PECT Instructional Strategies & Assessment 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A teacher reduces the number of vocabulary words a student must learn and simplifies the text reading level. This change is best described as a:
- Modification (Correct answer)
- Accommodation
- Scaffold
- Rubric
Correct answer: Modification
Modifications change what a student is expected to learn or the standard being measured.
Question 2: Which data source would best help a teacher decide whether an intervention is working for a struggling reader?
- Weekly progress-monitoring graph (Correct answer)
- A single end-of-year score
- The student's seating chart
- Parent occupation records
Correct answer: Weekly progress-monitoring graph
Progress-monitoring data collected frequently shows whether the intervention is improving performance.
Question 3: In a co-teaching model where one teacher leads while the other circulates to assist, the approach is called:
- One teach, one assist (Correct answer)
- Station teaching
- Parallel teaching
- Alternative teaching
Correct answer: One teach, one assist
In 'one teach, one assist,' one teacher delivers instruction while the other provides support to students.
Question 4: A rubric that lists criteria and performance levels primarily helps to:
- Make scoring consistent and expectations clear (Correct answer)
- Replace the need for instruction
- Measure IQ
- Eliminate the need for feedback
Correct answer: Make scoring consistent and expectations clear
Rubrics define criteria and levels, improving scoring consistency and clarifying expectations for students.
Question 5: Which strategy most directly builds a student's metacognition?
- Teaching self-monitoring checklists during reading (Correct answer)
- Giving timed multiplication drills
- Assigning extra worksheets
- Increasing class size
Correct answer: Teaching self-monitoring checklists during reading
Self-monitoring checklists prompt students to think about and regulate their own learning.
Question 6: A diagnostic assessment is administered primarily to:
- Identify specific skill strengths and deficits (Correct answer)
- Assign final grades
- Compare schools to one another
- Reward high achievers
Correct answer: Identify specific skill strengths and deficits
Diagnostic assessments pinpoint specific strengths and weaknesses to guide targeted instruction.
Question 7: Pairing a struggling student with a trained classmate to practice skills is an example of:
- Peer-assisted learning (Correct answer)
- Direct instruction
- Summative evaluation
- Norm-referenced grading
Correct answer: Peer-assisted learning
Peer-assisted learning uses structured student pairs to practice and reinforce skills.
PECT Instructional Strategies & Assessment 3
A teacher reduces the number of vocabulary words a student must learn and simplifies the text reading level.
This change is best described as a: