edTPA Study Guide
Comprehensive Questions and
Solutions Graded A+
Academic Language - Answer: Oral and written language used for academic purposes
Academic Language - Answer: the means by which students develop and express content
understandings
Academic Language - Answer: Academic language represents the language of the discipline that
students need to learn and use to participate and engage in the content area in meaningful
ways.
4 Language Demands - Answer: vocabulary, language functions, syntax, and discourse.
Discourse - Answer: includes the structures of written and oral language, as well as how
members of the discipline talk, write, and participate in knowledge construction.
Language Demands - Answer: Specific ways that academic language (vocabulary, functions,
discourse, syntax) is used by students to participate in learning tasks through reading, writing,
listening, and/or speaking to demonstrate their disciplinary understanding.
Language Functions - Answer: The content and language focus of the learning task, represented
by the active verbs within the learning outcomes.
, Assessment - Answer: Refers to all those activities undertaken by teachers and by their students
that provide information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities
Assessments - Answer: provide evidence of students' prior knowledge, thinking, or learning in
order to evaluate what students understand and how they are thinking.
informal - Answer: Student questions and responses during instruction and teacher
observations of students as they work are examples of _______ assessments.
formal - Answer: Quizzes, homework assignments, lab reports, journals, and projects are
examples of __________ assessments.
Personal Assets (Knowledge of Students) - Answer: Refers to specific background information
that students bring to the learning environment. Students may bring interests, knowledge,
everyday experiences, family backgrounds, and so on, that a teacher can draw upon to support
learning
Cultural Assets (Knowledge of Students) - Answer: Refers to the cultural backgrounds and
practices that students bring to the learning environment, such as traditions, languages, world
views, literature, art, and so on, that a teacher can draw upon to support learning.
Community Assets (Knowledge of Students) - Answer: Refers to common backgrounds and
experiences that students bring from the community where they live, such as resources, local
landmarks, community events and practices, and so on, that a teacher can draw upon to
support learning.
Central Focus - Answer: A description of the important understandings and core concepts that
you want students to develop within the learning segment; should go beyond a list of facts and
skills or procedures, align with content standards and learning objectives, and address the
subject-specific components in the learning segment.
Comprehensive Questions and
Solutions Graded A+
Academic Language - Answer: Oral and written language used for academic purposes
Academic Language - Answer: the means by which students develop and express content
understandings
Academic Language - Answer: Academic language represents the language of the discipline that
students need to learn and use to participate and engage in the content area in meaningful
ways.
4 Language Demands - Answer: vocabulary, language functions, syntax, and discourse.
Discourse - Answer: includes the structures of written and oral language, as well as how
members of the discipline talk, write, and participate in knowledge construction.
Language Demands - Answer: Specific ways that academic language (vocabulary, functions,
discourse, syntax) is used by students to participate in learning tasks through reading, writing,
listening, and/or speaking to demonstrate their disciplinary understanding.
Language Functions - Answer: The content and language focus of the learning task, represented
by the active verbs within the learning outcomes.
, Assessment - Answer: Refers to all those activities undertaken by teachers and by their students
that provide information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities
Assessments - Answer: provide evidence of students' prior knowledge, thinking, or learning in
order to evaluate what students understand and how they are thinking.
informal - Answer: Student questions and responses during instruction and teacher
observations of students as they work are examples of _______ assessments.
formal - Answer: Quizzes, homework assignments, lab reports, journals, and projects are
examples of __________ assessments.
Personal Assets (Knowledge of Students) - Answer: Refers to specific background information
that students bring to the learning environment. Students may bring interests, knowledge,
everyday experiences, family backgrounds, and so on, that a teacher can draw upon to support
learning
Cultural Assets (Knowledge of Students) - Answer: Refers to the cultural backgrounds and
practices that students bring to the learning environment, such as traditions, languages, world
views, literature, art, and so on, that a teacher can draw upon to support learning.
Community Assets (Knowledge of Students) - Answer: Refers to common backgrounds and
experiences that students bring from the community where they live, such as resources, local
landmarks, community events and practices, and so on, that a teacher can draw upon to
support learning.
Central Focus - Answer: A description of the important understandings and core concepts that
you want students to develop within the learning segment; should go beyond a list of facts and
skills or procedures, align with content standards and learning objectives, and address the
subject-specific components in the learning segment.
