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-Diversify learning material.
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Taking into account students' needs.
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Make it easy for all students to participate.
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Develop a rapport with each student.
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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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cday-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-ensuring that goals and experiences are
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suited to their learning and development and challenging enough to promote their
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progress and interest.
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Developmental Appropriate Practice - answer-is an approach that early care and
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education professionals use to support the learning and development of young children
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birth to age nine.
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Behaviorism - answer-focuses on the idea that all behaviors are learned through
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interaction with the environment. This learning theory states that behaviors are learned
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from the environment, and says that innate or inherited factors have very little influence
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on behavior
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Manipulative use - answer-engaging students visually and physically with objects such
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as coins, blocks, puzzles, markers, etc
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, 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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Constructivism - answer-is the theory that says learners construct knowledge rather than
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just passively take in information. As people experience the world and reflect upon
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those experiences, they build their own representations and incorporate new
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information into their pre-existing knowledge (schemas).
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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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Social Learning Theory - answer-is based around the idea that students can learn from
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watching or imitating others. As one of the most informal ways of learning based around
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creating, building, and teaching, social learning has been around for a long time and can
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even be attributed to the advancement of our species.
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mathematical proficiency - answer-is the ability to competently apply the five
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interdependent strands of mathematical proficiency to mathematical investigations. The
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components of mathematical proficiency are conceptual understanding, procedural
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fluency, strategic competence, adaptive reasoning, and productive disposition.
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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-Children's literature
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can be integrated into science, math, social studies, and language arts to build
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connections across disciplines and enhance engagement.
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Children's Literature- Genre - answer-encompasses a wide variety of genres that serve
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different educational and entertainment purposes.
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Children's Literature- Features of Genre - answer-Genre consists of four elements or
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parts: character, story, plot and setting.
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Classroom Library- Features - answer-A classroom library should include diverse texts
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that represent different cultures, genres, and reading levels
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Classroom Library- Organization - answer-books organized for easy access and
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categorized by topic or genre.
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