TEXES 160 PPR PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Which of the following rationales would a supporter of block scheduling
provide to convince others to support the organizational structure?
A. Teachers can focus on more subjects in a shorter time
B. There is an emphasis on mastering facts and skills
C. Students' time in quality learning situations is increased
D. The responsibility for learning is shifted to the teachers.
Answer: C. Students' time in quality learning situations is increased
◍ Which of the following strategies best supports a teacher's goal to
incorporate critical thinking skills into language arts lessons?
A. Providing students with opportunities to seek additional content
knowledge
B. Creating a forum for students to debate points of view
C. Having students individually summarize various literature read
D. Asking students to create practice questions as a review activity.
Answer: B. Creating a forum for students to debate points of view
◍ Competency 001 A.
Answer: The beginning teacher knows the typical stages of cognitive, social,
physical and emotional development of students in early childhood through
grade 12.
◍ Which THREE of the following are important factors to consider when
establishing routines for cooperative group work?
A. Goals to be met
B. Daily schedule
C. Classroom setting
, D. Individual accountability
E. Equal opportunities.
Answer: A. Goals to be met and D. Individual accountability and E. Equal
opportunities
◍ During class instruction, a middle school teacher realizes that most of the
students are reluctant to participate in class discussions and give one-word
answers when they of participate. Which of the following strategies is most
effective for the teacher to use to increase student engagement?
A. Having students answer questions on paper in class
B. Giving students think time after asking probing questions
C. Asking students to answer questions online for homework
D. Assessing students' understanding using an oral pop quiz.
Answer: B. Giving students think time after asking probing questions
◍ Jean Piaget.
Answer: Identified stages of cognitive and moral development. Piaget
established the fields of cognitive theory and developmental psychology.
◍ A teacher plans to integrate technology into a collaborative
learningenvironment. Which of the following student activities will be most
engaging to the students and achieve the teacher's goal?
A. Presenting a multimedia presentation on a key concept
B. Creating a blog discussion the attributes of a book they read recently
C. Reading an electronic version of a chapter in a textbook
D. Comparing accounts of historical events in film and print sources.
Answer: B. Creating a blog discussion the attributes of a book they read
recently
◍ Which of the following is the most appropriate first step to take is a teacher
is concerned that a student is suffering from abuse?
A. Calling the parents for a conference to discuss the suspicions
B. Reporting the suspicions to the child protective services agency
C. Sharing the concerns with the designated school personnel
D. Asking the student pointed questions to ensure that all is well at home.
, Answer: B. Reporting the suspicions to the child protective services agency
◍ Scheme.
Answer: Mental patterns that guide behavior; cognitive structures that help
individuals process and organize information to make sense of the
environment.
◍ Accomodation.
Answer: When a learned way of dealing with the environment no longer
works, an individual will modify existing schemes to fit new situations in
the environment. According to Piaget, this is how learning occurs.
◍ Adaptation.
Answer: The process of adjusting schemes through assimilation or
accommodation.
◍ Disequilibration.
Answer: An imbalance between what a child understands and what the child
encounters through new experiences.
◍ Equilibration.
Answer: The process of restoring balance between present understanding
and new experiences. Learning and cognitive development depend on the
individual being confronted with new experiences, stimuli, or data.
◍ A teacher wants to require students to purchase a novel for an assigned
reading. Which of the following is the most appropriate source for the
teacher to check whether requiring the purchase is allowable?
A. Texas Education Code
B. Copyright Law
C. Educators' Code of Ethics
D. Acceptable use policy.
Answer: A. Texas Education Code
◍ Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage.
Answer: Age: 0-2Imitation, memory, and thoughtObject permanenceMoves
from reflex actions to goal-directed activityCoordination of sensory
, experiences with physical actions
◍ Which of the following learning processes produces the result of
reconstructing or repositioning a belief system or value system?
A. Self-regulated learning for testing instruction efficacy
B. Creating cognitive dissonance with an existing position
C. Integrating new learning into currently existing systems
D. Cueing and/or retrieving previously acquired knowledge.
Answer: D. Cueing and/or retrieving previously acquired knowledge
◍ Piaget's Preoperational stage.
Answer: Age: 2-7Gradually develops use of language and ability to think in
symbolic formThink operations through logically in one
directionDifficulties seeing another person's point of view
◍ Whether a students has more internal or external locus of control is related
to which variable influencing learning and achievement?
A. Motivation
B. Self-confidence
C. Student maturity
D. Cognitive development.
Answer: A. Motivation
◍ Among the Wechsler tests, which would be most age-appropriate for
assessing the intelligence of a normally developing nine-year-old student?
A. WPPSI
B. WAIS
C. WIAT
D. WISC.
Answer: D. WISC
◍ Piaget's Concrete Operational stage.
Answer: Age: 7-11Solve concretet problems in a logical fashionUnderstand
laws of conservation, to classify and seriateUnderstand reversibility, stimuli,
and inferred realityMentally arrange and compare objects to infer a
relationshipTransivity
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Which of the following rationales would a supporter of block scheduling
provide to convince others to support the organizational structure?
A. Teachers can focus on more subjects in a shorter time
B. There is an emphasis on mastering facts and skills
C. Students' time in quality learning situations is increased
D. The responsibility for learning is shifted to the teachers.
Answer: C. Students' time in quality learning situations is increased
◍ Which of the following strategies best supports a teacher's goal to
incorporate critical thinking skills into language arts lessons?
A. Providing students with opportunities to seek additional content
knowledge
B. Creating a forum for students to debate points of view
C. Having students individually summarize various literature read
D. Asking students to create practice questions as a review activity.
Answer: B. Creating a forum for students to debate points of view
◍ Competency 001 A.
Answer: The beginning teacher knows the typical stages of cognitive, social,
physical and emotional development of students in early childhood through
grade 12.
◍ Which THREE of the following are important factors to consider when
establishing routines for cooperative group work?
A. Goals to be met
B. Daily schedule
C. Classroom setting
, D. Individual accountability
E. Equal opportunities.
Answer: A. Goals to be met and D. Individual accountability and E. Equal
opportunities
◍ During class instruction, a middle school teacher realizes that most of the
students are reluctant to participate in class discussions and give one-word
answers when they of participate. Which of the following strategies is most
effective for the teacher to use to increase student engagement?
A. Having students answer questions on paper in class
B. Giving students think time after asking probing questions
C. Asking students to answer questions online for homework
D. Assessing students' understanding using an oral pop quiz.
Answer: B. Giving students think time after asking probing questions
◍ Jean Piaget.
Answer: Identified stages of cognitive and moral development. Piaget
established the fields of cognitive theory and developmental psychology.
◍ A teacher plans to integrate technology into a collaborative
learningenvironment. Which of the following student activities will be most
engaging to the students and achieve the teacher's goal?
A. Presenting a multimedia presentation on a key concept
B. Creating a blog discussion the attributes of a book they read recently
C. Reading an electronic version of a chapter in a textbook
D. Comparing accounts of historical events in film and print sources.
Answer: B. Creating a blog discussion the attributes of a book they read
recently
◍ Which of the following is the most appropriate first step to take is a teacher
is concerned that a student is suffering from abuse?
A. Calling the parents for a conference to discuss the suspicions
B. Reporting the suspicions to the child protective services agency
C. Sharing the concerns with the designated school personnel
D. Asking the student pointed questions to ensure that all is well at home.
, Answer: B. Reporting the suspicions to the child protective services agency
◍ Scheme.
Answer: Mental patterns that guide behavior; cognitive structures that help
individuals process and organize information to make sense of the
environment.
◍ Accomodation.
Answer: When a learned way of dealing with the environment no longer
works, an individual will modify existing schemes to fit new situations in
the environment. According to Piaget, this is how learning occurs.
◍ Adaptation.
Answer: The process of adjusting schemes through assimilation or
accommodation.
◍ Disequilibration.
Answer: An imbalance between what a child understands and what the child
encounters through new experiences.
◍ Equilibration.
Answer: The process of restoring balance between present understanding
and new experiences. Learning and cognitive development depend on the
individual being confronted with new experiences, stimuli, or data.
◍ A teacher wants to require students to purchase a novel for an assigned
reading. Which of the following is the most appropriate source for the
teacher to check whether requiring the purchase is allowable?
A. Texas Education Code
B. Copyright Law
C. Educators' Code of Ethics
D. Acceptable use policy.
Answer: A. Texas Education Code
◍ Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage.
Answer: Age: 0-2Imitation, memory, and thoughtObject permanenceMoves
from reflex actions to goal-directed activityCoordination of sensory
, experiences with physical actions
◍ Which of the following learning processes produces the result of
reconstructing or repositioning a belief system or value system?
A. Self-regulated learning for testing instruction efficacy
B. Creating cognitive dissonance with an existing position
C. Integrating new learning into currently existing systems
D. Cueing and/or retrieving previously acquired knowledge.
Answer: D. Cueing and/or retrieving previously acquired knowledge
◍ Piaget's Preoperational stage.
Answer: Age: 2-7Gradually develops use of language and ability to think in
symbolic formThink operations through logically in one
directionDifficulties seeing another person's point of view
◍ Whether a students has more internal or external locus of control is related
to which variable influencing learning and achievement?
A. Motivation
B. Self-confidence
C. Student maturity
D. Cognitive development.
Answer: A. Motivation
◍ Among the Wechsler tests, which would be most age-appropriate for
assessing the intelligence of a normally developing nine-year-old student?
A. WPPSI
B. WAIS
C. WIAT
D. WISC.
Answer: D. WISC
◍ Piaget's Concrete Operational stage.
Answer: Age: 7-11Solve concretet problems in a logical fashionUnderstand
laws of conservation, to classify and seriateUnderstand reversibility, stimuli,
and inferred realityMentally arrange and compare objects to infer a
relationshipTransivity
