GACE Elementary Education Exam
Questions and Answers
A teacher assesses a child using a running record. She notes that the student's prosody
need to improve. What is prosody? - correct Answer-Cadence and expression
What refers to how a student reads in phrases or whole thoughts? - correct Answer-
cadence
A typical child will have narrowed his or her utterances from the range of all possible
sounds to those relevant in his or her language at which of the following ages? - correct
Answer-1 year
According to Ehri, which of the following is true during the partial alphabetic stage of
literacy development? - correct Answer-Children are incapable of segmenting sounds
Your students love to sit in the "Author's Chair" in your language arts center. Which
stage of writing would your children be in when using the "Author's Chair?" - correct
Answer-publishing
What is the final step of the writing process? - correct Answer-publishing
According to Gentry,what is true of a child's written communication in the transitional
stage? - correct Answer-Vowels will appear in every word
The typical abilities of children of a given age in a given cultural group are known as
what? - correct Answer-Normative development
What type of assessment occurs at the end of a specific period of time and represent a
student's mastery? - correct Answer-summative assessment
What type of assessment occurs during learning and guide instruction and monitors a
student's progress? - correct Answer-formative assessment
An assessment is considered to be a running record if it does what? - correct Answer-It
reflects the student's instructional reading level
At what age would you expect a typical child to be reliably using sentences of more than
5 words? - correct Answer-5 years
, Language which does not refer to any immediate experience or information is known as
what? - correct Answer-Decontextualized speech
What is another name for Decontextualized speech? - correct Answer-disembedded
speech
Children develop the ability to understand decontextualized speech around what age? -
correct Answer-3 years
The tendency of a young child to repeat another's statement as if it were his or her own
is known as what? - correct Answer-repeitition
A reading strategy that asks the reader not only to activate her prior knowledge, but to
make connection between the text she is reading and other texts, and with her personal
life, is known as what? - correct Answer-connecting
A person who has no mentalistic explanations to help them understand another
person's actions would be described as what? - correct Answer-mindblind
At what age does the typical child begin to refer to him or herself by name? - correct
Answer-24 months
How many inches per year would you expect the typical preschool aged child to grow? -
correct Answer-3 inches
Language activity made up of repetition, monologue, and collective monologue is known
as what? - correct Answer-Noncommunicative language
A situation where two or more culture groups abide in the same territory or region but
maintain their separate cultural identities is called what? - correct Answer-a plural
society
Permeating the curriculum to alter or affect the way in which young children and
teachers think about diversity issues is known as what? - correct Answer-Multicultural
infusion
Monologue, collective monologue, and repetition are major components are what type
of language? - correct Answer-noncommunicative language
You are attempting to teach your sixth grade class the differences between different
types of governments in the ancient world. You choose the Roman period preceding the
reign of Julius Caesar to represent one type of government. Which type of government
would this be? - correct Answer-a republic
The fan-shaped area at the mouth of a river is known as what? - correct Answer-delta
Questions and Answers
A teacher assesses a child using a running record. She notes that the student's prosody
need to improve. What is prosody? - correct Answer-Cadence and expression
What refers to how a student reads in phrases or whole thoughts? - correct Answer-
cadence
A typical child will have narrowed his or her utterances from the range of all possible
sounds to those relevant in his or her language at which of the following ages? - correct
Answer-1 year
According to Ehri, which of the following is true during the partial alphabetic stage of
literacy development? - correct Answer-Children are incapable of segmenting sounds
Your students love to sit in the "Author's Chair" in your language arts center. Which
stage of writing would your children be in when using the "Author's Chair?" - correct
Answer-publishing
What is the final step of the writing process? - correct Answer-publishing
According to Gentry,what is true of a child's written communication in the transitional
stage? - correct Answer-Vowels will appear in every word
The typical abilities of children of a given age in a given cultural group are known as
what? - correct Answer-Normative development
What type of assessment occurs at the end of a specific period of time and represent a
student's mastery? - correct Answer-summative assessment
What type of assessment occurs during learning and guide instruction and monitors a
student's progress? - correct Answer-formative assessment
An assessment is considered to be a running record if it does what? - correct Answer-It
reflects the student's instructional reading level
At what age would you expect a typical child to be reliably using sentences of more than
5 words? - correct Answer-5 years
, Language which does not refer to any immediate experience or information is known as
what? - correct Answer-Decontextualized speech
What is another name for Decontextualized speech? - correct Answer-disembedded
speech
Children develop the ability to understand decontextualized speech around what age? -
correct Answer-3 years
The tendency of a young child to repeat another's statement as if it were his or her own
is known as what? - correct Answer-repeitition
A reading strategy that asks the reader not only to activate her prior knowledge, but to
make connection between the text she is reading and other texts, and with her personal
life, is known as what? - correct Answer-connecting
A person who has no mentalistic explanations to help them understand another
person's actions would be described as what? - correct Answer-mindblind
At what age does the typical child begin to refer to him or herself by name? - correct
Answer-24 months
How many inches per year would you expect the typical preschool aged child to grow? -
correct Answer-3 inches
Language activity made up of repetition, monologue, and collective monologue is known
as what? - correct Answer-Noncommunicative language
A situation where two or more culture groups abide in the same territory or region but
maintain their separate cultural identities is called what? - correct Answer-a plural
society
Permeating the curriculum to alter or affect the way in which young children and
teachers think about diversity issues is known as what? - correct Answer-Multicultural
infusion
Monologue, collective monologue, and repetition are major components are what type
of language? - correct Answer-noncommunicative language
You are attempting to teach your sixth grade class the differences between different
types of governments in the ancient world. You choose the Roman period preceding the
reign of Julius Caesar to represent one type of government. Which type of government
would this be? - correct Answer-a republic
The fan-shaped area at the mouth of a river is known as what? - correct Answer-delta
