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LET Reviewer (Material 36)


1.       Each of the following has a sound educational basis for appearing in a teacher’s plan book EXCEPT:
A.      A listing of manipulative materials used in mathematics.
B.      Guidance records of behavior difficulties of individual children.
C.      An indication of experiences planned for individual children.
D.      Specific attitudes to be taught.
Answer: B

2.       Of the following, the guidance technique which seeks to reveal pupil-pupil relationships in the class is:
A.      Three wishes
B.      Anecdotal record.
C.      Role-playing
D.      Sociogram.
Answer: D

3.       A new concept of the mass effect on the viewers of television was offered by which one of the following?
A.      Henry Barnes.
B.      Harold Pinter.
C.      Marshall McLuhan.
D.      Peter Ustinov
Answer: C

4.       A child is repeating the work of the third grade. Of the following, his teacher’s BEST approach is to:
A.      Provide an enriched program based on his interests and needs.
B.      Use a second-grade basal reader.
C.      Give him intensive work in phonics and structural analysis.
D.      Read stories to him whenever possible.
Answer: A

5.       Of the following questions asked by a teacher, the one LEAST conductive to challenging the child is:
A.      What do you think it means?
B.      How did John explain it yesterday?
C.      What other words could be used?
D.      Can you tell it another way?
Answer: B


6.       The “Bell Curve” is a term used in:
A.      Health education only
B.      Language arts only.
C.      Tests and measurements.
D.      Cartography.
Answer: C

7.       Of the following matters of classroom management, the LEAST desirable is:
A.      Teaching children to open and close doors slowly.
B.      Asking children to rearrange books on a shelf.
C.      Allowing children to use paints in glass jars.
D.      Putting flower pots on the outside windows sill.
Answer: D

8.       When the scores of a class on an objective-type test have been arranged in descending numerical order, the seventeenth score in a class of thirty three is known as the :
A.      Mode
B.      Average
C.      Mean
D.      Median
Answer: D

9.       In meeting the challenge of building a positive self-image in the disadvantage child, the techniques LEAST effective is:
A.      Setting a reasonable standard of academic expectations.
B.      Giving the child the opportunity of having successful experience in meeting challenges.
C.      Providing a non-segregated school situation.
D.      Providing material easy enough for all the children to master.
Answer: D

10.   During a classroom lesson, a child uses improper language. The LEAST effective way to handle this is to :
A.      Speak to the child privately.
B.      Stop the lesson immediately and tell the class you will not tolerate that kind of languages.
C.      Speak to the parent if this is not the first time this has happened.
D.      Look directly at the child without acting shocked and then proceed with the lesson.
Answer: B

11.   The newer “linguistic” approach to reading include all of the following ideas EXCEPT:
A.      Children must learn to read by structures if they are to master reading skills.
B.      Vocabulary should be uncontrolled in order to allow children to read many books on topics of interest to them:
C.      Materials must reflect the natural language forms of children’s speech.
D.      The child need not necessarily be able to understand and say things before he is expected to read them.
Answer: D

12.   When comparing the teaching of reading from a basal reader in grades 4, 5, and 6 with similar teaching in earlier grades, all of the following mat be correctly stated EXXEPT that:
A.      Practice in improving the rate of silent reading is more emphasized.
B.      Comprehension may now more frequently be checked by written answers to questions, as well as by oral discussion.
C.      Silent reading is done in smaller units rather than in the large units required in the primary grades.
D.      Oral reading is given less time than in the primary grades.
Answer: C

13.   Of the following, the MOST effective way to introduce a new poem to an elementary class is:
A.      The teacher explains each line as the class follow in their books.
B.      Any child reads the poem to the class.
C.      The teacher gives a master reading of the poem as the children listen.
D.      The pupils each read a part of the poem until it is completed.
Answer: C

14.   All of the following practices in the teaching of spelling are generally considered valid EXCEPT:
A.      The teacher indicates the syllables of a multi-syllabic word.
B.      A mnemonic device may be used where it is appropriate.
C.      The teacher presents the word orally in a sentence and then writes the sentences on the board, isolating the word.
D.      Numerical grades are always assigned to pretests are a motivating factor.
Answer: D

15.   The teacher can help to develop in the child his acceptance of responsibility in carrying out classroom routines. The LEAST effective way to accomplish this is:
A.      To select permanent monitors for various classroom duties.
B.      To discuss the need for housekeeping routines.
C.      To display names and assignments of monitors on a chart.
D.      To call the attention of visitors to monitors.
Answer: A

16.   The teacher attempting to correct stereotypes about South America might work on all of the following statement EXCEPT:
A.      South America is exclusively Spanish is culture.
B.      South America lives almost exclusively in villages.
C.      The Amazon River is a wonderful highway for trade.
D.      An outdated land system has concentrated land ownership in the hands of a few wealthy families.
Answer: D

17.   Of the following procedures for developing multiplication facts, the one that applies the distributive principle is:
A.      If 10 x 8 = 80, 5 x 8 = 40.
B.      If   2 x 8 = 16, 4 x 8 = 32.
C.      If   6 x 8 = 48, 7 x 8 = 56.
D.      If   8 x 4 = 32, 4 x 8 = 32.
Answer: C

18.   Of the following, the one that is NOT a prerequisite for learning addition facts that have sums in the second decade is:
A.      Automatic response to first decade facts.
B.      Understanding of teen numbers as 10 and 1 more, 10 and 2 more, etc.
C.      Knowing the basic facts whose sums are 10.
D.      Ability to add one place numbers to 10.
Answer: A

19.   The materials MOST useful in the teaching of fraction in Grade IV are :
A.      Rulers with inches divided into fourths.
B.      Large discs made of paper or behavior material.
C.      Number lines.
D.      Sheets of paper than can be folded easily.
Answer: B

20.   The fractional numeral ¾ may represent all of the following EXCEPT:
A.      A set of elements each of which is 1/5 of some unit.
B.      1/5 of 3 units.
C.      3 games won out of 5 games played.
D.      5 divided by 3.
Answer: D

21.   A fourth-grade class observes and measures the length of a shadow cast by the school flagpole at the same time of day at bi-weekly or other regular intervals. The class is MOST probably working on a unit dealing with:
A.      Changes caused by the seasons.
B.      Telling time by the sun’s position.
C.      Telling compass direction through observation of the sun.
D.      Learning the effects of shadows during eclipses.
Answer: A

22.   In their study of electromagnetism, fifth-grade children should be taught all of the following concepts EXCEPT:
A.      Electromagnets are essential parts of electric motors.
B.      An electromagnet is a temporary magnet.
C.      An electromagnet is not affected by the amount of electricity passing through the wire.
D.      Electromagnets are made stronger by increasing the number o f turns of wire.
Answer: C

23.   A teacher boils a small amount of water in a one-gallon gasoline can and lets the steam escape for several minutes. He then caps the can tightly and lets it cool. The can will:
A.      Blow apart because of the internal pressure of the steam.
B.      Remain uncharged because the steam pressures within equals the air pressure outside.
C.      Collapse because the air pressure outside is much greater than be pressure inside.
D.      Collapse because a vacuum tends to draw materials into itself.
Answer: C

24.   The expression “cast-off” is used in:
A.      Circle dance
B.      Quadrille
C.      Long ways set
D.      Promenade
Answer: C

25.   The Physical Fitness Test complete as a result of research by the State Physical Education Standard Project measure each of the following EXCEPT:
A.      Muscular balance
B.      Endurance
C.      Agility
D.      Function of internal organs.
Answer: D

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