PRAXIS 5047 PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Reciprocal learning strategy.
Answer: Sitting side by side & Working in pairs, teach material to each
other (both students take turns as player and coach)Works best with:
-practice and application, NOT new material-questions with 1 right answer,
nonsubjective
◍ Kathryn Stockett.
Answer: The Help
◍ Jigsaw Method.
Answer: Developed by Aronson in 1971: each student takes responsibility
for one part of the whole and teaches — in the end, they all know the same
body of knowledge
◍ Expert groups.
Answer: Part of jigsaw method where one part of jigsaw groups get together
Clear up miscommunications, make sure they have correct info to relay to
the other parts of their original group
◍ Sue Monk Kidd.
Answer: Secret Life of Bees
◍ J.
D. Salinger.
Answer: Catcher and the Rye~Contemporary Period
◍ Why teach students text structure? And how?.
Answer: The more they can recognize the framework texts are built on, the
, easier it'll be for their brains to process those texts in a strategic way -use
graphic organizers and demonstrate -have students map structures -add one
at a time *teach SIGNAL WORDS
◍ What is deductive instruction?.
Answer: —rules—-> examplesoverall concept or rule is presented
1st-students work with examples to apply the concept/rule
◍ Advantage of inductive learning?.
Answer: Uses practice of identifying similarities and differences and
requires higher level thinking
◍ Ray Bradbury.
Answer: Fahrenheit 451
◍ Jack London.
Answer: Call to the Wild White Fang~Modern Period
◍ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Answer: (Poet)Paul Revere's Ride~Nationalist Period
◍ Madeline L'Engle.
Answer: A Wrinkle in Time
◍ What is inductive instruction?.
Answer: -examples—> rules-students first study examples of the
content-student secondly make generalizations leading to an understanding
of the rule
◍ Robert Frost.
Answer: The Road not Taken
◍ What is a good skill to teach beginning readers to model predictions when
reading?.
Answer: think alouds -- read text with class and talk about your thought
process aloud so they see how the process can work in real time
◍ Why make text to text connections?.
Answer: helps with comprehension of 2 stories; can help evaluate and
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Reciprocal learning strategy.
Answer: Sitting side by side & Working in pairs, teach material to each
other (both students take turns as player and coach)Works best with:
-practice and application, NOT new material-questions with 1 right answer,
nonsubjective
◍ Kathryn Stockett.
Answer: The Help
◍ Jigsaw Method.
Answer: Developed by Aronson in 1971: each student takes responsibility
for one part of the whole and teaches — in the end, they all know the same
body of knowledge
◍ Expert groups.
Answer: Part of jigsaw method where one part of jigsaw groups get together
Clear up miscommunications, make sure they have correct info to relay to
the other parts of their original group
◍ Sue Monk Kidd.
Answer: Secret Life of Bees
◍ J.
D. Salinger.
Answer: Catcher and the Rye~Contemporary Period
◍ Why teach students text structure? And how?.
Answer: The more they can recognize the framework texts are built on, the
, easier it'll be for their brains to process those texts in a strategic way -use
graphic organizers and demonstrate -have students map structures -add one
at a time *teach SIGNAL WORDS
◍ What is deductive instruction?.
Answer: —rules—-> examplesoverall concept or rule is presented
1st-students work with examples to apply the concept/rule
◍ Advantage of inductive learning?.
Answer: Uses practice of identifying similarities and differences and
requires higher level thinking
◍ Ray Bradbury.
Answer: Fahrenheit 451
◍ Jack London.
Answer: Call to the Wild White Fang~Modern Period
◍ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Answer: (Poet)Paul Revere's Ride~Nationalist Period
◍ Madeline L'Engle.
Answer: A Wrinkle in Time
◍ What is inductive instruction?.
Answer: -examples—> rules-students first study examples of the
content-student secondly make generalizations leading to an understanding
of the rule
◍ Robert Frost.
Answer: The Road not Taken
◍ What is a good skill to teach beginning readers to model predictions when
reading?.
Answer: think alouds -- read text with class and talk about your thought
process aloud so they see how the process can work in real time
◍ Why make text to text connections?.
Answer: helps with comprehension of 2 stories; can help evaluate and
