UWA MASTERS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
Instructional Strategies for inclusion settings - CORRECT ANSWER -direct, indirect,
experiential, independent and interactive
Technology Integration - CORRECT ANSWER -making technologies an integral part of
the teaching and learning process that impacts resources, teacher and student roles,
and instructional activities
Formal Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER -Pre-planned, systematic attempt to assess
what students have learned.
Informal Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER -Assessment that results from a teacher's
spontaneous, day-to-day observations of how students behave and perform in class.
standardized test - CORRECT ANSWER -a test that is given with uniform procedures
for administration and scoring
Developmental Appropriateness - CORRECT ANSWER -Teaching and learning that
matches students' physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and character development.
Developmental Practices - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -
Constructivism - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -the science of behavior that focuses on
observable behavior only
, social learning - CORRECT ANSWER -process of altering behavior by observing and
imitating the behavior of others
mathematical proficiency - CORRECT ANSWER -adaptive reasoning, strategic
competence, conceptual understanding, productive disposition, procedural fluency
NCTM principles - CORRECT ANSWER -equity, curriculum, teaching, learning,
assessment, technology
NCTM Standards - CORRECT ANSWER -Math standards and results specified by the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Application of Children's Literature across content areas - CORRECT ANSWER -
Children's Literature- Genre - CORRECT ANSWER -Children's Literature.
Genre Resources.
Biography.
Fantasy.
Folklore & Folk Tales.
Historical Fiction.
Realistic Fiction.
Non-fiction.
Children's Literature- Features of Genre - CORRECT ANSWER -Genre consists of four
elements or parts: character, story, plot and setting.
Classroom Library- Features - CORRECT ANSWER -Support literacy, learn about
books, central location, provide opportunities, talk and interact with books
Classroom Library- Organization - CORRECT ANSWER -ability
Classroom Library-Diversity of texts - CORRECT ANSWER -
early literacy - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -1) Culture
2) Time, Continuity, and Change
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
Instructional Strategies for inclusion settings - CORRECT ANSWER -direct, indirect,
experiential, independent and interactive
Technology Integration - CORRECT ANSWER -making technologies an integral part of
the teaching and learning process that impacts resources, teacher and student roles,
and instructional activities
Formal Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER -Pre-planned, systematic attempt to assess
what students have learned.
Informal Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER -Assessment that results from a teacher's
spontaneous, day-to-day observations of how students behave and perform in class.
standardized test - CORRECT ANSWER -a test that is given with uniform procedures
for administration and scoring
Developmental Appropriateness - CORRECT ANSWER -Teaching and learning that
matches students' physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and character development.
Developmental Practices - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -
Constructivism - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -the science of behavior that focuses on
observable behavior only
, social learning - CORRECT ANSWER -process of altering behavior by observing and
imitating the behavior of others
mathematical proficiency - CORRECT ANSWER -adaptive reasoning, strategic
competence, conceptual understanding, productive disposition, procedural fluency
NCTM principles - CORRECT ANSWER -equity, curriculum, teaching, learning,
assessment, technology
NCTM Standards - CORRECT ANSWER -Math standards and results specified by the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Application of Children's Literature across content areas - CORRECT ANSWER -
Children's Literature- Genre - CORRECT ANSWER -Children's Literature.
Genre Resources.
Biography.
Fantasy.
Folklore & Folk Tales.
Historical Fiction.
Realistic Fiction.
Non-fiction.
Children's Literature- Features of Genre - CORRECT ANSWER -Genre consists of four
elements or parts: character, story, plot and setting.
Classroom Library- Features - CORRECT ANSWER -Support literacy, learn about
books, central location, provide opportunities, talk and interact with books
Classroom Library- Organization - CORRECT ANSWER -ability
Classroom Library-Diversity of texts - CORRECT ANSWER -
early literacy - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -1) Culture
2) Time, Continuity, and Change
