Praxis 7

In which stage of writing development do children understand that written forms symbolize meanings?

• Scribbling and drawing

• Letters

• Letters and spaces

• Letter-like forms and shapes

According to literacy experts, what is true about student writing for various purposes and audiences?

• The primary purpose of students writing is expressing their ideas, thoughts, and emotions.

• The primary purpose of students writing is persuading their readers to agree/believe them.

• Improving students reading skills improves their writing skills, but not the other way around.

• Improving student writing skills as well as their reading skills improves their learning ability.

In the POWER instructional strategy for teaching students the writing process, the P stands for:

• Purpose

• Program

• Planning

• Partners

Of the following, what statement is correct regarding practice in measurement for young children?

• Measurement is a formal method for quantifying size, time duration, weights, etc.

• Measurement is for both formal quantification and recognizing and finding real-life relationships.

• Measurement can only be accomplished by young children with standard measurement devices.

• Measurement practice for young children is unlikely to help them in learning about comparisons.

Which of these is correct regarding young children and the measurement of time?

• Young children typically develop an understanding of the abstract concept of time very early.

• Adults should not refer to periods of time with young children before they understand them.

• Using activities involving counting allows children to generalize these to the counting of time.

• Adults can say "yesterday, today, tomorrow" with young children and they will understand.

A family moves to America from another country with a very different culture. They discard their native cultural practices and adopt American customs. This is an example of:

• Accommodation

• Adaptation

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

According to family systems theory, when one member of a family is consistently identified as the family peacemaker and another is viewed as the family clown, these most reflect which system component?

• Boundaries

• Roles

• Rules

• Equilibrium

Which of the following gasses is known as a compound gas?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Ammonia

• Hydrogen