TEXAS TEACHERS ASSESSMENT 2 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What distinction can be made between the preoperational stage of development
and the concrete operational stage?
Children in the preoperational stage think logically about objects and events.
How would you differentiate the most critical relationships between the industry
vs. inferiority stage and the most critical relationship in the identity vs. role
stage?
In the identity vs. role stage, the most important relationship is with the school and
neighborhood.
How would you summarize the multiple intelligences theory?
This theory is based on how there are 8 areas of intelligence that can describe a
person's intelligence.
How would you use your knowledge of a high school student's developmental
stage to appropriately plan a class lesson?
Allow opportunities for students to have guided conversations to develop multiple points
of view.
Select the answer with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in the correct order from
most basic needs on upward.
Physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, self-actualization
Which of the following demonstrates an understanding of the need to provide an
environment free of threat?
Provide an environment that is low threat and high in challenge
Which task is not controlled by the left side of the brain?
Visual imagery
Which intelligence category would you categorize the following activity as: the
teacher asking students to create a graphic organizer of their lesson?
Spatial Intelligence, because graphic organizers allow students to learn from a visual
image.
What approach would you use to best help students retain information they have
learned?
Teach a peer as a technique for retention.
What is the main idea of self-actualization?
When individuals reach a state of harmony and understanding
Which is not an example of an element you could change in the classroom to
incorporate the naturalist intelligence?
Turning the lights off and working in the dark
Explain what is happening developmentally with children in the primary grades
(early childhood -2nd grade).
Children are exploring and developing their knowledge base.
What is the primary difference between Bilingual education and English as a
Second Language programs?
English as a second language only uses English to teach students.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What distinction can be made between the preoperational stage of development
and the concrete operational stage?
Children in the preoperational stage think logically about objects and events.
How would you differentiate the most critical relationships between the industry
vs. inferiority stage and the most critical relationship in the identity vs. role
stage?
In the identity vs. role stage, the most important relationship is with the school and
neighborhood.
How would you summarize the multiple intelligences theory?
This theory is based on how there are 8 areas of intelligence that can describe a
person's intelligence.
How would you use your knowledge of a high school student's developmental
stage to appropriately plan a class lesson?
Allow opportunities for students to have guided conversations to develop multiple points
of view.
Select the answer with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in the correct order from
most basic needs on upward.
Physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, self-actualization
Which of the following demonstrates an understanding of the need to provide an
environment free of threat?
Provide an environment that is low threat and high in challenge
Which task is not controlled by the left side of the brain?
Visual imagery
Which intelligence category would you categorize the following activity as: the
teacher asking students to create a graphic organizer of their lesson?
Spatial Intelligence, because graphic organizers allow students to learn from a visual
image.
What approach would you use to best help students retain information they have
learned?
Teach a peer as a technique for retention.
What is the main idea of self-actualization?
When individuals reach a state of harmony and understanding
Which is not an example of an element you could change in the classroom to
incorporate the naturalist intelligence?
Turning the lights off and working in the dark
Explain what is happening developmentally with children in the primary grades
(early childhood -2nd grade).
Children are exploring and developing their knowledge base.
What is the primary difference between Bilingual education and English as a
Second Language programs?
English as a second language only uses English to teach students.
