OAE Professional Knowledge Flashcards
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A teacher provides feedback that is specific, timely, and focused on the task rather than the person. This feedback is most likely to:
Answer: Help students understand how to improve their work
Specific, timely, task-focused feedback helps students identify concrete steps to improve.
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a student who is hungry and tired will struggle to focus because:
Answer: Basic physiological needs must be met before higher-level learning can occur
Maslow's hierarchy indicates that unmet basic needs impede engagement in higher-order tasks like learning.
A teacher differentiates a lesson by content, process, and product. Adjusting the 'product' means changing:
Answer: How students demonstrate what they have learned
Differentiating by product varies how students show mastery of the learning goals.
Which of the following is an example of an ethical responsibility of a professional educator?
Answer: Maintaining appropriate boundaries and confidentiality with students
Professional ethics require educators to maintain appropriate boundaries and protect student confidentiality.
A reliable assessment is one that:
Answer: Produces consistent results across administrations or scorers
Reliability refers to the consistency of assessment results over time, forms, or raters.
A teacher integrates technology so that students collaborate on a shared digital document to research and present findings. This best exemplifies technology used to:
Answer: Enhance collaboration and higher-order learning
Effective technology integration supports collaboration and deeper learning rather than serving as a mere substitute.
When a teacher analyzes assessment data to identify patterns and adjust instruction, this practice is known as:
Answer: Data-driven instruction
Data-driven instruction uses assessment evidence to inform and adjust teaching decisions.