TEXAS TEACHERS ASSESSMENT 2 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2024-2025.
What distinction can be made between the preoperational stage of development and the concrete
operational stage? ANS -Children in the preoperational stage think logically about objects and events.
How would you differentiate the most critical relationships between the industry vs. inferiority stage
and the most critical relationship in the identity vs. role stage? ANS -In the identity vs. role stage, the
most important relationship is with the school and neighborhood.
How would you summarize the multiple intelligences theory? ANS -This theory is based on how there
are 8 areas of intelligence that can describe a person's intelligence.
How would you use your knowledge of a high school student's developmental stage to appropriately
plan a class lesson? ANS -Allow opportunities for students to have guided conversations to develop
multiple points of view.
Select the answer with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in the correct order from most basic needs on
upward. ANS -Physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, self-actualization
Which of the following demonstrates an understanding of the need to provide an environment free of
threat? ANS -Provide an environment that is low threat and high in challenge
Which task is not controlled by the left side of the brain? ANS -Visual imagery
Which intelligence category would you categorize the following activity as: the teacher asking students
to create a graphic organizer of their lesson? ANS -Spatial Intelligence, because graphic organizers
allow students to learn from a visual image.
What approach would you use to best help students retain information they have learned? ANS -Teach
a peer as a technique for retention.
What is the main idea of self-actualization? ANS -When individuals reach a state of harmony and
understanding
AND ANSWERS 2024-2025.
What distinction can be made between the preoperational stage of development and the concrete
operational stage? ANS -Children in the preoperational stage think logically about objects and events.
How would you differentiate the most critical relationships between the industry vs. inferiority stage
and the most critical relationship in the identity vs. role stage? ANS -In the identity vs. role stage, the
most important relationship is with the school and neighborhood.
How would you summarize the multiple intelligences theory? ANS -This theory is based on how there
are 8 areas of intelligence that can describe a person's intelligence.
How would you use your knowledge of a high school student's developmental stage to appropriately
plan a class lesson? ANS -Allow opportunities for students to have guided conversations to develop
multiple points of view.
Select the answer with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in the correct order from most basic needs on
upward. ANS -Physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, self-actualization
Which of the following demonstrates an understanding of the need to provide an environment free of
threat? ANS -Provide an environment that is low threat and high in challenge
Which task is not controlled by the left side of the brain? ANS -Visual imagery
Which intelligence category would you categorize the following activity as: the teacher asking students
to create a graphic organizer of their lesson? ANS -Spatial Intelligence, because graphic organizers
allow students to learn from a visual image.
What approach would you use to best help students retain information they have learned? ANS -Teach
a peer as a technique for retention.
What is the main idea of self-actualization? ANS -When individuals reach a state of harmony and
understanding
