UWA Masters of Elementary Education Comprehensive Exam questions with complete solutions

UWA Masters of Elementary Education
Comprehensive Exam questions with
complete solutions


Instructional Strategies for inclusion settings - answer-
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Technology Integration - answer-making technologies an integral part of the teaching
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and learning process that impacts resources, teacher and student roles, and
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instructional activities
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Formal Assessment - answer-Pre-planned, systematic attempt to assess what students
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have learned.
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Informal Assessment - answer-Assessment that results from a teacher's spontaneous,
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vday-to-day observations of how students behave and perform in class.
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standardized test - answer-a test that is given with uniform procedures for administration
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and scoring
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Developmental Appropriateness - answer- v v v




Developmental Practices - answer- v v v




Manipulative use - answer- v v v




Constructivism - answer-A philosophy of learning based on the premise that people
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construct their own understanding of the world they live in through reflection on
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experiences
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Behaviorism - answer-the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only
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social learning - answer-process of altering behavior by observing and imitating the
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behavior of others
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NCTM principles - answer-equity, curriculum, teaching, learning, assessment,
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technology
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, NCTM Standards - answer-Math standards and results specified by the National Council
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of Teachers of Mathematics
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Application of Children's Literature across content areas - answer-
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Children's Literature- Genre - answer- v v v v




Children's Literature- Features of Genre - answer-
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Classroom Library- Features - answer- v v v v




Classroom Library- Organization - answer- v v v v




Classroom Library-Diversity of texts - answer- v v v v v




early literacy - answer-speaking, listening, print awareness and writing behaviors,
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reading of alphabet letters and words, and other skills that evolve and change over time,
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culminating in conventional literacy
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Themes of Social Studies - answer-
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Inquiry-based learning - answer-Students develop hypotheses, collect information/data
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vto test the hypotheses and analyze information/data and formulate conclusions based
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von the analyses. This is sometimes referred to as the scientific method.
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funnel approach - answer-an approach to question sequencing that gets its name from
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vits shape, starting with broad questions and progressively narrowing down the scope
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Multiculturism - answer-the attempt to understand and incorporate the beliefs and values
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of a particular group
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Models of Reading Assessments - answer-
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Components of reading - answer-Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary,
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and comprehension.
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graphic organizer - answer-a tool that helps to organize ideas and can be used to
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visually illustrate ideas
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Schema - answer-a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
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self-monitoring - answer-awareness of one's behavior and how it affects others
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fluency - answer-smoothness of speech
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