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1. Lilia DeFoe, an experienced high school teacher,
transfers from one school district to another district, which
is nearer to her home. In planning her course for the next
year, Ms. DeFoe would be best advised to design an
instructional sequence based primarily on:
A. the lesson plans published in conjunction with the
textbook used in the district.
B. her instructional objectives in the course based on
learning standards set for by the district and state and on
her new students' past performance on state
assessments.
C. the lesson materials used by her predecessor at the
school, with some changes to take advantage of her own unique
strengths in the subject area.
D. the units of instruction she found to be most effective in
her previous district.
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2. Amanda Quinn, a high school physical education
teacher, has noticed that Nicole, a student in her class,
frequently has bruises on her face and arms. When she asks
Nicole about the bruises, Nicole says only that she runs into
things a lot and does not offer any other information. Ms.
Quinn doubts Nicole's explanation about the bruises; she
suspects instead that Nicole is being physically abused. At
this point, Ms. Quinn has a legal obligation to:
A. contact Nicole's parents to set up a conference to discuss
her concerns.
B. report her suspicions immediately to the local police
department.
C. inform the principal immediately about her
suspicions.
D. ask the counselor to report the abuse to the proper legal
authorities.
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3. Federal laws and regulations must be complied with in
a New York State school district:
A. because the U.S. Congress has a constitutional mandate to
regulate education in the United States.
B. at no time and in no situation because the power to
regulate education in a state is constitutionally the
province of that individual state.
C. only in cases that involve the civil rights of
students.
D. whenever the school district accepts and receives federal
monies.
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4. Nejad, a high school student with strong political
views, organized a demonstration in the school hallways
during class hours. The demonstration consisted of 30
participants loudly shouting slogans and banging on
noisemakers to attract the attention of the students in
class. Dr. Vernerio, the principal, stopped the
demonstration. The principal's action was:
A. an infringement of Nejad's right to speech as described by
the First Amendment.
B. within her duties as the school principal because she
stopped a disruption to students' class time.
C. contrary to Nejad's right to a hearing before disciplinary
action is taken.
D. within her duties as the school principal because the
protest was not supervised by a teacher.
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5. Joshua Grindle, a middle school teacher, begins a
lesson in social studies by helping the learners make
connections between important concepts and their own homes
and families. Mr. Grindle's way of introducing the lesson is
an especially good one for his students because it should
foster their social studies learning by:
I. promoting their critical thinking skills.
II. helping them become aware of ways their home environments
support learning.
III. building on knowledge and experiences they bring to the
classroom.
IV. providing them with direct instruction about their own
homes and families.
A. I and IV only
B. II and III only
C. I, II, and III only
D. I, III, and IV only
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