Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case.
1. Recommended practice suggests that which of the following should be involved in the decision-making process concerning curriculum?
I. Curriculum experts
II. Boards of education
III. Professional staff
IV. Parents and students
(A) I and III only
(B) II and III only
(C) III and IV only
(D) II, III, and IV only
(E) I, II, III, and IV
2. Which of the following is the most crucial question to consider in using community resources in the classroom?
(A) Can the resources be used by several groups at the same time?
(B) Have such resources been overused?
(C) Do the resources meet the needs of the program?
(D) Would the use of these resources be controversial?
(E) What time limits have been established for the use of the resources?
3. The role of a school psychologist would ordinarily NOT include which of the following?
(A) Assisting teachers and administrators to develop greater understanding of the needs and behaviors of students
(B) Determining by observation and assessment the procedures that best help students to learn
(C) Assisting faculty in developing procedures for referring students to the school psychologist
(D) Assisting teachers by giving demonstration lessons to troublesome groups of students
(E) Consulting with faculty and administrators on ways to improve learning conditions in the school
4. The leader can be most confident that a group is functioning well when
(A) most participants are enjoying the task
(B) interpersonal and organizational conflicts do not occur
(C) the reward system is more than adequate
(D) the participants are interacting with each other on an open basis
(E) the leader and the participants are friendly toward each other
5. Of the following, the best argument for the inclusion of students in special education programs in activities with general education students is the probability that the special education students will
(A) have less need for specialized services in the school they attend
(B) learn more in the cognitive and psychomotor domains
(C) become more competitive with their peers
(D) receive more individualized attention for the special nature of their disabling condition
(E) be provided with the least restrictive environment
6. The teaching techniques or methods that are generally considered to have the most direct impact on affective feelings are
(A) discussion and dialogue
(B) recitation and independent study
(C) role playing and simulation
(D) questioning and observation
(E) lecturing and demonstration
7. A group of teachers cooperatively plan the best learning situation for a particular student, discuss the plan with the student, and have the student sign the written plan. Which of the following best describes this process?
(A) Individualizing unit teaching
(B) The contract method
(C) Unit teaching with group instruction
(D) Programmed instruction
(E) Team teaching, individualized instruction with the contract method
8. The United States Supreme Court has justified the use of public tax money to support the transportation of parochial school children on the basis of the
(A) child benefit theory
(B) Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution
(C) First Amendment of the Constitution
(D) right to due process of law
(E) right of parents to determine the education of their own children
9. PL 100-297 School Improvement Act (HawkinsStafford ESEA Amendments) was primarily
designed to
(A) improve local school systems generally
(B) provide services for special education students
(C) offer a diverse range of experiences in public schools to persons with varying talents and needs
(D) aid public schools in securing new curriculum materials
(E) help local school districts expand and improve programs to meet the needs of educationally disadvantaged children
10. The primary role of the supervising or cooperating teacher in the education of the student teacher is most appropriately described as
(A) setting a good example for the student teacher to follow
(B) helping the student teacher develop effective ways of teaching
(C) determining the educational philosophy to be implemented by the student teacher
(D) providing the student teacher with information on classroom management techniques
(E) facilitating the proper placement of the student teacher in his or her initial position
Educational Leadership: Administration and Supervision
Answers
1. Curriculum experts, boards of education, school professional staff, and parents and students should all be part of the decision-making process concerning curriculum matters. Choice E includes all four groups and is the correct answer.
2. Although the questions in choices A, B, D, and E are relevant, choice C, the best answer, is the first and most important question to consider.
3. Aspects of the role of a school psychologist are described in choices A, B, C, and E. Because the question asks which of the choices is not part of a psychologist’s role, the correct response is D. This choice presents an instructional strategy unrelated to the role of the school psychologist.
4. A major objective of working together in a group is for group members to interact with one another openly. Although choices A, B, C, and E are possible outcomes in a group dynamic, only D focuses on a primary goal in effective leadership in group situations and is thus the best answer.
5. In mainstreaming special education students, it is important that they experience an educational environment enjoyed by regular students. E is the appropriate choice because it reflects this kind of environment rather than reinforcing the differences between special education and general education students.
6. Of the choices provided that might have a direct impact on affective feelings, C is the best answer because role playing and simulation are most concerned with creativity and feeling. Choices A, B, D, and E are concerned with the cognitive activities and therefore are incorrect.
7. Although choices A, B, C, and D are individual elements of such a plan, only E contains all of the points of the plan. Therefore, E is the correct answer.
8. In 1947 the Supreme Court in Everson v. Board of Education held that public funds for transportation of parochial school children were expended for the benefit of the individual child and not for religious purposes. A is the correct answer.
9. The 1988 Hawkins-Stafford ESEA Amendments provide monies for programs to meet the needs of educationally disadvantaged children through Title I-Basic Programs (Chapter I). E is the correct answer.
10. The primary role of a supervising teacher regarding the education of a student teacher is to help develop effective ways of teaching. Among the choices provided, B is the only answer that addresses this point and is also the only choice that focuses on the development of the student teacher, not on the control exercised by the cooperating teacher.
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