PRAXIS 5153 PEDAGOGY:
PENNSYLVANIA GRADES 4-8 CORE
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Benjamin Bloom - ANS ________ 's work involved different levels of complexity of learning
objectives that can relate to assessment of those objectives.
Benjamin Bloom - ANS Established a hierarchy of educational objectives that attempted to
divide cognitive objectives into subdivisions ranging from simplest to most complex behavior.
Benjamin Bloom - ANS test questions that access varying levels of understanding is based off
the work of ______
creative thinking - ANS a cognitive process that involves combining information to develop
new understanding, concepts, or ideas
stream of consciousness - ANS a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic)
workings of a character's mind.
conjecture - ANS an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
lateral thinking - ANS thinking outside the box
professional councils - especially those tied to specific content areas - ANS leading sources of
research-based information and opportunities to meet with other educators who teach in the
same area
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, -possess an intense desire to learn about their own interests
-cognitive ability to think at abstract levels earlier than same-aged peers
-form their own ways of thinking about problems and ideas - ANS what describes a gifted
student?
advanced content and choice in learning activites - ANS what do gifted students need?
essential questions - ANS Establishing _____________ helps guide teachers in selecting
learning objectives and materials that connect to each other and the unit as a whole.
standardized test - ANS give the teacher information about the student's performance in
comparison to others in his or her grade
relative grading standard - ANS Grades given according to a student's rank in his or her class
or grade.
performance assessment - ANS Assessment in which students demonstrate their knowledge
and skills in a nonwritten fashion.
formative assessment - ANS Assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to
gauge students' understanding and inform and guide teaching
summative assessment - ANS Assessment data collected after instruction to evaluate a
student's mastery of the curriculum objectives and a teacher's effectiveness at instructional
delivery.
Relating classroom activities to the various needs and interests of children and families -
ANS reflects a family-centered program and the promotion of parent partnerships with the
school
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PENNSYLVANIA GRADES 4-8 CORE
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Benjamin Bloom - ANS ________ 's work involved different levels of complexity of learning
objectives that can relate to assessment of those objectives.
Benjamin Bloom - ANS Established a hierarchy of educational objectives that attempted to
divide cognitive objectives into subdivisions ranging from simplest to most complex behavior.
Benjamin Bloom - ANS test questions that access varying levels of understanding is based off
the work of ______
creative thinking - ANS a cognitive process that involves combining information to develop
new understanding, concepts, or ideas
stream of consciousness - ANS a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic)
workings of a character's mind.
conjecture - ANS an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
lateral thinking - ANS thinking outside the box
professional councils - especially those tied to specific content areas - ANS leading sources of
research-based information and opportunities to meet with other educators who teach in the
same area
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, -possess an intense desire to learn about their own interests
-cognitive ability to think at abstract levels earlier than same-aged peers
-form their own ways of thinking about problems and ideas - ANS what describes a gifted
student?
advanced content and choice in learning activites - ANS what do gifted students need?
essential questions - ANS Establishing _____________ helps guide teachers in selecting
learning objectives and materials that connect to each other and the unit as a whole.
standardized test - ANS give the teacher information about the student's performance in
comparison to others in his or her grade
relative grading standard - ANS Grades given according to a student's rank in his or her class
or grade.
performance assessment - ANS Assessment in which students demonstrate their knowledge
and skills in a nonwritten fashion.
formative assessment - ANS Assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to
gauge students' understanding and inform and guide teaching
summative assessment - ANS Assessment data collected after instruction to evaluate a
student's mastery of the curriculum objectives and a teacher's effectiveness at instructional
delivery.
Relating classroom activities to the various needs and interests of children and families -
ANS reflects a family-centered program and the promotion of parent partnerships with the
school
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