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1. Separating children with disabilities from children without disabilities is the best approach in protecting children
with disabilities from bias.
a. True
b. False
2. Early
childhood educators
now
recognize
that a child’s cultural
background
is of little
importance
in
her
development and learning.
a. True
b. False
3. Understanding of the intelligences should be linked with a curriculum focused on understanding where children are
able to apply what they have learned in new situations.
a. True
b. False
4. Vygotsky believed that the acquisition of language is the most significant cognitive development in children.
a. True
b. False
5. The cooperative play stage signals a child’s readiness to rely more on peers and less on adults.
a. True
b. False
6. When compared to adults, babies are not as aware of the world around them.
a. True
b. False
7. The ingredients that early childhood educators consider essential today – that care and education are inseparable,
that teaching practices are developmentally appropriate and that adequate funding is critical for success – all stem
from historical events and people.
a. True
b. False
8. The cooperative play stage signals a child’s readiness to rely more on peers and less on adults.
a. True
b. False
9. Developmentally appropriate practice encompasses only two criteria: knowledge about how individual children
grow and develop; and knowledge about how all children grow and develop.
a. True
b. False
10. Children in an inclusive classroom include children with and without disabilities.
a. True
b. False
11. Studying the history of early childhood education is important for professionals for all but which of the following
reasons?
a. Historical information helps us understand how the field has developed and changed
b. Studying history helps us evaluate which knowledge is invalid and should be discarded
c. Studying history helps us understand how social factors such as views of children, understandings of race
and ethnicity, and politics and economic factors have influenced education and continue to do so
d. Understanding the history of the field helps us learn the best ways of helping children and families
12. All but which of the following is true of developmentally appropriate practice?
a. It follows a uniform, standardized set of activities and learning objectives
b. It values the way children naturally learn and play
c. It focuses on meeting children where they are developmentally
d. It values diversity
13. Which of the following is true of play in the early childhood classroom?
a. Children should be given limited time for unstructured play
b. Children should be encouraged to engage in play that is highly teacher-directed
c. Children should be given ample time to engage in play that is unstructured, child-initiated, and spontaneous
d. Children should be encouraged to engage in play that is child-directed but highly structured
14. In seeking to build positive relationships with the families of the children in your classroom, you should take all but
which of the following steps?
a. Communicate regularly with the family
b. Provide the family with a list of clear guidelines for what their child should be accomplishing
c. Work with the family to establish common goals for the child's education and care
d. Find ways to incorporate the family's culture into the child's education
15. That stage of development in which a child is most likely to have best friends, enjoy playing in small groups, and
take responsibility very seriously would be:
a. five years b. three years
c. one year d. infancy
