FTCE PREK 3 SCIENCE
CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Dialogue with self. Answer: When learners think reflectively about a
topic. They ask themselves a number of things about the topic
◉ Dialogue with others. Answer: When a student is listening to a book
being read by another student or when a teacher is teaching. Partial
dialogue takes place because the dialogue is one sided. When they are
listening to one another and when there is an exchange of ideas back
ad forth.
◉ Observing. Answer: When a learner carefully watches or observes
someone else doing an activity or experiment
◉ Doing. Answer: When a learner actually does something, giving the
learner a first hand experience
◉ Inquiry based learner. Answer: Provides opportunity for students to
experience and acquire thought processes that enable them to gather
information about the world. The most important element is
questioning, higher order thinking is encouraged.
, ◉ Deductive inquiry. Answer: Move students from generalized
principles to specific instances. This strategy stresses the process of
testing general assumptions, applying them and exploring the
relationship among specific elements. Students are actively engaged in
testing generalizations, gathering information and applying it to specific
examples.
◉ Inductive inquiry. Answer: Helps students establish facts, determine
relevant questions, and develop ways to pursue these questions and
build explanations. Students are encouraged to develop and support
their own hypothesis. Students experience the thought process that
requires them to move from specific facts and observations to
inferences.
◉ Interactive instructions. Answer: Discussion and sharing among
participants. Students develop skills, learning from the teacher and
their peers. They learn organizational skills. Instruction types may
include brainstorming, debates, discussions and lab groups.
◉ Scientific method. Answer: Basic process of scientific investigation.
Posing question and ends with drawing conclusion based on
reproducible experimental results.
◉ Posing a question. Answer: Form a question, the more limited the
question the easier it is to set up an experiment and answer it.
CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Dialogue with self. Answer: When learners think reflectively about a
topic. They ask themselves a number of things about the topic
◉ Dialogue with others. Answer: When a student is listening to a book
being read by another student or when a teacher is teaching. Partial
dialogue takes place because the dialogue is one sided. When they are
listening to one another and when there is an exchange of ideas back
ad forth.
◉ Observing. Answer: When a learner carefully watches or observes
someone else doing an activity or experiment
◉ Doing. Answer: When a learner actually does something, giving the
learner a first hand experience
◉ Inquiry based learner. Answer: Provides opportunity for students to
experience and acquire thought processes that enable them to gather
information about the world. The most important element is
questioning, higher order thinking is encouraged.
, ◉ Deductive inquiry. Answer: Move students from generalized
principles to specific instances. This strategy stresses the process of
testing general assumptions, applying them and exploring the
relationship among specific elements. Students are actively engaged in
testing generalizations, gathering information and applying it to specific
examples.
◉ Inductive inquiry. Answer: Helps students establish facts, determine
relevant questions, and develop ways to pursue these questions and
build explanations. Students are encouraged to develop and support
their own hypothesis. Students experience the thought process that
requires them to move from specific facts and observations to
inferences.
◉ Interactive instructions. Answer: Discussion and sharing among
participants. Students develop skills, learning from the teacher and
their peers. They learn organizational skills. Instruction types may
include brainstorming, debates, discussions and lab groups.
◉ Scientific method. Answer: Basic process of scientific investigation.
Posing question and ends with drawing conclusion based on
reproducible experimental results.
◉ Posing a question. Answer: Form a question, the more limited the
question the easier it is to set up an experiment and answer it.
