UWA MASTERS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS.
Instructional Strategies for inclusion settings - ANSWER: direct, indirect, experiential,
independent and interactive
Technology Integration - ANSWER: making technologies an integral part of the teaching and +_)(*()
learning process that impacts resources, teacher and student roles, and instructional activities
Formal Assessment - ANSWER: Pre-planned, systematic attempt to assess what students have
learned.
Informal Assessment - ANSWER: Assessment that results from a teacher's spontaneous, day-to-
day observations of how students behave and perform in class.
standardized test - ANSWER: a test that is given with uniform procedures for administration
and scoring
Developmental Appropriateness - ANSWER: Teaching and learning that matches students'
physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and character development.
Developmental Practices - ANSWER: DAP focuses on five key areas of early learning
practices:
Creating a caring community of learners. ...
Teaching to enhance development and learning. ...
Planning curriculum to achieve important goals. ...
Assessing children's development and learning. ...
Establishing reciprocal relationships with families.
Manipulative use - ANSWER:
Constructivism - ANSWER: A philosophy of learning based on the premise that people
construct their own understanding of the world they live in through reflection on experiences
Behaviorism - ANSWER: the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only
social learning - ANSWER: process of altering behavior by observing and imitating the
behavior of others
mathematical proficiency - ANSWER: adaptive reasoning, strategic competence, conceptual
understanding, productive disposition, procedural fluency
NCTM principles - ANSWER: equity, curriculum, teaching, learning, assessment, technology
NCTM Standards - ANSWER: Math standards and results specified by the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics
Application of Children's Literature across content areas - ANSWER:
Children's Literature- Genre - ANSWER: Children's Literature.
Genre Resources.
Biography.
Fantasy.
, UWA MASTERS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS.
Folklore & Folk Tales.
Historical Fiction.
Realistic Fiction.
Non-fiction. +_)(*()
Children's Literature- Features of Genre - ANSWER: Genre consists of four elements or parts:
character, story, plot and setting.
Classroom Library- Features - ANSWER: Support literacy, learn about books, central location,
provide opportunities, talk and interact with books
Classroom Library- Organization - ANSWER: ability
Classroom Library-Diversity of texts - ANSWER:
early literacy - ANSWER: speaking, listening, print awareness and writing behaviors, reading of
alphabet letters and words, and other skills that evolve and change over time, culminating in
conventional literacy
Themes of Social Studies - ANSWER: 1) Culture
2) Time, Continuity, and Change
3) People, Place, and Environments
4) Individual Development and Identity
5) Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
6) Power, Authority, and Governace
7) Production, Distribution, and Consumption
8) Science, Technology, and Society
9) Global Connections
10) Civic Ideals and Practices
Inquiry-based learning - ANSWER: Students develop hypotheses, collect information/data to
test the hypotheses and analyze information/data and formulate conclusions based on the
analyses. This is sometimes referred to as the scientific method.
funnel approach - ANSWER: an approach to question sequencing that gets its name from its
shape, starting with broad questions and progressively narrowing down the scope
Multiculturism - ANSWER: the attempt to understand and incorporate the beliefs and values of
a particular group
Models of Reading Assessments - ANSWER: informal or formal, formative or summative,
screenings or diagnostic tests.
Components of reading - ANSWER: Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension.
graphic organizer - ANSWER: a tool that helps to organize ideas and can be used to visually
illustrate ideas
Schema - ANSWER: a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS.
Instructional Strategies for inclusion settings - ANSWER: direct, indirect, experiential,
independent and interactive
Technology Integration - ANSWER: making technologies an integral part of the teaching and +_)(*()
learning process that impacts resources, teacher and student roles, and instructional activities
Formal Assessment - ANSWER: Pre-planned, systematic attempt to assess what students have
learned.
Informal Assessment - ANSWER: Assessment that results from a teacher's spontaneous, day-to-
day observations of how students behave and perform in class.
standardized test - ANSWER: a test that is given with uniform procedures for administration
and scoring
Developmental Appropriateness - ANSWER: Teaching and learning that matches students'
physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and character development.
Developmental Practices - ANSWER: DAP focuses on five key areas of early learning
practices:
Creating a caring community of learners. ...
Teaching to enhance development and learning. ...
Planning curriculum to achieve important goals. ...
Assessing children's development and learning. ...
Establishing reciprocal relationships with families.
Manipulative use - ANSWER:
Constructivism - ANSWER: A philosophy of learning based on the premise that people
construct their own understanding of the world they live in through reflection on experiences
Behaviorism - ANSWER: the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only
social learning - ANSWER: process of altering behavior by observing and imitating the
behavior of others
mathematical proficiency - ANSWER: adaptive reasoning, strategic competence, conceptual
understanding, productive disposition, procedural fluency
NCTM principles - ANSWER: equity, curriculum, teaching, learning, assessment, technology
NCTM Standards - ANSWER: Math standards and results specified by the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics
Application of Children's Literature across content areas - ANSWER:
Children's Literature- Genre - ANSWER: Children's Literature.
Genre Resources.
Biography.
Fantasy.
, UWA MASTERS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS.
Folklore & Folk Tales.
Historical Fiction.
Realistic Fiction.
Non-fiction. +_)(*()
Children's Literature- Features of Genre - ANSWER: Genre consists of four elements or parts:
character, story, plot and setting.
Classroom Library- Features - ANSWER: Support literacy, learn about books, central location,
provide opportunities, talk and interact with books
Classroom Library- Organization - ANSWER: ability
Classroom Library-Diversity of texts - ANSWER:
early literacy - ANSWER: speaking, listening, print awareness and writing behaviors, reading of
alphabet letters and words, and other skills that evolve and change over time, culminating in
conventional literacy
Themes of Social Studies - ANSWER: 1) Culture
2) Time, Continuity, and Change
3) People, Place, and Environments
4) Individual Development and Identity
5) Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
6) Power, Authority, and Governace
7) Production, Distribution, and Consumption
8) Science, Technology, and Society
9) Global Connections
10) Civic Ideals and Practices
Inquiry-based learning - ANSWER: Students develop hypotheses, collect information/data to
test the hypotheses and analyze information/data and formulate conclusions based on the
analyses. This is sometimes referred to as the scientific method.
funnel approach - ANSWER: an approach to question sequencing that gets its name from its
shape, starting with broad questions and progressively narrowing down the scope
Multiculturism - ANSWER: the attempt to understand and incorporate the beliefs and values of
a particular group
Models of Reading Assessments - ANSWER: informal or formal, formative or summative,
screenings or diagnostic tests.
Components of reading - ANSWER: Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension.
graphic organizer - ANSWER: a tool that helps to organize ideas and can be used to visually
illustrate ideas
Schema - ANSWER: a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
