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

McMullin has assigned an essay to be written on the causes of the Revolutionary War between the American colonists and Great Britain. He will score the students on several dimensions, including their use of prior knowledge, their application of principals, their use of original source material to support their point of view and the actual composition. This type of scoring is commonly referred to as

Nitza Hidalgo, an educational theorist, tells us that there are the three levels of culture that can be identified as influential in the way students learn. What are these levels?

When students demonstrate that they are capable of using previously acquired knowledge in either a new situation or context, they are said to demonstrate:

As the students within Mr. Shore's third-grade class entered the room, they immediately noticed that the room had been rearranged from rows into groups of four. Each grouping had a red envelope on top of one of the desks. The envelope had "Top Secret" written on the front. Mr. Shore dodged their questions and asked everyone to select a seat and wait until morning announcements were finished. At that time, he announced that today's math lesson would end with a word problem whose answer was inside their red envelopes. He then whispers that all students whose answers are correct will receive a class privilege or reward, though he will not be specific. Students are advised that opening the envelope before being told to would immediately disqualify them from the reward associated with the correct answer. The most likely reason Mr. Shore is using this instructional strategy is to

According to Bloom's taxonomy, the most advanced category of questioning is:

According to Piaget's theory of development, at what stage of cognitive development are most children in Kindergarten and the first grade functioning?

It is important to include an anticipatory set, also known as a set induction, when planning for a lesson or a unit of lessons. The purpose of an anticipatory set is to:

Which of the following assessment types isused prior to instruction in order to identify students' areas of strength and difficulty so that teacherscan make informed decisions as they plan instruction or form educational judgments?

Which event that took place on October 4, 1957 began the race to space between the Soviet Union and the United States?

Which teacher behaviors below demonstrate "with-it-ness" according to Jacob Kounin?

McGuffey Readers were originally published in 1836. They were:

Carefully constructing a seating chart, establishing daily classroom routines and directly teaching the classroom rules are examples of what?

Which psychologist suggests using an incentive system, providing individualized help that efficiently supports the learning of each student and using body language to convey behavioral messages as strategies that may decrease off-task behaviors during independent practice times?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Latin Grammar School?

Harvard College was established by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to:

The National Teachers Association was established by educators in Philadelphia in 1862. It was founded with all of the following goals EXCEPT

The work of Lewis Terman (1877-1956) is credited with beginning the testing movement. Which of the following is NOT true regarding the professional career of Terman?

The New England Primer, textbooks originally printed in 1690, contained:

The outcome of the Oregon School Case of 1925, which is also known as Pierce v. Society of Sisters, was that:

All of the following are questioning techniques which teachers may use to stimulate learning among their students EXCEPT