PECT - Module 3 - Practice Test Questions With 100% Correct Answers.

A first-grade teacher who wants to promote students' ability to communicate mathematical ideas should emphasize which of the following teaching practices? A. having students explain their problem-solving strategies orally as part of daily mathematics activities B. helping students create a personal dictionary of mathematical vocabulary C. engaging students in the process of writing their own mathematical word problems. D. providing students with opportunities to complete mathematics activities with a partner or in small group - A A four-year old child with weak visual-motor skills gets frustrated when playing with wooden blocks because the blocks keep falling down. Which of the following would likely be the teacher's best response under these circumstances? A. encouraging the child to choose alternative play centers, such as the art area, with materials that do not involve stacking or building. B. arranging for the child to work with a partner who places each block after the 2 children have agreed where it should go. C. closing various play centers periodically, including the block center, to encourage all children to try new activities. D. providing the child with blocks that have hook and loop fasteners that will hold the blocks together when the child stacks them - D A fourth grade science teacher is doing a unit on the solar system. She uses a poster to show the solar system and wants to illustrate the great distance between planets. What would be an appropriate activity? a. Adjusting a recipe for making different amounts of cookies b. Making a proportional map of the classroom c. Comparing the surface area and volume of different boxes d. None of the above - BA fourth grade science teacher is doing a unit on the solar system. She uses a poster to show the solar system and wants to illustrate the great distance between planets. What would be an appropriate activity? a. Adjusting a recipe for making different amounts of cookies b. Making a proportional map of the classroom c. Comparing the surface area and volume of different boxes d. None of the above - B A fourth-grade teacher leads an activity with a class. When a student states a number, the teacher responds with a resulting number. This continues until the students can identify the rule the teacher is using to calculate the resulting number. This activity is one layer of scaffolding to prepare students for which of the following mathematical concepts? A. Functions B. probability C. proportions D. multiplication - A A group of prekindergarten teachers at a school advocate for young children's health by encouraging families to provide their children with a variety of nutritious foods. Which of the following daily eating schedules or practices would be appropriate for teachers to suggest to families? A. allowing children to serve themselves at family meals and requiring that they eat everything they have to put on their plates. B. establishing regular mealtimes and providing children two or three healthy snack choices throughout the day. C. placing an array of food i accessible containers from which children may help themselves whenever they feel hungry. D. serving children a large breakfast followed by a moderate-sized lunch and a small dinner in the evening. - B A group of second graders is posing theories on how clouds are formed. One student proposes the idea that clouds are made of snow and when the snow melts, it rains. Many students agree with this idea. How can you correct this thinking?a. Show students the difference between summer and winter clouds b. Explain that when people are in planes, they see white fluffy clouds c. Make a cloud by heating water in a plastic bottle d. Asking students in what part of the water cycle is snow evaporated - C