PPR (160) Exam Questions and Answers
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development - Answer --Sensorimotor (0-2)object
permanence
-Preoperational (pre-k) babble-play.
-Concrete operational (elem) cognitive, conservation
-Formal operational(teen) abstact thought
Erikson's Stages of Development - Answer -1. Trust vs. Mistrust (0-1)
2. Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt (1-2)
3. Initiative vs. Guilt (3-4)
4. Industry vs. Inferiority (school)
5. Identity vs. Indetity confusion (teens)
6. Intimacy vs. Isolation (YA)
7. Genereativity vs. Stagnation (adult)
8. Integrity vs. Despair (Old)
IDEA Individuals with Disibilities Education Act - Answer -Ensures services to children
with disabilities intervenetion, special education and related services
Bloom's Taxonomy - Answer -6. Create: generate
5. Evaluate: judge, compare,
4. Analyze: examine, determine
3. Apply: describe
2. Understanding: identify,
1. Remember: list
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) - Answer --State's curriculum standards
in LA, reading, math, social studies and science.
-start with active verbs that reflect Bloom's taxonomy
-Identifies topics that need to be addressed in each grade.
-include criteria for recognizing students language proficiency levels
Behavioral outcome - Answer -Specifically state what students actions are expected at
the end of a lesson.
-work backward to determine prerequisite knowledge and skills students need to
accomplish the outcome
Formative assessment - Answer -Identify students strengths and weaknesses in order
to guide them toward greater understanding of the topic
, Summative assessment - Answer -Final assessment that comes at the end of a learning
period as a formal test, writing or project.
Authentic Assessment - Answer -Type of informal assessment conducted on a daily
basis
Learning theory - Answer --Helps us identify the types of teacher actions,
behaviors,attitudes and understandings that promote learning
-helps us understand how learners learn
-can be operationalized as classroom interactions and activities that genuinely promote
learning
Elementary age - Answer -Egocentric, impulsive and apparently unconcerned with
consequences
Middle school - Answer -Disinterested, unfocused, lively, immature, and unconcerned
about consequences for ill-considered behavior
-think more abstractly and logically
Late adolescence - Answer -Craving for attention and irrational behaviors, recognizing
the positive and negative influence of peers, questioning values and deliberately
shaping themselves into distinct individuals through the choices they make
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) - Answer -Ensure educational equity for LEP students and
low SES students
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)` - Answer -Protects privacy of
student records by stipulating who has access to student records and under what
circumstances those records can be made available.
Texas Education Code - Answer -Addresses each school distric's responsibility to
establish a student code of conduct and identifies conditions under which students may
be removed from a classroom, campus or disciplinary alternative education program
-guidelines on suspension and expulsion
Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Requirements - Answer --any sucspicion of abuse
and neglect must be reported within 48 hours or less as determined by the local school
board by the person who observed the suspected abuse and neglect
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) - Answer --replaced the
TAKS
-a component of the College and Career Readiness
-grades 3-8 reading and math
-graders 4&7 writings
-grades 5&8 science
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development - Answer --Sensorimotor (0-2)object
permanence
-Preoperational (pre-k) babble-play.
-Concrete operational (elem) cognitive, conservation
-Formal operational(teen) abstact thought
Erikson's Stages of Development - Answer -1. Trust vs. Mistrust (0-1)
2. Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt (1-2)
3. Initiative vs. Guilt (3-4)
4. Industry vs. Inferiority (school)
5. Identity vs. Indetity confusion (teens)
6. Intimacy vs. Isolation (YA)
7. Genereativity vs. Stagnation (adult)
8. Integrity vs. Despair (Old)
IDEA Individuals with Disibilities Education Act - Answer -Ensures services to children
with disabilities intervenetion, special education and related services
Bloom's Taxonomy - Answer -6. Create: generate
5. Evaluate: judge, compare,
4. Analyze: examine, determine
3. Apply: describe
2. Understanding: identify,
1. Remember: list
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) - Answer --State's curriculum standards
in LA, reading, math, social studies and science.
-start with active verbs that reflect Bloom's taxonomy
-Identifies topics that need to be addressed in each grade.
-include criteria for recognizing students language proficiency levels
Behavioral outcome - Answer -Specifically state what students actions are expected at
the end of a lesson.
-work backward to determine prerequisite knowledge and skills students need to
accomplish the outcome
Formative assessment - Answer -Identify students strengths and weaknesses in order
to guide them toward greater understanding of the topic
, Summative assessment - Answer -Final assessment that comes at the end of a learning
period as a formal test, writing or project.
Authentic Assessment - Answer -Type of informal assessment conducted on a daily
basis
Learning theory - Answer --Helps us identify the types of teacher actions,
behaviors,attitudes and understandings that promote learning
-helps us understand how learners learn
-can be operationalized as classroom interactions and activities that genuinely promote
learning
Elementary age - Answer -Egocentric, impulsive and apparently unconcerned with
consequences
Middle school - Answer -Disinterested, unfocused, lively, immature, and unconcerned
about consequences for ill-considered behavior
-think more abstractly and logically
Late adolescence - Answer -Craving for attention and irrational behaviors, recognizing
the positive and negative influence of peers, questioning values and deliberately
shaping themselves into distinct individuals through the choices they make
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) - Answer -Ensure educational equity for LEP students and
low SES students
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)` - Answer -Protects privacy of
student records by stipulating who has access to student records and under what
circumstances those records can be made available.
Texas Education Code - Answer -Addresses each school distric's responsibility to
establish a student code of conduct and identifies conditions under which students may
be removed from a classroom, campus or disciplinary alternative education program
-guidelines on suspension and expulsion
Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Requirements - Answer --any sucspicion of abuse
and neglect must be reported within 48 hours or less as determined by the local school
board by the person who observed the suspected abuse and neglect
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) - Answer --replaced the
TAKS
-a component of the College and Career Readiness
-grades 3-8 reading and math
-graders 4&7 writings
-grades 5&8 science
