PPR PRACTICE EXAM END OF COURSE
STUDY GUIDE LATEST UPDATED ACTUAL
TESTED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
⩥ abstract.
Answer: Characterized only in thought; non-concrete.
Considered apart from concrete existence.Not applied or
practical; theoretical.
⩥ active engagement.
Answer: Student are actively participating in an activity in a
meaningful, hands-on way. This type of activity is more likely to
help students to understand and remember the concept or lesson.
⩥ acitve listening.
Answer: Paying close attention to what is currently being said.
Often the listener is silently making mental notes and focusing
on not just the content, but also any emotional content, as well,
and connecting what is being said to prior knowledge and
experience.
,⩥ age appropriate.
Answer: Instructional lessons, activities, etc, that fit the
development, language and ability level of the child. This is not
necessarily the same thing as developmentally appropriate, since
a child's developmental level may not be the same as his/her age
level.
⩥ alternative assessment.
Answer: A type of evaluation other than a conventional test. It is
sometimes used with students who cannot take a conventional
test for some reason or for whom a conventional test is not an
accurate assessment of their knowledge or ability.
⩥ analysis.
Answer: Taking knowledge apart to understand how it fits
together. It is one of the higher order thinking skills.
⩥ application.
Answer: Applying or using what is known to solve an actual
problem.
⩥ Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee.
,Answer: In Texas a team that determines a student's eligibility
for special education services, reviews the eligibility on a
regular basis, and determines an appropriate individual
education plan for the student.
⩥ assessment.
Answer: S way of monitoring progress; the act of testing,
determining an evaluation of a particular skill or content area;
includes many different approaches and formats, formal,
informal and authentic evaluation procedures.
⩥ assimilation (Piaget).
Answer: According to Piaget this is the process of fitting new
ideas or concepts into existing ideas or concepts. It suggests that
a child may change or alter what he perceives in the outside
world in order to fit his internal world.
⩥ authentic assessment.
Answer: Using evaluations procedures that measure exactly
what learning has occurred. It literally means "real" and usually
consists of a product that the student produces to demonstrate
knowledge or mastery of a skill.
, ⩥ autonomy.
Answer: The process of becoming independent and regulating
one's own behavior.
⩥ Bloom's Taxonomy.
Answer: Proposed by Benjamin Bloom this is a classification
tool developed to categorize learning from low level thinking to
very high level thinking.
⩥ comprehension.
Answer: Understanding and knowledge something, whether it is
a concept, content information, behavior, etc. It is often used in
relation to reading (reading comprehension) to indicate that a
reader remembers and understands what was read. But, it is not
limited exclusively to reading.
⩥ constructivism.
Answer: An instructional approach based on the theory on the
idea that children build understanding by an active learning
process. Students build their own learning and knowledge by
exploration, discovery and questioning.
⩥ content validity.
STUDY GUIDE LATEST UPDATED ACTUAL
TESTED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
⩥ abstract.
Answer: Characterized only in thought; non-concrete.
Considered apart from concrete existence.Not applied or
practical; theoretical.
⩥ active engagement.
Answer: Student are actively participating in an activity in a
meaningful, hands-on way. This type of activity is more likely to
help students to understand and remember the concept or lesson.
⩥ acitve listening.
Answer: Paying close attention to what is currently being said.
Often the listener is silently making mental notes and focusing
on not just the content, but also any emotional content, as well,
and connecting what is being said to prior knowledge and
experience.
,⩥ age appropriate.
Answer: Instructional lessons, activities, etc, that fit the
development, language and ability level of the child. This is not
necessarily the same thing as developmentally appropriate, since
a child's developmental level may not be the same as his/her age
level.
⩥ alternative assessment.
Answer: A type of evaluation other than a conventional test. It is
sometimes used with students who cannot take a conventional
test for some reason or for whom a conventional test is not an
accurate assessment of their knowledge or ability.
⩥ analysis.
Answer: Taking knowledge apart to understand how it fits
together. It is one of the higher order thinking skills.
⩥ application.
Answer: Applying or using what is known to solve an actual
problem.
⩥ Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee.
,Answer: In Texas a team that determines a student's eligibility
for special education services, reviews the eligibility on a
regular basis, and determines an appropriate individual
education plan for the student.
⩥ assessment.
Answer: S way of monitoring progress; the act of testing,
determining an evaluation of a particular skill or content area;
includes many different approaches and formats, formal,
informal and authentic evaluation procedures.
⩥ assimilation (Piaget).
Answer: According to Piaget this is the process of fitting new
ideas or concepts into existing ideas or concepts. It suggests that
a child may change or alter what he perceives in the outside
world in order to fit his internal world.
⩥ authentic assessment.
Answer: Using evaluations procedures that measure exactly
what learning has occurred. It literally means "real" and usually
consists of a product that the student produces to demonstrate
knowledge or mastery of a skill.
, ⩥ autonomy.
Answer: The process of becoming independent and regulating
one's own behavior.
⩥ Bloom's Taxonomy.
Answer: Proposed by Benjamin Bloom this is a classification
tool developed to categorize learning from low level thinking to
very high level thinking.
⩥ comprehension.
Answer: Understanding and knowledge something, whether it is
a concept, content information, behavior, etc. It is often used in
relation to reading (reading comprehension) to indicate that a
reader remembers and understands what was read. But, it is not
limited exclusively to reading.
⩥ constructivism.
Answer: An instructional approach based on the theory on the
idea that children build understanding by an active learning
process. Students build their own learning and knowledge by
exploration, discovery and questioning.
⩥ content validity.
