PPR- Pedagogy Test UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Mr. Bierhalter teaches at a middle school which is widely diverse both culturally and
socioeconomically. When teaching a lesson on communities, which of the following would be
appropriate instructional strategies for enhancing and accommodating this diversity in the
student population? - CORRECT ANSWER -1. Include references to communities that are
representative of the student population.
2. References to cummunities that are not like those of the student population.
3. Activate students prior knowledge to help personalize learning.
4. Activate prior knowledge to help build a foundation for learning.
5. Allow choice in the activities students use to demonstrate learning.
Mrs. Lamont needs to assess progress in the writing skills for her secone-grade students. Which
of the following are appropriate assessment tools for her to use? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Work samples, Portfolios, Checklists, Rubrics, Observation
A junior high teacher wants to be sure to cover all concepts and skills that are designated for the
students in his grade level. Which of the following resources are available to help him know
what concepts and skills should be taught and in what order? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Scope and sequence
Which of the following are true statements about the usefulness and purpose of assessment? -
CORRECT ANSWER -1. Assesment should be used to understand areas of learning with
which students are having difficulty.
2. Assesment used to understand areas of learning which students are mastering.
3. Teachers should review and evaluate the contents of an assesment.
4. Assessment results should be used to inform and improve teaching.
5. Assessment resultes should be used to improve student learning.
, How does actually moving manipulatives around the class, like the tennis balls in the activity,
help a learner more effectively solve problems? - CORRECT ANSWER -Concrete
materials enable learners to more effectively and effciently find a possible solution.
2. Concrete materials help learners discover patterns in order to find other possible solutions.
3. Concrete materials help learners find all the possible solutions to a given problem.
A teacher works with ELL at various levels of language proficiency. Which of the following
strategies supports ELL's during classroom instruction?
1. Visuals which illustrate complex concepts
2. Pretaught vocabulary words
3. Cooperative learning activities
4. Sentence stems - CORRECT ANSWER -1. 2. 3. and 4.
The following is an instructional objective for a ninth-grade biology class: List the major
chemical elements in cells. This objective reflects? - CORRECT ANSWER -The
Remember Level of Bloom's Cognitive Domain
Alicia attends an early childhood center in he neighborhood. Alicia has been taught to share her
toys with others and in most cases behaves very well. However, when it comes time for centers
in school, Alicia runs to the beanbag chair, which is located in the reading center and claims it is
hers. Her teacher can change this behavior by? - CORRECT ANSWER -Modeling turn-
taking and then monitoring Alicia closely.
This type of sofware allows students to record, sort, mathematically analyze and represent
numerical data in tabular and/or graphical forms. - CORRECT ANSWER -Spreadsheet
software
Ms. Jackson, the six-grade math teacher, wants to encourage all of the students in her class to
perform at their highest level in mathematics. Knowing what effective feedback sounds like,
which of the following is the least effective statement to make to a student having problems with
writing equations that represent problems related to the area of rectangles, parallelograms
trapezoids, and triangles? - CORRECT ANSWER -"Think about what you did here. You
must use the information that I give to you."
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Mr. Bierhalter teaches at a middle school which is widely diverse both culturally and
socioeconomically. When teaching a lesson on communities, which of the following would be
appropriate instructional strategies for enhancing and accommodating this diversity in the
student population? - CORRECT ANSWER -1. Include references to communities that are
representative of the student population.
2. References to cummunities that are not like those of the student population.
3. Activate students prior knowledge to help personalize learning.
4. Activate prior knowledge to help build a foundation for learning.
5. Allow choice in the activities students use to demonstrate learning.
Mrs. Lamont needs to assess progress in the writing skills for her secone-grade students. Which
of the following are appropriate assessment tools for her to use? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Work samples, Portfolios, Checklists, Rubrics, Observation
A junior high teacher wants to be sure to cover all concepts and skills that are designated for the
students in his grade level. Which of the following resources are available to help him know
what concepts and skills should be taught and in what order? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Scope and sequence
Which of the following are true statements about the usefulness and purpose of assessment? -
CORRECT ANSWER -1. Assesment should be used to understand areas of learning with
which students are having difficulty.
2. Assesment used to understand areas of learning which students are mastering.
3. Teachers should review and evaluate the contents of an assesment.
4. Assessment results should be used to inform and improve teaching.
5. Assessment resultes should be used to improve student learning.
, How does actually moving manipulatives around the class, like the tennis balls in the activity,
help a learner more effectively solve problems? - CORRECT ANSWER -Concrete
materials enable learners to more effectively and effciently find a possible solution.
2. Concrete materials help learners discover patterns in order to find other possible solutions.
3. Concrete materials help learners find all the possible solutions to a given problem.
A teacher works with ELL at various levels of language proficiency. Which of the following
strategies supports ELL's during classroom instruction?
1. Visuals which illustrate complex concepts
2. Pretaught vocabulary words
3. Cooperative learning activities
4. Sentence stems - CORRECT ANSWER -1. 2. 3. and 4.
The following is an instructional objective for a ninth-grade biology class: List the major
chemical elements in cells. This objective reflects? - CORRECT ANSWER -The
Remember Level of Bloom's Cognitive Domain
Alicia attends an early childhood center in he neighborhood. Alicia has been taught to share her
toys with others and in most cases behaves very well. However, when it comes time for centers
in school, Alicia runs to the beanbag chair, which is located in the reading center and claims it is
hers. Her teacher can change this behavior by? - CORRECT ANSWER -Modeling turn-
taking and then monitoring Alicia closely.
This type of sofware allows students to record, sort, mathematically analyze and represent
numerical data in tabular and/or graphical forms. - CORRECT ANSWER -Spreadsheet
software
Ms. Jackson, the six-grade math teacher, wants to encourage all of the students in her class to
perform at their highest level in mathematics. Knowing what effective feedback sounds like,
which of the following is the least effective statement to make to a student having problems with
writing equations that represent problems related to the area of rectangles, parallelograms
trapezoids, and triangles? - CORRECT ANSWER -"Think about what you did here. You
must use the information that I give to you."
