PECT PreK-4 All Modules Test Questions and Answers
Explicit instruction - -Direct, skill-based, Expressive language - -being able to put
holistic, in context, developmentally appropriate, thoughts into words and sentences that make
student centered and directed sense and are grammatically accurate
Formative assessment - -provides ongoing Family systems theory - -(Dr. Murray
feedback, identifies strengths, weaknesses, and Bowen) individuals cannot be understood in
target areas, low stakes, addresses problems isolation from one another, but rather as a part of
immediately their family, which is an emotional unit
Summative assessment - -evaluates Constructivist Approach - -the learner is an
learning at the end of a unit and compares it active participant in building understanding and
against some standard or benchmark, high knowledge. Use hands-on exploration with
stakes, (midterm, final, paper) concrete materials. Realistic and relevant
learning situations. Uses scaffolding
Scaffolding - -Promotes deeper level of
learning, support tailored to needs of student Alphabetic principle - -the understanding
(modeling, coaching) that is gradually removed that the letters used in writing represent the
component sounds in spoken words
Inquiry-based learning - -poses questions,
problems or scenarios - rather than simply Informal assessment - -Sometimes referred
presenting established facts; assisted by a to as criterion referenced measures.
facilitator Performance is not being evaluated against
established standards or rubrics, not data driven.
Content and performance driven. (anecdotal
Assessment anchors - -tools to better align notes, teacher observations, running records,
curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices rubric scores, etc.) Used to inform instruction.
LEA (Language Experience Approach) - - Formal assessment - -Assess overall
combines all 4 language skills, aids fluency, achievement, compare student performance with
centered around learner generated text. others at their grade or rangeHave data which
Step 1) A shared experience, 2) creating the text, support the conclusions made from the test
3) read and revise, 4) read and reread, 5) (standardized measures). Use statistics. Data is
extension mathematically computed and summarized.
Scores are percentiles, stanines, or standard
scores.
Receptive language - -the ability to
understand or comprehend language heard or
read Diphthong - -a sound made by combining
two vowels, specifically when it starts as one
vowel sound and goes to another (oy in oil).
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Explicit instruction - -Direct, skill-based, Expressive language - -being able to put
holistic, in context, developmentally appropriate, thoughts into words and sentences that make
student centered and directed sense and are grammatically accurate
Formative assessment - -provides ongoing Family systems theory - -(Dr. Murray
feedback, identifies strengths, weaknesses, and Bowen) individuals cannot be understood in
target areas, low stakes, addresses problems isolation from one another, but rather as a part of
immediately their family, which is an emotional unit
Summative assessment - -evaluates Constructivist Approach - -the learner is an
learning at the end of a unit and compares it active participant in building understanding and
against some standard or benchmark, high knowledge. Use hands-on exploration with
stakes, (midterm, final, paper) concrete materials. Realistic and relevant
learning situations. Uses scaffolding
Scaffolding - -Promotes deeper level of
learning, support tailored to needs of student Alphabetic principle - -the understanding
(modeling, coaching) that is gradually removed that the letters used in writing represent the
component sounds in spoken words
Inquiry-based learning - -poses questions,
problems or scenarios - rather than simply Informal assessment - -Sometimes referred
presenting established facts; assisted by a to as criterion referenced measures.
facilitator Performance is not being evaluated against
established standards or rubrics, not data driven.
Content and performance driven. (anecdotal
Assessment anchors - -tools to better align notes, teacher observations, running records,
curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices rubric scores, etc.) Used to inform instruction.
LEA (Language Experience Approach) - - Formal assessment - -Assess overall
combines all 4 language skills, aids fluency, achievement, compare student performance with
centered around learner generated text. others at their grade or rangeHave data which
Step 1) A shared experience, 2) creating the text, support the conclusions made from the test
3) read and revise, 4) read and reread, 5) (standardized measures). Use statistics. Data is
extension mathematically computed and summarized.
Scores are percentiles, stanines, or standard
scores.
Receptive language - -the ability to
understand or comprehend language heard or
read Diphthong - -a sound made by combining
two vowels, specifically when it starts as one
vowel sound and goes to another (oy in oil).
1/4
