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PECT PreK-4 Practice Test Module 1 Exam/73 Questions & Answers
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PECT PreK-4 Practice Test Module 1Exam/73 Questions & Answers
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences focuses primarily on which
of the following aspects of education?
A. the key role of environment in promoting children's learning
B. the use of scaffolding techniques to help children learn
C. the active involvement of children in learning activities
D. the various ways in which children think and learn - -D
-A PreK-4 teacher can best create a culturally inclusive classroom
environment for all students by regularly:
A. encouraging students to share information about their cultures with the
class.
B. celebrating a variety of cultural holidays from around the world with
students.
C. placing students from similar cultural backgrounds together for small-
group activities.
D. providing students and their families with information about community
cultural events. - -A
-A kindergarten teacher observes two children playing together. The
children are attempting to use blocks and other play materials to build a
bridge for their toy cars. The first bridge that they build collapses when they
begin to roll the toy cars across it. Which of the following teacher questions
would best promote the development of the students' reasoning and
problem-solving skills?
A. Why do you think the bridge fell over? How can you build the bridge
differently?
B. What if you pretended that your cars could fly? Would you still need to
build a bridge?
C. What different objects did you use to make your bridge? How are they
different?
D. Can you picture a real bridge in your mind? Did your bridge look like a real
bridge? - -A
-Children who demonstrate typical language development most often begin
using two-word utterances between the ages of:
A. 6 to 9 months.
B. 12 to 15 months.
,C. 18 to 24 months.
D. 30 to 36 months. - -C
-As second-grade students are learning a new science concept, the teacher
helps them acquire knowledge and skills that they could not acquire on their
own by using prompts, giving suggestions, providing feedback, and modeling
activities. In this situation, which of the following strategies is the teacher
primarily using to foster students' cognitive development?
A. modeling
B. cooperative learning
C. scaffolding
D. inquiry learning - -C
-A prekindergarten teacher wants to establish a classroom environment in
which spontaneous play is encouraged and play is recognized and valued as
meaningful learning. Which of the following strategies would likely be most
effective for the teacher to use to achieve this goal?
A. modeling the correct way to play with new toys and games when
introducing them to the classroom
B. asking students to bring in their favorite playthings from home to share
with their classmates during show-and-tell
C. designing assessments that ask students to demonstrate content
knowledge through play activities
D. ensuring that a variety of materials are available in the classroom for
students to try out and explore during playtime - -D
-PreK-4 teachers have the goal of being culturally competent educators who
use an understanding of diversity among young children to plan
developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate instruction that
meets the needs of all their students. The most important first step for the
teachers to take in achieving this goal is to:
A. use the Internet and other resources to gather basic information about
various world cultures.
B. survey students' families to determine what they perceive their role to be
in their children's learning.
C. examine their own cultures and beliefs and their impact on interactions
with students.
D. observe individual students in self-selected activities to determine their
preferred learning styles. - -C
-According to convergent research, which of the following factors has been
shown to have the greatest effect on a child's language development?
, A. the age at which the child starts attending preschool or prekindergarten
B. the number of family members living at home with the child
C. the quality and diversity of books and toys the child is exposed to
D. the amount of verbal input the child receives from caregivers and others -
-D
-Which of the following is an essential component of a formative
assessment?
A. monitoring and adjusting a teaching strategy during the learning process
based on individual student progress
B. the production of behavioral and academic progress reports that
incorporate parental or caregiver insights
C. identifying and summarizing an individual student's strengths and needs
at the end of a unit or semester
D. the development of a timeline designating tasks that will be accomplished
by a particular student in a given period of time - -A
-A third-grade teacher develops an assessment for a particular unit prior to
writing up the daily lesson plans for the unit. The most important advantage
of this approach is that it helps the teacher:
A. align daily lessons and activities with the targeted learning outcomes.
B. develop an assessment to match state standards.
C. ensure that the assessment will be accessible for all students.
D. improve presentation skills for delivering instruction. - -A
-Which of the following assessment practices would be considered ethical?
A. obtaining actual test items to use as examples when preparing students
for a standardized assessment
B. using ongoing informal assessments of students' learning to guide the
instructional process
C. determining assessment accommodations for individual students based on
their classroom performance
D. posting standardized assessment results that include students' identifying
information on a class Web page - -B
-A fourth-grade teacher uses a variety of techniques, including questioning
and journal prompts, to check for students' understanding of content-area
instruction.
Which of the following outcomes is likely to be the most important benefit of
this strategy?
A. helping the teacher identify areas where students may need additional
reinforcement
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