AEPA Professional Knowledge - Elementary Exam

The Professional Knowledge - Elementary test measures pedagogical knowledge and skills. It was developed to assess the general competence of prospective educators. The test content is drawn from three subareas based on AEPA learning objectives: Student Development and Learning (36% of the test); Instructional Planning and Management (45%); and the Professional Environment (19%). The test covers knowledge within these areas. For instance, the test includes topics such as learning environments that address diverse student populations, as well as strategies for using knowledge of human development to promote student development and learning. The second subarea regards not only curriculum development and effective instructional methods (e.g., to promote literacy), but also formal and informal student assessment, positive classroom management, and strategies to support student motivation and meet state and other educational goals. Finally, the test covers professional roles, expectations, and legal and ethical responsibilities of Arizona educators, including the establishment and maintenance of home-school and school-community relationships to support student learning.

AEPA Professional Knowledge - Elementary Practice Questions

Professional Knowledge - Elementary

1. In the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), what is the highest level of concern?

A: informational
B: awareness
C: refocusing
D: collaboration

2. Which piece of legislation guarantees the right of parents to examine the educational records of their children?

A: Section 504
B: Title One
C: Buckley Amendment
D: Chapter XI

3. In the pedagogical model known as _____, students are taught increasingly sophisticated versions of the same concepts over a number of years.

A: lecturing
B: modeling
C: scaffolding
D: spiraling

4. What is another name for the process of taking disparate information and coming to a single conclusion?

A: deductive reasoning
B: constructive reasoning
C: inductive reasoning
D: syllogistic reasoning

5. Which category of the affective domain entails acknowledging the existence of something new and unfamiliar?

A: valuing
B: receiving
C: responding
D: organizing

Answer key

1. C. In the refocusing stage, the educator seeks to find new and innovative applications for what he or she has learned.
2. C. The Buckley Amendment is also known as the Family Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
3. D. Advocates of spiraling suggest that students will be better equipped to learn a complex topic in the future if they have learned a simpler version in the past.
4. A. Deductive reasoning is important when dealing with complex and detailed subjects.
5. B. Receiving is considered to be the lowest level of affective learning.