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If you live in the United States or another country that certifies or licenses teachers with some form of test or
assessment of knowledge of teaching, you will find the following case studies helpful in preparing for at least the
test. The cases each deal with a realistic teaching problem or dilemma. They are followed by a few questions that
can, in principle, be answered in short (half-page) essay format. (This style parallels the style of the PRAXIS II
examination taken by many future teachers in the United States.) The content or topic of the cases parallel major
topics of the chapters of Educational Psychology—one case per chapter.
Readers who are planning to take the PRAXIS II test, especially the version called “Principles of Learning and
Teaching”, will know that the test also includes a number of structured, multiple-choice items. We have not
included any examples of multiple-choice test items here, but they are widely available in various published study
guides for the PRAXIS II. Perhaps the most authoritative is the one published by the administrators of the PRAXIS
itself, the Educational Testing Service:
Educational Testing Service. (2004). Study guide for Principles of Learning and Teaching, 2 nd edition.
Princeton, NJ, USA: Author.
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