PPR UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE RESOURCE
●● A good example of an instructional goal that is clear, relevant, and
meaningful is...
Answer: The student will create and use representations to organize,
record, and communicate mathematical ideas representing a real-world
situation.
●● A kindergarten teacher wants to conduct an outdoor classroom
experience for her students. She is following the TEKS for home and
school safety procedures and is using environmentally appropriate and
responsible practices. Which of the following would not be part of the
basic instruction?
Answer: Ask questions about organisms, objects, and events observed in
the natural world.
●● An elementary teacher has a small group of English learners in her
ESL elementary classroom. She notices that one student who just arrived
from China seems to be showing no interest in speaking in English, yet
she responds well to directions that are spoken in English. What could
be a reason for her lack of verbal English skills?
Answer: Speaking in English is a more advanced skill than listening and
understanding English.
,●● An English teacher and a science teacher decide to combine efforts
by using a cross-disciplinary model wherein each student will produce a
science fair project that will be supported by both teachers. Which of the
following models would result in the best learning experience?
Answer: The science teacher and English teacher develop a common
rubric that includes criteria for both subjects. Each teacher provides
guidance to students in their area of expertise and share status of student
work with each other. Final grades are based on the combined input of
both teachers.
●● A new teacher to the 5th grade team of 4 teachers is assembling her
resources which include curriculum guides provided by the school
district, instructional benchmarks provided by the school, and a vast
assortment of supplemental materials that include pre-written curriculum
and activities from a nationally respected publisher. She finds she is
overwhelmed by the amount of choices and she is afraid of failing, as
school starts in four days. Which of the following should she do first?
Answer: Go to her other 5th grade team mates who are veteran school
district employees for guidance and help in prioritizing the importance
of each resource.
●● A new teacher to the high school biology program is looking for
resources that will meet the needs of her students and provide an
interesting learning experience for them. Because she just finished an
amazing student teacher internship and experienced great success with
many of the activities she implemented, she is eager to try them out on
, her new students. How should she make sure they are appropriate in her
new school?
Answer: Refer to the district's biology curriculum guide for similar
activities that are recommended related to the lesson objective.
●● As a first-year physical education teacher, Miss Jones wants to teach
her students to play softball. She is well aware that she needs to design
the lesson for her second-grade students differently than she designs it
for her 5th-grade students. One of her primary considerations when
developing her two different lessons must be which of the following?
Answer: The emotional development characteristics of the children
●● A Spanish teacher is teaching middle school students their first year
of Spanish. She is trying to determine how proficient each student is at
identifying the Spanish words for numbers and colors. Which of the
following is the least effective way for the Spanish teacher to determine
proficient?
Answer: Choral response
●● A teacher who is new to the middle school is concerned that the
school policy discourages group projects unless they are conducted in
the classroom. She is more comfortable with assigning the project,
establishing groups, and providing the students with checkpoint dates.
Which following reason is the best justification for a school policy such
as this?
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE RESOURCE
●● A good example of an instructional goal that is clear, relevant, and
meaningful is...
Answer: The student will create and use representations to organize,
record, and communicate mathematical ideas representing a real-world
situation.
●● A kindergarten teacher wants to conduct an outdoor classroom
experience for her students. She is following the TEKS for home and
school safety procedures and is using environmentally appropriate and
responsible practices. Which of the following would not be part of the
basic instruction?
Answer: Ask questions about organisms, objects, and events observed in
the natural world.
●● An elementary teacher has a small group of English learners in her
ESL elementary classroom. She notices that one student who just arrived
from China seems to be showing no interest in speaking in English, yet
she responds well to directions that are spoken in English. What could
be a reason for her lack of verbal English skills?
Answer: Speaking in English is a more advanced skill than listening and
understanding English.
,●● An English teacher and a science teacher decide to combine efforts
by using a cross-disciplinary model wherein each student will produce a
science fair project that will be supported by both teachers. Which of the
following models would result in the best learning experience?
Answer: The science teacher and English teacher develop a common
rubric that includes criteria for both subjects. Each teacher provides
guidance to students in their area of expertise and share status of student
work with each other. Final grades are based on the combined input of
both teachers.
●● A new teacher to the 5th grade team of 4 teachers is assembling her
resources which include curriculum guides provided by the school
district, instructional benchmarks provided by the school, and a vast
assortment of supplemental materials that include pre-written curriculum
and activities from a nationally respected publisher. She finds she is
overwhelmed by the amount of choices and she is afraid of failing, as
school starts in four days. Which of the following should she do first?
Answer: Go to her other 5th grade team mates who are veteran school
district employees for guidance and help in prioritizing the importance
of each resource.
●● A new teacher to the high school biology program is looking for
resources that will meet the needs of her students and provide an
interesting learning experience for them. Because she just finished an
amazing student teacher internship and experienced great success with
many of the activities she implemented, she is eager to try them out on
, her new students. How should she make sure they are appropriate in her
new school?
Answer: Refer to the district's biology curriculum guide for similar
activities that are recommended related to the lesson objective.
●● As a first-year physical education teacher, Miss Jones wants to teach
her students to play softball. She is well aware that she needs to design
the lesson for her second-grade students differently than she designs it
for her 5th-grade students. One of her primary considerations when
developing her two different lessons must be which of the following?
Answer: The emotional development characteristics of the children
●● A Spanish teacher is teaching middle school students their first year
of Spanish. She is trying to determine how proficient each student is at
identifying the Spanish words for numbers and colors. Which of the
following is the least effective way for the Spanish teacher to determine
proficient?
Answer: Choral response
●● A teacher who is new to the middle school is concerned that the
school policy discourages group projects unless they are conducted in
the classroom. She is more comfortable with assigning the project,
establishing groups, and providing the students with checkpoint dates.
Which following reason is the best justification for a school policy such
as this?
