CliffsTestPrep Praxis II
Principles of Learning and Teaching
Chapter One
Early Childhood Preview Test
This preview of the PLT Early Childhood test (0521) is designed to give you an overall sense of the test's format and
to help you determine the content areas you need to focus on in your studies. This preview test will not help
you with your pacing on the test-this preview is approximately half the length of the actual PLT and may not represent
the entire scope of the test in either content or difficulty.
After you complete the preview test, score your answers and use the explanations to self-diagnose content areas to
study in Part III of this guide. You may also want to complete the preview tests in Chapters 2, 3, and 4 to aid you in
determining which content areas to study. Even though these additional preview tests are written for other PLT test
grade levels, the question topics-Students as Learners, Instruction and Assessment, Communication Techniques, and
Teacher Professionalism-remain the same.
Case I
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