PPR PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED

PPR PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, which of the following thought processes best distinguishes a student at the formal operational stage? a. Abst ...

PPR PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, which of the following thought processes best distinguishes a student at the formal operational stage? a. Abstract thought b. Logical thought c. Concrete thought d. Intuitive thought ✔✔Abstract thought Danielle is a 4 year old who prefers to play by herself and is not comfortable interacting with other children. To best facilitate Danielle's transition into the next stage of play development, the teacher should provide a variety of a. individual activities and materials that children can do side by side. b. small-group and child-directed activities. c. play props and cooperative activities. d. interesting and age-appropriate individual activities. ✔✔individual activities and materials that children can do side by side Ms. Nguyen notices that a boy in her kindergarten class comes to school very irritable and is hyperactive most of the day. He has trouble concentrating and frequently fights with other children. Which of the following actions would be the most appropriate first response to this situation? A. Referring the child to the school nurse for possible attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms B. Monitoring and documenting the behavior to be used at the parent-teacher conference in a few months C. Setting up a conference with the child's parents to discuss behavior at home and sleep schedules D. Collaborating with an administrator to develop an intervention plan to address behavior ✔✔Setting up a conference with the child's parents to discuss behavior at home and sleep schedules To best ensure that all students in a fourth-grade inclusion classroom receive quality instruction, which of the following should lesson plans always include? A. Individual assignments for each student and planned time for whole-class reteaching B. Activities at varying difficulty levels to allow for students to make self-directed choices C. Extra time for reteaching and needs-based modifications of student activities D. Blocks of time for small-group instruction for students with learning disabilities ✔✔Extra time for reteaching and needs-based modifications of student activities 5. A first-grade teacher has readers who are below grade level, each at a different level. In planning individualized instruction, which of the following is the best first step for the teacher to take? A. Providing an assessment to identify students' reading strengths and weaknesses B. Incorporating daily drills for students to practice reading skills C. Having students pulled out of the classroom for small-group reading instruction D. Developing students' oral language and writing skills ✔✔Providing an assessment to identify students' reading strengths and weaknesses 6. An English-language learner (ELL) who is at an advanced-high level of language proficiency is preparing a report summarizing a science experiment. The most appropriate expectation for the teacher to have of the ELL's report is that it will include A. illustrations of concepts that the student struggles with communicating in writing. B. a reliance on teacher-provided sentence stems to complete the report. C. writing that is correct in content but below grade level in syntax and grammar. D. grade-level content information communicated with few language-related errors. ✔✔gradelevel content information communicated with few language-related errors. Fifth-grade students have just completed a social studies unit in which they explored pioneers' everyday life during the westward expansion. Which of the following student activities would show the highest level of critical thinking? A. Creating a time line of important events during westward expansion B. Completing a multiple-choice assessment about pioneers during westward expansion C. Writing a journal entry from the perspective of a pioneer during westward expansion D. Drawing a picture showing a pioneer during westward expansion ✔✔Writing a journal entry from the perspective of a pioneer during westward expansion Which of the following teaching strategies best supports intermediate-level English-language learners in the development of speaking English in academic settings? A. Modeling pronunciations of key academic vocabulary B. Reviewing the concepts within the content through repetition C. Providing native language translations of academic vocabulary D. Connecting academic vocabulary to common idioms ✔✔Modeling pronunciations of key academic vocabulary A fifth-grade science teacher wants to accommodate science textbook reading assignments for English- language learners (ELLs). Which of the following activities would best support the goal? A. Providing the ELLs with an audio tape version of the science textbook B. Modifying the textbook content according to the instructional level of the ELLs C. Segmenting textbook passages into smaller sections for the ELLs D. Providing extra time for the ELLs to read each textbook assignment ✔✔Segmenting textbook passages into smaller sections for the ELLs Which of the following teacher actions will most effectively promote a positive climate in an elementary classroom? A. Greeting students as they enter the classroom B. Setting the same goals for all students C. Allowing students to form their own groups during group work D. Providing lessons that are easy for students ✔✔Greeting students as they enter the classroom Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, has the following goals while creating his behavior management program. Goal 1: Develop an effective set of behavior expectations for students, including rewards and consequences. Goal 2: Establish positive relationships with students' parents to get support for the behavior management program. Which of the following will best help with effectively reaching the first goal? A. Posting a list of specific behavior standards on a poster at the front of the classroom B. Allowing the students to discover the consequences of misbehavior through trial and error before discussing the importance of the behavior standards C. Creating the behavior standards as a classroom community with student input and discussion D. Inviting the school principal to participate during the discussion of the importance of the behavior standards ✔✔Creating the behavior standards as a classroom community with student input and discussion Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, has the following goals while creating his behavior management program. Goal 1: Develop an effective set of behavior expectations for students, including rewards and consequences. Goal 2: Establish positive relationships with students' parents to get support for the behavior management program. The most appropriate guideline to help Mr. Hall reach the first goal is to incorporate A. three to five general standards that guide productive learning. B. ten to fifteen standards that provide detailed information. C. three to five standards that define consequences. D. ten to fifteen standards that teachers implement across classes. ✔✔three to five general standards that guide productive learning. Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, has the following goals while creating his behavior management program. Goal 1: Develop an effective set of behavior expectations for students, including rewards and consequences. Goal 2: Establish positive relationships with students' parents to get support for the behavior management program. Which of the following could Mr. Hall do to best achieve his main goal related to parents? A. Meet with the parents as soon as the students violate the behavior standards B. Call the parents when help is needed to maintain the standards appropriately C. Send an introductory letter home on the first day of school that asks for a conference in the first month D. Solicit parental involvement when there is an after-school grade-level activity ✔✔Send an introductory letter home on the first day of school that asks for a conference in the first month Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, has the following goals while creating his behavior management program. Goal 1: Develop an effective set of behavior expectations for students, including rewards and consequences. Goal 2: Establish positive relationships with students' parents to get support for the behavior management program. After the plan has been implemented, Mr. Hall schedules a phone conference with the parents of a student who is not following the plan. In the conference, which of the following approaches will best promote the second goal? A. Developing behavior standards to be implemented at home and then summarizing how to address academics and behavior B. Preparing notes on the student's misconduct and then suggesting ways for the parents to provide positive and negative consequences C. Providing a more specific set of behavior standards and then suggesting that the parents email any questions and/or concerns D. Summarizing the student's achievements and challenges and then encouraging the parents to discuss the situation ✔✔Summarizing the student's achievements and challenges and then encouraging the parents to discuss the situation Ms. Lyons observes that a majority of the students in her class are not following a recently taught math process on how to regroup while subtracting. Which of the following would be the best way to reteach the math process? A. Selecting more complicated examples to better demonstrate the process B. Connecting the underlying concepts to the process C. Using abstract terms to explain the process D. Presenting the process to a small group of students ✔✔Connecting the underlying concepts to the process When posing a question, the amount of wait time a teacher allows before calling on a student for a response primarily depends on the A. familiarity of the concept being discussed. B. amount of time allotted for the lesson. C. cognitive level of the question being asked. D. number of students with their hands raised. ✔✔cognitive level of the question being asked. 17. Before beginning a unit on plant life, students in a class answer the question, "What questions do you have about plant life?" in their learning journals. At the end of the unit, the teacher has students return to their list of questions and answer as many as they can. A primary reason for using this activity is to help the teacher A. understand students' opinions about plant life. B. encourage interaction between students about plant life. C. foster student ownership in their learning about plant life. D. develop students' scientific vocabulary about plant life. ✔✔foster student ownership in their learning about plant life. 24. In a physical education class that includes several English-language learners (ELLs) at various levels of language proficiency, the physical education teacher displays a list of vocabulary words related to basketball. Which of the following strategies will best support the ELLs' understanding of the vocabulary words? A. Reviewing the definitions during each class period B. Pantomiming the words with the class C. Reading the words aloud as a whole class D. Modeling the pronunciation of the words as a class ✔✔Pantomiming the words with the class 25. Which of the following is the most effective way for a teacher to monitor student understanding of a task during group activities? A. Observing student interactions while circulating around the room B. Remaining in an accessible location to answer student questions C. Asking one member of the team to report on the group's activity D. Providing a questionnaire for group members to evaluate one another ✔✔Observing student interactions while circulating around the room 26. A high school teacher wants to acknowledge students who participated in the state science fair by posting pictures on the school site. Which of the following would be the most appropriate way for the teacher to proceed? A. Posting the photographs with no identifying information B. Obtaining each student's written permission C. Reviewing the district fair-use policy D. Reviewing the district acceptable-use policy ✔✔Reviewing the district acceptable-use policy 27. A third-grade teacher is planning a lesson on media literacy. One of the teacher's goals is for students to be able to compare various forms of written conventions used in digital media. Which of the following student activities best supports the goal? A. Exploring a list of websites provided by the teacher and sorting the sites into categories based on the kind of information that is provided B. Researching a topic using the Internet and emailing a note to a friend that includes three facts from the research C. Using a Venn diagram to distinguish characteristics of a blog from those in a Web-based newspaper article D. Working in groups to create a classroom website about events in the classroom ✔✔Using a Venn diagram to distinguish characteristics of a blog from those in a Web-based newspaper article 28. As an informal assessment, a high school career and technology teacher has students complete an online job application and create an online résumé. The assessment is most beneficial because it allows students to A. apply their learning to real life. B. identify their vocational skills. C. apply metacognitive strategies. D. identify instructional goals. ✔✔apply their learning to real life. 29. A middle school history teacher is planning to assign a six-week project. Which of the following teaching strategies would best help promote students' understanding of the project's expectations? A. Requiring the students to fill out a self-assessment form as they complete the project B. Questioning students periodically about the status of the project C. Discussing the grading rubric that will be used before beginning unit tasks D. Requesting that students explain the project to their parents and obtain their parents' signature ✔✔Discussing the grading rubric that will be used before beginning unit tasks 30. When assessing students' writing, a teacher uses holistic scoring. Which of the following is true of holistic scoring? A. The score is based on the overall quality of both content and mechanics B. The writing sample is divided into separate parts and given separate scores for each part C. The score is based on the students' self-assessments as they proceed through the writing process D. The writing sample is used to rank the students' writing across the same grade level ✔✔The score is based on the overall quality of both content and mechanics 31. A sixth-grade teacher recognizes that during her lesson on the human body, many students are not paying attention and one student has fallen asleep. The most appropriate actions for the teacher to take would be to A. remind the class that not paying attention will have consequences and apply behavior consequences accordingly. B. move on to a different activity that engages the students and reevaluate the lesson's effectiveness at a later time. C. conduct a different, short activity, such as singing a song, that will break up the monotony and then have students return to the original lesson. D. call on students who are not paying attention and have them move to a desk closer to the front of the classroom. ✔✔move on to a different activity that engages the students and reevaluate the lesson's effectiveness at a later time. 32. Mr. Perez is organizing his new kindergarten classroom and planning his instruction. In his initial planning, he will make decisions that include the thematic unit for the beginning of the school year, the positioning of the learning centers, and the daily schedule. When making those decisions, he wants to make sure to create developmentally appropriate and effective activities and routines that are sensitive to the needs of all students. At the beginning of the year, which of the following thematic unit topics will be most effective for developing students' knowledge of self-concept? A. Things that grow B. World of color C. My neighborhood D. My family ✔✔My family Mr. Perez is organizing his new kindergarten classroom and planning his instruction. In his initial planning, he will make decisions that include the thematic unit for the beginning of the school year, the positioning of the learning centers, and the daily schedule. When making those decisions, he wants to make sure to create developmentally appropriate and effective activities and routines that are sensitive to the needs of all students. 33. Which of the following learning centers will be most beneficial for Mr. Perez to position next to the classroom library? A. Block center B. Writing center C. Sand and water center D. Dramatic play center ✔✔Writing center 34. Mr.Perez plans for the following morning schedule. 8:30-8:50 Whole-group circle 8:50-9:50 Activity and play in learning centers 9:50-10:10 Cleanup and snack 10:10-10:35 Shared storybook reading 10:35-11:05 Outdoor play 11:05-11:35 Songs, poems and movement The schedule most clearly demonstrates that Mr. Perez understands which of the following about early childhood students. A. Sitting and listening times should be balanced with movement times B. Young children should have time to rest during the preschool day C. Morning activity time should be whole-group activities that are structured D. Activities should primarily be led by the teacher with a few activities being led by students ✔✔Sitting and listening times should be balanced with movement times 35. Mr.Renier wants to establish regular two-way conversations with the parents of his students. To best achieve this goal, Mr. Renier should first A. write a positive note to inform parents and guardians of student progress. B. set up a meeting to discuss mutual goals for student progress with parents and guardians. C. ensure that parents and guardians receive and send back students' signed report cards. D. require students to maintain daily planners that are signed by parents and guardians and checked by the teacher. ✔✔set up a meeting to discuss mutual goals for student progress with parents and guardians. 36. Fifth-grade teachers at a school meet regularly to discuss strategies to help students struggling in mathematics. The primary benefit of the meetings is helping teachers to A. provide instruction for various types of learners. B. reward teachers who use effective teaching practices. C. acknowledge that some teachers use better methods than other teachers do. D. counsel each other when they are frustrated. ✔✔provide instruction for various types of learners. 37. After a single week in school, which of the following would be best for a first-year teacher to use to improve the class's behavior management plan? A. Visiting the library and reading articles on ways to collaborate with families and the larger community B. Discussing challenges with the principal and asking the principal to perform frequent appraisals to improve the quality of teaching C. Observing effective teachers in the school and using their knowledge and expertise to help enhance his or her own skills D. Collaborating with other first-year teachers and discussing challenges faced in the classroom ✔✔Observing effective teachers in the school and using their knowledge and expertise to help enhance his or her own skills 38. Mr.Riley emails his child's teacher to ask about how to identify whether or not his child has a learning disability. The most appropriate response is for the teacher to A. plan a meeting with the school counselor, the principal and Mr. Riley to discuss the issue. B. provide Mr.Riley with information about tutoring services, online resources and extracurricular programs. C. discuss the process of systematic interventions, monitoring and evaluation with Mr. Riley. D. advise Mr.Riley to observe and monitor his child's homework, study and behavior habits. ✔✔discuss the process of systematic interventions, monitoring and evaluation with Mr. Riley. 39. In accordance with fair-use guidelines, a teacher is legally permitted to do which of the following? A. Download pictures and information from Internet sites to a folder for students to access for a lesson B. Build a class website with popular clip art and videos from interesting sites C. Show a popular, age-appropriate movie to students as an incentive for perfect attendance D. Make copies of a copyrighted software program, legally purchased by the school, for student home use ✔✔Download pictures and information from Internet sites to a folder for students to access for a lesson 40. Which of the following topics would be the most appropriate to communicate through a class website that all students and parents of students can access? A. Students' individual progress reports B. Class news and deadlines on assignments C. Personal views and debates on school policies D. District testing outcomes at all grade levels ✔✔Class news and deadlines on assignments