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TEXES 160 PPR EXAM, QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS | MULTIPLE CHOICES
|2025\2026!!
A boy and his sister are playing with their stuffed animals and
dolls. The boy often talks to the dolls by suggesting, "You will go
here" before he situates the stuffed animals and dolls in place.
The boy appears to be exemplifying what?
A. Concrete operational thinking associated with Jean Piaget's
theory of cognitive development
B. Reflective intelligence associated with Dave Perkin's theory of
learnable intelligence
C. Geocentric speech associated with Lev Vygotsky's final stage
of speech development
D. Emergent language development associated with Universal
Grammar of Noam Chomsky's theory of language development -
. . ANSWER ✓✓ C. Geocentric speech associated with Lev
Vygotsky's final stage of speech development
A class reads a novel about a man who returns to his homeland.
The teacher extends the reading by having the students each
create a family tree, research their family's homeland, model
that country's traditional clothing, and share a food of that
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country. A primary benefit of including the project in the
curriculum is that it -
A. Promotes acceptance of and respect for students' diverse
backgrounds
B. Adapts materials and instruction to address students' varied
learning styles
C. Communicates the teacher's enthusiasm and high academic
expectations
D. Provides instruction that is responsive to cultural and
socioeconomic differences - . . ANSWER ✓✓ A. Promotes
acceptance of and respect for students' diverse backgrounds
A classroom teacher has students of varying reading abilities.
The teacher intentionally pairs a weak reader with a strong
reader during a class activity. The stronger reader scaffolds the
weak reader during reading tasks.
The teacher's grouping strategy reflects which of the following
learning theories?
A. Bandura's social learning theory
B. Piaget's cognitive development theory
C. Vygotsky's zone of proximal development
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D. Skinner's operant conditioning - . . ANSWER ✓✓ C. Vygotsky's
zone of proximal development
A fifth-grade teacher is correcting a student who has broken a
class rule by damaging school property. The student responds, "I
didn't do it." The teacher saw the student scratch one of the girls'
name initials on the desk. The teacher should say -
A. "I know you did it. Why do you say you did not do it?"
B. "I know you did it. I saw you do it. The consequence for this is
to repair the damaged desk or pay for it. We will discuss your
choice after school."
C. I saw you carving out the initials on the desk. Let's go down to
the principal's office and talk about this."
D. "I know you did it. But this is your first time and I will not
penalize you. Take it as a warning. You're lucky this is a banged
up old desk." - . . ANSWER ✓✓ B. "I know you did it. I saw you do
it. The consequence for this is to repair the damaged desk or pay
for it. We will discuss your choice after school."
A first-grade teacher provides students with explicit, systematic
phonics instruction to promote their reading development. When
designing activities to teach letter sound correspondence, the
teacher should -
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A. Provide reading opportunities for students to practice sounds
in context after studying the sounds in isolation
B. Make certain that students have mastered vowel sounds
before focusing on consonants
C. Ensure that students master the spelling of practice words
using the target sound before teaching a new sound
D. Include instruction in related consonant blends when
introducing individual consonants - . . ANSWER ✓✓ A. Provide
reading opportunities for students to practice sounds in context
after studying the sounds in isolation
A foster parent complained to Mr. green, a second-grade
teacher, about an incident that happened between his son and
another student three days before in Mrs. Johnson's homeroom
class. The foster parent truly feels her son was not treated fairly.
The most appropriate way to effectively communicate with the
foster parent regarding his concern is to -
A. Agree with the foster parent's accusation and report the
complaint to the principal
B. Discuss the incident with the foster parent and have the facts
checked with Mrs. Johnson about it
C. Suggest that a conference be set with all stakeholders
involved, (the student, Mr. Green, Mrs. Johnson, and the foster
parent)
D. Defend the other student without hearing from all
stakeholders - . . ANSWER ✓✓ C. Suggest that a conference be
TEXES 160 PPR EXAM, QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS | MULTIPLE CHOICES
|2025\2026!!
A boy and his sister are playing with their stuffed animals and
dolls. The boy often talks to the dolls by suggesting, "You will go
here" before he situates the stuffed animals and dolls in place.
The boy appears to be exemplifying what?
A. Concrete operational thinking associated with Jean Piaget's
theory of cognitive development
B. Reflective intelligence associated with Dave Perkin's theory of
learnable intelligence
C. Geocentric speech associated with Lev Vygotsky's final stage
of speech development
D. Emergent language development associated with Universal
Grammar of Noam Chomsky's theory of language development -
. . ANSWER ✓✓ C. Geocentric speech associated with Lev
Vygotsky's final stage of speech development
A class reads a novel about a man who returns to his homeland.
The teacher extends the reading by having the students each
create a family tree, research their family's homeland, model
that country's traditional clothing, and share a food of that
,2|Page
country. A primary benefit of including the project in the
curriculum is that it -
A. Promotes acceptance of and respect for students' diverse
backgrounds
B. Adapts materials and instruction to address students' varied
learning styles
C. Communicates the teacher's enthusiasm and high academic
expectations
D. Provides instruction that is responsive to cultural and
socioeconomic differences - . . ANSWER ✓✓ A. Promotes
acceptance of and respect for students' diverse backgrounds
A classroom teacher has students of varying reading abilities.
The teacher intentionally pairs a weak reader with a strong
reader during a class activity. The stronger reader scaffolds the
weak reader during reading tasks.
The teacher's grouping strategy reflects which of the following
learning theories?
A. Bandura's social learning theory
B. Piaget's cognitive development theory
C. Vygotsky's zone of proximal development
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D. Skinner's operant conditioning - . . ANSWER ✓✓ C. Vygotsky's
zone of proximal development
A fifth-grade teacher is correcting a student who has broken a
class rule by damaging school property. The student responds, "I
didn't do it." The teacher saw the student scratch one of the girls'
name initials on the desk. The teacher should say -
A. "I know you did it. Why do you say you did not do it?"
B. "I know you did it. I saw you do it. The consequence for this is
to repair the damaged desk or pay for it. We will discuss your
choice after school."
C. I saw you carving out the initials on the desk. Let's go down to
the principal's office and talk about this."
D. "I know you did it. But this is your first time and I will not
penalize you. Take it as a warning. You're lucky this is a banged
up old desk." - . . ANSWER ✓✓ B. "I know you did it. I saw you do
it. The consequence for this is to repair the damaged desk or pay
for it. We will discuss your choice after school."
A first-grade teacher provides students with explicit, systematic
phonics instruction to promote their reading development. When
designing activities to teach letter sound correspondence, the
teacher should -
, 4|Page
A. Provide reading opportunities for students to practice sounds
in context after studying the sounds in isolation
B. Make certain that students have mastered vowel sounds
before focusing on consonants
C. Ensure that students master the spelling of practice words
using the target sound before teaching a new sound
D. Include instruction in related consonant blends when
introducing individual consonants - . . ANSWER ✓✓ A. Provide
reading opportunities for students to practice sounds in context
after studying the sounds in isolation
A foster parent complained to Mr. green, a second-grade
teacher, about an incident that happened between his son and
another student three days before in Mrs. Johnson's homeroom
class. The foster parent truly feels her son was not treated fairly.
The most appropriate way to effectively communicate with the
foster parent regarding his concern is to -
A. Agree with the foster parent's accusation and report the
complaint to the principal
B. Discuss the incident with the foster parent and have the facts
checked with Mrs. Johnson about it
C. Suggest that a conference be set with all stakeholders
involved, (the student, Mr. Green, Mrs. Johnson, and the foster
parent)
D. Defend the other student without hearing from all
stakeholders - . . ANSWER ✓✓ C. Suggest that a conference be
