OSAT Educational Psychology Practice Test || Get it Correct.
A preschool teacher is planning to conduct an observational assessment to obtain data on how
often a child engages in a specific behavior. Such a procedure is an example of which of the
following types of assessment?
A. Event sampling
B. Running record
C. Time sampling
D. Rating scale correct answers A. Event sampling
One of the teachers in a kindergarten class is writing an anecdotal record for a new student who
has just arrived with a parent/guardian for the student's first day at school. Which of the
following statements would be most appropriate for the teacher to include in this type of
assessment?
A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the classroom."
B. "The student did not appear to be upset when the parent/guardian left the classroom."
C. "The student likely felt comforted by having familiar art materials in the classroom."
D. "The student seemed relaxed despite not knowing any other students in the classroom."
correct answers A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the
classroom."
A preschool teacher is preparing to read aloud a Big Book to introduce a new unit in science.
After showing the book cover, the teacher reads the title and pauses to reflectively think aloud,
saying, "I'm wondering why the author has chose to call this book Tomatoes Taste Like
Sunshine! I'm thinking that maybe the author knows that tomatoes need the sun to grow." The
teacher then asks children to share their ideas. This teacher practice primarily demonstrates
A. Book-handling techniques
B. Implicit instruction
C. Summative assessment of children's learning
D. Interactive awareness of print concepts correct answers B. Implicit instruction
, A third grade classroom follows a daily independent reading routine that includes 20 minutes of
silent reading followed by a written journal reflection. The teacher notices that a few students
appear to be easily frustrated by the writing component of this assignment and struggle to
organize and express meaningful ideas through writing. Which of the following strategies would
best facilitate these students' ongoing development of literacy skills?
A. Providing the students with useful sentence stems.
B. Allowing the students to use keyboards for written work.
C. Conferencing with the students while scribing their ideas.
D. Creating brainstorming webs with the students. correct answers A. Providing the students with
useful sentence stems.
A kindergarten teacher has set up a game in which students match upper and lowercase letters
given picture cues (e.g., an uppercase B with a picture of a ball and a lowercase b with a picture
of the same ball). As the students develop automaticity in matching corresponding letters, which
of the following steps would best promote their ongoing development with letter recognition?
A. Teaching students to produce the initial sounds.
B. Asking students to write the name of each object pictured.
C. Instructing students in matching the letters without the pictures.
D. Assigning students to write various letters from the picture cards. correct answers C.
Instructing students in matching the letters without the pictures.
A first grade teacher is planning to read aloud a historical fiction book and wants to show
students some illustrations to prepare them for its content. For this purpose, the teacher should
most likely choose illustrations that reflect which of the following story elements?
A. Characters
B. Setting
C. Conflict
D. Plot correct answers B. Setting
A first grade teacher is working with a student who demonstrates inconsistencies with letter
sound correspondence. The teacher shows the student a series of flash cards with lowercase
A preschool teacher is planning to conduct an observational assessment to obtain data on how
often a child engages in a specific behavior. Such a procedure is an example of which of the
following types of assessment?
A. Event sampling
B. Running record
C. Time sampling
D. Rating scale correct answers A. Event sampling
One of the teachers in a kindergarten class is writing an anecdotal record for a new student who
has just arrived with a parent/guardian for the student's first day at school. Which of the
following statements would be most appropriate for the teacher to include in this type of
assessment?
A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the classroom."
B. "The student did not appear to be upset when the parent/guardian left the classroom."
C. "The student likely felt comforted by having familiar art materials in the classroom."
D. "The student seemed relaxed despite not knowing any other students in the classroom."
correct answers A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the
classroom."
A preschool teacher is preparing to read aloud a Big Book to introduce a new unit in science.
After showing the book cover, the teacher reads the title and pauses to reflectively think aloud,
saying, "I'm wondering why the author has chose to call this book Tomatoes Taste Like
Sunshine! I'm thinking that maybe the author knows that tomatoes need the sun to grow." The
teacher then asks children to share their ideas. This teacher practice primarily demonstrates
A. Book-handling techniques
B. Implicit instruction
C. Summative assessment of children's learning
D. Interactive awareness of print concepts correct answers B. Implicit instruction
, A third grade classroom follows a daily independent reading routine that includes 20 minutes of
silent reading followed by a written journal reflection. The teacher notices that a few students
appear to be easily frustrated by the writing component of this assignment and struggle to
organize and express meaningful ideas through writing. Which of the following strategies would
best facilitate these students' ongoing development of literacy skills?
A. Providing the students with useful sentence stems.
B. Allowing the students to use keyboards for written work.
C. Conferencing with the students while scribing their ideas.
D. Creating brainstorming webs with the students. correct answers A. Providing the students with
useful sentence stems.
A kindergarten teacher has set up a game in which students match upper and lowercase letters
given picture cues (e.g., an uppercase B with a picture of a ball and a lowercase b with a picture
of the same ball). As the students develop automaticity in matching corresponding letters, which
of the following steps would best promote their ongoing development with letter recognition?
A. Teaching students to produce the initial sounds.
B. Asking students to write the name of each object pictured.
C. Instructing students in matching the letters without the pictures.
D. Assigning students to write various letters from the picture cards. correct answers C.
Instructing students in matching the letters without the pictures.
A first grade teacher is planning to read aloud a historical fiction book and wants to show
students some illustrations to prepare them for its content. For this purpose, the teacher should
most likely choose illustrations that reflect which of the following story elements?
A. Characters
B. Setting
C. Conflict
D. Plot correct answers B. Setting
A first grade teacher is working with a student who demonstrates inconsistencies with letter
sound correspondence. The teacher shows the student a series of flash cards with lowercase
