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PECT PreK-4 Module 3 questions 2025 [SCORE A] - Lehigh University
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Use of a circle graph is best when used to answer a question about what concept? a. What is the difference between the minimum and maximum value? b. Is there a change over time? c. What is the relationship between two variables? d. How do all the parts related to the whole? - correct answers D A kindergarten teacher wants to develop the concept of set and which items belong in a set. What would be an appropriate activity for her to do? a. Have students use as many words as they can think of to describe a tree and a set of playground equipment b. Look at two objects and tell how they are similar and different c. Give students a set of pattern blocks and have the students sort the blocks into categories they see fit d. Give students sticks of differing lengths and have them put them in order from smallest to biggest - correct answers C A teacher has students cut a square or rectangle from a piece of paper. She then has students draw a line connecting opposing corners. The class discusses their findings. What is she trying to teach the students about? a. Similarity b. Right triangles c. Parallel lines
d. Slope - correct answers B Second graders are working with groups of blocks. The students find that with some groups of blocks, they can make two vertical stacks exactly the same height. With other groups of blocks, there is one block left over. What concept could be introduced? a. Even and odd numbers b. Common numbers c. Inverse operations d. None of the above - correct answers A A student is having trouble with single by double digit addition. Which assessment could best pinpoint the problem? a. Criterion referenced assessment b. Norm referenced assessment c. Performance assessment d. Error analysis - correct answers D A kindergarten student is completing a triangle, circle, triangle, circle pattern at a math center. This practice is setting the stage for which mathematical concept? a. Algebra b. Geometry c. Measurement
c. Teach the student how to check subtraction through addition d. None of the above - correct answers C How would you foster an awareness of the seasons and weather changes in a kindergarten student? a. Have students chart the daily temperature and precipitation using information from a local newspaper b. Sort clothes, tools, and toys according the their appropriate season c. Use a flashlight and a beach ball to explain how the earth's orbit affects the seasons d. Explore the weather of different countries - correct answers B A kindergarten teacher wants to develop observational skills in her students. What would be an appropriate activity to use? a. Describe the birds they see around the school using a list of terms provided by the teacher b. Sort objects by common characteristics c. Look at the different parts of a flower using a magnifying glass d. None of the above - correct answers B What activity would help show fourth grade students that white light is made up of different wavelengths of light? a. Make a simple kaleidoscope out of cardboard tubes and wax paper
b. In a dark room, shine a white light into a prism and observe the different colors that come out c. Use only blue and yellow light to grow plants in the classroom d. None of the above - correct answers B A kindergarten teacher sets up a center with ramps of different heights, trucks, and balls. Interacting with these materials could introduce which concept to students? a. Gravitational acceleration b. Friction c. Inertia d. Gravity - correct answers D A fourth grade science teacher is doing a unit on the solar system. She uses a poster to show the solar system and wants to illustrate the great distance between planets. What would be an appropriate activity? a. Adjusting a recipe for making different amounts of cookies b. Making a proportional map of the classroom c. Comparing the surface area and volume of different boxes d. None of the above - correct answers B A group of second graders is posing theories on how clouds are formed. One student proposes the idea that clouds are made of snow and when the snow melts, it rains. Many students agree with this idea. How can you correct this thinking?
d. Put these five students in discussion groups with students who have prior knowledge of the topic - correct answers C Which disease can be prevented by vaccine? a. Measles b. Impetigo c. Strep throat d. Conjuntivitis - correct answers A What is the best benefit of having an active lifestyle for a child? a. Reduces childhood obesity b. Increases blood pressure c. Quicker reaction time - correct answers A Which physical activity would be appropriate for prekindergartners in the parallel play stage? a. Relay races b. Making a human pyramid c. Mimicking animal movements d. Playing catch - correct answers C A teacher wants to model I Messages as a healthy form of communication. What would be a good statement for the teacher to use?
a. I asked you to put it on the shelf the first time b. When you throw blocks, I feel worried that you will hit someone c. When you follow directions, I feel like you are good students d. None of the above - correct answers B What is the best practice to reduce the spread of common cold germs in the classroom? a. Encourage sick kids to stay home b. Disinfect the surfaces of all the desks c. Encourage and promote the regular washing of hands d. Separate the sick kids from the rest of the class - correct answers C A teacher engages her students in a discussion regarding safe and unsafe practices on the playground. What would be an appropriate follow up activity to this discussion? a. Tell students that if they do one of the unsafe practices, they will be punished b. Encourage students to report any unsafe practices to the teacher c. As a class, come up with a list of playground rules to keep everyone safe d. Encourage seat belt use in cars - correct answers C A teacher instructs students to stand side by side, but not allow their shoulders to touch. The teacher asks the students to walk around the room and then tells them to stop after a while. What concept is the teacher introducing?
b. Designing a proposal for a report relating to Earth Science at home c. Making a poster to explain to the class a weather experiment d. Taking a test - correct answers A Which activity practices gross motor skills? a. Puzzles b. Drawing shapes c. Playing outside d. Throwing a bean bag underhand - correct answers D Which practice reinforces geometry concepts? a. Putting two colored squares on the board and discussing the color of each b. Ask students, "Who is standing behind you? Beside you? In front of you?" c. Ask students, "Who is first? Second? Third?" d. Practicing fractions - correct answers B The strategy of "counting on" is essential for what math skill? a. Addition b. Subtraction c. Geometry
d. Place value - correct answers A Which can cause postnatal cognitive impairment? a. Smoking b. Lead paint c. Food additives d. Cleaning supplies - correct answers B A physical education sets up the following way. She encourages students to move through, landing one foot in each hoop. What skill is this reinforcing? OOOO OOOO a. Power b. Strength c. Agility d. Flexibility - correct answers C A teacher is instructing a lesson about factors and gives pairs of students 8 plastic cubes. Which question could the teacher ask that would accurately introduce this concept? a. How many different rectangles can you make? b. How many sides does a cube have?
c. Crawling baby and potential energy d. Apple and chemical energy - correct answers D Mrs. Vote is reviewing decimals with her class. She says that some decimals are terminating and some are repeating. Which is an example of a repeating decimal? a. 0. b. 0. c. 0. d. 0.25254 - correct answers C Maria and her lab group have been watching the development of meal worm larva. They make a connection to caterpillars and indicate they think the meal worms will become butterflies. What is this an example of? a. An observation b. Organizing data c. An experiment d. An inference - correct answers D Which of the following is the most accessible example of weathering for students? a. A tree root splitting a sidewalk b. A nail that becomes rusted over several months c. The smoothing and rounding of rocks in a stream
d. Water freezing and thawing to eventually form potholes - correct answers C You are on the playground at recess and Johnny runs to the other side of the fence to chase after a ball. He is heading out into the street and there is a car coming. You cannot get to him in time. What should you yell to be sure he stops? a. No, Johnny! b. Johnny, no! c. Stop Johnny! d. Watch out Johnny! - correct answers B