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Praxis II Elementary Education: Content Area Exercises Test Questions

1. In the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), what is the highest level of concern?

1. informational

2. awareness

3. refocusing

4. collaboration

2. Which piece of legislation guarantees the right of parents to examine the educational records of their children?

1. Section 504

2. Title One

3. Buckley Amendment

4. Chapter XI

3. In the pedagogical model known as _____, students are taught increasingly sophisticated versions of the same concepts over a number of years.

1. lecturing

2. modeling

3. scaffolding

4. spiraling

4. What is another name for the process of taking disparate information and coming to a single conclusion?

1. deductive reasoning

2. constructive reasoning

3. inductive reasoning

4. syllogistic reasoning

5. Which category of the affective domain entails acknowledging the existence of something new and unfamiliar?

1. valuing

2. receiving

3. responding

4. organizing

6. In which of the following sentences is the underlined word used correctly?

1. George had never known such sheer terror.

2. There, standing in the middle of the trail, was a gigantic bull mousse.

3. David refused to take the money, saying it was a matter of principal.

4. The mother hen watched carefully over her brewed.

7. Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?

1. Jason and Helen takes the shirt back to the cleaners.

2. The postman run to the front door.

3. Ms. Robinson teached as best she could.

4. Mr. Sanchez accustomed himself to disappointment.

8. What is the median of the data set {2, 2, 5, 9, 12}?

1. 2

2. 3

3. 5

4. 6

Questions 9-10 refer to the following passage:

The Saxons were spending their summer holidays at a farm near the seaside, and for the first time in four long years the whole family was reunited. Mr. Saxon, Egbert, and Athelstane had only just been demobilized, and had hardly yet settled down to civilian life. They had joined the rest of the party at Lynstones before returning to their native town of Grovebury. The six weeks by the sea seemed a kind of oasis between the anxious period of the war that was past and gone, and the new epoch that stretched ahead in the future. To Ingred they were halcyon days. To have her father and brothers safely back, and for the family to be together in the midst of such beautiful scenery, was sufficient for utter enjoyment. She did not wish her mind to venture outside the charmed circle of the holidays. Beyond, when she thought about it all, lay a nebulous prospect, in the center of which school loomed large.

On this particular hot August afternoon, Ingred welcomed an excursion in the sidecar. She had not felt inclined to walk down the white path under the blazing sun to the glaring beach, but it was another matter to spin along the high road till, as the fairy tales put it, her hair whistled in the wind. Egbert was anxious to set off, so Harold took his place on the luggage-carrier, and, after some back-firing, the three started forth. It was a glorious run over moorland country, with glimpses of the sea on the one hand, and craggy tors on the other, and round them billowy masses of heather, broken here and there by runnels of peat-stained water. If Egbert exceeded the speed-limit, he certainly had the excuse of a clear road before him; there were no hedges to hide advancing cars, neither was there any possibility of whisking round a corner to find a hay-cart blocking the way. In the course of an hour they had covered a considerable number of miles, and found themselves whirling down the tremendous hill that led to the seaside town of Chatcombe. 

9. Which is the most likely setting for this passage?

1. England, 1946

2. Scotland, 1860

3. California, 1922

4. Massachusetts, 1985

10. Which word best describes Ingred’s feelings about the future?

1. terrified

2. certain

3. anxious

4. pleased

11. According to which philosophy of education should curriculum be composed of core, traditional knowledge and skills?

1. Reconstructionism

2. Progressivism

3. Idealism

4. Essentialism

12. Which of the following is a central element of programmed learning?

1. Cooperative learning

2. Spiraling

3. Independent study

4. Lecture-based instruction

13. The _____ of a test is the extent to which it measures what it was intended to measure.

1. validity

2. reliability

3. accuracy

4. security

14. Which of the following skills is NOT improved by free play?

1. Concentration

2. Social interaction

3. Activity selection

4. Experimentation with tasks

15. Which educational theorist emphasized the value of puzzles and games in the development of problem-solving skills?

1. Montessori

2. Froebel

3. Pestalozzi

4. Piaget

16. Which behavior is not a major stage of childhood development?

1. Learning to manipulate signs and symbols

2. Staying close to home and family

3. Testing the limits

4. None of the above

17. Self-regulated learning:

1. Relies heavily on memorization

2. Helps students set goals

3. Is rarely successful

4. All of the above

18. Diversity promotes a fair and effective learning environment by:

1. Using diversity to teach universal concepts

2. Ignoring cultural differences

3. Encouraging prejudices

4. All of the above

19. Cultural influences impact students’ ability and readiness to learn:

1. By emphasizing different choices

2. By rewarding different behavior

3. Because of communication differences

4. All of the above

20. Which approach is not a good way to handle behavioral problems?

1. Establish written expectations

2. Explain the rules clearly

3. Refuse to consider to the students’ suggestions

4. All of the above

Praxis II Elementary Education: Content Area Test Answer Key