PPR UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS PROFESSIONAL REVIEW
SHEET
●● A teacher wanting to develop a lesson for a 10 year old would want
to include all the following except:
Answer: In-depth directions for activities
●● Unlike children, adolescents' mental development has moved beyond
Answer: concrete ideas
●● It is important for teachers of high school students to
Answer: Include discussions of local, national and world events
●● What is the most important mode of learning for preschoolers?
Answer: Play
●● A student who can formulate a hypothesis and work through the
steps of the scientific method by isolating influences and identifying
cause-and-effect relationships would be functioning at which cognitive
stage of development?
Answer: Formal operations
,●● During play time, a preschool teacher observes her students. The
teacher notices that Michael is moving a train across the floor alone
while other students are sharing action figures, attempting to make them
come to life. Based on the observation, which action step should the
teacher take?
Answer: Recognizing that Michael is still in the solitary stage of
development while continuing to encourage him to play with others
through modeling
●● Kate is a 10-year-old child in a fifth-grade classroom where she is
given many opportunities to be successful in learning new skills. She
finds pleasure in being productive. According to Erik Erikson's
psychosocial stages, Kate is demonstrating a positive outcome for which
type of developmental crises?
Answer: Industry vs. Inferiority
●● Which of the following activities would be the most developmentally
appropriate for a first-grade teacher to include in a unit on the life cycle
of plants?
Answer: Planting a bean and observing the stages of growth
●● Which of the following is the most powerful influence on a person's
sense of identity before adolescence?
Answer: Family
,●● Baird sets up activities and learning centers in her first-grade
classroom to encourage socialization, cooperation and sharing among
the students. Which statement describes the reason she is creating these
opportunities?
Answer: Students at this stage will form friendships based on common
play interests and interactions
●●
Answer: The schedule needs to incorporate larger blocks of time for
restful and active movement activities
●● Which of the following approaches would most effectively support
kindergarten students' social development when they participate in
learning centers?
Answer: Creating opportunities for interaction among students during
learning center activities
●● Which of the following classroom management approaches for high
school students is based on Skinner's theory of operant conditioning?
Answer: Praising students who are on task while correcting students
who are off task
●● A social studies teacher is planning a unit for National Hispanic
Heritage month. Which of the following activities will best engage
kinesthetic learners?
, Answer: Creating masks like those traditionally used in the Ponce
Carnival in Puerto Rico
●● A teacher notices that her students are well behaved the first week of
school, but she neglects to say anything to them about it. She then
notices that misbehavior increases the second week. According to B.F.
Skinner, what has the teacher done?
Answer: Practiced Extinction
●● Whose learning theory may be seen as a bridge between the
behaviorists and the cognitivists because of its inclusion of memory and
motivation?
Answer: Albert Bandura
●● Max is a student who cannot yet empathize with others and is unable
to think logically. According to Jean Piaget, he would be functioning at
which cognitive stage of development?
Answer: Preoperational
●● A teacher who wishes to incorporate Vygotsky's theory of the zone of
proximal development into his lessons would be sure to include what
type of activity?
Answer: Students comment on each other's ideas via a discussion board
AND ANSWERS PROFESSIONAL REVIEW
SHEET
●● A teacher wanting to develop a lesson for a 10 year old would want
to include all the following except:
Answer: In-depth directions for activities
●● Unlike children, adolescents' mental development has moved beyond
Answer: concrete ideas
●● It is important for teachers of high school students to
Answer: Include discussions of local, national and world events
●● What is the most important mode of learning for preschoolers?
Answer: Play
●● A student who can formulate a hypothesis and work through the
steps of the scientific method by isolating influences and identifying
cause-and-effect relationships would be functioning at which cognitive
stage of development?
Answer: Formal operations
,●● During play time, a preschool teacher observes her students. The
teacher notices that Michael is moving a train across the floor alone
while other students are sharing action figures, attempting to make them
come to life. Based on the observation, which action step should the
teacher take?
Answer: Recognizing that Michael is still in the solitary stage of
development while continuing to encourage him to play with others
through modeling
●● Kate is a 10-year-old child in a fifth-grade classroom where she is
given many opportunities to be successful in learning new skills. She
finds pleasure in being productive. According to Erik Erikson's
psychosocial stages, Kate is demonstrating a positive outcome for which
type of developmental crises?
Answer: Industry vs. Inferiority
●● Which of the following activities would be the most developmentally
appropriate for a first-grade teacher to include in a unit on the life cycle
of plants?
Answer: Planting a bean and observing the stages of growth
●● Which of the following is the most powerful influence on a person's
sense of identity before adolescence?
Answer: Family
,●● Baird sets up activities and learning centers in her first-grade
classroom to encourage socialization, cooperation and sharing among
the students. Which statement describes the reason she is creating these
opportunities?
Answer: Students at this stage will form friendships based on common
play interests and interactions
●●
Answer: The schedule needs to incorporate larger blocks of time for
restful and active movement activities
●● Which of the following approaches would most effectively support
kindergarten students' social development when they participate in
learning centers?
Answer: Creating opportunities for interaction among students during
learning center activities
●● Which of the following classroom management approaches for high
school students is based on Skinner's theory of operant conditioning?
Answer: Praising students who are on task while correcting students
who are off task
●● A social studies teacher is planning a unit for National Hispanic
Heritage month. Which of the following activities will best engage
kinesthetic learners?
, Answer: Creating masks like those traditionally used in the Ponce
Carnival in Puerto Rico
●● A teacher notices that her students are well behaved the first week of
school, but she neglects to say anything to them about it. She then
notices that misbehavior increases the second week. According to B.F.
Skinner, what has the teacher done?
Answer: Practiced Extinction
●● Whose learning theory may be seen as a bridge between the
behaviorists and the cognitivists because of its inclusion of memory and
motivation?
Answer: Albert Bandura
●● Max is a student who cannot yet empathize with others and is unable
to think logically. According to Jean Piaget, he would be functioning at
which cognitive stage of development?
Answer: Preoperational
●● A teacher who wishes to incorporate Vygotsky's theory of the zone of
proximal development into his lessons would be sure to include what
type of activity?
Answer: Students comment on each other's ideas via a discussion board
