PECT - Module 3 - Practice Test Questions With 100%
Correct Answers
________ _________, also known as alternative or authentic assessment, is a form of testing that
requires students to perform a task rather than select an answer from a ready-made list. - ANSWER-
performance assessment
A first-grade teacher has assessed students' abilities in various gross-motor movements such as
skipping, galloping, and sliding. Some of the students can do some of the movements but not all three.
Based on these assessment results, the teacher could best promote the gross-motor development of all
students in the class by: - ANSWER-playing a simple game in which students skip, gallop, or slide.
A first-grade teacher is modifying a weather activity to incorporate a mathematics component. The
original activity involves reading to the class a children's story about a large storm and then asking the
class questions about how weather has affected their lives. Which of the following student-centered
mathematics activities would provide the most age-appropriate link to the first-grade mathematics
curriculum? - ANSWER-developing a histogram showing rainfall for a month based on data collected
using a rain gauge
A first-grade teacher is planning a unit on insects with the goal of motivating students to be good
scientific observers of the natural world. The most effective way to achieve this goal would be to have
the students: - ANSWER-make drawings of ants from memory to share with the class and then observe
real ants and draw them again.
A kindergarten teacher has several students who lack the fine-motor skills required for writing and
forming letters. Which of the following instructional activities is likely to be most appropriate for these
students? - ANSWER-engaging the students in building with small blocks and working with clay
A preschool child measures the length of a long rectangular block by lining up several smaller blocks
along the length of the longer block. This demonstrates that the child has an understanding of which of
the following measurement concepts? - ANSWER-unit iteration
A preschool teacher wants to promote children's skills related to counting and comparing numbers.
Which of the following activities is most appropriate to use for this purpose? - ANSWER-letting the class
vote on which book the teacher should read next and then asking the class which book won based on
the votes
PECT - Module 3 - Practice Test Questions With 100%
Correct Answers
Correct Answers
________ _________, also known as alternative or authentic assessment, is a form of testing that
requires students to perform a task rather than select an answer from a ready-made list. - ANSWER-
performance assessment
A first-grade teacher has assessed students' abilities in various gross-motor movements such as
skipping, galloping, and sliding. Some of the students can do some of the movements but not all three.
Based on these assessment results, the teacher could best promote the gross-motor development of all
students in the class by: - ANSWER-playing a simple game in which students skip, gallop, or slide.
A first-grade teacher is modifying a weather activity to incorporate a mathematics component. The
original activity involves reading to the class a children's story about a large storm and then asking the
class questions about how weather has affected their lives. Which of the following student-centered
mathematics activities would provide the most age-appropriate link to the first-grade mathematics
curriculum? - ANSWER-developing a histogram showing rainfall for a month based on data collected
using a rain gauge
A first-grade teacher is planning a unit on insects with the goal of motivating students to be good
scientific observers of the natural world. The most effective way to achieve this goal would be to have
the students: - ANSWER-make drawings of ants from memory to share with the class and then observe
real ants and draw them again.
A kindergarten teacher has several students who lack the fine-motor skills required for writing and
forming letters. Which of the following instructional activities is likely to be most appropriate for these
students? - ANSWER-engaging the students in building with small blocks and working with clay
A preschool child measures the length of a long rectangular block by lining up several smaller blocks
along the length of the longer block. This demonstrates that the child has an understanding of which of
the following measurement concepts? - ANSWER-unit iteration
A preschool teacher wants to promote children's skills related to counting and comparing numbers.
Which of the following activities is most appropriate to use for this purpose? - ANSWER-letting the class
vote on which book the teacher should read next and then asking the class which book won based on
the votes
PECT - Module 3 - Practice Test Questions With 100%
Correct Answers
