PECT PreK-4 Practice Test Module 1 Test Questions and Answers
Graded A
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences your bridge? How are they
focuses primarily on which of the following different?
aspects of education? D. Can you picture a real bridge in your mind?
Did your bridge look like a real bridge? -
A. the key role of environment in promoting ANSWER -A
children's learning
B. the use of scaffolding techniques to help
children learn Children who demonstrate typical language
C. the active involvement of children in learning development most often begin using two-word
activities utterances between the ages of:
D. the various ways in which children think and
learn - ANSWER -D A. 6 to 9 months.
B. 12 to 15 months.
C. 18 to 24 months.
A PreK-4 teacher can best create a culturally D. 30 to 36 months. - ANSWER -C
inclusive classroom environment for all students
by regularly:
As second-grade students are learning a new
A. encouraging students to share information science concept, the teacher helps them acquire
about their cultures with the class. knowledge and skills that they could not acquire
B. celebrating a variety of cultural holidays from on their own by using prompts, giving
around the world with students. suggestions, providing feedback, and modeling
C. placing students from similar cultural activities. In this situation, which of the following
backgrounds together for small-group activities. strategies is the teacher primarily using to foster
D. providing students and their families with students' cognitive development?
information about community cultural events. -
ANSWER -A A. modeling
B. cooperative learning
C. scaffolding
A kindergarten teacher observes two children D. inquiry learning - ANSWER -C
playing together. The children are attempting to
use blocks and other play materials to build a
bridge for their toy cars. The first bridge that they A prekindergarten teacher wants to establish a
build collapses when they begin to roll the toy classroom environment in which spontaneous
cars across it. Which of the following teacher play is encouraged and play is recognized and
questions would best promote the development valued as meaningful learning. Which of the
of the students' reasoning and problem-solving following strategies would likely be most effective
skills? for the teacher to use to achieve this goal?
A. Why do you think the bridge fell over? How A. modeling the correct way to play with new toys
can you build the bridge and games when introducing them to the
differently? classroom
B. What if you pretended that your cars could fly? B. asking students to bring in their favorite
Would you still need to build a bridge? playthings from home to share with their
C. What different objects did you use to make classmates during show-and-tell
, PECT PreK-4 Practice Test Module 1 Test Questions and Answers
Graded A
C. designing assessments that ask students to of a formative assessment?
demonstrate content knowledge through play
activities A. monitoring and adjusting a teaching strategy
D. ensuring that a variety of materials are during the learning process based on individual
available in the classroom for students to try out student progress
and explore during playtime - ANSWER -D B. the production of behavioral and academic
progress reports that incorporate parental or
caregiver insights
PreK-4 teachers have the goal of being culturally C. identifying and summarizing an individual
competent educators who use an understanding student's strengths and needs at the end of a unit
of diversity among young children to plan or semester
developmentally, culturally, and linguistically D. the development of a timeline designating
appropriate instruction that meets the needs of tasks that will be accomplished by a particular
all their students. The most important first step student in a given period of time -
for the teachers to take in achieving this goal is ANSWER -A
to:
A. use the Internet and other resources to gather A third-grade teacher develops an assessment
basic information about various world cultures. for a particular unit prior to writing up the daily
B. survey students' families to determine what lesson plans for the unit. The most important
they perceive their role to be in their children's advantage of this approach is that it helps the
learning. teacher:
C. examine their own cultures and beliefs and
their impact on interactions with students. A. align daily lessons and activities with the
D. observe individual students in self-selected targeted learning outcomes.
activities to determine their preferred learning B. develop an assessment to match state
styles. - ANSWER -C standards.
C. ensure that the assessment will be accessible
for all students.
According to convergent research, which of the D. improve presentation skills for delivering
following factors has been shown to have the instruction. - ANSWER -A
greatest effect on a child's language
development?
Which of the following assessment practices
A. the age at which the child starts attending would be considered ethical?
preschool or prekindergarten
B. the number of family members living at home A. obtaining actual test items to use as examples
with the child when preparing students for a standardized
C. the quality and diversity of books and toys the
assessment
child is exposed to B. using ongoing informal assessments of
D. the amount of verbal input the child receives students' learning to guide the instructional
from caregivers and others - ANSWER -D process
C. determining assessment accommodations for
individual students based on
Which of the following is an essential component their classroom performance
Graded A
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences your bridge? How are they
focuses primarily on which of the following different?
aspects of education? D. Can you picture a real bridge in your mind?
Did your bridge look like a real bridge? -
A. the key role of environment in promoting ANSWER -A
children's learning
B. the use of scaffolding techniques to help
children learn Children who demonstrate typical language
C. the active involvement of children in learning development most often begin using two-word
activities utterances between the ages of:
D. the various ways in which children think and
learn - ANSWER -D A. 6 to 9 months.
B. 12 to 15 months.
C. 18 to 24 months.
A PreK-4 teacher can best create a culturally D. 30 to 36 months. - ANSWER -C
inclusive classroom environment for all students
by regularly:
As second-grade students are learning a new
A. encouraging students to share information science concept, the teacher helps them acquire
about their cultures with the class. knowledge and skills that they could not acquire
B. celebrating a variety of cultural holidays from on their own by using prompts, giving
around the world with students. suggestions, providing feedback, and modeling
C. placing students from similar cultural activities. In this situation, which of the following
backgrounds together for small-group activities. strategies is the teacher primarily using to foster
D. providing students and their families with students' cognitive development?
information about community cultural events. -
ANSWER -A A. modeling
B. cooperative learning
C. scaffolding
A kindergarten teacher observes two children D. inquiry learning - ANSWER -C
playing together. The children are attempting to
use blocks and other play materials to build a
bridge for their toy cars. The first bridge that they A prekindergarten teacher wants to establish a
build collapses when they begin to roll the toy classroom environment in which spontaneous
cars across it. Which of the following teacher play is encouraged and play is recognized and
questions would best promote the development valued as meaningful learning. Which of the
of the students' reasoning and problem-solving following strategies would likely be most effective
skills? for the teacher to use to achieve this goal?
A. Why do you think the bridge fell over? How A. modeling the correct way to play with new toys
can you build the bridge and games when introducing them to the
differently? classroom
B. What if you pretended that your cars could fly? B. asking students to bring in their favorite
Would you still need to build a bridge? playthings from home to share with their
C. What different objects did you use to make classmates during show-and-tell
, PECT PreK-4 Practice Test Module 1 Test Questions and Answers
Graded A
C. designing assessments that ask students to of a formative assessment?
demonstrate content knowledge through play
activities A. monitoring and adjusting a teaching strategy
D. ensuring that a variety of materials are during the learning process based on individual
available in the classroom for students to try out student progress
and explore during playtime - ANSWER -D B. the production of behavioral and academic
progress reports that incorporate parental or
caregiver insights
PreK-4 teachers have the goal of being culturally C. identifying and summarizing an individual
competent educators who use an understanding student's strengths and needs at the end of a unit
of diversity among young children to plan or semester
developmentally, culturally, and linguistically D. the development of a timeline designating
appropriate instruction that meets the needs of tasks that will be accomplished by a particular
all their students. The most important first step student in a given period of time -
for the teachers to take in achieving this goal is ANSWER -A
to:
A. use the Internet and other resources to gather A third-grade teacher develops an assessment
basic information about various world cultures. for a particular unit prior to writing up the daily
B. survey students' families to determine what lesson plans for the unit. The most important
they perceive their role to be in their children's advantage of this approach is that it helps the
learning. teacher:
C. examine their own cultures and beliefs and
their impact on interactions with students. A. align daily lessons and activities with the
D. observe individual students in self-selected targeted learning outcomes.
activities to determine their preferred learning B. develop an assessment to match state
styles. - ANSWER -C standards.
C. ensure that the assessment will be accessible
for all students.
According to convergent research, which of the D. improve presentation skills for delivering
following factors has been shown to have the instruction. - ANSWER -A
greatest effect on a child's language
development?
Which of the following assessment practices
A. the age at which the child starts attending would be considered ethical?
preschool or prekindergarten
B. the number of family members living at home A. obtaining actual test items to use as examples
with the child when preparing students for a standardized
C. the quality and diversity of books and toys the
assessment
child is exposed to B. using ongoing informal assessments of
D. the amount of verbal input the child receives students' learning to guide the instructional
from caregivers and others - ANSWER -D process
C. determining assessment accommodations for
individual students based on
Which of the following is an essential component their classroom performance
