Math Pedagogy Test – Questions With
Appropriate Solutions
A kindergarten teacher prepares a chart listing five routine school
activities. The teacher hands each student a sticker and instructs the
students to place the sticker on the line next to their favorite
activity. The teacher then invites the student to explain the reason
for his or her choice of activity. Following this sharing, the teacher
asks the students to describe the activity graph by writing number
sentences that compare how many stickers are on each line. The
learning objective addressed through this activity is best described
as relating mathematics to: Correct Answer - A. literacy, by
describing a simple graph of favorites with oral expressions of why
an activity is liked or disliked.
B. Cognitive development, by making sense of quantities up to 20
and using numbers to sort and classify groups.
C. Oral communication, by using words and symbols to compare
objects in organized groups--- most, least, more than, less than, and
equal to.
D. Social Development, by discussing a simple graph of favorites in
terms of "most liked", "least liked", and "how many more like" using
words or numbers.
A teacher wants to establish classroom routines that will both
develop children's independence and self-reliance and promote
their ability to practice important mathematical skills. Which of the
following classroom routines would be most effective in developing
,students ability to use one-to-one correspondence? Correct
Answer - A. Independently counting and laying out napkins and
milk for a table of five children at snack time.
B. Finding their own cubby space, book box, and sleep mat by
finding corresponding number.
C. Counting down from five to one orally as they quietly pick up their
own center materials.
D. Identifying without counting small quantities of items such as
scissors, crayons, and markers.
A kindergarten teacher wants students to describe the positions of
objects using terms such as above, below, in front of, and next to. To
ensure mastery, the teacher wants to integrate mathematics
vocabulary into lessons throughout the day. Which of the following
activities would be most effective in helping students describe the
positions of objects using appropriate vocabulary. Correct Answer
- A. Playing a game in which the teacher gives verbal directions
(e.g., place the block on top of the bookcase), and having students
use objects to follow the directions.
B. Including position words on the class word wall (e.g., between,
below, under), and having students read the words together, from
left to right, at the beginning of reading.
C. Giving students a list of position words and having them circle the
correct word as the teacher describes the position of objects in the
room using words from the list.
, D. When reading a picture book aloud, having the students discuss
the structure of the book (e.g., the cover is on the outside, the pages
are between the cover)
According to the Indiana Academic Standards and Core Standards
for Mathematics, kindergarten students are expected to understand
concepts of time including the following: today, yesterday,
tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. A teacher plans to teach and
review these concepts daily throughout the year. Which of the
following class routines would be most effective in teaching the
concepts of time to kindergarten students? Correct Answer - A.
Posting a list of the vocabulary used to describe time, and having
students recite the words as a student points to each on.
B. Modeling and encouraging the students to use time vocabulary as
they change the date on the class's daily calendar.
C. Using the class calendar to determine how many days are in the
current month and how many days remain.
D. Writing the full date (Month, day, year) on the whiteboard each
day and having students copy it to their journals.
A first grade teacher wants to have students apply flexible thinking
while looking for structural relationships in order to formulate and
solve mathematical problems. Which of the following activities
would best meet this goal? Correct Answer - A. Using a list of
fact families to work with children on identifying known facts in
Appropriate Solutions
A kindergarten teacher prepares a chart listing five routine school
activities. The teacher hands each student a sticker and instructs the
students to place the sticker on the line next to their favorite
activity. The teacher then invites the student to explain the reason
for his or her choice of activity. Following this sharing, the teacher
asks the students to describe the activity graph by writing number
sentences that compare how many stickers are on each line. The
learning objective addressed through this activity is best described
as relating mathematics to: Correct Answer - A. literacy, by
describing a simple graph of favorites with oral expressions of why
an activity is liked or disliked.
B. Cognitive development, by making sense of quantities up to 20
and using numbers to sort and classify groups.
C. Oral communication, by using words and symbols to compare
objects in organized groups--- most, least, more than, less than, and
equal to.
D. Social Development, by discussing a simple graph of favorites in
terms of "most liked", "least liked", and "how many more like" using
words or numbers.
A teacher wants to establish classroom routines that will both
develop children's independence and self-reliance and promote
their ability to practice important mathematical skills. Which of the
following classroom routines would be most effective in developing
,students ability to use one-to-one correspondence? Correct
Answer - A. Independently counting and laying out napkins and
milk for a table of five children at snack time.
B. Finding their own cubby space, book box, and sleep mat by
finding corresponding number.
C. Counting down from five to one orally as they quietly pick up their
own center materials.
D. Identifying without counting small quantities of items such as
scissors, crayons, and markers.
A kindergarten teacher wants students to describe the positions of
objects using terms such as above, below, in front of, and next to. To
ensure mastery, the teacher wants to integrate mathematics
vocabulary into lessons throughout the day. Which of the following
activities would be most effective in helping students describe the
positions of objects using appropriate vocabulary. Correct Answer
- A. Playing a game in which the teacher gives verbal directions
(e.g., place the block on top of the bookcase), and having students
use objects to follow the directions.
B. Including position words on the class word wall (e.g., between,
below, under), and having students read the words together, from
left to right, at the beginning of reading.
C. Giving students a list of position words and having them circle the
correct word as the teacher describes the position of objects in the
room using words from the list.
, D. When reading a picture book aloud, having the students discuss
the structure of the book (e.g., the cover is on the outside, the pages
are between the cover)
According to the Indiana Academic Standards and Core Standards
for Mathematics, kindergarten students are expected to understand
concepts of time including the following: today, yesterday,
tomorrow, day, week, month, and year. A teacher plans to teach and
review these concepts daily throughout the year. Which of the
following class routines would be most effective in teaching the
concepts of time to kindergarten students? Correct Answer - A.
Posting a list of the vocabulary used to describe time, and having
students recite the words as a student points to each on.
B. Modeling and encouraging the students to use time vocabulary as
they change the date on the class's daily calendar.
C. Using the class calendar to determine how many days are in the
current month and how many days remain.
D. Writing the full date (Month, day, year) on the whiteboard each
day and having students copy it to their journals.
A first grade teacher wants to have students apply flexible thinking
while looking for structural relationships in order to formulate and
solve mathematical problems. Which of the following activities
would best meet this goal? Correct Answer - A. Using a list of
fact families to work with children on identifying known facts in
