PPR PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, which of the following thought
processes best distinguishes
a student at the formal operational stage?
a. Abstract thought
b. Logical thought
c. Concrete thought
d. Intuitive thought - Answers - Abstract thought
Danielle is a 4 year old who
prefers to play by herself and is not comfortable interacting with other children. To best
facilitate Danielle's transition into the next stage of play development, the teacher
should provide a variety of
a. individual activities and materials that children can do side by side.
b. small-group and child-directed activities.
c. play props and cooperative activities.
d. interesting and age-appropriate individual activities. - Answers - individual activities
and materials that children can do side by side
Ms. Nguyen notices that a boy in
her kindergarten class comes to
school very irritable and is hyperactive most of the day. He has trouble concentrating
and frequently fights with other children. Which of the following actions would be the
most appropriate first response to this situation?
A. Referring the child to the school nurse for possible attention- deficit/hyperactivity
disorder symptoms
B. Monitoring and documenting the behavior to be used at the parent-teacher
conference in a few months
C. Setting up a conference with the child's parents to discuss behavior at home and
sleep schedules
D. Collaborating with an administrator to develop an intervention plan to address
behavior - Answers - Setting up a conference with the child's parents to discuss
behavior at home and sleep schedules
To best ensure that all students in a fourth-grade inclusion classroom receive quality
instruction, which of the following should lesson plans always include?
A. Individual assignments for each student and planned time for whole-class reteaching
B. Activities at varying difficulty levels to allow for students to make self-directed choices
C. Extra time for reteaching and needs-based modifications of student activities
D. Blocks of time for small-group instruction for students with learning disabilities -
Answers - Extra time for reteaching and needs-based modifications of student activities
, 5. A first-grade teacher has readers who are below grade level, each at a different level.
In planning individualized instruction, which of the following is the best first step for the
teacher to take?
A. Providing an assessment to identify students' reading strengths and weaknesses
B. Incorporating daily drills for students to practice reading skills
C. Having students pulled out of the classroom for small-group reading instruction
D. Developing students' oral language and writing skills - Answers - Providing an
assessment to identify students' reading strengths and weaknesses
6. An English-language learner (ELL) who is at an advanced-high level of language
proficiency is preparing a report summarizing a science experiment. The most
appropriate expectation for the teacher to have of the ELL's report is that it will include
A. illustrations of concepts that the student struggles with communicating in writing.
B. a reliance on teacher-provided sentence stems to complete the report.
C. writing that is correct in content but below grade level in syntax and grammar.
D. grade-level content information communicated with few language-related errors. -
Answers - grade-level content information communicated with few language-related
errors.
Fifth-grade students have just completed a social studies unit in which they explored
pioneers' everyday life during the westward expansion. Which of the following student
activities would show the highest level of critical thinking?
A. Creating a time line of important events during westward expansion
B. Completing a multiple-choice assessment about pioneers during westward expansion
C. Writing a journal entry from the perspective of a pioneer during westward expansion
D. Drawing a picture showing a pioneer during westward expansion - Answers - Writing
a journal entry from the perspective of a pioneer during westward expansion
Which of the following teaching strategies best supports intermediate-level English-
language learners in the development of speaking English in academic settings?
A. Modeling pronunciations of key academic vocabulary
B. Reviewing the concepts within the content through repetition
C. Providing native language translations of academic vocabulary
D. Connecting academic vocabulary to common idioms - Answers - Modeling
pronunciations of key academic vocabulary
A fifth-grade science teacher wants to accommodate science textbook reading
assignments for English- language learners (ELLs). Which of the following activities
would best support the goal?
A. Providing the ELLs with an audio tape version of the science textbook
According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, which of the following thought
processes best distinguishes
a student at the formal operational stage?
a. Abstract thought
b. Logical thought
c. Concrete thought
d. Intuitive thought - Answers - Abstract thought
Danielle is a 4 year old who
prefers to play by herself and is not comfortable interacting with other children. To best
facilitate Danielle's transition into the next stage of play development, the teacher
should provide a variety of
a. individual activities and materials that children can do side by side.
b. small-group and child-directed activities.
c. play props and cooperative activities.
d. interesting and age-appropriate individual activities. - Answers - individual activities
and materials that children can do side by side
Ms. Nguyen notices that a boy in
her kindergarten class comes to
school very irritable and is hyperactive most of the day. He has trouble concentrating
and frequently fights with other children. Which of the following actions would be the
most appropriate first response to this situation?
A. Referring the child to the school nurse for possible attention- deficit/hyperactivity
disorder symptoms
B. Monitoring and documenting the behavior to be used at the parent-teacher
conference in a few months
C. Setting up a conference with the child's parents to discuss behavior at home and
sleep schedules
D. Collaborating with an administrator to develop an intervention plan to address
behavior - Answers - Setting up a conference with the child's parents to discuss
behavior at home and sleep schedules
To best ensure that all students in a fourth-grade inclusion classroom receive quality
instruction, which of the following should lesson plans always include?
A. Individual assignments for each student and planned time for whole-class reteaching
B. Activities at varying difficulty levels to allow for students to make self-directed choices
C. Extra time for reteaching and needs-based modifications of student activities
D. Blocks of time for small-group instruction for students with learning disabilities -
Answers - Extra time for reteaching and needs-based modifications of student activities
, 5. A first-grade teacher has readers who are below grade level, each at a different level.
In planning individualized instruction, which of the following is the best first step for the
teacher to take?
A. Providing an assessment to identify students' reading strengths and weaknesses
B. Incorporating daily drills for students to practice reading skills
C. Having students pulled out of the classroom for small-group reading instruction
D. Developing students' oral language and writing skills - Answers - Providing an
assessment to identify students' reading strengths and weaknesses
6. An English-language learner (ELL) who is at an advanced-high level of language
proficiency is preparing a report summarizing a science experiment. The most
appropriate expectation for the teacher to have of the ELL's report is that it will include
A. illustrations of concepts that the student struggles with communicating in writing.
B. a reliance on teacher-provided sentence stems to complete the report.
C. writing that is correct in content but below grade level in syntax and grammar.
D. grade-level content information communicated with few language-related errors. -
Answers - grade-level content information communicated with few language-related
errors.
Fifth-grade students have just completed a social studies unit in which they explored
pioneers' everyday life during the westward expansion. Which of the following student
activities would show the highest level of critical thinking?
A. Creating a time line of important events during westward expansion
B. Completing a multiple-choice assessment about pioneers during westward expansion
C. Writing a journal entry from the perspective of a pioneer during westward expansion
D. Drawing a picture showing a pioneer during westward expansion - Answers - Writing
a journal entry from the perspective of a pioneer during westward expansion
Which of the following teaching strategies best supports intermediate-level English-
language learners in the development of speaking English in academic settings?
A. Modeling pronunciations of key academic vocabulary
B. Reviewing the concepts within the content through repetition
C. Providing native language translations of academic vocabulary
D. Connecting academic vocabulary to common idioms - Answers - Modeling
pronunciations of key academic vocabulary
A fifth-grade science teacher wants to accommodate science textbook reading
assignments for English- language learners (ELLs). Which of the following activities
would best support the goal?
A. Providing the ELLs with an audio tape version of the science textbook
