MTTC 103
ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION SAMPLE
MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS
A
fourth-grade teacher regularly has
students maintain individual learning
logs of their observations and questions
during science experiments. Students
then share and discuss their learning-log
entry with a partner before the whole
class meets to draw conclusions about
what they learned. This approach to
fostering student learning best
demonstrates the teacher's recognition of
the importance of:
A. helping students make connections
and comparisons between different
modes of communication.
B. considering students' physical,
social, and cognitive development
when planning academic
instruction.
C. encouraging students to consider
pragmatic elements when listening
and speaking in academic
situations.
D. enhancing students' understanding
,of content-area concepts through
reading, writing, listening, and
speaking. - Answers -D. enhancing students' understanding
of content-area concepts through
reading, writing, listening, and
speaking.
A kindergarten teacher notices that some
students are having difficulty
developing an understanding of the
alphabetic principle and letter-sound
correspondence. Which of the following
strategies would be most effective to use
first in addressing the students' needs?
A. helping the students develop
automaticity recognizing grade-
level-appropriate, high-frequency
words
B. having the students practice
identifying all the printed words in
a book that begins with the same
letter
C. assessing the students' ability to
write both uppercase and lowercase
letters clearly and accurately
D. focusing the students' attention on
letters whose sound-symbol
relationships are most consistent - Answers -D. focusing the students' attention on
letters whose sound-symbol
relationships are most consistent
A kindergarten student has good oral
language skills and enjoys looking at,
listening to, and discussing
informational picture books about a
range of subjects. However, when the
teacher reads aloud narrative texts, the
student often seems restless and
confused and is unable to answer basic
questions about the story. Which of the
following factors is most likely
interfering with this student's
, construction of meaning?
A. lack of ability to make text-to-text
connections
B. limited experience with literary
material
C. lack of understanding of question
words
D. limited awareness of the alphabetic
principle - Answers -B. limited experience with literary
material
A student who has mastered six high-
frequency letter-sound correspondences
and can segment and blend CVC words
presented orally is most likely ready to
begin instruction in which of the
following reading skills?
A. decoding other word types and
phonics patterns
B. learning how to pronounce words
with consonant clusters
C. sounding out printed CVC words
letter by letter
D. reading short passages containing
primarily CVC words - Answers -C. sounding out printed CVC words
letter by letter
A sixth-grade teacher observes that an
advanced-level English Language
Learner's oral reading lacks fluency.
Although the student can accurately
decode the words in an English text and
has a good comprehension of the meaning
of the text, he sometimes uses
inappropriate phrasing, intonation, and
word stress. Which of the following
statements provides the best explanation
for this student's reading behavior?
ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION SAMPLE
MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS
A
fourth-grade teacher regularly has
students maintain individual learning
logs of their observations and questions
during science experiments. Students
then share and discuss their learning-log
entry with a partner before the whole
class meets to draw conclusions about
what they learned. This approach to
fostering student learning best
demonstrates the teacher's recognition of
the importance of:
A. helping students make connections
and comparisons between different
modes of communication.
B. considering students' physical,
social, and cognitive development
when planning academic
instruction.
C. encouraging students to consider
pragmatic elements when listening
and speaking in academic
situations.
D. enhancing students' understanding
,of content-area concepts through
reading, writing, listening, and
speaking. - Answers -D. enhancing students' understanding
of content-area concepts through
reading, writing, listening, and
speaking.
A kindergarten teacher notices that some
students are having difficulty
developing an understanding of the
alphabetic principle and letter-sound
correspondence. Which of the following
strategies would be most effective to use
first in addressing the students' needs?
A. helping the students develop
automaticity recognizing grade-
level-appropriate, high-frequency
words
B. having the students practice
identifying all the printed words in
a book that begins with the same
letter
C. assessing the students' ability to
write both uppercase and lowercase
letters clearly and accurately
D. focusing the students' attention on
letters whose sound-symbol
relationships are most consistent - Answers -D. focusing the students' attention on
letters whose sound-symbol
relationships are most consistent
A kindergarten student has good oral
language skills and enjoys looking at,
listening to, and discussing
informational picture books about a
range of subjects. However, when the
teacher reads aloud narrative texts, the
student often seems restless and
confused and is unable to answer basic
questions about the story. Which of the
following factors is most likely
interfering with this student's
, construction of meaning?
A. lack of ability to make text-to-text
connections
B. limited experience with literary
material
C. lack of understanding of question
words
D. limited awareness of the alphabetic
principle - Answers -B. limited experience with literary
material
A student who has mastered six high-
frequency letter-sound correspondences
and can segment and blend CVC words
presented orally is most likely ready to
begin instruction in which of the
following reading skills?
A. decoding other word types and
phonics patterns
B. learning how to pronounce words
with consonant clusters
C. sounding out printed CVC words
letter by letter
D. reading short passages containing
primarily CVC words - Answers -C. sounding out printed CVC words
letter by letter
A sixth-grade teacher observes that an
advanced-level English Language
Learner's oral reading lacks fluency.
Although the student can accurately
decode the words in an English text and
has a good comprehension of the meaning
of the text, he sometimes uses
inappropriate phrasing, intonation, and
word stress. Which of the following
statements provides the best explanation
for this student's reading behavior?
