PPR EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Mr. Jimenez, a high school math teacher recognizes that one of his
students seems to be left out a lot when students are choosing
partners or groups and picked on frequently for being different.
Why is this situation particularly harmful in a high school setting? -
correct answer ✅The influence of peers is strongest in
adolescence.
Providing students with various tools based on their level of
understanding of a topic is an example of which instructional
strategy? -
correct answer ✅Scaffolding
Allowing prekindergarten students free choice in their learning
centers helps develop their decision-making skills. Which of the
following will also help them develop decision-making skills? -
correct answer ✅Including a variety of appropriate materials.
Mrs. Toups, a 5th grade teacher in an advanced math classroom is
using an online stock market simulation to teach her students
about economics. Students have $100,000 to invest in the stock
simulation and they must track their investments overtime. During
the project, her students will work independently to address the
economics and technology objectives. Many of her students are
,PPR EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
unfamiliar with the stock market, so this is a challenge that her
project faces.
To prepare, Mrs. Toups creates the following lesson sequence for
the project:
Days 1-3: provide project details and background information about
the stock market and the online simulation.
Days 4-5: Facilitate the selection of stocks through internet
research.
Days 6-18: Support students as they track their investments using a
spreadsheet.
Days 19-20: Present an evaluation of the success of the students'
investment strategies, using graphs created in a spreadsh -
correct answer ✅Days 4-5
After a long research project, a teacher has her students fill out a
post project report that looks like the following:
Post Project Report:
Write and submit by the end of the Day 16 a one-page report that
answers the following questions:
What part of this project was most challenging?
,PPR EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What was the most interesting part of the project?
What do you wish you had done differently?
Which of the following skills are the students developing as the
complete the post project report? -
correct answer ✅Reflection
Mr. Givens has assigned a research project to the students in his
senior government class regarding voting and how the popular vote
is different than the electoral vote. Following the research portion
of the assignment, he requires students to hold a mock election for
the neighboring elementary school.
The primary purpose of the mock election is for the high school
students to develop which of the following skills? -
correct answer ✅Application
Mrs. Valle frequently uses independent work stations in her first-
grade classroom. The primary purpose of the workstations is to
create an environment in which her students can choose which
projects they want to work on, complete and share with the class.
, PPR EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Even though Mrs. Valle has carefully planned what the students will
do at each station, many students seem unsure of what to do. What
should Mrs. Valle do to help her students understand how to work
independently at the workstations? -
correct answer ✅Have student volunteers role-play how to work in
the stations.
Mrs. McDowell notices some abrupt changes in one of her 4th
grade students, Lainey. Though Lainey has never had behavior
issues, she is now consistently disrupting class, and making
significantly lower grades than she used to. Mrs. McDowell has also
noticed that Lainey has been hanging around a different group of
students, many of whom have a history of behavior issues like the
ones Lainey is now exhibiting. What is the best initial response for
Mrs. McDowell? -
correct answer ✅Discuss her concerns with Lainey in a firm but
caring manner, while gathering information so she can better assist
her.
Ms. Davis is teaching her class a lesson in the science lab. Before
she lets them begin their group work, she goes over the proper
procedures for gathering necessary lab supplies and returning them
to the proper place after use. The primary reason she explains
AND ANSWERS
Mr. Jimenez, a high school math teacher recognizes that one of his
students seems to be left out a lot when students are choosing
partners or groups and picked on frequently for being different.
Why is this situation particularly harmful in a high school setting? -
correct answer ✅The influence of peers is strongest in
adolescence.
Providing students with various tools based on their level of
understanding of a topic is an example of which instructional
strategy? -
correct answer ✅Scaffolding
Allowing prekindergarten students free choice in their learning
centers helps develop their decision-making skills. Which of the
following will also help them develop decision-making skills? -
correct answer ✅Including a variety of appropriate materials.
Mrs. Toups, a 5th grade teacher in an advanced math classroom is
using an online stock market simulation to teach her students
about economics. Students have $100,000 to invest in the stock
simulation and they must track their investments overtime. During
the project, her students will work independently to address the
economics and technology objectives. Many of her students are
,PPR EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
unfamiliar with the stock market, so this is a challenge that her
project faces.
To prepare, Mrs. Toups creates the following lesson sequence for
the project:
Days 1-3: provide project details and background information about
the stock market and the online simulation.
Days 4-5: Facilitate the selection of stocks through internet
research.
Days 6-18: Support students as they track their investments using a
spreadsheet.
Days 19-20: Present an evaluation of the success of the students'
investment strategies, using graphs created in a spreadsh -
correct answer ✅Days 4-5
After a long research project, a teacher has her students fill out a
post project report that looks like the following:
Post Project Report:
Write and submit by the end of the Day 16 a one-page report that
answers the following questions:
What part of this project was most challenging?
,PPR EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What was the most interesting part of the project?
What do you wish you had done differently?
Which of the following skills are the students developing as the
complete the post project report? -
correct answer ✅Reflection
Mr. Givens has assigned a research project to the students in his
senior government class regarding voting and how the popular vote
is different than the electoral vote. Following the research portion
of the assignment, he requires students to hold a mock election for
the neighboring elementary school.
The primary purpose of the mock election is for the high school
students to develop which of the following skills? -
correct answer ✅Application
Mrs. Valle frequently uses independent work stations in her first-
grade classroom. The primary purpose of the workstations is to
create an environment in which her students can choose which
projects they want to work on, complete and share with the class.
, PPR EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Even though Mrs. Valle has carefully planned what the students will
do at each station, many students seem unsure of what to do. What
should Mrs. Valle do to help her students understand how to work
independently at the workstations? -
correct answer ✅Have student volunteers role-play how to work in
the stations.
Mrs. McDowell notices some abrupt changes in one of her 4th
grade students, Lainey. Though Lainey has never had behavior
issues, she is now consistently disrupting class, and making
significantly lower grades than she used to. Mrs. McDowell has also
noticed that Lainey has been hanging around a different group of
students, many of whom have a history of behavior issues like the
ones Lainey is now exhibiting. What is the best initial response for
Mrs. McDowell? -
correct answer ✅Discuss her concerns with Lainey in a firm but
caring manner, while gathering information so she can better assist
her.
Ms. Davis is teaching her class a lesson in the science lab. Before
she lets them begin their group work, she goes over the proper
procedures for gathering necessary lab supplies and returning them
to the proper place after use. The primary reason she explains
