PRAXIS: Principles K-12 (5625) Exam
questions with answers
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Theoretical Foundations on how students learn - n
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1. know how knowledge is constructed
2. know a variety of means by which skills are acquired
3. Understand a variety of cognitive processes and how they
are developed
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Bandura - n
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Social Learning Theory - emphasizes modeling or observational
learning as a powerful source of development and behavior
modification
Four meditational processes
1. attention
2. retention
,3. reproduction
4. motivation
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what are the four sources of influence according to bandura? -
n
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1. mastery experiences- solving problems on your own in game
based creative learning
2. Vicarious experiences- observing others to successfully
complete a task
3. Social persuasion
4. emotional states
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Bruner - n
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Constructivist theory- learning is an active process where
learners construct new ideas or concepts based on their current
or past knowledge
,The process of learning should go from concrete to abstract
and should follow three steps
1. Hands on
2. Learning with images
3. Transform to language
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What are the four major aspects instruction should cover
according to bruner? - n
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1. Predisposition towards learning
2. Ways in which a body of knowledge can be structured so that
it can be most readily grasped by the learner
3. The most effective sequences to present material
4. The nature and pacing of rewards and punishments
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According to Bruner, what is a Spiral Curriculum? - n
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1. Revisit topics at regular intervals
2. Complexity increases with each visit
, 3. Learning has a relationship with previous topics covered
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Dewey - n
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PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION: education should be experiential
and relevant
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What is experiential learning according to Dewey? - n
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children do better by doing because they are in the present, not
in distant future
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What are Deweys four principals? - n
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1. Doing
2. Discussing
3. Interacting
4. Interdisciplinary/ connecting
questions with answers
Qs
Theoretical Foundations on how students learn - n
Ans✔
1. know how knowledge is constructed
2. know a variety of means by which skills are acquired
3. Understand a variety of cognitive processes and how they
are developed
Qs
Bandura - n
Ans✔
Social Learning Theory - emphasizes modeling or observational
learning as a powerful source of development and behavior
modification
Four meditational processes
1. attention
2. retention
,3. reproduction
4. motivation
Qs
what are the four sources of influence according to bandura? -
n
Ans✔
1. mastery experiences- solving problems on your own in game
based creative learning
2. Vicarious experiences- observing others to successfully
complete a task
3. Social persuasion
4. emotional states
Qs
Bruner - n
Ans✔
Constructivist theory- learning is an active process where
learners construct new ideas or concepts based on their current
or past knowledge
,The process of learning should go from concrete to abstract
and should follow three steps
1. Hands on
2. Learning with images
3. Transform to language
Qs
What are the four major aspects instruction should cover
according to bruner? - n
Ans✔
1. Predisposition towards learning
2. Ways in which a body of knowledge can be structured so that
it can be most readily grasped by the learner
3. The most effective sequences to present material
4. The nature and pacing of rewards and punishments
Qs
According to Bruner, what is a Spiral Curriculum? - n
Ans✔
1. Revisit topics at regular intervals
2. Complexity increases with each visit
, 3. Learning has a relationship with previous topics covered
Qs
Dewey - n
Ans✔
PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION: education should be experiential
and relevant
Qs
What is experiential learning according to Dewey? - n
Ans✔
children do better by doing because they are in the present, not
in distant future
Qs
What are Deweys four principals? - n
Ans✔
1. Doing
2. Discussing
3. Interacting
4. Interdisciplinary/ connecting
