Exam 40: Praxis Principals of Learning and Teaching Kindergarten Grade 6

For what purpose was the first normal school established in Massachusetts in 1839?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common school?

Thomas Jefferson spent several years working to establish the University of Virginia at Charlottesville with the intention of:

When preparing students to communicate academically, it is appropriate to question at the knowledge level of Bloom's taxonomy. These types of questions require that students use their memory and promote factual recall. All of the following strategies can be used for improving memory and are at the knowledge level of Bloom's taxonomy EXCEPT

Early theories regarding the phases of moral development were typically male-centered. Which theorist recognized this and proposed the stages of ethical care to address the phases of moral development as they relate to women?

The following are all non-verbal forms of communication which can be used as part of an effective classroom management system EXCEPT

Best practices support the inclusion of several components within effective teacher lesson plans. Some components are viewed as supplemental, rather than essential. Which of the following components issupplemental in nature, rather than essential?

Which of the following were mid-15th century books made of a wooden paddle, parchment containing the lesson and a cover made of a transparent sheet of horn?

Collins is a sixth-grade English teacher that has become frustrated with Tifton, a student that frequently disrupts her lessons with inappropriate comments. One day, after redirecting him non-verbally three times within a fifteen minute period, she observes that he is continuing to talk to any neighbor who will listen. After he makes a farting noise, she begins to address him by raising her voice and admonishing him for interrupting her lesson "yet again." Tifton stood up, told Mrs. Collins that nobody was going to talk to him in that manner and left the room saying that he was going to go talk to the principal. Which of the following is most likely Tifton's motivation for his reaction to her frustrated redirection?

One of the core purposes of providing direct instruction oncurrent technologies is to:

Some school districts are minimizing the use of homework as a means of providing students extra practice in newly-acquired content and skills. However, the proponents of homework would argue that these districts are eliminating an integral part of the instructional model. Which of the following statements would best support the use of homework as an essential educational practice as it relates to student learning?

Under such legislation as the FAPE provision of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974, which of the following rights are protected?

Teachers that demonstrate positive classroom management skills understand the difference between punishment and discipline. Which of the following characteristics are indicative of discipline?

Which report, written in 1983 by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, provided research-supported evidence that American schools were falling farther behind schools of other countries?

As a culminating activity on a unit on the drafting of the United States Bill of Rights, Mr. Conden's class works as a single group to create a Student Bill of Rights. At which level of Bloom's taxonomy would this activity be categorized?

What are the five stages of the SQ3R note-taking strategy as they are cued by the acronym?

Tanya has finished her course work and is sitting in the reading area of her classroom. She is reading an anthology of children's poetry and laughs quietly at the silliness of some of them. She enjoys saying the poems aloud and wants to share one of them with a friend that is also in the reading area. Tanya is demonstrating the stance of a(n)

Which of the following graphic organizers would best allow students to log the effects of a variety of chemicals on a series of compounds?

All of the following are examples of teacher rights, which are informed of and protected by local, state and federal laws and guidelines, EXCEPT

In 1892, the National Education Association appointed the Committee of Ten who recommended that: