Math Pedagogy Test UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A kindergarten teacher prepares a chart listing five routine school activities. The teacher hands
each student a sticker and instructs the students to place the sticker on the line next to their
favorite activity. The teacher then invites the student to explain the reason for his or her choice of
activity. Following this sharing, the teacher asks the students to describe the activity graph by
writing number sentences that compare how many stickers are on each line. The learning
objective addressed through this activity is best described as relating mathematics to: -
CORRECT ANSWER -A. literacy, by describing a simple graph of favorites with oral
expressions of why an activity is liked or disliked.
B. Cognitive development, by making sense of quantities up to 20 and using numbers to sort and
classify groups.
C. Oral communication, by using words and symbols to compare objects in organized groups---
most, least, more than, less than, and equal to.
D. Social Development, by discussing a simple graph of favorites in terms of "most liked", "least
liked", and "how many more like" using words or numbers.
A teacher wants to establish classroom routines that will both develop children's independence
and self-reliance and promote their ability to practice important mathematical skills. Which of
the following classroom routines would be most effective in developing students ability to use
one-to-one correspondence? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Independently counting and
laying out napkins and milk for a table of five children at snack time.
B. Finding their own cubby space, book box, and sleep mat by finding corresponding number.
C. Counting down from five to one orally as they quietly pick up their own center materials.
D. Identifying without counting small quantities of items such as scissors, crayons, and markers.
A kindergarten teacher wants students to describe the positions of objects using terms such as
above, below, in front of, and next to. To ensure mastery, the teacher wants to integrate
mathematics vocabulary into lessons throughout the day. Which of the following activities would
be most effective in helping students describe the positions of objects using appropriate
vocabulary. - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Playing a game in which the teacher gives verbal
directions (e.g., place the block on top of the bookcase), and having students use objects to
follow the directions.
, B. Including position words on the class word wall (e.g., between, below, under), and having
students read the words together, from left to right, at the beginning of reading.
C. Giving students a list of position words and having them circle the correct word as the teacher
describes the position of objects in the room using words from the list.
D. When reading a picture book aloud, having the students discuss the structure of the book (e.g.,
the cover is on the outside, the pages are between the cover)
According to the Indiana Academic Standards and Core Standards for Mathematics, kindergarten
students are expected to understand concepts of time including the following: today, yesterday,
tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. A teacher plans to teach and review these concepts daily
throughout the year. Which of the following class routines would be most effective in teaching
the concepts of time to kindergarten students? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Posting a list of
the vocabulary used to describe time, and having students recite the words as a student points to
each on.
B. Modeling and encouraging the students to use time vocabulary as they change the date on the
class's daily calendar.
C. Using the class calendar to determine how many days are in the current month and how many
days remain.
D. Writing the full date (Month, day, year) on the whiteboard each day and having students copy
it to their journals.
A first grade teacher wants to have students apply flexible thinking while looking for structural
relationships in order to formulate and solve mathematical problems. Which of the following
activities would best meet this goal? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Using a list of fact
families to work with children on identifying known facts in computational problems and
developing strategies for learning unknown facts.
B. Using two digit with one digit numbers to work with children on describing their strategies.
C. Using single colored counters to work with children on creating strategies for solving written
word problems in real-world situations.
D. Using two sided counters to work with children on listing addition and subtraction facts in
problems for numbers up to 18.
A second grade teacher instructs students to show their work for the two digit subtraction
problem 42-17. Which of the following depictions of student work indicates procedural fluency?
- CORRECT ANSWER -A. 42, 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35- 10= 25
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A kindergarten teacher prepares a chart listing five routine school activities. The teacher hands
each student a sticker and instructs the students to place the sticker on the line next to their
favorite activity. The teacher then invites the student to explain the reason for his or her choice of
activity. Following this sharing, the teacher asks the students to describe the activity graph by
writing number sentences that compare how many stickers are on each line. The learning
objective addressed through this activity is best described as relating mathematics to: -
CORRECT ANSWER -A. literacy, by describing a simple graph of favorites with oral
expressions of why an activity is liked or disliked.
B. Cognitive development, by making sense of quantities up to 20 and using numbers to sort and
classify groups.
C. Oral communication, by using words and symbols to compare objects in organized groups---
most, least, more than, less than, and equal to.
D. Social Development, by discussing a simple graph of favorites in terms of "most liked", "least
liked", and "how many more like" using words or numbers.
A teacher wants to establish classroom routines that will both develop children's independence
and self-reliance and promote their ability to practice important mathematical skills. Which of
the following classroom routines would be most effective in developing students ability to use
one-to-one correspondence? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Independently counting and
laying out napkins and milk for a table of five children at snack time.
B. Finding their own cubby space, book box, and sleep mat by finding corresponding number.
C. Counting down from five to one orally as they quietly pick up their own center materials.
D. Identifying without counting small quantities of items such as scissors, crayons, and markers.
A kindergarten teacher wants students to describe the positions of objects using terms such as
above, below, in front of, and next to. To ensure mastery, the teacher wants to integrate
mathematics vocabulary into lessons throughout the day. Which of the following activities would
be most effective in helping students describe the positions of objects using appropriate
vocabulary. - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Playing a game in which the teacher gives verbal
directions (e.g., place the block on top of the bookcase), and having students use objects to
follow the directions.
, B. Including position words on the class word wall (e.g., between, below, under), and having
students read the words together, from left to right, at the beginning of reading.
C. Giving students a list of position words and having them circle the correct word as the teacher
describes the position of objects in the room using words from the list.
D. When reading a picture book aloud, having the students discuss the structure of the book (e.g.,
the cover is on the outside, the pages are between the cover)
According to the Indiana Academic Standards and Core Standards for Mathematics, kindergarten
students are expected to understand concepts of time including the following: today, yesterday,
tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. A teacher plans to teach and review these concepts daily
throughout the year. Which of the following class routines would be most effective in teaching
the concepts of time to kindergarten students? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Posting a list of
the vocabulary used to describe time, and having students recite the words as a student points to
each on.
B. Modeling and encouraging the students to use time vocabulary as they change the date on the
class's daily calendar.
C. Using the class calendar to determine how many days are in the current month and how many
days remain.
D. Writing the full date (Month, day, year) on the whiteboard each day and having students copy
it to their journals.
A first grade teacher wants to have students apply flexible thinking while looking for structural
relationships in order to formulate and solve mathematical problems. Which of the following
activities would best meet this goal? - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Using a list of fact
families to work with children on identifying known facts in computational problems and
developing strategies for learning unknown facts.
B. Using two digit with one digit numbers to work with children on describing their strategies.
C. Using single colored counters to work with children on creating strategies for solving written
word problems in real-world situations.
D. Using two sided counters to work with children on listing addition and subtraction facts in
problems for numbers up to 18.
A second grade teacher instructs students to show their work for the two digit subtraction
problem 42-17. Which of the following depictions of student work indicates procedural fluency?
- CORRECT ANSWER -A. 42, 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35- 10= 25
