TEPC PRACTICE TEST 1 WITH VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Questions 1-3 are based on the following scenario:
Laura May Hanson teaches art in a middle school with a diverse student
population. She includes the following art appreciation activity in her eighth-
grade unit on painting. She shows students slides of paintings exemplifying
each of the following three genres: portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes.
Afterward, students engage in a small group activity in which they are given 20
numbered postcards displaying reproductions of painting and are asked to
classify the painting by genre. Ms. Hanson tells them to make their choices
based on observations they made during the slide presentation. She then asks
each group to complete the following two task sheets as they work through the
activity.
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
,Activity: Identify the genre of paintings
TASK 1:
Examine each of the reproductions in your set of 20 postcards, and classify
each painting according to its genre. Use the Other c - ✔✔Prefer constructing
knowledge to receiving information passively
In the sample sets given to each group, Ms. Hanson includes reproductions of
paintings created in a wide range of time periods and cultural traditions,
including cultures represented by students' own backgrounds. By doing this,
Ms. Hanson best demonstrates an understanding of the importance of:
-Taking advantage of the diversity within and beyond the classroom to create a
classroom environment that respects and celebrates differences
-Fostering students' view of learning as a purposeful pursuit that is meaningful
to them
-Taking into account students' individual strengths and learning styles in order
to design instruction that maximizes learning for a diverse student population
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
,-Helping students make connections between their prior learning experiences
and those that are new to them - ✔✔Taking advantage of the diversity within
and beyond the classroom to create a classroom environment that respects
and celebrates differences
Jamie is a student in Ms. Hanson's class who has a learning disability that is
likely to make it difficult for him to participate fully in the group classification
activity. Ms. Hanson can best fulfill her legal and professional responsibilities
toward this student by taking which of the following steps first?
-Providing Jamie with a related alternative activity that he could work on
independently and complete successfully
-Arranging for Jamie to complete the activity in the resource room with the
support of the special education teacher
-Developing roles and responsibilities for the members of each group so as to
involve Jamie productively in the group activity
-Assigning a partner to work with Jamie during the activity who will help guide
him to the correct answers - ✔✔Providing Jamie with a related alternative
activity that he could work on independently and complete successfully
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
, During the slide presentation and the explanation of the activity, students sit in
rows of chairs facing the front of the room. After Ms. Hanson has finished
giving the instructions for the activity, each group of students moves to a round
table at the back of the room with the postcards and task sheets.
During the next class meeting, Ms. Hanson arranges students' chairs in a
semicircle so students can all see one another. She selects a representative
from each small group to report to the rest of the class on the group's findings.
During each representative's report, the other members of the group display or
pass around each postcard for the rest of the class to see. Once each group's
findings have been reported, Ms. Hanson engages the whole class in a
discussion of issues and questions that have emerged from the painting-
classification activity.
Throughout this sequence of events, Ms. Hanson demonstrates which o -
✔✔Varying the physical setting to achieve different instructional goals
During the class discussion, one issue that stimulates a great deal of interest
and enthusiasm among the students is the way in which painting styles vary
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Questions 1-3 are based on the following scenario:
Laura May Hanson teaches art in a middle school with a diverse student
population. She includes the following art appreciation activity in her eighth-
grade unit on painting. She shows students slides of paintings exemplifying
each of the following three genres: portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes.
Afterward, students engage in a small group activity in which they are given 20
numbered postcards displaying reproductions of painting and are asked to
classify the painting by genre. Ms. Hanson tells them to make their choices
based on observations they made during the slide presentation. She then asks
each group to complete the following two task sheets as they work through the
activity.
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
,Activity: Identify the genre of paintings
TASK 1:
Examine each of the reproductions in your set of 20 postcards, and classify
each painting according to its genre. Use the Other c - ✔✔Prefer constructing
knowledge to receiving information passively
In the sample sets given to each group, Ms. Hanson includes reproductions of
paintings created in a wide range of time periods and cultural traditions,
including cultures represented by students' own backgrounds. By doing this,
Ms. Hanson best demonstrates an understanding of the importance of:
-Taking advantage of the diversity within and beyond the classroom to create a
classroom environment that respects and celebrates differences
-Fostering students' view of learning as a purposeful pursuit that is meaningful
to them
-Taking into account students' individual strengths and learning styles in order
to design instruction that maximizes learning for a diverse student population
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
,-Helping students make connections between their prior learning experiences
and those that are new to them - ✔✔Taking advantage of the diversity within
and beyond the classroom to create a classroom environment that respects
and celebrates differences
Jamie is a student in Ms. Hanson's class who has a learning disability that is
likely to make it difficult for him to participate fully in the group classification
activity. Ms. Hanson can best fulfill her legal and professional responsibilities
toward this student by taking which of the following steps first?
-Providing Jamie with a related alternative activity that he could work on
independently and complete successfully
-Arranging for Jamie to complete the activity in the resource room with the
support of the special education teacher
-Developing roles and responsibilities for the members of each group so as to
involve Jamie productively in the group activity
-Assigning a partner to work with Jamie during the activity who will help guide
him to the correct answers - ✔✔Providing Jamie with a related alternative
activity that he could work on independently and complete successfully
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
, During the slide presentation and the explanation of the activity, students sit in
rows of chairs facing the front of the room. After Ms. Hanson has finished
giving the instructions for the activity, each group of students moves to a round
table at the back of the room with the postcards and task sheets.
During the next class meeting, Ms. Hanson arranges students' chairs in a
semicircle so students can all see one another. She selects a representative
from each small group to report to the rest of the class on the group's findings.
During each representative's report, the other members of the group display or
pass around each postcard for the rest of the class to see. Once each group's
findings have been reported, Ms. Hanson engages the whole class in a
discussion of issues and questions that have emerged from the painting-
classification activity.
Throughout this sequence of events, Ms. Hanson demonstrates which o -
✔✔Varying the physical setting to achieve different instructional goals
During the class discussion, one issue that stimulates a great deal of interest
and enthusiasm among the students is the way in which painting styles vary
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
