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PPR Practice Test 1
Mr. Jimenez, a high school math teacher recognizes that one of his students seems to be left out a lot when students are choosing partners or groups and picked on frequently for being different. Why is this situation particularly harmful in a high school setting? ✔✔The influence of peers is strongest in adolescence Mr. Jackson, a third-grade teacher works with students throughout the year on material they can perform with guidance but are not yet competent to perform alone. According to Lev Vygotsky's theory of development, what is Mr. Jackson's approach to working with his students? ✔✔Working in their the Zone of Proximal Development. Mr. Gaona examines the following student data noting the number of correct items from a diagnostic mathematics benchmark. After reading the data, Mr. Gaona plans to meet with each student to help create their individual mathematics goals.How can Mr. Gaona best help his students to use the data and set personal goals for their mathematics performance. Mr. Gaona should have them base their goals on... ✔✔Their strengths and weaknesses shown in the benchmark. Mrs. Wright uses learning centers as part of the curriculum for her first-grade class. She uses this time to allow students to work cooperatively, problem-solve, be independent, and have some choice over their own learning. What type of skills is Mrs. Wright working on with her students? ✔✔Life-skills Mr. Givens has assigned a research project to the students in his senior government class regarding voting and how the popular vote is different than the electoral vote. Following the research portion of the assignment, he requires students to hold a mock election for the neighboring elementary school. The primary purpose of the mock election is for the high school students to develop which of the following skills? ✔✔Application Mrs. Valle frequently uses independent work stations in her first-grade classroom. The primary purpose of the workstations is to create an environment in which her students can choose which projects they want to work on, complete and share with the class. Even though Mrs. Valle has carefully planned what the students will do at each station, many students seem unsure of what to do. What should Mrs. Valle do to help her students understand how to work independently at the workstations? ✔✔Have student volunteers role-play how to work in the stations. At the end of the grading period, Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, had his advisory (homeroom) students review their academic portfolios, which include a variety of their work samples from each class and content area. He asks students to identify their areas of strength and weakness. Using this strategy, Mr. Hall is helping students develop which of the following? ✔✔Goal-setting skills Allowing prekindergarten students free choice in their learning centers helps develop their decision- making skills. Which of the following will also help them develop decision-making skills? ✔✔Including a variety of appropriate materials
Mrs. McDowell notices some abrupt changes in one of her 4th grade students, Lainey. Though Lainey has never had behavior issues, she is now constantly disrupting class, and making significantly lower grades than she used to. Mrs. McDowell has also noticed that Lainey has been hanging around a different group of students, many of whom have a history of behavior issues like the ones Lainey is now exhibiting. What is the best initial response for Mrs. McDowell? ✔✔Discuss her concerns with Lainey in a firm but caring manner, while gathering information so she can better assist her What characteristics are you most likely to see in students at the intermediate level of English-language proficiency? ✔✔Exhibiting errors that may hinder communication when using less familiar or complex English. What is the best way to help students use materials successfully in learning centers? ✔✔Demonstrate ways to use materials when introducing them Zoe is a 4th-grade student who really enjoys collecting, caring for animals, and classifying items. What type of intelligence is Zoe expressing? ✔✔Naturalistic Yeung Ma is an English learner who demonstrates little or no ability to use English in writing. Yeung Ma uses occasional high-frequency words in her writing although they do not create meaning. Which of the following best identifies Yeung's level of English language proficiency in writing? ✔✔Beginning Mr. Watson has a class of students from various socioeconomic backgrounds. He wants to be sure that he is sensitive to the challenges some of his students may have. In his current unit, students are working in Google Classroom to complete a research assignment. Which of the following ways could he be sure that all students are able to complete the home portion of the Google Classroom research assignment? ✔✔Provide time for students to use the computer lab at school if they are unable to complete their assignment at home Mr. Jones creates a menu of assignments for students to select from to determine how well they have learned the material from the previous unit on Texas History. The primary value of this approach is that it allows the teacher to ✔✔address the various learning styles in the classroom Marco is an English-language learner whose writing skills are comparable to his grade level peers. He is able to write for formal and informal purposes based on the audience. What level of English-language proficiency is Marco in writing? ✔✔Advanced-High Mr. Nguyen notices that one of his English-language learners is struggling to understand what to do after being given oral instructions. What is the best strategy Mr. Nguyen should use to help develop this student's listening comprehension? ✔✔Rephrase key steps and instructions for her To ensure that the end unit assessment on the solar system is an accurate measurement of student mastery of the unit's learning objectives, Mr. Ramirez should include which assessment process? ✔✔A variety of ways for students to show their understanding
way to achieve this is for her to provide which of the following scaffolds for the students? ✔✔Adapted texts that will reduce the amount of reading Below is an assignment timeline given to middle school students for completing a research project. Having an assignment timeline will help the students understand the ✔✔Steps in the research process In a science classroom with several English-language learners, a teacher names, labels and models the use of each piece of equipment needed to complete the experiment. The teacher is primarily including which of the following linguistic accommodations in the instruction? ✔✔Incorporating visuals Before beginning a new unit in her Social Studies classroom, Ms. Kelly has her students complete a survey that allows them to evaluate their own knowledge of the topic they are about to cover. For each topic, they must rate their knowledge as "expert, average or novice." The main benefit of doing this with her class is that is provides the students with an opportunity to ✔✔Assess their own knowledge Mrs. Boyd is aware that her first-grade students are very concrete thinkers. She works hard to make sure that she is using her understanding of their development as she prepares her lesson. Which of the following would be useful for her to include in her math lesson on addition? ✔✔Using manipulatives to solve the addition problems A 4th grade math teacher asks her students to find the area of a rectangle. She then asks them to draw a rectangle twice as large as the first and find the area of the second shape. She then has the students respond to the following questions, "What happens to the area of the rectangle when the size is doubled?" This best demonstrates the teacher's understanding of which of the following learning theories? ✔✔Constructivist In Mrs. Will's class students seem to be struggling with the retention of the content. At the end of the lesson, Mrs. Will asks questions regarding what she taught at the beginning of class and the students seem to have forgotten although they are able to remember this material taught at the end of class. This is known as the... ✔✔Recency Effect. At the beginning of each day, Mrs. Kwan prepares her classroom so that she is ready for each of her lessons throughout the day. She keeps all of her materials in the location that she plans to use them and always has extra copies made of any material she is planning to use. Her extra effort in the morning saves her instructional time during the days. Mrs. Kwan is an excellent example of what type of skill? ✔✔Organizational skills When having students work in groups, what is the best way to promote equal contributions among group members? ✔✔Providing specific tasks related to the activity to each group member. A high school teacher set up her classroom prior to the beginning of the school year. Why is classroom setup and arrangement so critical? ✔✔Creating a comfortable physical environment allows for a nurturing learning environment.
Mrs. Garnett, a 5th grade Language Arts teacher is planning a long-term research project for her students, that will require them to work together in groups. When she organizes the groups, what is the best course of action so that she is fostering a successful collaboration among group members? ✔✔Asking each group to draft a work plan that includes responsibilities to review with the teacher Mr. Langston's believes in holding his students to high expectations. Which of the following is NOT an effective strategy in establishing and maintaining high expectations for his students? ✔✔Actively monitoring the classroom Mrs. Jones has a paraprofessional in her classroom during her 3rd-period class. Mrs. Jones wants to make sure that she utilizes the para effectively. Which of the following activities is the paraprofessional allowed to do in the classroom? ✔✔Enforce the classroom management system Mrs. Cooper has a great group of parent volunteers. In order to keep the parent volunteers interested in coming back and continuing to help, what does Mrs. Cooper need to do? ✔✔Have clear instructions and flexible opportunities. Why is it important to establish ground rules such as: All group members must contribute at least two times, Limit the number of times that you participate to no more than four times, and Limit the length of each contribution by setting the timer and stopping when it rings, when having students work in groups? ✔✔To promote appropriate and active engagement from all students Coach Kneeshaw, an elementary P.E. teacher has her 4th grade students working as a team to complete a physical and mental challenge where they must work together to travel across the gym without touching the floor. She notices that one of the teams is struggling to collaborate and include all group members. To help them form a cohesive group, Coach Kneeshaw facilitates a structured discussion that allows each group member to express their concerns and offer solutions for the concerns raised. In this scenario, coach Kneeshaw is using which of the following teaching strategies ✔✔Providing an opportunity for self-expression by each group member What is the best way for a teacher to foster positive and productive group interactions for first grade students working on a collaborative group project? ✔✔Role-playing effective group interactions with students What is the best way to foster collaborative skills during group decision making? ✔✔Provide a checklist of questions to ask that will promote collaboration What is the most efficient way to take attendance without taking time away from instruction ✔✔Posting a short warm-up assignment while silently recording attendance When Ms. Anderson has her students work in groups, she always assigns one group member to the role of mediator. The main purpose of the mediator is to facilitate discussion among group members if a conflict occurs. To best assist the mediators through the process, the teacher should provide them with instruction on how to... ✔✔Respect diverse perspectives when identifying solutions
Activating background knowledge is an important factor for successfully educating English Learners. Why is this technique so valuable? ✔✔Students from other countries have different cultural and academic backgrounds that may not be relevant to the learning process. There are five motivational orientations in the learning process that affect how a student responds to new learning. These include constructivist orientation, procedural orientation, conceptual orientation, effort orientation, and external performance motivation. If a student is using conceptual orientation in relation to his/her learning, which question might he/she ask about the learning experience? ✔✔Why was my answer incorrect? An elementary Language Arts teacher is focusing on motivating her students. She is trying to determine the best type of motivation to use with the students. Based on this goal which of the statements below is most accurate? ✔✔The goal of the teacher should be to increase the number of students who are intrinsically motivated Which of the following is an example of an activity at the create level of Bloom's Taxonomy? ✔✔Designing a new tablet stand for their tablets Third-grade students work in small groups to gather information about the physical properties of various objects. Students are also required to complete activities in groups using the gathered information. According to Bloom's taxonomy, which of the following activities is at the analyzing level? ✔✔Comparing the physical properties of a science textbook and of a magnet Mrs. Ramirez has her students gathering data about the price of school lunches over time in the United States. The students are considering factors like geographic region, food options offered, the basic economic climate, and year. The students are using spreadsheet software and the internet to make sense of their data. She develops some self-assessment questions for the students to help the students track their understanding and progress during this long-term project. Which of the following activities would provide an opportunity for students to make predictions about the price of school lunches? ✔✔After graphing the data, identifying the two factors that have the greatest impact on the price of school lunches and determine if prices will rise or fall Ms. Ha is a new middle school teacher and wants to ensure her students are motivated learners. Which of the following instructional strategies is most effective for motivating middle school students? ✔✔Providing students with choices within daily assignments Ms. Jackson has developed a chart for students to complete as they use spreadsheet software to track the success/failure of their business in her accounting class. The following is an excerpt from one of the students, Elaine: ✔✔guide the formation of instructional groups throughout the project When leading a classroom discussion, the teacher would use all but one of the following techniques to address the needs of her diverse learners. ✔✔Circuit learning
Students in a 6th grade science class are completing a project about an invention for which they must print a 3-D prototype on the 3-D printer. After giving them instruction about the 3-D printer software, some of the students are still struggling with how to use the software to create the prototype they envision. What is the best way to help the students complete the assignment? ✔✔Providing them with a template and simple instructions for how to design and print their prototype The ninth grade social studies class is studying Russia's last 20 years and will be researching population growth, economic growth, changes in agricultural and commercial production and income growth. Which type of software should the students be encouraged to use to collect the data? ✔✔Spreadsheet software Mr. Peters has assigned his students a research project in which they must use a new application for their presentation. Before assigning this project, what is not appropriate or necessary for Mr. Peters to do? ✔✔Be an expert in the software he plans for the students to use For a research project about endangered species, Ms. Carter has her students using the internet to gather information and answer open-ended questions. What is the biggest benefit of allowing students to use the internet over print resources? ✔✔The internet allows them the most current information on endangered species available. Mr. Welsh wants her students to be safe when they are using technology resources at school. An important piece of this process is to make sure students are familiar with and follow the schools Acceptable Use Policies (AUP). A good acceptable policy would include all of the following EXCEPT. ✔✔Do not go online without the teacher's permission All teachers use and promote creative thinking and innovative processes to construct knowledge, generate new ideas, and create products. This statement is part of the... ✔✔Technology Applications Standards Ms. Carpenter frequently assigns tasks that require her students to use the internet at school, but some of her students do not have parent permission to access the internet. What is the best way for her to accommodate this situation so that her students have the same learning opportunities as their peers? ✔✔Provide an alternative activity for the students that covers the same material the class is learning. As a teacher, it is important for you to create a professional learning network. Digital tools are an important part of your Professional Learning Network because ✔✔You need to know how to use a variety of digital tools to create and manage your Professional Learning Network Mr. Samuels' middle school students are using websites to research open-ended questions about global political movements. Before turning students lose on the web searching for information, which of the following skills need to be addressed? ✔✔They need to become effective at evaluating the accuracy of the information that they find online
a perfect score on the recent exam and expressed how well he had performed. Which type of feedback did she provide? ✔✔Positive feedback When communicating with parents about an issue that is developing with a student, it is important that you... ✔✔explain what strategies you've already used to address the issue and what new strategies you are considering A parent has left a message for you, the teacher, requesting a return call because her child has been absent for several days due to an illness. She is concerned about the test that will be administered immediately upon her child's return. How should you respond? ✔✔Return the call immediately, assure her you will give her child time to catch up and, if necessary, you will administer an alternative assessment Mr. Butler is preparing for a parent-teacher conference and wants to emphasize the importance of family involvement in a student's academic success. Which of the following elements of effective parent- teacher conferences best promotes family involvement in a student's academic success? ✔✔Asking families to provide insights into the student's strengths and areas of need Tracy is a young fourth-grader who is struggling with behavior at school. Her parents and her teacher write a behavior contract and agree on a way to monitor how well she is doing on the contract. This collaboration between Tracy's parents and her teacher is a demonstration of the understanding that ✔✔purposeful family involvement in a student's education helps to promote positive behaviors Sally is a fifth-grade student who has behavioral difficulties and is on a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP). To communicate effectively with Sally's parents regarding Sally's behavior, the best method would be to ✔✔inform them daily of Sally's behavior and include positive remarks about her behavior Mrs. Rollins, a 2nd-grade teacher, has noticed one of her students, Paul, is struggling with some organization and staying on task in class. It is starting to impact his grades and even his relationships with his peers. Mrs. Rollins would like to establish communication with Paul's parents to keep them informed about the issues Paul is having. What is the best way for her to foster effective communication with Paul's parents? ✔✔An initial phone call to discuss the issues she is observing with a plan to update them on a regular basis Ms. Collins needs to discuss concerns about a student's behavior with the student's parents. It is the teacher's first interaction with the parents. The most appropriate and effective mode of communication with the parents would be for the teacher to ✔✔discuss the behavior with the parents via a phone call Classroom teachers engage in a yearly appraisal process known as the T-TESS. It was developed by the Texas Education Code (TEC). The appraisal process is divided into which four domains? ✔✔Planning, instruction, learning environment, and professional practices A new teacher is struggling with classroom management and keeping her students on task during her lessons. Which of the following actions will most effectively help the teacher overcome these
difficulties? ✔✔Attending professional-development classes for lesson ideas and discussing teaching practices At the end of each week, Mrs. Foster records multiple types of information in a notebook, including a description of the activities she included, what went well, what she might want to change the next time she approaches the subject, and the student interest level. A notebook like this is most useful to support which of the following? ✔✔Self-Assessment and reflection Mrs. Samuels has received her first teacher appraisal. She understands that the most important purpose of the teacher appraisal in Texas is to provide information for ✔✔potential areas for her professional development The Code of Ethics and Standards Practices for Texas Educators as adopted by the State Board of Educator Certification would not support which of the following? ✔✔Threats of violence against school employees, students, or parents It is Ms. Jones first time to assist in administering the STAAR test in her middle school. She attended training and is confident that she can follow the state-mandated procedures for administering the state assessment. Which of the following would be a violation of the state-mandated procedures for STAAR testing? ✔✔Review each answer document and erasing stray marks so that the intended answer can be scored Mrs. Grisdale is researching the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). She is surprised to learn that explicit parental consent is required before schools ✔✔post a video on the Internet of students presenting projects. You are at a school basketball game with many parents around you, and a parent is questioning you about a serious incident that happened in the school cafeteria that day. The incident required a response from local police and the fire department's EMT. How should you respond? ✔✔Refer the parent to the administration for accurate information Mrs. Hinton is a new teacher who is engaging in a parent conference with the father of one of his students, Jacob. The following is part of a conversation between Jacob's father, Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Hinton during the parent-teacher conference. Mrs. Hinton (teacher): So, Mr. Wilson, do you have any other questions about Jacob? Mr. Wilson (parent): Actually, I do. I was wondering you could tell me why Stephanie was suspended? She and Jacob are friends and she has come to our house to study with him. Should I discourage this friendship? According to the Code of Ethics and Standard Practices for Texas Educators, which of the following is Mrs. Hinton's most appropriate response? ✔✔"I make it my policy never to discuss matters involving students with anyone other than their parents and the counselor." Mr. Gutierrez needs to copy some material for use in his classroom but wants to make sure he does not run afoul of the national guidelines for fair use policy. Which of the following may be legally photocopied for educational purposes? ✔✔A cartoon from a newspaper
