instruction Mastery learning Insight learning Mastery criterion

	With regard to ability grouping, research does NOT support   Homogeneous grouping Most forms of between-class ability grouping Heterogeneous grouping Most forms of within class ability grouping

	To meet a wide range of abilities, within class ability grouping is used very effectively mainly in the teaching of   science social studies reading writing

	In mastery learning, students are   Given additional assistance to reach objectives All of the Above Given additional time to reach objectives Given additional instruction to reach objectives

	An effective way to structure cross-age tutoring would be to   Make sure students are clear about their role in the process Select only students who express a willingness to work with a tutor Make tutoring a part of the natural learning activities within a class All of the above

	Since the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT, schools are   Using technology to monitor progress of students Being held more accountable for their students achievement Tracking which students are mastering what content areas All of the Above

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