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OPTE (Oklahoma Professional Teaching Examinations) PK-8 (075) Practice Test
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OPTE: PK-8 (075) is part of the Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators (CEOE). CEOS include a wide variety (including subject tests) of exams to help prospective and current educators acquire the certification needed to teach in Oklahoma public schools.  Elementary school teachers in Oklahoma must pass the OPTE PK-8 exam to earn certification. There are two OSAT exams for elementary education-the Early Education Subtest 1 and 2. The first subtest will cover reading and language arts, while the second subtest will cover many more topics including social studies, mathematics,... Show more
OPTE (Oklahoma Professional Teaching Examinations) PK-8 (075) Practice Test
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1. In a probability unit, a teacher assigns multiple word problems nightly for the students’ homework. The students complain that the word problems are boring and they do not want to do them. What can the teacher do to help the students become more engaged in the probability unit?
2. When having a parent-teacher conference, who should open the conference?
3. While welcoming students into his homeroom class for the day, Mr. Gonzalez notices a student who is typically happy and easygoing seems unusually withdrawn. Later that day, he sees several bruises on the student during recess. Which of the following meets the requirements of Mr. Gonzalez reporting suspected child abuse as a mandated reporter?
4. A teacher is preparing to teach about the Doppler effect, but lacks confidence in her ability to teach the material well. Instead, she shows an educational video about the Doppler effect to demonstrate the concept to her students. Which of the following would be best for the teacher to also do as preparation for this topic?
5. What is the proper way for an educator to ensure students with auditory processing disorders understand instructions given in a classroom?
6. In a teacher’s first year at a new school, a marketing teacher notices that his students come from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds. What is the best way this teacher can promote the success of all students in his classroom?
7. A first-year teacher has assigned her first group science project of the year. What is the best way that she could monitor how well students are understanding and working on the intricate details of this project?
8. During a unit on integers, a math teacher administers a quiz to assess her students. A large proportion of students receive a failing grade. What is the best strategy the teacher should implement to correct this issue?
9. Which of the following can be typically found in permanent student records?
10. What kind of validity indicates how representative a test is of every part or detail of a construct?
11. Mr. Glenn, a teacher with seven years of experience, has been asked to mentor his first teacher this year. Which of the following will be likely required of him to do as a mentor teacher?
12. A group of fourth-grade teachers are given a day to plan interdisciplinary units collaboratively prior to the beginning of a school year. What should these teachers do first to ensure that they plan effectively?
13. At the start of a unit on the life cycle of plants, a fourth-grade teacher instructs her students to write an open-ended response on what they already know in their daily journals. How can the teacher best use this data to guide her instruction?
14. Which of the following is most important for teachers to keep in mind when attending professional development sessions?
15. An educational researcher gives the same test to two groups of students, then delivers an instructional intervention to one group, and then gives both groups the same test again. The intervention/treatment group scores much higher this time; the control (non-treatment) group scores essentially the same as the first time. The researcher concludes that barring other factors, the intervention was what raised one group’s scores. What type of validity does this illustrate?
16. A math teacher spends a week teaching her advanced students a new concept. After giving a quiz, she notices that four students in her class are still having difficulty mastering the subject. What should this teacher’s next step be in helping these students learn the material?
17. A special education classroom has several students with differences in their physical characteristics and physical development. What is the best way that the teacher can make sure not to exclude any student in activities that they may plan for classroom instruction?
18. The day before a unit test over the Civil War, a teacher builds in a day to allow her students to review. She wants her students to work together to review the material. Which of the following would be the best way to have her students prepare for the test?
19. A special education teacher is working to create an IEP for one of her students. To complete her IEP, she needs to record when the student reached certain developmental and academic milestones. Who is the best person to reach out to in order to get this information?
20. Which of the following selections best specifies the benefits of using a variety of instructional strategies for classroom instruction?
21. A student notices that a classmate, Karis, whom she has known for years, has become quiet and withdrawn from school. The original student approaches her math teacher to let her teacher know her concern. The teacher tells the student that Karis’ mother has just died, and Karis is struggling to adjust. Which statement gives a correct assessment of the teacher’s response to the student?
22. A teacher is working on improving organizational skills with her new students. Part of what she does is to allow five minutes of time at the end of every class for students to record what they were working on carefully into their notebooks and update their student planners with any homework or test information. How does this likely promote student learning and achievement within her classroom?
23. A teacher’s second period class is proving to be repeatedly disruptive during classroom instruction. Several interventions by the teacher have proven ineffective. The teacher decides to implement a system where every time he must stop class due to a student disruption, a check mark is placed on the board. If there are fewer than seven checkmarks at the end of the week, the students get 20 minutes of free time in the classroom. Why is this intervention likely to be more successful than the teacher’s previous attempts?
24. Which of these teaching/learning strategies associated with indirect instruction most promotes student visualization, organization, and application of ideas they have learned?
25. Which of the following would be the best strategy a teacher could implement to help students with issues forming social connections in late elementary school?