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Praxis PLT 5624 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Ability grouping - answer✔technique of helping students achieve individual goals by placing
those of similar ability together, either in groups in the same classroom or in separate
classsrooms
acceleration - answer✔change in the regular school program that permits a gifted student to
complete a program in less time or at an earlier age than usual
accomodation - answer✔Piaget's term that refers to a change in cognitive structures that
produces corresponding behavioral changes
accountability - answer✔idea of holding schools, districts, educators, and students responsible
for the results
achievement test - answer✔measures accomplishments in such specific subjects as reading,
mathematics, etc.
adaption - answer✔Piaget's term for one of the two psychological mechanisms used to explain
cognitive development. The other is organization.
adolescent egocentric thinking - answer✔characteristic of adolescent thought in which
adolescent assume that everyone thinks as they do; that everyone is "looking at them."
advance organizers - answer✔David Ausubel's term to describe a type of teaching that explains
what is to come. It could be an outline, a list, an introductory paragraph, etc.
aesthetics - answer✔referring to the nature of beauty and judgments about it
aptitude test - answer✔test that assesses a student's general or specific abilities; it shows
ability, potential, "flair," talent, etc.
assessment - answer✔all 50 states now have some statewide testing policies in place. The logic
behind these state assessment systems has been to find a more accurate way to measure
student success as well as to hold schools accountable for results. While a centerpiece of
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standards-based reform, state testing policies have caused considerable controversy. The
results debate over assessment is at the heart of the debate over education reform.
assimilation - answer✔Piaget's term to describe how we take new information into our minds
and make sense of it, based on our background knowledge
authentic assessment - answer✔means of securing information about a student's success of
failure on meaningful and significant tasks. There is a performance component where the
student actually shows what he/she can do unlike a paper-and-pencil objections type of test
behavior modification - answer✔deliberate attempt to control contends that behavior
represents the essence of a person. B.F. Skinner
axiology - answer✔study of valuing and values, what is good
bilingual education - answer✔program designed to help those with limited English proficiency
(LEP) to acquire English and learn in school by teaching them partly in English and partly in their
own language
Brown vs. Board of Education - answer✔case in 1954, which resulted in decision to provide an
equal opportunity for a free and appropriate education for students with disabilities. No
segregation that is deliberate. Separate but equal is unequal.
centering - answer✔Piaget's term to describe a child's tendency to concentrate on only part of
an object or activity. This is a characteristic of preoperational children (ages 2-7)
charter schools - answer✔basic concept of a charter is simple: allow a group of teachers or
other would-be educators to apply for permission from their local education authority to open
a school, operating with taxpayer dollars, just like a public school. The difference? Free them
from the rules and regulations that charter school supporters say can cripple learning and stifle
innovation
choice - answer✔school choice initiatives are based on the premise that allowing parents to
choose what schools their children attend is not only the fair thing to do, but also an important
strategy for improving public education
cognitive style - answer✔preference to respond to a variety of problems or tasks in a particular
fashion
concrete opeterations - answer✔Piaget's third stage of cognitive development, extending
approximately from ages 7-11; refers to logical operations or principles we use when solving
problems; conservation
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conservation - answer✔Piaget's term that refers to the realization that the essence of
something remains constant, although surface features may change. Example: Show a student a
ball of clay; in fron of the student, mash the clay flat. Ask, "Is this still the same amount of lay
that we started with?" If the child says, "No," the child is not using conservation
construct validity - answer✔test has construct validity when it actually measures the knowledge
domain or behavior it claims to measure. For instance, if you give a special studies test and a
student does poorly because the reading level was too difficult. That test does not have
construct validity, because it is measuring reading ability besides social studies content
constructivism - answer✔individuals differ in what they perceive and how they form ideas
content validity - answer✔a test that adequately samples behavior that has been the goal of
instruction
contingency contracting - answer✔teacher and student decide on a behavioral goal and what
the student will receive when the goal is reached
core curriculum - answer✔curriculum design in which one subject or group of subjects becomes
a focal unit around which all other subjects are correlated
criterion-referenced testing - answer✔taking student scores on an instrument and comparing
them to a standard. Example being a spelling test, or,"Johnny got 88% of his math questions
correct."
cultural pluralism - answer✔set of tenets based upon 3 principles (1) every culture has its own
internal logic; (2) no culture is better or worse than another (3) all persons are to some extent
culture-bound
culture - answer✔ways a group of people form beliefs, evaluates ideas and experiences, the
way they behave, and way they perceive the world
decoding - answer✔using the sounds and grammar of a language to interpret a message.
Reading and comprehending are included in decoding
desists - answer✔a teacher's actions to stop misbehavior
desegregation - answer✔in its landmark 1954 decision Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S.
Supreme Court unanimously outlawed segregation and declared that racially separate schools
are inherently unequal. This ruling overturned the high court's previous decision in Plessy v.
Ferguson, which has allowed state-imposed segregation, calling such schools "separate but
equal."
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Praxis PLT 5624 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Ability grouping - answer✔technique of helping students achieve individual goals by placing
those of similar ability together, either in groups in the same classroom or in separate
classsrooms
acceleration - answer✔change in the regular school program that permits a gifted student to
complete a program in less time or at an earlier age than usual
accomodation - answer✔Piaget's term that refers to a change in cognitive structures that
produces corresponding behavioral changes
accountability - answer✔idea of holding schools, districts, educators, and students responsible
for the results
achievement test - answer✔measures accomplishments in such specific subjects as reading,
mathematics, etc.
adaption - answer✔Piaget's term for one of the two psychological mechanisms used to explain
cognitive development. The other is organization.
adolescent egocentric thinking - answer✔characteristic of adolescent thought in which
adolescent assume that everyone thinks as they do; that everyone is "looking at them."
advance organizers - answer✔David Ausubel's term to describe a type of teaching that explains
what is to come. It could be an outline, a list, an introductory paragraph, etc.
aesthetics - answer✔referring to the nature of beauty and judgments about it
aptitude test - answer✔test that assesses a student's general or specific abilities; it shows
ability, potential, "flair," talent, etc.
assessment - answer✔all 50 states now have some statewide testing policies in place. The logic
behind these state assessment systems has been to find a more accurate way to measure
student success as well as to hold schools accountable for results. While a centerpiece of
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standards-based reform, state testing policies have caused considerable controversy. The
results debate over assessment is at the heart of the debate over education reform.
assimilation - answer✔Piaget's term to describe how we take new information into our minds
and make sense of it, based on our background knowledge
authentic assessment - answer✔means of securing information about a student's success of
failure on meaningful and significant tasks. There is a performance component where the
student actually shows what he/she can do unlike a paper-and-pencil objections type of test
behavior modification - answer✔deliberate attempt to control contends that behavior
represents the essence of a person. B.F. Skinner
axiology - answer✔study of valuing and values, what is good
bilingual education - answer✔program designed to help those with limited English proficiency
(LEP) to acquire English and learn in school by teaching them partly in English and partly in their
own language
Brown vs. Board of Education - answer✔case in 1954, which resulted in decision to provide an
equal opportunity for a free and appropriate education for students with disabilities. No
segregation that is deliberate. Separate but equal is unequal.
centering - answer✔Piaget's term to describe a child's tendency to concentrate on only part of
an object or activity. This is a characteristic of preoperational children (ages 2-7)
charter schools - answer✔basic concept of a charter is simple: allow a group of teachers or
other would-be educators to apply for permission from their local education authority to open
a school, operating with taxpayer dollars, just like a public school. The difference? Free them
from the rules and regulations that charter school supporters say can cripple learning and stifle
innovation
choice - answer✔school choice initiatives are based on the premise that allowing parents to
choose what schools their children attend is not only the fair thing to do, but also an important
strategy for improving public education
cognitive style - answer✔preference to respond to a variety of problems or tasks in a particular
fashion
concrete opeterations - answer✔Piaget's third stage of cognitive development, extending
approximately from ages 7-11; refers to logical operations or principles we use when solving
problems; conservation
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conservation - answer✔Piaget's term that refers to the realization that the essence of
something remains constant, although surface features may change. Example: Show a student a
ball of clay; in fron of the student, mash the clay flat. Ask, "Is this still the same amount of lay
that we started with?" If the child says, "No," the child is not using conservation
construct validity - answer✔test has construct validity when it actually measures the knowledge
domain or behavior it claims to measure. For instance, if you give a special studies test and a
student does poorly because the reading level was too difficult. That test does not have
construct validity, because it is measuring reading ability besides social studies content
constructivism - answer✔individuals differ in what they perceive and how they form ideas
content validity - answer✔a test that adequately samples behavior that has been the goal of
instruction
contingency contracting - answer✔teacher and student decide on a behavioral goal and what
the student will receive when the goal is reached
core curriculum - answer✔curriculum design in which one subject or group of subjects becomes
a focal unit around which all other subjects are correlated
criterion-referenced testing - answer✔taking student scores on an instrument and comparing
them to a standard. Example being a spelling test, or,"Johnny got 88% of his math questions
correct."
cultural pluralism - answer✔set of tenets based upon 3 principles (1) every culture has its own
internal logic; (2) no culture is better or worse than another (3) all persons are to some extent
culture-bound
culture - answer✔ways a group of people form beliefs, evaluates ideas and experiences, the
way they behave, and way they perceive the world
decoding - answer✔using the sounds and grammar of a language to interpret a message.
Reading and comprehending are included in decoding
desists - answer✔a teacher's actions to stop misbehavior
desegregation - answer✔in its landmark 1954 decision Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S.
Supreme Court unanimously outlawed segregation and declared that racially separate schools
are inherently unequal. This ruling overturned the high court's previous decision in Plessy v.
Ferguson, which has allowed state-imposed segregation, calling such schools "separate but
equal."
