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PECT - MODULE 3 - PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONSA kindergarten student recognizes that, although buttons are much smaller than
elephants, five elephants represent the same quantity as five buttons. This best
demonstrates that the child has an understanding of:
A. estimation
B. numerical operations
C. multiplication
D. number sense - Answers -D
Express the following words as numbers:
Fifty-six- 506
twenty-five- 205
The student who made the errors shown in the exercise above would benefit most from
which of the following?
A. practicing basic math facts
B. reviewing the concepts of "0" as a place holder when writing numerals
C. Using unit cubes to represent numbers in base 5
D. arranging groups of base-10 blocks and writing the numerals represented - Answers
-D
A third grade student has solved a word problem correctly but had not shown any of the
work. The teacher can best assess the student's conceptual understanding of the
problem by asking the student to:
A. solve additional similar problems
B. determine if the answer is reasonable
C. explain the steps to arrive at the answer
D. create a similar type of word problem - Answers -C
Which of the following behaviors by a child demonstrates an understanding of one-to-
one correspondence? A. placing blue and red balls in separate containers
B. identifying objects in a room that comes in pairs
C. Counting a group of ten objects by touching each object while saying its number
aloud
D. matching a puzzle piece with the number five to a puzzle piece with five apples on it -
Answers -C
A kindergarten teacher keeps a large calendar on the classroom wall. Each morning,
the teacher and the children discuss the weather, and the children decide whether they
should place a sun or a cloud on the calendar. Which of the following teacher-led
activities would be most effective and developmentally appropriate for integrating math
into this science activity?
A. creating a weather picture graph and updating it daily
B. asking the children to decide each morning whether it is sunnier or cloudier than the
day before
C. adding a yellow marble to a jar for everyday it is sunny
,D. recording the daily temperature and correlating it too cloudy and sunny days. -
Answers -A
a pair of first-grade uses a 2.5 in. block to measure the length of a table. The students
then use a 5in block to measure a different table of the same length. They announce to
the teacher that the first table is longer than the second table. The teacher then
measures the two tables with a ruler and shows the students that the two tables are the
same length. This situation could be most appropriately used for introducing the
students to which of the following mathematical concepts?
A. geometric shapes
B. Standard units of measure
C. conservation of number
D. perimeter and area - Answers -B
A teacher regularly utilizes peer tutoring in math. The teacher pairs students according
to skill level and makes sure that each of the students has a turn in the role of tutor.
Which of the following is likely to be the most important benefit of incorporating this type
of peer support into instruction?
A. increasing students' motivation to learn math content
B. prompting students to evaluate their math performance in relation to that of their
classmates
C. helping students develop efficient and effective study skills in math
D. accelerating the pace at which students are able to master math content - Answers -
A.
A first-grade teacher who wants to promote students' ability to communicate
mathematical ideas should emphasize which of the following teaching practices?
A. having students explain their problem-solving strategies orally as part of daily
mathematics activities
B. helping students create a personal dictionary of mathematical vocabulary
C. engaging students in the process of writing their own mathematical word problems.
D. providing students with opportunities to complete mathematics activities with a
partner or in small group - Answers -A
Students in a third-grade class are studying habitats. The class has briefly discussed
some issues related to the shrinking of rain forests around the world, and the teacher
would like to help students gain a deeper understanding of these issues . One strategy
the teacher plans to use is to have students read and respond to recent magazine
articles on these issue. In selecting articles for this activity, the teacher's primary goal
should be to select articles that:
A. present information using various types of tables and graphs
B. can be read and understood by students with different knowledge and skill levels.
C. Are free from content that could be considered controversial
D. include bibliographies of materials for students who wish to study the topic
independently - Answers -B
, A second-grade teacher will be planning a lesson to introduce students to a science
concept included in the state curriculum for second graders. The teacher can best help
ensure an effective lesson by considering which of the following questions during the
planning process?
A. Is the targeted science concept more or less complex than other science content the
class has studied?
B. To what extent do the science texts available to the class match the state science
curriculum?
C. What has been the students' overall level of interest in science instruction during
previous lessons?
D. What is the extent of the students' prior knowledge related to the targeted science
concept? - Answers -D
After a child shares the current weather (warm and sunny), a prekindergarten teacher
shows the children two plastic cups. In each cup is a single ice cube. The teacher
explains that he will place one cup outside in the sun, and another inside on the
counter. He then asks the children to predict which ice cubes melt throughout the day
and are later asked to conclude which cube melted first. This activity is most likely
intended to develop children's:
A. Scientific inquiry skills
B. oral language skills
C. self-expression skills
D. emerging mathematics skills - Answers -scientific inquiry skills
A prekindergarten teacher is beginning a new unit on insects and would like to plan an
activity that will promote students' higher-order thinking skills. Which of the following
activities would be most effective for this purpose?
A. placing a variety of stuffed insect toys and puppets in the dramatic play area.
B. writing a class play about insects and having students act it out for friends and family.
C. cutting out geometric shapes and having students create their own insects.
D. providing a variety of realistic toy insects and having students sort them by
similarities and differences - Answers -D
A third-grade teacher is planning a unit on physical science. Which of the following
physical science activities would be most appropriate for this grade level according to
the PA academic standards for science?
A. measuring the energy changes that occur as water goes from the liquid to a gas.
B. exploring energy's ability to cause motion or create change
C. analyzing the degree of force of a moving object has on a sedentary object
D. Comparing and contrasting different forms of kinetic and potential energy - Answers -
B
A second-grade teacher sets up two glass jars on a sunny windowsill to prepare a class
demonstration on solar energy. As shown in the diagram, one of the jars has black
pepper lining both the bottom of the jar and half of the interior of the jar. the other jar is
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