TExES Pedagogy and Professional
Responsibilities (PPR) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- One of the processes that helps create
equilibrium. According to Piaget, the process by which existing mental structures (schemas)
and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences
Adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Changing of existing knowledge structures
(schemas) to fit new conditions. Either through: assimilation or accommodation
Anorexia Nervosa - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An eating disorder characterized by very
limited food intake
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- According to Piaget, the process by which new
ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and
behaviors
Bulimia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An eating disorder characterized by overeating/binge
eating (and a fear of not being able to stop eating) followed by purging by self-induced
vomiting or laxatives.
Centration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A young child's tendency to focus only on his or her
own perspective of a specific object and a failure to understand that others may see things
differently.
Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the realization that a change in the appearance of
an object does not necessarily change the characteristics of the object.
Constructivist Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- belief that children are not passive in
the learning process; each learner constantly and actively seeks information and meshes old
knowledge with new to make it meaningful in building or constructing his or her knowledge.
,egocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In Piaget's theory, the inability of the
preoperational child to take another's point of view.
equilibration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the constant innate search for a balance between
what we already know and a new activity, skill, or social experience
Imaginary Audience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Adolescents' belief that they are the focus
of everyone else's attention and concern.
maturation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- internally determined to change
metacognitive ability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the ability to think about one's own
cognitive thinking processes and to use this process to facilitate learning.
organization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- continual process of arranging and connecting
information, objects, and events within meaningful mental systems (schemata)
personal fable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An adolescents belief that they are special in the
sense of being unique, invulnerable, and omnipotent, so few can understand them
Prepubescence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the period of life immediately before puberty,
often marked by accelerated physical growth
Puberty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the stage of adolescence in which an individual
becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction
Seriation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ability to arrange objects in an orderly fashion (in a
series) using a quantitive dimension (size, for example)
Stages of Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (Piaget) 1. sensorimotor 2.
preoperational 3. concrete operational 4. formal operational
, Acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- successful application of new knowledge and use
of new norms from another culture while retaining one's own native culture and language
basic interpersonal communication skills (BCIS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- as a language
learner, being able to use conversational, everyday language (can take up to two years)
biases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unfair preferences or prejudices toward particular groups
of people
Cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- as a
language learner, being able to use a language for abstract, academic purposes (5-7 years)
culturally relevant teaching (CRT) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a theory that underscores
teaching practices grounded in the understanding of culture and experiences that shape
students
English as a second language (ESL) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a program or category
pertaining to students whose native language is not English but who are learning English for
academic purposes
English language learner (ELL) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the current term used to
describe a child who is learning English as a second language
funds of knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- knowledge, skills, and experiences that
families and communities practice that, when recognized by teachers, can enhance learning;
usually refers to minority families whose knowledge and skills do not match typical school
knowledge and skills
least restrictive environment (LRE) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- children who are
differently abled are required by law to be placed in regular classrooms to the greatest extent
possible
limited English proficient (LEP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an older term used to describe
children learning English as a second language (ESL or ELLs); it was criticized for
emphasizing the negative rather than the positive
Responsibilities (PPR) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- One of the processes that helps create
equilibrium. According to Piaget, the process by which existing mental structures (schemas)
and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences
Adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Changing of existing knowledge structures
(schemas) to fit new conditions. Either through: assimilation or accommodation
Anorexia Nervosa - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An eating disorder characterized by very
limited food intake
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- According to Piaget, the process by which new
ideas and experiences are absorbed and incorporated into existing mental structures and
behaviors
Bulimia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An eating disorder characterized by overeating/binge
eating (and a fear of not being able to stop eating) followed by purging by self-induced
vomiting or laxatives.
Centration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A young child's tendency to focus only on his or her
own perspective of a specific object and a failure to understand that others may see things
differently.
Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the realization that a change in the appearance of
an object does not necessarily change the characteristics of the object.
Constructivist Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- belief that children are not passive in
the learning process; each learner constantly and actively seeks information and meshes old
knowledge with new to make it meaningful in building or constructing his or her knowledge.
,egocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In Piaget's theory, the inability of the
preoperational child to take another's point of view.
equilibration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the constant innate search for a balance between
what we already know and a new activity, skill, or social experience
Imaginary Audience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Adolescents' belief that they are the focus
of everyone else's attention and concern.
maturation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- internally determined to change
metacognitive ability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the ability to think about one's own
cognitive thinking processes and to use this process to facilitate learning.
organization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- continual process of arranging and connecting
information, objects, and events within meaningful mental systems (schemata)
personal fable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An adolescents belief that they are special in the
sense of being unique, invulnerable, and omnipotent, so few can understand them
Prepubescence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the period of life immediately before puberty,
often marked by accelerated physical growth
Puberty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the stage of adolescence in which an individual
becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction
Seriation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ability to arrange objects in an orderly fashion (in a
series) using a quantitive dimension (size, for example)
Stages of Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (Piaget) 1. sensorimotor 2.
preoperational 3. concrete operational 4. formal operational
, Acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- successful application of new knowledge and use
of new norms from another culture while retaining one's own native culture and language
basic interpersonal communication skills (BCIS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- as a language
learner, being able to use conversational, everyday language (can take up to two years)
biases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unfair preferences or prejudices toward particular groups
of people
Cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- as a
language learner, being able to use a language for abstract, academic purposes (5-7 years)
culturally relevant teaching (CRT) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a theory that underscores
teaching practices grounded in the understanding of culture and experiences that shape
students
English as a second language (ESL) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a program or category
pertaining to students whose native language is not English but who are learning English for
academic purposes
English language learner (ELL) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the current term used to
describe a child who is learning English as a second language
funds of knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- knowledge, skills, and experiences that
families and communities practice that, when recognized by teachers, can enhance learning;
usually refers to minority families whose knowledge and skills do not match typical school
knowledge and skills
least restrictive environment (LRE) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- children who are
differently abled are required by law to be placed in regular classrooms to the greatest extent
possible
limited English proficient (LEP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an older term used to describe
children learning English as a second language (ESL or ELLs); it was criticized for
emphasizing the negative rather than the positive
