TeachME Professional Development

1. A rating of strong evidence by experts refers to consistent evidence that the recommended strategies, programs, or practices improve student outcomes for a wide population of students.

2. Students who develop strong writing skills at an early age acquire a valuable tool for learning, communication, and:

3. Components of the writing process include planning, drafting, revising, editing, evaluating, and:

4. Teachers should use student and peer feedback to guide their instruction and to determine when students are ready to move on to more challenging instruction.

5. Which of the following writing recommendations received a 'strong' level of evidence to support it?

6. Providing time for writing each day has been shown to be a sufficient strategy to improve writing quality.

7. The panel recommends a minimum of one hour a day devoted to writing for students beginning in 1st grade, and the specific amount of time dedicated to teaching a variety of writing strategies, techniques, and skills appropriate to students' levels should be:

8. Writing and content-area instruction should be integrated wherever possible in order to maximize instructional time and give students more writing practice.

9. Forms of writing with specific features that provide context and structure for a purpose are:

10. Several studies have examined an approach whereby students receive a variety of concrete goals to help them improve the quality of their writing, known as self-regulated strategy development (SRSD).

11. In which phase of the writing process do students select words and construct sentences that most accurately convey their ideas?

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the components of the POW writing strategy?

13. Rereading and determining if ideas are clear and if the writing has a definite beginning, middle, and end occurs in the self-monitoring phase.

14. For students who acquire a strategy easily and more quickly than their peers, teachers should consider increasing the complexity of the strategy.

15. Ordering ideas and outlining strategies are recommended to improve persuasive writing.

16. In teaching particular genres best suited to each writing task, teachers should relate genres to:

17. Character sketches, nature writing, and brochures usually fall under the writing category of informing, where the intent is to examine previously learned information or to discuss something in vivid details.

18. Which of the following is NOT one of the suggestions for selecting exemplary texts that can be used to illustrate a number of features to help students?

19. Teachers should describe the technique, articulate how it relates to specific writing purposes, and model its use when teaching students techniques for writing effectively for different purposes.

20. State assessments usually ask students to write in three or four genres, which supports spending time on a variety of tasks.

21. The DARE technique encourages students to check their paper to be sure they have:

22. When basic writing skills become relatively effortless for students, they can focus less on these skills and more on:

23. With early writers, a comfortable pencil grip is necessary in order to avoid fatigue, which can discourage students from writing.

24. Since handwriting is a motor skill, it works best to practice in multiple sessions where students try writing a specific letter 10-12 times before moving on to another activity.

25. Understanding the meaning of the parts of words happens with which spelling skill?

26. Using the spelling of a known word to generate a plausible spelling of an unknown word is known as spelling by:

27. Teachers should explicitly demonstrate how sentence construction and sentence mechanics, such as punctuation and capitalization, interact to form strong sentences.

28. Activities that are important for sentence-structure development include sentence framing, sentence expanding, and sentence:

29. Research indicates that the most appropriate time to introduce typing to students is in 2nd grade.

30. In a supportive writing environment, teachers participate as writers, not simply instructors, to demonstrate the importance of writing.

31. A prompt should inspire students to write while ensuring that students practice writing skills aligned with:

32. For 5th and 6th graders, an explanatory paper should be written in the first person whenever possible and should identify and explain its purpose and expectations.

33. Teachers can encourage students to collaborate throughout the writing process by having them do each of the following EXCEPT:

34. When students provide written feedback and assessment to peers, their comments and observations may enhance their understanding of their own writing.

35. As writing pieces are completed for teacher review and feedback, teachers should focus on the entire piece rather than specific elements, as this will help students improve their overall writing ability.