CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 3 Actual Exam
Questions and Answers
Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory - ANSWER children actively construct their
knowledge through society . Language is an essential aspect of this development
and that cognitive growth and language are socially based.
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - ANSWER the distance between a childs
actual performance and a childs potential performance.
Scaffolding - ANSWER the temporary support system from a teacher to support
the child until this task can be mastered alone.
Bandura's Social Learning theory - ANSWER emphasizes the value of learning
through observation. Children imitate behavior through socialization by learning
gender roles, self reinforcement, self efficacy and all other aspects of personality.
Secure Attachment - ANSWER infant uses the caregiver as the secure base to
explore the environment. children who are securely attached are comfortable with
others and trustworthy
Anxious resistant Attachment - ANSWER infant becomes anxious before the
caregiver leaves, and is upset when caregiver is gone. Children may feel skeptical
about new things, can't trust others, angry and push away others.
Anxious Avoident Attachment - ANSWER infant readily separates from the
parent and actively avoids the parent upon reunion. Children have difficulty
trusting others, avoids playing with others and becomes anxiuos if too close to
others
Disorganized-Disoriented Attachment - ANSWER infant shows insecurity and
confused. Sometimes fearful when parent returns. Fearful about new situations.
Temperament - ANSWER is collective set of inborn traits that help to construct a
childs approach to the world. It is based on the childs mood, environment, activity
and threshold for reacting to stimulation.
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, Play - ANSWER is a social activity children engage in just for its own sake, is
critical to cognitive advancement in children. It can help children release physical
energy, gain mastery over their bodies, acquire new motor skills, form better
relationships with peers.
Body Awareness - ANSWER Proprioception, which is how the body senses the
parts of itself.
Shape - ANSWER how the body can form different shapes
Balance - ANSWER balance in the body, how you body can balance on one foot
Quality - ANSWER concept of speed, contrast, force and relaxation
Space - ANSWER space with others
Exploring - ANSWER concept of moving over, under, around and through and
leading with certain body parts.
Locomotor Skills - ANSWER are basic movement skills that are performed in
different directions and at different speeds. Ex- walking running, jumping,
galloping and sliding.
Nonlocomotor Skills - ANSWER passive movements performed while standing
still. Ex-stretching, twisting, pushing
Object Manipulation Skills - ANSWER Complex motor patterns that are basic to
specialized sports and performed with an object. Ex- throwing, catching, kicking,
striking
Biomechanics - ANSWER contributes to the explanation and prediction of the
mechanical characteristics of movement, exercise, play and sports.
Newton's first law - ANSWER when an object is in motion, it will remain in
motion until there is an outside force that acts upon it.
Newtons second law - ANSWER the relationship between an objects mass,
acceleration, and applied force.
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, Newtons third law - ANSWER if one object excerpts a force on a second object,
the second object exerts an equal force on the first object but in a different
direction.
Gravity - ANSWER the point at which the mass of the body is equally distributed.
During movement the body adjusts to maintain its stability.
Friction - ANSWER the resistance of motion of two moving objects. Ex-ball on
grass moves slower than ball on asphalt.
Muscular strength - ANSWER amount of force exerted with muscles. Upper
grades will require strength for certain sports
Endurance - ANSWER the ability to sustain physical effort for long periods of
time.
Flexibility - ANSWER Helps student prevent injury, improve posture. Should be
part of warm ups activities
Body Composition - ANSWER proportion of body fat to lean body mass.
Cardio respiratory (aerobic) - ANSWER most important component of fitness.
Target Heart Rate (THR) - ANSWER 220 - age x 70 to 85%
Maximum Heart Rate - ANSWER 220-age
FITT - ANSWER Frequency Intensity Time Type
Physical Education Framework for California Pubic schools must include (5) -
ANSWER Establish a safe environment,Include class management, employ
effective teaching behaviors, transfer leaning, encourage practice
Establish safe environment - ANSWER actual physical environment and
psychological subjective environment. All activities should include students feel
physically, emotionally and socially safe during instructional process.
Include class management - ANSWER provoiding the time and opportunity for
learning to occur. It is planned
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, Employ Effective Teaching Behaviors - ANSWER refers to the decisions that
teachers make regarding the use of time and their interaction with students.
Transfer Learning - ANSWER the learning of one skill can have a positive or
negative effect on the learning of another skill.
Encourage Practice - ANSWER practice can be spaced over time or completed in
one practice.
Classroom fitness activity (5) - ANSWER warm up, instructional components,
physical activity, cool down, discussion and evaluation. All activities should be
safe, enjoyable, inclusive, developmentally appropriate. k-3 activities should be
noncompetitive, 4-9 activities should be related to sports.
Self Image - ANSWER Self responsibility, goal setting, social interaction, group
interactions.
Self responsibility - ANSWER promoting responsibility for ones self, including
self appraisal
Goal setting - ANSWER setting and acheiving realistic, personal fittness goals.
Goals progressivly more toward more difficult levels.
Social interactions - ANSWER communication, cooperation, encouraging and
praising others.
Group interactions - ANSWER sportsmanship, respecting rules, working together
to form group decisions.
Human Development - ANSWER ...
Piaget Four stages of Cognitive development - ANSWER Sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operations, formLoperations
Conservation - ANSWER allows children to recognize that when altering the
appearance of an object the basic properties do not change.
Assimilation - ANSWER the ways children incorporate new information with
existing schemes in order to form a new cognitive structure
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Questions and Answers
Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory - ANSWER children actively construct their
knowledge through society . Language is an essential aspect of this development
and that cognitive growth and language are socially based.
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - ANSWER the distance between a childs
actual performance and a childs potential performance.
Scaffolding - ANSWER the temporary support system from a teacher to support
the child until this task can be mastered alone.
Bandura's Social Learning theory - ANSWER emphasizes the value of learning
through observation. Children imitate behavior through socialization by learning
gender roles, self reinforcement, self efficacy and all other aspects of personality.
Secure Attachment - ANSWER infant uses the caregiver as the secure base to
explore the environment. children who are securely attached are comfortable with
others and trustworthy
Anxious resistant Attachment - ANSWER infant becomes anxious before the
caregiver leaves, and is upset when caregiver is gone. Children may feel skeptical
about new things, can't trust others, angry and push away others.
Anxious Avoident Attachment - ANSWER infant readily separates from the
parent and actively avoids the parent upon reunion. Children have difficulty
trusting others, avoids playing with others and becomes anxiuos if too close to
others
Disorganized-Disoriented Attachment - ANSWER infant shows insecurity and
confused. Sometimes fearful when parent returns. Fearful about new situations.
Temperament - ANSWER is collective set of inborn traits that help to construct a
childs approach to the world. It is based on the childs mood, environment, activity
and threshold for reacting to stimulation.
1
, Play - ANSWER is a social activity children engage in just for its own sake, is
critical to cognitive advancement in children. It can help children release physical
energy, gain mastery over their bodies, acquire new motor skills, form better
relationships with peers.
Body Awareness - ANSWER Proprioception, which is how the body senses the
parts of itself.
Shape - ANSWER how the body can form different shapes
Balance - ANSWER balance in the body, how you body can balance on one foot
Quality - ANSWER concept of speed, contrast, force and relaxation
Space - ANSWER space with others
Exploring - ANSWER concept of moving over, under, around and through and
leading with certain body parts.
Locomotor Skills - ANSWER are basic movement skills that are performed in
different directions and at different speeds. Ex- walking running, jumping,
galloping and sliding.
Nonlocomotor Skills - ANSWER passive movements performed while standing
still. Ex-stretching, twisting, pushing
Object Manipulation Skills - ANSWER Complex motor patterns that are basic to
specialized sports and performed with an object. Ex- throwing, catching, kicking,
striking
Biomechanics - ANSWER contributes to the explanation and prediction of the
mechanical characteristics of movement, exercise, play and sports.
Newton's first law - ANSWER when an object is in motion, it will remain in
motion until there is an outside force that acts upon it.
Newtons second law - ANSWER the relationship between an objects mass,
acceleration, and applied force.
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, Newtons third law - ANSWER if one object excerpts a force on a second object,
the second object exerts an equal force on the first object but in a different
direction.
Gravity - ANSWER the point at which the mass of the body is equally distributed.
During movement the body adjusts to maintain its stability.
Friction - ANSWER the resistance of motion of two moving objects. Ex-ball on
grass moves slower than ball on asphalt.
Muscular strength - ANSWER amount of force exerted with muscles. Upper
grades will require strength for certain sports
Endurance - ANSWER the ability to sustain physical effort for long periods of
time.
Flexibility - ANSWER Helps student prevent injury, improve posture. Should be
part of warm ups activities
Body Composition - ANSWER proportion of body fat to lean body mass.
Cardio respiratory (aerobic) - ANSWER most important component of fitness.
Target Heart Rate (THR) - ANSWER 220 - age x 70 to 85%
Maximum Heart Rate - ANSWER 220-age
FITT - ANSWER Frequency Intensity Time Type
Physical Education Framework for California Pubic schools must include (5) -
ANSWER Establish a safe environment,Include class management, employ
effective teaching behaviors, transfer leaning, encourage practice
Establish safe environment - ANSWER actual physical environment and
psychological subjective environment. All activities should include students feel
physically, emotionally and socially safe during instructional process.
Include class management - ANSWER provoiding the time and opportunity for
learning to occur. It is planned
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, Employ Effective Teaching Behaviors - ANSWER refers to the decisions that
teachers make regarding the use of time and their interaction with students.
Transfer Learning - ANSWER the learning of one skill can have a positive or
negative effect on the learning of another skill.
Encourage Practice - ANSWER practice can be spaced over time or completed in
one practice.
Classroom fitness activity (5) - ANSWER warm up, instructional components,
physical activity, cool down, discussion and evaluation. All activities should be
safe, enjoyable, inclusive, developmentally appropriate. k-3 activities should be
noncompetitive, 4-9 activities should be related to sports.
Self Image - ANSWER Self responsibility, goal setting, social interaction, group
interactions.
Self responsibility - ANSWER promoting responsibility for ones self, including
self appraisal
Goal setting - ANSWER setting and acheiving realistic, personal fittness goals.
Goals progressivly more toward more difficult levels.
Social interactions - ANSWER communication, cooperation, encouraging and
praising others.
Group interactions - ANSWER sportsmanship, respecting rules, working together
to form group decisions.
Human Development - ANSWER ...
Piaget Four stages of Cognitive development - ANSWER Sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operations, formLoperations
Conservation - ANSWER allows children to recognize that when altering the
appearance of an object the basic properties do not change.
Assimilation - ANSWER the ways children incorporate new information with
existing schemes in order to form a new cognitive structure
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