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PLT Praxis 5623 - Sample Exam WithAnswers.
Michael, a middle school student diagnosed with an emotional disturbance, has difficulty
controlling behaviors that interfere with his academic growth and development. Which of
the following is the most effective teacher strategy for helping Michael focus on
academics?
A. Offering the student a wide variety of alternate assignments and projects
B. Limiting rules to a few general guidelines to assist the student with developing
positive social relationships
C. Minimizing visual and auditory stimuli for the student and clearly outlining areas
where specific behaviors are expected
D. Accepting the student's behaviors with minimal acknowledgement unless the student
poses a safety threat - ANSWER- C. Minimizing visual and auditory stimuli for the
student and clearly outlining areas where specific behaviors are expected
Minimal distractions are beneficial for a student with a behavioral disorder. Defining
behavioral expectations for specific areas in the classroom will help the student stay
focused and understand what is appropriate and acceptable behavior.
A teacher wants to learn how to implement an instructional strategy for the upcoming
school year. Which of the following professional development practices will best help
the teacher?
A.Taking a graduate course
B.Joining a learning community
C.Obtaining an internship
D.Attending a workshop - ANSWER- D.Attending a workshop
Attending a workshop, which usually lasts a day or two, will allow the teacher to learn
about the instructional strategy in a short amount of time to prepare for the school year.
Which of the following best explains why grade-equivalent scores are useful?
A.They determine whether a student can handle advanced content and should be
accelerated to a higher grade.
B.They compare a student's performance with the average performance of students at
other grade levels.
C.They provide a reliable way to interpret a student's growth in skills and concepts over
a school year.
D.They give parents an accurate picture of a student's class ranking in a content area. -
ANSWER- B.They compare a student's performance with the average performance of
students at other grade levels.
,Grade-equivalent scores are subject to misinterpretation, but the scores can help
teachers see where a student falls along a continuum of learning across grade levels.
For example, a fifth-grade student who earns a score of 7.3 on a normed mathematics
test has earned a score similar to the average score of students in the third month of
seventh grade.
Which of the following is the most reasonable statement based on the self-
determination theory?
A.Teachers should enable students to be successful either through extrinsic motivation
or intrinsic motivation, but never both.
B.Students who are prodded and able to accept help from others will display the most
self-determination in school.
C.Self-determination is achieved when students transfer intrinsic motivation to extrinsic
motivation regarding academics.
D.Students who are academically competent, independent, and able to relate to others
will be intrinsically motivated. - ANSWER- D.Students who are academically competent,
independent, and able to relate to others will be intrinsically motivated.
Intrinsic motivation comes from a fulfillment of a person's needs to feel competent and
able to function in the school environment.
Mr. Burgess is creating a lesson for his eighth-grade English class to introduce a new
novel. The novel has vivid descriptions of a historical event that some students have no
prior knowledge of. He needs to establish the historical background to engage students
in a preliminary dialogue about the event before they read the novel. Which of the
following strategies uses the most appropriate resource for introducing the new
content?
A.Creating research groups to access information about the event on the Internet
B.Showing an educational video on the event to the class
C.Providing a textbook in which students can look up content vocabulary
D.Reviewing surveys of student content knowledge - ANSWER- B.Showing an
educational video on the event to the class
Screening an educational video to introduce the content uses a resource that provides
background knowledge and sets up the discussion on the topic.
Which of the following best describes the type of scoring that applies many criteria at
the same time to evaluate an end-of-course project and results in a single grade?
A.Task-specific scoring
B.Analytic scoring
C.Developmental scoring
D.Holistic scoring - ANSWER- D.Holistic scoring
Holistic scoring is used for judging the overall quality of the work on a project without
assigning a score for each criterion as in analytic scoring. It is most commonly used for
, end-of-course assessments for which the student receives a final grade and does not
receive detailed feedback.
A seventh-grade language arts teacher plans an instructional unit based on a novel that
students will read in class. Which of the following activities is most appropriate to
include in the unit if the students are in the formal operational stage of cognitive
development?
A.Writing an explanation about the symbolism found in the novel
B.Sketching drawings of the sequence of the major events in the novel
C.Working with other students to role-play scenes from the novel
D.Matching main ideas with the details that support them in the novel - ANSWER-
A.Writing an explanation about the symbolism found in the novel
Identifying and explaining symbolism in a novel is appropriate for most seventh-grade
students. Children at this age are typically in the formal operational stage of cognitive
development, in which students are able to understand abstract concepts.
Which of the following approaches is the best way to establish and foster positive
relationships between the school and families?
A.Meeting and greeting families as they arrive to school events
B.Communicating important school information to families electronically
C.Asking families to volunteer at school events several times during the year
D.Holding parent-teacher conferences during the school day - ANSWER- A.Meeting
and greeting families as they arrive to school events
Meeting and greeting families as they arrive to school events helps create a welcoming
atmosphere where parents and guardians feel appreciated. This sense of appreciation
helps to build trust and fosters a positive relationship between the school and families.
Which of the following instructional activities best requires students to engage in the
complex cognitive process of detecting bias?
A.Accumulating information about a topic to decide on a personal course of action
B.Studying various novels by the same author to find common themes
C.Analyzing keywords used in a news article to determine the point of view of the author
D.Examining a narrative of events to draw conclusions about the correct order of
occurrence - ANSWER- C.Analyzing keywords used in a news article to determine the
point of view of the author
Analyzing keywords used in a news article to determine the point of view of the author
allows students to detect bias in writing.
During a unit on the Civil War, a fifth-grade teacher wants to evaluate the metacognitive
knowledge of students on a higher level of Bloom's taxonomy. Which of the following is
the best example of an objective written at the highest level?
A.Having students interpret the meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation by rewriting
the document in their own words
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