GACE Elementary Education Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
The flow of speech is known as what? - ✔️✔️fluency
The linguistic device of using pronouns to refer to things is known as? -
✔️✔️Pronomialization
The typical 3 1/2 year old child adds how many words to his or her vocabulary per
month? - ✔️✔️50 words
According to the interactive model of learning for English Language Arts, which
language learning dimension addresses what students should know and be able to do
with language? - ✔️✔️content
Decoding sound symbols is critical to what type of writing instruction? - ✔️✔️Listening
instruction
Two or three consonants that occur together but which keep their original sounds are
known as? - ✔️✔️Consonant blends
Writing a comparison of two books requires what skill? - ✔️✔️higher order thinking skill
The ability to understand and manipulate the sounds in oral words is known as? -
✔️✔️Phonemic awareness
When many children sit or play together and talk, but do not talk to each other, they are
engaging in which type of language acts? - ✔️✔️Collective monologue
A method of teaching reading and spelling which focuses on sound-letter relationships
is known as? - ✔️✔️Phonics
Connie, a three-year-old, plays with a doll at the changing table. Devon, another three-
year-old, sits next to Connie on the floor, and pushes a truck across the carpet. What
describes that kind of play? - ✔️✔️Parallel play
A reading disability in which a child has difficulty identifying letters, matching sound with
letters, or matching uppercase and lowercase letters, is known as? - ✔️✔️Letter
blindness
A type of dyslexia associated with difficulties in naming and naming speed is known as?
- ✔️✔️Dysnomia
What is the leading cause of death of preschool children in the United States? -
✔️✔️accidents
A reading disability in which the reader incorrectly reads or distorts the meaning of a
word is known as? - ✔️✔️Semantic dyslexia
An environment in which a child with disabilities is educated with children who do not
have disabilities is known as? - ✔️✔️Least restrictive environment
The Judicial branch is responsible for reviewing laws and acting on cases involving
states' rights. What group leads this branch? - ✔️✔️The Supreme Court
Up until the age of 4 years, children tend to consider themselves the center of their
social world and to think about things only as they impact themselves. This is known as
being? - ✔️✔️Egocentric
What are the different types of government in ancient Rome in order? - ✔️✔️Republic,
Triumvirate, Dictatorship
What are the five themes of geography? - ✔️✔️place; location; movement and
connections; human-environmental interaction; regions, patterns and processes
A man-made waterway designed to carry ships, water, and goods is known as -
✔️✔️canal
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