NYSTCE EAS FINAL PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION VIEW
●● Poverty
Answer: New York ranks fourth in the US for people living in poverty
●● What percentage of female led households with children live in
poverty?
Answer: Nearly 40%
●● What percentage of Latinos live in poverty?
Answer: About 27%
●● What percentage of African Americans live in poverty?
Answer: About 25%
●● What is the number of homeless children in New York?
Answer: Exceeding 100,000
●● Income Disparity
,Answer: New York is second only to Washington DC in income
disparities in wage earners in all incomes
●● Motivation
Answer: Keeps learners interested and focused on a lesson; can be
intrinsic or extrinsic
●● Intrinsic Motivation
Answer: Refers to topics that students enjoy or like; effective if based on
a knowledge of what is popular or interesting to students of a particular
age
●● Extrinsic Motivation
Answer: Focuses on external rewards for good work or goal attainment;
successful when used in conjunction with more routine work
●● What are some keys to motivating students?
Answer: Clear, unambiguous objective, stimulating tasks, allow students
to have choices
●● Keys to successful learning
Answer: Students are engaged at an appropriate level, they are taught as
opposed to working independently, material is at an appropriate level,
teachers expect them to master the curriculum, the classroom is positive,
,not critical and students develop a positive attitude to teachers who
appear warm.
●● Classroom approaches
Answer: Zone of Proximal Development, Gardner's Multiple
Intelligences, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Human Motivation
●● Zone of Proximal Development
Answer: Vygotsky. Tasks that students cannot do without help can be
done with help; applied with scaffolding
●● Scaffolding
Answer: Vygotsky. Student receives help to learn something in his/her
ZPD; help is withdrawn in a measured way until the help becomes
unnecessary
●● Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Answer: Howard Gardner. Spatial, Linguistic, Logical-Mathematic,
Bodily-Kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalistic,
Existential.
●● Spatial Thinkers
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best visualizing problems and solutions.
, ●● Linguistic Thinkers
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best through words and language.
●● Logical-Mathematic Thinkers
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best through abstract and scientific thinking and through solving
numerical problems. Strongly related to traditional measure of
intelligence.
●● Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best through physical activity and are generally good at sports and
dance.
●● Musical Intelligence
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best by listening and tend to excel at singing and playing instruments.
●● Interpersonal Thinkers
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best by working with others and tend to be sensitive to the needs of
others.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION VIEW
●● Poverty
Answer: New York ranks fourth in the US for people living in poverty
●● What percentage of female led households with children live in
poverty?
Answer: Nearly 40%
●● What percentage of Latinos live in poverty?
Answer: About 27%
●● What percentage of African Americans live in poverty?
Answer: About 25%
●● What is the number of homeless children in New York?
Answer: Exceeding 100,000
●● Income Disparity
,Answer: New York is second only to Washington DC in income
disparities in wage earners in all incomes
●● Motivation
Answer: Keeps learners interested and focused on a lesson; can be
intrinsic or extrinsic
●● Intrinsic Motivation
Answer: Refers to topics that students enjoy or like; effective if based on
a knowledge of what is popular or interesting to students of a particular
age
●● Extrinsic Motivation
Answer: Focuses on external rewards for good work or goal attainment;
successful when used in conjunction with more routine work
●● What are some keys to motivating students?
Answer: Clear, unambiguous objective, stimulating tasks, allow students
to have choices
●● Keys to successful learning
Answer: Students are engaged at an appropriate level, they are taught as
opposed to working independently, material is at an appropriate level,
teachers expect them to master the curriculum, the classroom is positive,
,not critical and students develop a positive attitude to teachers who
appear warm.
●● Classroom approaches
Answer: Zone of Proximal Development, Gardner's Multiple
Intelligences, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Human Motivation
●● Zone of Proximal Development
Answer: Vygotsky. Tasks that students cannot do without help can be
done with help; applied with scaffolding
●● Scaffolding
Answer: Vygotsky. Student receives help to learn something in his/her
ZPD; help is withdrawn in a measured way until the help becomes
unnecessary
●● Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Answer: Howard Gardner. Spatial, Linguistic, Logical-Mathematic,
Bodily-Kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalistic,
Existential.
●● Spatial Thinkers
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best visualizing problems and solutions.
, ●● Linguistic Thinkers
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best through words and language.
●● Logical-Mathematic Thinkers
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best through abstract and scientific thinking and through solving
numerical problems. Strongly related to traditional measure of
intelligence.
●● Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best through physical activity and are generally good at sports and
dance.
●● Musical Intelligence
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best by listening and tend to excel at singing and playing instruments.
●● Interpersonal Thinkers
Answer: One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best by working with others and tend to be sensitive to the needs of
others.
