PPR Designing Instruction and Assessment 4

Question 1

A teacher is designing a long-term unit and wants to ensure assessments accurately measure the intended standards. The best way to ensure this is to check for:

Accepted Answer

Alignment between assessment items and learning objectives

Answer

Assessment validity depends on whether items directly measure the stated learning objectives; misaligned items produce misleading data.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of criterion-referenced assessment?

Accepted Answer

Reporting whether a student met a defined proficiency standard

Answer

Criterion-referenced assessments measure performance against a fixed standard, not against other students.

Question 3

A teacher wants to activate prior knowledge at the start of a new unit. Which strategy is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Using a KWL chart to surface what students already know

Answer

KWL charts explicitly reveal students' prior knowledge and misconceptions, helping the teacher connect new content to existing schema.

Question 4

A teacher plans instruction using the concrete–representational–abstract (CRA) sequence. This approach is especially beneficial for:

Accepted Answer

Students learning abstract mathematical concepts for the first time

Answer

CRA progressively moves students from hands-on objects to visual models to symbolic notation, building conceptual understanding.

Question 5

A teacher notices that half the class answered the same question incorrectly on a unit test. The most appropriate immediate response is to:

Accepted Answer

Reteach the concept using a different instructional approach

Answer

When a large portion of students miss the same item, it signals a gap in instruction that requires reteaching, not workarounds.

(PPR) Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Practice Test

(PPR) Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Practice Test

PPR Designing Instruction and Assessment 4