1. The Need for Change

Chapter 1

• The Need for Change

In education, the minimal amount of information that a student should know is referred to as a

• competency
• threshold
• principle

*d. standard

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In a norm-referenced grading system,

*a. students compete with one another for grades

• work tends to be of the highest quality
• an entry-level quality of work is established
• the number of "A" grades is limitless

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An educational philosophy that focuses on students making sense of knowledge as it links with their prior learning is referred to as

*a. a constructivist approach

• a disciplinarian approach
• an egocentric approach
• a standards-based approach

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The process of determining if and to what degree a student can demonstrate understanding in an environmental context is referred to as

• normative assessment

*b. standards-based assessment

• selected-response assessment
• contextual assessment

• The Need for Change 5

Content standards

• indicate the desired level of student performance

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*b. identify the most important ideas of the content area

• are written for each instructional unit
• are norm referenced

• The Need for Change 5

Content standards

• indicate the desired level of student performance

*b. identify the most important ideas of the content area

• are written for each instructional unit
• are norm referenced

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When determining what to teach, the deciding factor should be

• time available for instruction

*b. what students need to know and be able to do

• the teacher's planning strategies and preferences
• new ideas that will motivate students and will be

fun to learn

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Informing students about the criteria for assessment before assessing students

• makes the assessment invalid
• dilutes the rigor of the assessment

*c. allows students to focus on important content

• causes students to become more dependent on the

teacher

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Which of these could be assessed using performance -based assessments?

• the tennis forehand
• flexibility

*c. game play

• square dance definitions

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• The Need for Change10

Which of these is an example of using Bloom's taxonomy to define higher-order thinking skills?

• Having students create plays for a game is an

example of analysis.*b. Determining one's strengths or weaknesses is an example of analysis.

• Choreographing a dance routine is an example of

evaluation.

• Breaking down or listing the skills important for

playing a game is an example of synthesis.

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Daily assessment of students

• is impossible to do in large classes
• should not be done unless every child can be

evaluated

• does not need to be written or recorded

*d. provides teachers with information needed for planning the next lesson

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Assessment can

*a. motivate low-performing students, who see evidence of improvement

• impede the instructional process
• interfere with the teacher's ability to give

feedback

• signal students that cognitive knowledge is more

important than psychomotor assessment

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Written tests (selected -response questions) ar e best used for measuring

• higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy of learning

*b. cognitive knowledge in large classes

• whether students can apply the rules of a game

while officiating

• student ability to create new dance routines
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Informing students of assessment criteria as the unit begins

• benefits only high performing students
• discourages lower -skilled students because they are

unable to meet them *c. allows students to work on meeting criteria throughout the unit

• decreases available instructional time

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Assessment in physical education

*a. should be viewed as part of instruction

• decreases instructional time
• is rarely done because of large class sizes
• consists primarily of peer and self-assessments

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Performance-based assessments

• are superior ways to measure all aspects of student

learning

• are only for measuring learning for the psychomotor

domain *c. are a way for teachers to do cument students' ability to apply knowledge

• focus solely on the evaluation of learning

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In education, the minimal amount of information that a student should know is referred to as a

• competency
• threshold
• principle

*d. standard

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In a norm-referenced grading system,

*a. students compete with one another for grades

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