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Praxis II PLT 5-9 Test Prep

Category - PRAXIS Principles of Learning and Teaching 5-9

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Mrs. Marlowe is teaching a unit on how government works. She provides diagrams to show the structure of the US government to her 7th graders. One of her objectives is to teach her students to be able to see the structure within the information she is teaching. What she is trying to reinforce is referred to as:
  1. Metacognition
  2. Abstract thinking
  3. Schema
  4. Conditioning
Explanation
Answer: C - Schema. Schema refers to a mental pattern, framework or organization of knowledge. Providing a diagram to explain the structure of government is an effective way of illustrating the structure of government and it gives students a chance to see how a pattern, structure, or framework appears.
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