Praxis Pre-Kindergarten Education case studies
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The Praxis Pre-Kindergarten Education test (5531) is an ETS Praxis Subject Assessment used within the educator certification and licensure pathway for prospective pre-kindergarten teachers. ETS describes Praxis generally as assessing "core teaching skills and subject knowledge for educator licensing in the U.S.," and the Pre-Kindergarten Education test sits in the early childhood area of the Praxis Subject catalog. The Praxis Pre-Kindergarten Education case studies are 5 cases and about 3,541 words.
1The Picture Card and the Home Language
Okafor teaches a 4-year-old pre-K class of 18 children. Six children are dual language learners whose home language is Spanish, and two of those six have been in the program for only three months.
705 words, about 4 min2Seven Bears in a Row
Delgado teaches a mixed-age class of 16 four-year-olds. During a small-group math activity, he places 7 counting bears in a row and asks each child to count and say how many.
671 words, about 3 min3The Chrysalis and the Goldfish
Brennan teaches a class of 3- and 4-year-olds. The class has been observing five monarch caterpillars for two weeks; four formed chrysalises and one died in the cup.
721 words, about 4 min4'You Can't Have Two Daddies'
Patel teaches a class of 20 four-year-olds. Her 'All Kinds of Families' unit begins with a home survey asking each child to draw 'my family.' During sharing, Aiden says his family is a mommy, a daddy, and a sister.
740 words, about 4 min5The Tracing Center
Ibarra's pre-K class of 17 includes a writing center stocked with tracing worksheets, letter stencils, and pencils. The program requires 'daily name-writing practice.' At review time she notices: Noah (4 years 6 months) scribbles across the page and announces, 'This says I love you'; Priya (4 years 9 months) writes a large P and then a string of random letters; Jonah (3 years 10 months) holds a marker in a fist and makes dots; three children have not visited the center in two weeks and say it is 'too hard.' A kindergarten teacher down the hall has told her that incoming children 'can't write their names,' and the assistant teacher has proposed adding alphabet worksheets to the center.
704 words, about 4 min