PPR TEST QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
A teacher can best simplify language for an English-language learner with which of the
following strategies? - Answer-Reducing the number of pronouns used in spoken
instructions
Su-Mei, a high school English-language learner, is at an intermediate level of English-
language proficiency. She can communicate and understand a wide range of everyday
topics but has difficulty understanding complex content material in class lectures. Which
of the following strategies is the most appropriate for her teachers to use to help her
comprehend academic content? - Answer-Discussing learning objectives at the
beginning and end of class
Which of the following activities may be a beneficial activity for motivating English
language learners to write? - Answer-Coordinate pen pals for fun.
In the classroom of the students at the beginning and intermediate levels of English
proficiency in listening and speaking, which of the following activities would the teacher
implement to reinforce new concepts? - Answer-The teacher should provide hands on
materials to practice new concepts.
An English teacher notices her English language learners lack comprehension of the
stories used in class. Which of the following statements best reflects ways a teacher
may scaffold comprehension? - Answer-The teacher should use stories with predictable
story lines and familiar topics.
While teaching a new science unit on weather, a teacher wants to measure the
instructional effectiveness of lessons that have been presented against specific science
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The best way to determine the lessons'
effectiveness is to - Answer-monitor students' learning by asking specific questions and
measuring students' performance on assignments.
Allows for purposeful selection of student work.
Promotes self-reflection on accomplishments
Provides an emphasis on improvement - Answer-portfolio assessment.
Autonomy - Answer-sense of independence as a result of selecting materials for
themselves.
, A teacher allows students in a seventh-grade science class to choose objects from
home or from the classroom to use for a demonstration. By allowing the students to
choose the objects for the demonstration, the teacher primarily addresses the typical
adolescent's developmental need for
Cognitive Development during Early Childhood - Answer-The child operates at the
preoperational stage and can represent the world through pictures and language.
Mr. Bates has several gifted students in his six grade class who are underachievers.
Best Strategy to use? - Answer-Allow them to persue individual interests and to explore
complex challenging tasks.
A third grade teacher is planning a lesson on landforms. One of the teacher's goals is
for the students to be able to compare and contrast difference in the shapes and
locations of various landforms.Which of the following activities should the teacher
incorporate in order to meet the goalan - Answer-...maybe a foldable with each picture
and characteristic of each landform.
A sixth grade teacher with students at the beginning and intermediate level of English
language proficiency in listening and speaking plans a lesson on the human body. In the
order to provide targeted instruction for all students the teacher chose content concepts
appropriate for all age and educational background level for students, and the teacher
planned meaningful activities to integrate lesson concepts.
Which of the following practices might activities teacher employ when a student is
visibly struggling during classroom conversations? - Answer-The teacher might speak
slower and use other verbal cues.
If the content objective for lesson was to analyze the function of the organs in the
digestive system which of the following might be an appropriate language objective? -
Answer-Explain the digestive system to a partner, Naming/pointing at the relevant
organs.
A teacher assesses students knowledge about the lives of Native Americans. Which of
the following strategies would the teacher use to adapt an assignment for students at
the beginning and intermediate level of English language proficiency in reading and
writing where they have to provide written answers to questions about the lives of
Native Americans? - Answer-The teacher should provide sentence stems for students to
use when answering questions.
Intrinsic motivation - Answer-Refers to the interest and enjoyment that students
experience when engaging in an activity.
getting right answers, solving problems, and doing their best.
Ex: Scholastic tasks,providing choice makes learning relevant and motivating.
Ex: A social studies teacher allows students to select a historical figure for a class
report.
CORRECT ANSWERS
A teacher can best simplify language for an English-language learner with which of the
following strategies? - Answer-Reducing the number of pronouns used in spoken
instructions
Su-Mei, a high school English-language learner, is at an intermediate level of English-
language proficiency. She can communicate and understand a wide range of everyday
topics but has difficulty understanding complex content material in class lectures. Which
of the following strategies is the most appropriate for her teachers to use to help her
comprehend academic content? - Answer-Discussing learning objectives at the
beginning and end of class
Which of the following activities may be a beneficial activity for motivating English
language learners to write? - Answer-Coordinate pen pals for fun.
In the classroom of the students at the beginning and intermediate levels of English
proficiency in listening and speaking, which of the following activities would the teacher
implement to reinforce new concepts? - Answer-The teacher should provide hands on
materials to practice new concepts.
An English teacher notices her English language learners lack comprehension of the
stories used in class. Which of the following statements best reflects ways a teacher
may scaffold comprehension? - Answer-The teacher should use stories with predictable
story lines and familiar topics.
While teaching a new science unit on weather, a teacher wants to measure the
instructional effectiveness of lessons that have been presented against specific science
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The best way to determine the lessons'
effectiveness is to - Answer-monitor students' learning by asking specific questions and
measuring students' performance on assignments.
Allows for purposeful selection of student work.
Promotes self-reflection on accomplishments
Provides an emphasis on improvement - Answer-portfolio assessment.
Autonomy - Answer-sense of independence as a result of selecting materials for
themselves.
, A teacher allows students in a seventh-grade science class to choose objects from
home or from the classroom to use for a demonstration. By allowing the students to
choose the objects for the demonstration, the teacher primarily addresses the typical
adolescent's developmental need for
Cognitive Development during Early Childhood - Answer-The child operates at the
preoperational stage and can represent the world through pictures and language.
Mr. Bates has several gifted students in his six grade class who are underachievers.
Best Strategy to use? - Answer-Allow them to persue individual interests and to explore
complex challenging tasks.
A third grade teacher is planning a lesson on landforms. One of the teacher's goals is
for the students to be able to compare and contrast difference in the shapes and
locations of various landforms.Which of the following activities should the teacher
incorporate in order to meet the goalan - Answer-...maybe a foldable with each picture
and characteristic of each landform.
A sixth grade teacher with students at the beginning and intermediate level of English
language proficiency in listening and speaking plans a lesson on the human body. In the
order to provide targeted instruction for all students the teacher chose content concepts
appropriate for all age and educational background level for students, and the teacher
planned meaningful activities to integrate lesson concepts.
Which of the following practices might activities teacher employ when a student is
visibly struggling during classroom conversations? - Answer-The teacher might speak
slower and use other verbal cues.
If the content objective for lesson was to analyze the function of the organs in the
digestive system which of the following might be an appropriate language objective? -
Answer-Explain the digestive system to a partner, Naming/pointing at the relevant
organs.
A teacher assesses students knowledge about the lives of Native Americans. Which of
the following strategies would the teacher use to adapt an assignment for students at
the beginning and intermediate level of English language proficiency in reading and
writing where they have to provide written answers to questions about the lives of
Native Americans? - Answer-The teacher should provide sentence stems for students to
use when answering questions.
Intrinsic motivation - Answer-Refers to the interest and enjoyment that students
experience when engaging in an activity.
getting right answers, solving problems, and doing their best.
Ex: Scholastic tasks,providing choice makes learning relevant and motivating.
Ex: A social studies teacher allows students to select a historical figure for a class
report.
