TExES Pedagogy and Professional
Responsibilities (PPR) (160) Practice
Questions - Instruction and Assessment
with correct Answers
Students who are taught to tie their own shoes can then tie any pair of shoes without
being retaught. This cognitive ability is known as:
A
scaffolding.
B
reasoning.
C
transfer.
D
patterning.transfer. - Answer -
Mr. Baker's school is located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Most of his students
have never been to the ocean, nor have they experienced tides. Still, he is supposed to
teach his students about tides. In this situation, which of the following activities is likely
to be the most helpful when starting the unit on tides?
A
Read a story to the class about a fisherman and his battle with tides.
B
Ask the students to tell the class what they know about tides.
C
Start by giving the students definitions of the terminology associated with tides.
D
Show a movie that clearly illustrates the phenomenon of tides. - Answer -Show a movie
that clearly illustrates the phenomenon of tides.
Which of the following is a learner-centered method of explaining a game to a student?
A
Do a demonstration of the game with a few students at the front of the class.
B
Have students try each step of the game as the teacher explains.
C
Lecture about the game and show the steps.
,D
Allow students to look up a video about the game on their own devices. - Answer -Have
students try each step of the game as the teacher explains.
Which of the following would be most likely to increase students' intrinsic motivation?
A
The teacher rewards students with the cleanest and organized table at the end of each
day.
B
Each time students read a book, they put a sticker by their name on a shared classroom
poster.
C
Students chart and track their own "words per minute" after a short fluency assessment
each week.
D
Students who make positive behavior choices throughout the week get to have fifteen
minutes of free-choice stations on Fridays. - Answer -Students chart and track their own
"words per minute" after a short fluency assessment each week.
A 6th-grade teacher is creating a summative assessment for a unit about the effect of
the agricultural revolution on the development of civilization in the Fertile Crescent.
Which of the following would be the best question to include to assess their learning on
this topic?
A
What do you know about the agricultural revolution?
B
What geographical elements of the Fertile Crescent made it a prime location for
agriculture?
C
True or false: Agriculture was the primary factor in the development of civilization in the
Fertile Crescent?
D
How did the success and growth of agriculture promote the development of civilization?
- Answer -How did the success and growth of agriculture promote the development of
civilization?
Mr. Ahmed is noticing that several students in his 4th-grade class are struggling to stay
quiet during direct instruction, often forgetting to raise their hands before asking a
question or blurting out ideas. Which of the following two interventions would be most
likely to help Mr. Ahmed and his class get back on track?
Select all answers that apply.
A
employing a reward system for remembering to raise hands instead of calling out
B
creating a classroom contract together
C
, writing students' names on the board and adding a tally each time they call out, with
each tally representing 2 minutes of recess lost
D
rearranging the classroom so that students are facing the board instead of sitting in
groups - Answer -employing a reward system for remembering to raise hands instead of
calling out
creating a classroom contract together
A fifth-grade teacher notices that many of their students seem uninterested in reading.
The teacher begins looking for ways to encourage more independent reading among
the students. Which of the following strategies will be the most likely to help the teacher
achieve this goal?
A
implementing a reward system in which students receive extra computer time after
reading a specified number of books
B
talking with students about their interests and directing them to books that relate to
these interests
C
setting aside thirty minutes at the end of each day as dedicated independent reading
time
D
asking students to complete weekly reading logs indicating how many minutes they
read each day - Answer -talking with students about their interests and directing them to
books that relate to these interests
Ms. Winski, a second-grade teacher, notices that her newest English language learner
is struggling to communicate with his peers. Which option below would best encourage
her new student to practice speaking to and interacting with his classmates?
A
Assign the new student a buddy who also knows the same first language.
B
Assign an oral report to give before the whole class.
C
Plan small group activities to discuss the main ideas from the class' reading
assignment.
D
Allow time before and after activities for students to chat with their deskmates. - Answer
-Allow time before and after activities for students to chat with their deskmates.
A science class is working on a laboratory activity. Their teacher is monitoring progress
throughout the activity and notices that the two students' lab report shows that they
have a misconception about the topic. Which would be the most effective action for the
teacher to take?
A
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