TExES PPR EC-12 (160) DOMAIN 1
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Domain I (Instruction, Assessment, & Student Learning) - Answer -Focuses on the
responsibility of the teacher to reach a diverse student body by using well-considered,
effective pedagogical(relative subject or concept) methods and teaching strategies that
take learners' developmental features into account.
Competency 001 (Learner Characteristics) - Answer -The teacher understands human
development processes and applies this knowledge to plan instruction and ongoing
assessment that motivate students and are responsive to their developmental
characteristics and needs.
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development (SENSORIMOTOR) - Answer -(Birth-2 years)
Stage of development in which infants develop reality-based schemes primarily through
sense and motor activities (e.g. reaching, grasping, & moving about). Culminates with
the development of object permanence and the beginning of representational thought.
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development (PREOPERATIONAL) - Answer -Preschool
(2-7 years) Stage of development in which children gradually acquire language
development, symbolic functions/play, and egocentrism. The child will ask many
questions, represent objects/events removed in time/space, increase in imaginative
play, & inability to understand another person's perspective.
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development (CONCRETE OPERATIONAL) - Answer -
Elementary grade (7-11 years) Stage of development in which children are capable of
operations, but solve problems by generalizing from concrete experiences; they are not
able to manipulate conditions mentally unless they have been experienced. Integration
of self into physical and social environment. Achieves conservation of number(age 6),
mass (age 7), & weight (age 9).
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development (FORMAL OPERATIONAL) - Answer -Early
Adolescence (11+ years) Stage of development in which adolescents are able to deal
with abstractions, form hypotheses, solve problems systematically, engages in mental
manipulations, and thinks about the future.
Erickson's Stages of Development (1- TRUST v. MISTRUST) - Answer -Infancy (0-18
months) A sense of trust requires a feeling of physical comfort & minimal amount of fear
about the future. Infant's basic needs are met by responsive, sensitive caregivers.
, Erickson's Stages of Development (2- AUTONOMY v. SHAME & DOUBT) - Answer -
Toddler (18 months-3 years) After gaining trust, infants discover they have a will, the
child begins to recognize boundaries that must be observed in order to maintain
cooperation with others. They assert their sense of autonomy or independence. If
restrained or punished too harshly, they are likely to develop a sense of shame & doubt.
Erickson's Stages of Development (3- INITIATIVE v. GUILT) - Answer -(3-6 years) The
child recognizes what he or she is now able to do which then leads to learning to initiate
tasks and carry out plans or they will feel guilty about efforts to be independent.
Erickson's Stages of Development (4- INDUSTRY v. INFERIORITY) - Answer
-Early/Middle Childhood (6-12 years) The child has a desire to produce, make things,
and imitate adult productivity as a major part of entering the school environment.
However, inferiority may be caused by the child's lack of readiness for the tasks
attempted or for "replacing" the family/home environment with the social setting of
school.
Erickson's Stages of Development (5- IDENTITY v. ROLE CONFUSION) - Answer -
Adolescence (12-17 years) The individual recognizes the pending need to assume an
adult role but feels confusion and resistance over possibly having to settle on a role that
may or may not reflect his or her will.
Erickson's Stages of Development (6- INTIMACY v. ISOLATION) - Answer -Late
adolescence to young adulthood (18-40 years) Young adults struggle to form close
relationships and to gain the capacity for intimate love as the individual shares their
identity with others. Isolation results when interpersonal relationships do not adequately
address the individual's need for intimacy.
Erickson's Stages of Development (7- GENERATIVITY v. STAGNATION) - Answer -
Adulthood to Early Senior (40-65 years) The middle-ages acquire generativity means of
concern for making a meaningful contribution to guide the next generation; failing to
achieve that sense of contribution and personal enrichment results in stagnation (no
growth).
Erickson's Stages of Development (8- INTEGRITY v. DESPAIR) - Answer -Old age
(65+ years) The individual reviews their life and if satisfied they feel sense of
accomplishment with people who lived before and will come after. Despair comes from
dissatisfaction over the life lived and the inability at this stage to start over and make
different choices.
Scheme - Answer -Organized pattern of behavior or thought; plan of action based on
previous experiences
Equilibration - Answer -Mental process that motivates humans to keep schemes in
balance with the real environment
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