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LET Reviewer (Material 37)


1.       With regards to homework, the LEAST acceptable, educationally, of the following statements is that the homework should:
A.      Be an outgrowth of a class experience.
B.      Extend the pupil’s fund of information.
C.      Be used for disciplinary purposes.
D.      Be affirmatively motivated.
Answer: C

2.       All of the following experiments were initiated with the primary purpose of integrating            ethnic  groups from wider areas EXCEPT:
A.      Paired schools.
B.      Open enrollment schools
C.      Intermediate schools
D.      More effective schools
Answer: D

3.       La VIDA, by Oscar Lewis, is the story of a :
A.      Puerto Rican family.
B.      Family of Mexican migrants.
C.      Family of Cuban refugees.
D.      Family of Brazilian coffee planters.
Answer: A

4.       A psychological report indicating that a child has been given a Rorschach test might BEST be used to do which one of the following?
A.      Test his artistic talent.
B.      Discover his vocational interest.
C.      Test his reading ability.
D.      Evaluate his personality adjustment.
Answer: D

5.       As a motivational device, a pupil’s extended account of a motion picture he has recently seen is open to criticism CHIEFLY because:
A.      Few pupils, without preparation, can present such as account in a manner to sustain interest.
B.      The teacher could make better use of the time to present new material.
C.      Some of the pupils, having also   seen the picture, would be bored.
D.      The school should encourage leisure activities that are more stimulating than watching motion pictures.
Answer: A


6.       The  person responsible for stating the question when a vote is to be taken by the group is the:
A.      Secretary
B.      Sergeants-at-arms.
C.      Parliamentarian.
D.      Chairman.
Answer: D

7.       The median reading score in a class is:
A.      The lowest score in the class.
B.      The average of the scores in world knowledge and in comprehension.
C.      The one which has half of the scores above it and half below it.
D.      Always the same as the arithmetic mean.
Answer: C

8.       If a pupil students frequently, much to his embarrassment and to the amusement of the other children in the class, the teacher should do which one of the following?
A.      Advise the parents to keep him out of school because of his nervousness.
B.      Insist that he recite in front of the class to help him overcome his stuttering.
C.      Ignore his stuttering completely.
D.      Refer him to the school guidance counselor.
Answer: D

9.       If some of the boys in a class are noisy and badly behavior during a fire drill. Of the following the MOST effective way for the teacher to deal with the problem is to:
A.      Have the class draw up a code of behavior for fire drills.
B.      Report the boys to the supervisor immediately.
C.      Keep them after school for several minutes to talk about correct behavior.
D.      Have them write a letter of confession to their parents, to be signed and returned.
Answer: A

10.   Of the following reading scores: 1.1, 1.8, 2.2, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, the mode is :
A.      1.1
B.      2.6
C.      2.2
D.      2.4
Answer: C

11.   Of the following, the BEST synonyms for “aptitude test” is:
A.      Rate test
B.      Prognostic test
C.      Power test
D.      Diagnostic test.
Answer: B

12.   Of the following, the INCORRECT pairing of book and author is:
A.      Lawrence A. Cremin ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­---THE TRANFORMATION OF THE SCHOOL.
B.      John C. Holt --- HOW CHILDREN FAIL.
C.      Frank Riessman --- THE EDYCATION OF AMERICAN TEACHERS.
D.      Sylvia Ashton-Warner---THE EDUCATION OF AMERICAN TEACHERS.
Answer: D

13.   Of the following, the MOST recent innovation in the elementary schools is the introduction of:
A.      Team teaching.
B.      Programmed instruction.
C.      The self-contained classroom.
D.      A curriculum in family living including sex education.
Answer: D

14.   In a poetry lesson for a sixth-grade class, the LEAST appropriate activity among the following is to:
A.      Relate the idea of the poem to the children’s experiences, to vitalize the lesson.
B.      Give major attention to helping children visualize word pictures, to stimulate imagination.
C.      Give major attention to phonics and structural analysis of words in the poem, to make reading skills functional.
D.      Provide opportunities for children to read the poem aloud after study of the poem.
Answer: C

15.   All of the following have written at least one book devoted to the field of critical analysis of literature for early childhood EXCEPT:
A.      Wanda Gag
B.      Claudia Lewis
C.      Kornie Chubobvsky
D.      Dorothy White.
Answer: A

16.   All of the following writers of books for adults have also written for children EXCEPT:
A.      Carl Sandburg
B.      Rudyard Kipling
C.      John P. Marquand
D.      John Masefield.
Answer: C

17.   The following characters, each appearing in a series of books for children, are correctly associated with their creators EXCEPT:
A.      COWBOY SAM ----Edna Chandler.
B.      DOCTOR DOLITTLE ----- Hugh Lofting.
C.      HOMMER PRICE ----Robert McCloskey.
D.      MADELINE ---- Phyllis McGinley.
Answer: D

18.   All of the following stories deal with horses EXCEPT:
A.      HIGH COURAGE ---- Clarence Anderson.
B.      FIREWORKS FOR WINDY FOOT ----Frances frost.
C.      MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE ---- Robert McCloskey.
D.      MADELINE ---- Phyllis McGinley.
Answer: D

19.   In ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, Alice plays croquet with the:
A.      Mad Hatter
B.      Duchess
C.      Queen of Hearts
D.      March Hare.
Answer: C

20.   In one of Mark Twain’s stories, the number of Judge Driscoll is strapped by a collector of fingerprints called:
A.      Tom Sawyer
B.      Pudd’nhead Wilson
C.      Buck Fanshawe
D.      Huckleberry Finn.
Answer: B

21.   The children’s book mentioned below that is INCORRECTLY matched with the described phrase is:
A.      WHITE STAG ----story of Attila the Hun.
B.      MEN OF IRON ---- steelworkers complete a skyscraper.
C.      MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS ---- traffic in Boston is held up.
D.      CALL IT COURAGE ---- retelling of a South Sea legend.
Answer: B

22.   The story of the miller’s daughter who spun straw into gold is entitled:
A.      EAST O’ THE SUN AND WEST O’ THE MOON
B.      THE MOST OBEDIENT WIFE
C.      RUMPELSTILTSKIN
D.      THE MOUSE PRINCESS.
Answer: C

23.   Which of the following questions is LEAST appropriate to ask the children immediately after the reading of a story in a third-grade class:
A.      Who was playing in the game?
B.      What does “plate” mean in the sentence about the runner crossing the “home=plate”?
C.      Why did the boy get angry at the pitcher?
D.      Who can spell the word “umpire”?
Answer: D

24.   Of the following, the LEAST effective method of providing for continuity in reading instruction is for the teacher to:
A.      Confer with the children’s previous teachers.
B.      Give a standardized test in reading at the end of the year.
C.      Keep records of each child’s progress.
D.      Provide for individual conferences with children during individualized reading periods.
Answer: B

25.   All of the following statement regarding the teacher of handwriting are valid EXCEPT:
A.      Manuscript writing is slanted while cursive writing is straight up and down and parallel to the sides of the paper.
B.      The transition from manuscript to cursive writing generally occurs in the third grade.
C.      A child whose left-handedness is pronounced should be allowed to write his left hand.
D.      It is not desirable to drop manuscript writing completely or abruptly after the children have learned cursive writing.
Answer: A

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