TExES Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities
(PPR) (160) Practice Questions - Instruction and
Assessment
Mr. Ray typically begins each day with direct-teaching instruction where he uses the whiteboard
and lecture notes to teach the students. Many times, he has turned around from writing on the
whiteboard to find students distracting each other. Of the following, what would be the most
effective technique to maintain the students' interest?
A
Require the students only to have a pencil and paper on their desk.
B
Allow the students to invite local community members to speak about the content and how it
relates to the students' community.
C
Place a mirror above the whiteboard so he can monitor the students' behavior while he writes.
D
Use short multimedia presentations such as PowerPoint to deliver content that is accompanied
by pictures or short videos. Correct Ans-Use short multimedia presentations such as
PowerPoint to deliver content that is accompanied by pictures or short videos.
Which of the following website titles represents a credible source?
A
The U.S. Kennel Club
B
U.S.A. Wikipedia Entry
C
Travel Source International
D
The National Science Journal Correct Ans-The National Science Journal
,A 10th-grade student is studying environmental science in school. For his research paper, he is
writing about pesticide use in the modern-day food system. When writing his paper, which of
the following sources should the student be wary of?
Select all answers that apply.
A
an editorial recently published in a scholarly journal
B
an infographic taken from a .gov site
C
an internet blog post with an unknown author
D
an article published in a scientific journal in 1950 Correct Ans-an internet blog post with an
unknown author
an article published in a scientific journal in 1950
A second-grade class is reading an article while studying magnets. The teacher projects the
article while each student reads along on a printed copy. Before reading, the teacher performs
the following think-aloud.
So, we're about to read the article "Sticking to Magnets" by Timothy H. Allenthorpe, Ph.D. Ph.D.
is an acronym for Doctor of Philosophy. That means that this author went to school for a very
long time and studied extensively in his field. This author must know a lot about magnets. If I
look over here at the "Meet the Author" section of our textbook, it says he graduated from
Columbia University. That's pretty impressive. It also says that he helped NASA develop a type of
magnet used on space shuttles!"
The primary purpose of this think-aloud is to:
A
demonstrating that people can do many different jobs in life, such as being an author and a
scientist.
B
give students time to settle into the activity by draw Correct Ans-introduce students to the
process of determining a text's credibility by analyzing the author's expertise and credentials.
,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. Correct Ans-
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. Correct Ans-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. Correct Ans-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. Correct Ans-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
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