AEPA APK Secondary (NT052) case studies
AEPA APK Secondary (NT052) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The AEPA Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Secondary (NT052) is a pedagogy assessment used in Arizona's educator certification process for candidates preparing to teach at the middle or high school level. It is designed for people who have completed or are completing a teacher preparation program and need to demonstrate that they understand how students learn, how to plan and deliver instruction, how to assess learning, and how to conduct themselves as a professional in a school community. The exam blends multiple-choice questions with constructed-response assignments, so it tests both recognition of key concepts and the ability to explain and justify instructional decisions in writing. Preparation works best as a staged process: review the domain descriptions in the official preparation materials, identify your weakest areas, study those with a focused text or course, then practice written responses under time pressure and compare them against the scoring criteria. The AEPA APK Secondary (NT052) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,563 words.
1The Group Project Where One Student Stops Contributing
Okafor assigns a four-week, four-person research project in her 10th-grade biology class. Each group must submit one lab report and one oral presentation, and the whole group receives the same grade.
753 words, about 4 min2A Unit Test That Most of the Class Fails
Lindqvist gives a 25-question multiple-choice unit test on linear equations to his 9th-grade algebra class. The class average is 58%, and 14 of 30 students score below 60%.
720 words, about 4 min3A Student Who Will Not Speak in Class
Rivera teaches 7th-grade English. Participation is 15% of the grade, and her rubric awards points for speaking during whole-class discussion.
686 words, about 3 min4The Lab That Keeps Failing for the Same Reason
Chen runs a chemistry lab in which students titrate an acid with a base and calculate concentration. In three of his five sections, more than half the lab groups get results that are off by a factor of about ten from the expected value.
688 words, about 3 min5The Parent Who Wants a Higher Grade
Patel teaches 11th-grade U.S. A student, Jordan, earned a C+ on a major essay.
716 words, about 4 min