TLS Exam questions1. After teaching the steps of writing a story Arabic teacher asked the students to write their own stories.

Which of the following statements is the best feedback to give to a student?a. ‘Your story is weak, and you need to think of a better plot’b. ‘Please review the writing instructions I shared with you at the beginning of the unit’c. ‘Your story would be better if you described your characters in more detail’d. ‘A good story but your story needs to be improved’

2. What is the type of attention that occurs when a learner focuses on a particular topic for a period of time while simultaneously ignoring all irrelevant information that is also occurring?

a. Forcedb. Activec. Selectived. Alternating

3. In teaching classes with many low-achieving students, teachers struggle with time management. There is not enough time to focus on all the curriculum concepts. To address this problem, it is better to focus on the concepts.

a. Which are the easiest to finish, covering as many concepts as possibleb. Which are totally new and were not learned previouslyc. Which are the foundation of the new concepts in the following yeard. In the first units, or first lessons, because these units are more important than the last units

4. What is the international comparative assessment that measures student learning in reading, which UAE participated in 2016?

a. PISAb. PIRLSc. TIMSSd. EmSAT

5. Information Technology is essential to teaching. However, teachers differ in the degree to which they employ technology in learning and teaching. Which of the following options is the basic principle in organizing the use of information technology in learning and teaching?

a. Information technology is one of the options that can be used to support visual learnersb. Information technology distracts students, wastes lesson time, and often leads students to

undesirable practicesc. The use of information technology should be based on its value in achieving the targeted

educational goalsd. The use of information technology is an objective in itself, it must be planned for in parallel with

other educational goals6. What is the main benefit of giving clear instructions for classroom activities?

a. Increasing students’ selective attentionb. Increasing students’ readinessc. Increasing students’ self-efficacyd. Increasing teaching time

7. Which of the following factors further contributes to reducing the classroom-learning time?a. A high number of students in the classb. Insufficient resourcesc. Diversity of individual differences among studentsd. School administration negligence

8. Which of the following emotional intelligence components could be considered as the third step in attaining a high level of emotional intelligence?

a. Self-awarenessb. Self-regulation

c. Empathyd. Motivation

9. Which of the following educational practices can reduce the intrinsic motivation of students to learn over time?

a. The excessive use of material rewardsb. Promoting the use of collaborative workc. Increasing the number of school testsd. Setting students’ evaluation criteria in collaboration with the students themselves

10. Which of the following factors is most important in helping the teacher to reduce students’ inappropriate behaviours during the lessons?

a. Students’ prior knowledge levelb. Students’ proficiencies levelc. Students’ engagement leveld. Students’ achievement level

11. Which of the following teaching objectives needs to be rephrased?a. The student should recognize the reasons behind catching the flub. The student should determine three basic features which are common among fluidsc. The student should record all their observations about burning a candled. The student should compare a desert climate and a temperate climate

12. The following statement can be included under which categoryThe human tongue has approximately 10,000 taste buds

a. Factb. Assertionc. Hypothesisd. Reason

13. While you are in classroom, there is a fire alarm. What is the first action you will direct your students to take?

a. Leave the classroom immediately through the nearest exitb. Switch the power supply, water, if anyc. Lie down on the floor with hands on your headsd. Stay in the corners of the classroom until the fire stops

14. Which of the following tasks is easiest for a concrete thinker?a. Understand cause and effectb. Understand similarities and difference between eventsc. Generalize learning to new situationsd. Present an oral presentation

15. Why is it easy to deal with Cyber bullying cases?a. Parents readily intervene to solve this problemb. It can be easily ignored by the studentsc. Evidence of it can be captures and savedd. It is difficult for it to occur during school working hours

16. Which type of study involves repeated observations of the same variables or participants over short or long periods?

a. Longitudinal studyb. Historical studyc. Experimental studyd. Cross-sectional study

17. Which of the needs among these is the basic need of Maslow’s hierarchical needsa. Self-esteem needsb. Belonging needsc. Physiological needsd. Safety needs

18. Which of the following practices would most help teachers promote equal opportunities in the classroom?a. Using a variety of assessmentb. Planning lessons that reflect the uniformity of the studentsc. Using hands-on activities during the lessonsd. Using stereotypes in examples and resources

19. Which one of the following factors has the strongest effect on the learner’s readiness to learn according to Readiness theory in education?

a. The learner’s motivationb. The learner’s cognitive stylec. The learner’s prior learningd. The learner’s learning style

20. While implementing the role-play teaching strategy, why are students asked to try to figure out the way of thinking of the characters they are playing?

a. To develop their imaginationb. To make the experience more engaging and memorablec. For a deeper understanding of the charactersd. To help the students understand their own perspectives, goals, motivation, and feelings

21. What is the main benefit of giving clear instructions for classroom activities?a. Increasing students’ self-efficacyb. Increasing students’ selective attentionc. Increasing teaching timed. Increasing students’ readiness

22. Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding blended learning and integration of technology in the classroom?

a. Blended learning focuses on students’ learning, while technology integration focuses on teaching strategies

b. In contrast to blended learning, technology integration in the classroom can be applied at different levels

c. Blended learning takes technology integration further by providing each learner with a more personalized learning experience

d. Blended learning and technology integration in the classroom are the same23. Which one of the following factors can cause learned helplessness in some students?

a. Repeated experiences of successb. High learner self-efficacyc. Repeated experiences of failured. Low learner self-efficacy

24. Which of the following facts if accurate regarding learning difficulties?a. Learning difficulties are not issued with the brain’s ability to process informationb. Learning difficulties can be only verbal, and cannot be nonverbalc. Learning difficulties usually cannot be curedd. Learners with learning difficulties tend to have a low intelligence quotient (IQ)

25. How does bullying primarily affect the bullied student?a. Increasing the student’s learned helplessnessb. Increasing the student’s hypothetical thinkingc. Reducing the student’s self-esteemd. Reducing the student’s intellectual flexibility

26. Which of the following teaching strategies would be the best for a chemistry teacher to use when working with extremely dangerous chemical materials during the lesson?

a. Inquiryb. Case studyc. Demonstrationd. Cooperative learning

27. Students are assigned roles as buyers and sellers and are asked to strike deals and to exchange goods to learn about marketing. Which teaching strategy is implemented here?

a. Simulationb. Blendedc. Inquiryd. Deduction

28. Which of the following statements is accurate about inductive and deductive teaching?a. Deductive teaching is a method which moves from more specific to more generalb. Inductive and deductive teaching mean the same thing, and can be used interchangeablyc. Inductive teaching is a method which moves from more general to more specificd. Inductive teaching is a method which move from more general to more specific

29. Which of the following behaviours is considered an example of bullying?a. A student hit his classmate after a fight between them which led to his classmate being admitted to

the hospitalb. A student has spread bad rumours about a group of studentsc. A group of students refuses to mix with one of the students because of his strange habitsd. Out of jealousy, a student has repeatedly sent mean messages to a classmate who is academically

outperforming him30. While the students were working on a task, one of the students completed her work in half the time of her

peers. What is the best strategy the teacher can use in this case?a. Provide the student with more examples at the same levelb. Ask the student to double check the accuracy of her answersc. Give this student more challenging problemsd. Ask the student to assist the teacher in supporting students who need more help

31. A mathematics teacher encourages the students to continuously solve problems in more than one way. What is the best description of what the teacher is doing?

a. Being attentive to different learning stylesb. Encouraging students to develop cognitive flexibilityc. Being attentive to individual differences among studentsd. Encouraging students to develop inferential skills

32. A teacher has a group of students who often struggle when answering questions. Which of the following practices conflicts with the teacher’s intention to communicate to struggling students her positive expectations for them and her support of their learning?

a. Rephrasing the questionb. Giving students some to adjust their answersc. Praising the students’ attempts to answerd. Redirecting the questions to other students

33. When students struggle to understand a topic, which is the initial strategy a teacher should adopt to support learning?

a. Summarizing and repeating the main ideas of the topicb. Identifying and addressing any misconceptions related to the lessonc. Asking students to discuss the topic in groupsd. Enhancing the learning of the new concepts by introducing more classroom activities

34. Which of the following is unlikely to improve learner achievement?a. Professional development on how learners learnb. Professional development on instructional practices that are specifically related to the subject

matterc. Professional development on teachers’ knowledge of specific subject contentd. Professional development on how to assess learner attitudes

35. The statement below can be considered as:If you add fertilizers to the soil, then the crops will grow faster.

a. Fact

b. Theoryc. Hypothesisd. Law

36. Under which of the categories of Bloom’s taxonomy, the following statement can be includedThe translation of an article from English to Arabic

a. Understandingb. Analysisc. Evaluationd. Synthesis

37. Which one of the following procedures is the most important to ensure test validity?a. Varying the types of questions included in the testb. Allocating the test time according to the subtopics to be assessedc. Including questions that measure higher and lower order thinkingd. Preparing the test specifications

38. While administering a national or international test to one of your classes, and after reading the official test instructions, a group of students begin to ask additional questions regarding the test instructions and the best items. What is the best thing to do in this situation?

a. Re-read the test instructions for studentsb. Provide further clarification about the test instructions for all studentsc. Provide further clarification about the test instructions only for students who have inquiriesd. Ask a student to re-explain the test instructions to the rest of the class

39. Out of the following which one indicates learning difficulty?a. Dyslexiab. Autismc. Coronary diseased. Physical disability

40. In which of the classroom set up does the learner assume the least active role?a. Inquiryb. Collaborativec. Deductived. Inductive

41. What is the last stage of the Continuous Competence learning model?a. Conscious competenceb. Conscious incompetencec. Unconscious competenced. Unconscious incompetence

42. Which of the following describes the difference between action research and academic research?a. Action research is more likely to be quantitative whereas academic research is usually qualitativeb. The findings of action research are usually less generalizable to similar situations compared with

the findings of academic researchc. In action research, the researcher will not be personally involved in the research topic, while in

academic research, the researcher will participate in the research topicd. Action research helps in solving certain problems while academic research does not

43. Which of the following activities during an introductory lesson would best support a teacher’s ability to identify student misconceptions about the lesson topic?

a. Allowing students to review a variety of resources on the lesson topic and having them share one thing they learned from their review

b. Asking students to brainstorm a list of things they want to learn about the lesson topicc. Showing students, a series of statements about the lesson topic and having them rate each statement

as true or falsed. Pre assessing students’ knowledge of academic vocabulary related to the lesson topic

44. The graph below shows the rate at which something is forgotten after it is initially learned (A) and

reviewed (B, C, D). After which learning or review event does forgetting happen the fastest?

a. Ab. Bc. Cd. D

45. On attaining self-accomplishment you are in which level of Maslow’s hierarchy?a. Physiological needsb. Belonging needsc. Self-actualization needsd. Self-esteem needs

46. You believe that you cannot succeed as exams are not the right way to access. What type of learned helplessness is this:

a. Internal stableb. Internal unstablec. External stabled. External unstable

47. You are able to focus on a single item in spite of many distractions. What type of attention is this:a. Focusedb. Selectivec. Dividedd. Executive

48. When is a child most ready to learna. When asking a questionb. When doing an activityc. When answering in the classd. When writing an exam

49. Research data that has not been used for previous study is called:a. Observational datab. Experimental datac. Primary datad. Secondary data

50. What do we call the assessment that reflects students’ achievements, evaluates them in real life situations, and immerses them in tasks of high value?

a. Constructiveb. Qualitativec. Authentic

d. Quantitative51. What changes should be made in the following feedback given to the students that will help the teacher to

create a positive learning environmentWe talked about this yesterday, did you forget?

a. ‘You need to try harder’b. ‘You are supposed to remember the points discussed in the class’c. ‘You had done this so well yesterday. I know you can get it today’d. ‘I think you were inattentive when this was stated in the class yesterday’

52. One of the problems faced by teachers is the ability of some students to internalize concepts and learning experiences, especially experiences that are totally new to them. Consequently, student learning tends to be shallow and soon forgotten. What is the best technique to deal with this problem?

a. Including the new concepts in both formative and summative assessmentsb. Organizing the concepts and the new learning experiences, so that it begins with the concrete, then

moves to the semi-concrete and gradually to the abstractc. Organizing the concepts and the new learning experiences so that students start with the abstract,

then move to the semi-concrete and gradually to the concreted. Excluding any complex concepts from summative assessments

53. What is the action that helps students more for deep processing of information before answer the teacher’s question?

a. Raising students’ motivation towards learningb. Wait time after the teacher asked the questionc. Teacher’s voice tone during asking the questiond. Setting clear instructions at the beginning of the lesson

54. Which of the following tasks is at the level of ‘synthesis’ according to Bloom’s Taxonomy of cognitive objectives?

a. Analyzing the relationships between conceptsb. Justifying a decisionc. Planning for a projectd. Translating an article

55. For which of the following concepts would the use of YouTube video clips be most effective to facilitate student learning?

a. Concrete conceptsb. Alternative conceptsc. Abstract conceptsd. Social concepts

56. In a lesson that focuses on the issue of prices in local markets, the teacher distributed a worksheet that includes a text about a number of assumptions and data related to the cause of the issue. Students were asked to answer the following questions

Decide which assumptions are correct and which ones are wrong Justify and support your decision with the appropriate evidence

Which strategy has been implemented in this lesson?a. Inquiryb. Critical thinkingc. Inductiond. Self-learning

57. Which one of the following statements represents a difference between a project and project-based learning?

a. Project-based learning focuses mainly on the final product, and the project focuses on both the process and final product

b. Project-based learning requires teacher guidance and team collaboration, while the project could be done without teacher guidance and team collaboration

c. A project needs more planning than project-based learning

d. Both are the same thing and can be used interchangeably58. Which of the following forms of professional development help the teacher further bridge the gap between

theoretical knowledge and practical application?a. Brainstorming sessionsb. Educational conferencesc. Educational literature reviewd. Training workshops

59. A teacher noticed that some of what students had learnt was forgotten. The teacher then started to plan some lessons based on the principles of meaningful learning theories. What are the best practices that can help the teacher achieve his goal?

a. Prepare a sufficient number of activities to help students practice the new learning inside and outside the classroom

b. Praise outstanding studentsc. Connect the topic of the lesson to the students’ prior knowledge through asking essential questions

at the beginning of the lessond. Form work groups, that work collaboratively and coherently

60. For which learning style would activities based on computer graphics, maps, graphs, charts, posters and diagrams be the most suitable?

a. Tactile learnersb. Auditory learnersc. Kinesthetic learnersd. Visual learners

61. What is the most effective tool for collecting data to study the relationship between students’ achievement and the number of days of attendance?

a. Distributing a questionnaire to the students, teachers and parentsb. Administrating student achievement testsc. Conducting interviews with students, teachers and parentsd. Reviewing the records and documents related to the study

62. The graph below illustrates the relationship between student motivation level and academic performance. Which of the following statements about the relationship is most accurate?

a. An acceptable level of student motivation results in a moderate level of academic performanceb. A very high level of student motivation maximizes their academic performancec. Students’ motivation level always affects their academic performance positivelyd. A very high level of student motivation affects their academic performance negatively

63. Which of the following statements about students’ self-efficacy is most accurate?a. Students with high levels of self-efficacy work harder and persist longerb. Students with high levels of self-efficacy participate less in classroom activities

c. Students with high levels of self-efficacy work and persist lessd. Studets with low self-efficacy are more tolerant of failure

64. Students learn most effectively when they are able to participate actively in the learning. Which one of the following is the main cause for making learners passive observers?

a. Having fixed seating plans with students sitting in rowsb. Every teacher organizes their own seating plan differently for each classc. A flexible seating arrangement with no permanent arrangementd. Student seating plans change according to the requirements of the lesson.

65. Which of the following assessment methods is most likely to yield valid information about what students know and understand?

a. Informal observation with a checklistb. Student self-assessmentc. Peer assessmentd. Student journaling