TEXAS TEACHERS ASSESSMENT 2 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
How would you justify proximity to the teacher as a method for maintaining
classroom order?
Teachers need to move around the classroom and keep little distance between
themselves and the students for management.
What approach would you use to best help students retain information they have
learned?
Teach a peer as a technique for retention.
Select the answer with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in the correct order from
most basic needs on upward.
Physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, self-actualization
What approach would you use to motivate your students and why?
By providing opportunities for children to experience success in their learning through
the use of appropriately challenging work.
How would you use your knowledge of Erikson's stage of identity vs. role in a
high school classroom?
Allowing students multiple opportunities to try many different things.
What is the main idea of self-actualization?
self-actualization is when an individual reaches a state of harmony and understanding.
Based on what you know about Jean Piaget and his research into cognitive
development, why is it so important to strike a balance between challenging a
child's perceptions and ensuring activities are developmentally appropriate?
To be sure there is enough of a challenge to require adaptation but not cause the child
the disengage.
Explain how the zone of proximal development applies to adolescent learning.
, adolescents are developmentally idealistic and this interferes with one's ability to be
realistic.
Which of the following demonstrates an understanding of the need to consider
the level of concern for students?
Providing an environment that is low threat and high in challenge.
What conclusion can you draw about a teacher's need for understanding brain
development?
Teachers must be aware of the parts of the brain that developmentally complete in
order to understand behaviors seen in classrooms
How would you differentiate Piaget's formal operations stage from the concrete
operational stage?
Formal operations stage, thinking involves abstractions.
What information would you use to support the use of feedback in the
classroom?
Students need immediate, specific, and habitual feedback to continue learning based on
previous efforts.
How can you show your understanding of multiple intelligences in adolescent
education?
Guiding students to determine their own intelligence type and aligning the learning to
what they understand.
How would you use your knowledge of a high school student's developmental
stage to appropriately plan a class lesson?
Allow opportunities for students to have guided conversations to develop multiple points
of view.
Why should teachers be aware of the zone of proximal development or
scaffolding in their lessons?
Students must be in position to take on new learning with layers of support until it is no
longer necessary.
Which statement supports chunking an assignment for students?
Chunking allows learners to take in information in digestible pieces.
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
How would you justify proximity to the teacher as a method for maintaining
classroom order?
Teachers need to move around the classroom and keep little distance between
themselves and the students for management.
What approach would you use to best help students retain information they have
learned?
Teach a peer as a technique for retention.
Select the answer with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in the correct order from
most basic needs on upward.
Physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem needs, self-actualization
What approach would you use to motivate your students and why?
By providing opportunities for children to experience success in their learning through
the use of appropriately challenging work.
How would you use your knowledge of Erikson's stage of identity vs. role in a
high school classroom?
Allowing students multiple opportunities to try many different things.
What is the main idea of self-actualization?
self-actualization is when an individual reaches a state of harmony and understanding.
Based on what you know about Jean Piaget and his research into cognitive
development, why is it so important to strike a balance between challenging a
child's perceptions and ensuring activities are developmentally appropriate?
To be sure there is enough of a challenge to require adaptation but not cause the child
the disengage.
Explain how the zone of proximal development applies to adolescent learning.
, adolescents are developmentally idealistic and this interferes with one's ability to be
realistic.
Which of the following demonstrates an understanding of the need to consider
the level of concern for students?
Providing an environment that is low threat and high in challenge.
What conclusion can you draw about a teacher's need for understanding brain
development?
Teachers must be aware of the parts of the brain that developmentally complete in
order to understand behaviors seen in classrooms
How would you differentiate Piaget's formal operations stage from the concrete
operational stage?
Formal operations stage, thinking involves abstractions.
What information would you use to support the use of feedback in the
classroom?
Students need immediate, specific, and habitual feedback to continue learning based on
previous efforts.
How can you show your understanding of multiple intelligences in adolescent
education?
Guiding students to determine their own intelligence type and aligning the learning to
what they understand.
How would you use your knowledge of a high school student's developmental
stage to appropriately plan a class lesson?
Allow opportunities for students to have guided conversations to develop multiple points
of view.
Why should teachers be aware of the zone of proximal development or
scaffolding in their lessons?
Students must be in position to take on new learning with layers of support until it is no
longer necessary.
Which statement supports chunking an assignment for students?
Chunking allows learners to take in information in digestible pieces.
