ACAS BPG EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Theory: What does Erikson's theory suggest about secondary
students?
Answer: Competence: Industry vs. inferiority (ages 5~12)
Fidelity: Identity vs. Role Confusion (ages 13~19)
◉ Theory: What can a teacher do to help students based on
Erikson's theory?
Answer: Help students explore identity, beliefs, careers, and
responsibilities. Model career choices. Help students find resources
to work out personal problems. Give many "second chances"
◉ Theory: What is Piaget's theory?
Answer: Theory of Cognitive Development -
Infants are born with sensory and reflexive skills that they use to
engage the environment and ultimately construct mental
representations of it
◉ Theory: What does Piaget's Theory suggest about secondary
students?
,Answer: -Concrete Operational (ages 7~11) time, space, and
quantity are understood and can be applied but not as independent
concepts
-Formal Operations (age 11+) theoretical, hypothetical, and
counterfactual thinking,
abstract logic and reasoning
◉ Theory: What can a teacher do to help students based on Piaget's
theory?
Answer: Concrete Operational Student: use props, visual aids,
manipulatives, well-organized presentation, use familiar examples
Formal Operational Student: continue to use concrete operational
teaching, hypothetical questions, scientific reasoning, teach broad
concepts not just facts, inwards reflection
◉ Theory: What is Vygotsky's Theory?
Answer: Social Development Theory - children's thought structures
develop through interaction with individuals in their environments,
informed by the culture in which they live
,◉ Theory: What does Piaget's Theory suggest about secondary
students?
Answer: Work within students' ZPD
◉ Theory: What can a teacher do to help students based on
Vygotsky's theory?
Answer: -Scaffolding
-accessibility to tools that support thinking
-build on cultural funds of knowledge
-utilize dialogue and learning groups
◉ Vocabulary: Scaffolding
Answer: providing sufficient support to promote learning when
concepts and skills are being first introduced to students.
Might include:
-resources
-a compelling task
-templates and guides
-guidance on the development of cognitive and social skills
◉ Vocabulary: ZPD
, Answer: The zone of proximal development (ZPD) is the difference
between what a learner can do without help and what they can do
with help
◉ Theory: What is Kohlberg's Theory?
Answer: Stages of Moral Development -
Moral reasoning, the basis for ethical behavior, has six identifiable
developmental stages, each more adequate at responding to moral
dilemmas than its predecessor
◉ Theory: What does Kohlberg's Theory suggest about secondary
students?
Answer: Secondary students will fall somewhere in these levels:
-Interpersonal accord and conformity
-Authority and social-order maintaining orientation
-Social contract orientation
◉ Theory: What can a teacher do to help students based on
Kohlberg's theory?
Answer: Help students:
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Theory: What does Erikson's theory suggest about secondary
students?
Answer: Competence: Industry vs. inferiority (ages 5~12)
Fidelity: Identity vs. Role Confusion (ages 13~19)
◉ Theory: What can a teacher do to help students based on
Erikson's theory?
Answer: Help students explore identity, beliefs, careers, and
responsibilities. Model career choices. Help students find resources
to work out personal problems. Give many "second chances"
◉ Theory: What is Piaget's theory?
Answer: Theory of Cognitive Development -
Infants are born with sensory and reflexive skills that they use to
engage the environment and ultimately construct mental
representations of it
◉ Theory: What does Piaget's Theory suggest about secondary
students?
,Answer: -Concrete Operational (ages 7~11) time, space, and
quantity are understood and can be applied but not as independent
concepts
-Formal Operations (age 11+) theoretical, hypothetical, and
counterfactual thinking,
abstract logic and reasoning
◉ Theory: What can a teacher do to help students based on Piaget's
theory?
Answer: Concrete Operational Student: use props, visual aids,
manipulatives, well-organized presentation, use familiar examples
Formal Operational Student: continue to use concrete operational
teaching, hypothetical questions, scientific reasoning, teach broad
concepts not just facts, inwards reflection
◉ Theory: What is Vygotsky's Theory?
Answer: Social Development Theory - children's thought structures
develop through interaction with individuals in their environments,
informed by the culture in which they live
,◉ Theory: What does Piaget's Theory suggest about secondary
students?
Answer: Work within students' ZPD
◉ Theory: What can a teacher do to help students based on
Vygotsky's theory?
Answer: -Scaffolding
-accessibility to tools that support thinking
-build on cultural funds of knowledge
-utilize dialogue and learning groups
◉ Vocabulary: Scaffolding
Answer: providing sufficient support to promote learning when
concepts and skills are being first introduced to students.
Might include:
-resources
-a compelling task
-templates and guides
-guidance on the development of cognitive and social skills
◉ Vocabulary: ZPD
, Answer: The zone of proximal development (ZPD) is the difference
between what a learner can do without help and what they can do
with help
◉ Theory: What is Kohlberg's Theory?
Answer: Stages of Moral Development -
Moral reasoning, the basis for ethical behavior, has six identifiable
developmental stages, each more adequate at responding to moral
dilemmas than its predecessor
◉ Theory: What does Kohlberg's Theory suggest about secondary
students?
Answer: Secondary students will fall somewhere in these levels:
-Interpersonal accord and conformity
-Authority and social-order maintaining orientation
-Social contract orientation
◉ Theory: What can a teacher do to help students based on
Kohlberg's theory?
Answer: Help students:
