NES Professional Exam questions with correct answers

A kindergarten teacher can best apply the concept of developmentally appropriate practice by making which of the following a priority? CORRECT ANSWER Designing a learning environment that supports the essential role of play in students' learning According to Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, the elementary years are a critical period for individuals to develop a sense of CORRECT ANSWER Competence An elementary teacher observes that some students tend to talk to themselves softly during individual problem-solving activities. The teacher should be aware that this type of self-talk CORRECT ANSWER helps guide a student's thinking about the learning task A first-grade teacher notices that even though all students in the class know their letters and numbers, a few students routinely reverse certain letters and numbers when writing them. In this situation, the teacher's most appropriate initial course of action would be CORRECT ANSWER Recognize this tendency as part of the normal range of development and continue to observe the students' work for potential learning problems This situation is the teacher's strategy most likely to promote students' ability to regulate their own learning? CORRECT ANSWER A teacher helps each fourth-grade student identify weekly goals that target the student's specific academic needs A first-grade teacher gives each student in a small group a ball of clay of approximately the same size. The teacher observes that after several students split their clay into two pieces, one student is unha