Praxis 5024 Quiz B

A teacher notices that her students are struggling with visualizing a story as she reads it aloud. Which of the following strategies could she implement to help students improve in this area?

• After reading a section of the story out loud, the teacher asks the students to draw what they "saw" in their minds on a blank piece of paper.

  
  

• After reading a section of the story out loud, the teacher asks the students to make a written, bulleted list of what events occurred in the story.

  
  

• Before reading the story out loud, the teacher provides background information about the setting, characters, and time period.

  
  

• While reading the story out loud, the teacher pauses periodically to have students complete sentence stems pertaining to the setting and events.

  
  

At the start of every school year, Mr. Brown writes his students a letter telling them about himself, and he asks them to write him back as their first assignment. The main purpose of this activity is:

• to model good writing strategies.

  
  

• to develop a trusting relationship with students.

  
  

• to learn about student problem areas.

  
  

• to demonstrate the classroom expectations.

  
  

A five-year-old student with autism has a significant aversion to washing his hands. During sessions with the school's occupational therapist, the student practices turning the water faucet on and off. Then he transitions to keeping his hands under the water for 1-5 seconds. Eventually, he is able to wash his hands for 30 seconds while using soap and water. What type of intervention is being implemented for the student?

• cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)

• sensory-integration therapy

  
  

• behavior intervention plan (BIP)

  
  

• applied behavioral analysis (ABA)

  
  

A new teacher is setting up her classroom and wants to ensure the space is ideal for learning. Which of the following is the least important question this teacher should ask when determining the layout of the room?

• Are all students able to access what they need in the space?

  
  

• Are there any things in the space that might hinder a students ability to perform in the space?

  
  

• Do all students have a clear view of the teacher if needed?

  
  

• Are the colors matching in the space and does it look appealing?

  
  

Mary Ann is an exemplary student in all of her classes. Her English teacher, Mr. Ray, requires his students to journal every week about a new topic, with the most recent assignment being to journal about an event that has shaped the way the student views the world. As Mr. Ray reviews Mary Ann's journal entries, he is astonished to find Mary Ann discussing being molested by a friend of her parents. Which of the following is the best next step for Mr. Ray to respond to Mary Ann's journal entries?

• Ignore the entries because Mary Ann seems well-adjusted.

• Refer Mary Ann to the school nurse for a physical.

• Refer Mary Ann to the school counselor for an interview about the journal entries.

• Contact law enforcement officials about the journal entries.

You ask one of your students to answer the question you wrote on the board, and you ask him to write the steps he uses in coming up with the answer. He writes his solution on the board as in the image below. How are you going to correct the mistake of the student?

• • Tell the student there is an error and ask him to find where he committed an error

• • Give the student anther question of similar nature and ask him to solve the new question

• • Ask another student from the class to answer the same problem

• • Re-teach subtraction of fractions where the fractional part of the subtrahend is bigger than the fractional part of the minuend

Operations like multiplication and division can be taught by using arrays. If we have 18 tennis balls, how do we use arrays in explaining 18 divided by 6?

• • Start by arranging six tennis balls in a straight line. Repeat the same process in forming the second row, as well as the third row, forming an array. The number of rows in the array is the quotient.

• • From the 18 tennis balls, get 6 and put them in a container. From the remaining tennis balls, get 6 and place it in another container. Repeat the process until all balls are used. The number of containers used is the quotient.

• • Prepare six baskets, arranging them in a straight row. Starting from the leftmost basket and going to the rightmost basket, put a ball in each basket. Repeat the process after putting a ball on the rightmost basket, until you are out of balls. The number of balls in each basket is the quotient.

• • From the 18 tennis balls, take away 6. From the remaining tennis balls, take away another 6. Keep on repeating this process until there are no balls left. The quotient is the number of times you repeated the process.

Which of the following is the best example of a teacher promoting higher-order thinking in reading?

• • The teacher asks students, ''Why did the character respond sadly when her mother asked her to go to the barn?''

• • The teacher asks students, ''Who are the secondary characters in the story?''

• • The teacher encourages students to create a timeline of key events from a story.

• • The teacher tasks students with using three adjectives to describe the setting of a story.