Research shows that children who have difficulty forming friendships tend to have
difficulty forming relationships later in life.
Concepts related to economics and history are not addressed in early childhood
education because they are too abstract.
Children who treat each other nicely during a school picnic are demonstrating social
responsibility.
Each activity plan should address one long-term goal at a time.
Demonstrations tend to be more adult directed than child directed.
The adult who helps a child learn to put on her snow gear by starting with putting on
the coat first, then buttoning the coat, and then putting on her mittens is using the
strategy of successive approximation.
Adults generally understand what the construction is with no other cues than can be had
by looking at it.
Collaborating with the community is one aspect of family engagement.
Children provide the best source of thematic ideas for teachers to plan around.
Occupational role assumption appears at about two and a half in the early childhood
period and becomes more elaborate over time.
Substantial numbers of teachers assume that family members are unable, uninterested,
or unwilling to engage in meaningful involvement and do not expend efforts to make
this happen.
Teachers in the primary grades are usually more comfortable with construction
activities than with pretend play activities in the classroom.
Racial awareness typically begins when a child is about three years old.
When we create “windows’ on diversity, we are emphasizing the cultural world beyond
the classroom.
Everyone in the proximity of a pretend play scenario is in the play frame.
Early childhood teachers use learning standards to shape their goals for children.
The Common Core goals apply to K-12 education and were designed to replace DAP
for children in kindergarten, first and second grade.
A teacher explains that she makes sure her circle times include movement activities
because she does not expect kindergartners to be able to sit still for long. She is thinking
about age appropriateness.
An activity that is developmentally appropriate for one group of children would be
appropriate for all groups of children the same age.
Effective teachers select one approach to play in the classroom and stick with it
consistently.
The concept of child-initiated learning had its beginnings in the early 20th century.
Which of the following parts of the activity plan should reflect the concept of
developmental direction?
a. The materials
b. The content
c. The objectives
d. The title
Which of the following is recommended to promote children’s social understanding?
a. A good way to teach young children about caring for the environment is to study the
Rain Forest.
b. A good way to help children have friends at school is to make everyone play together.
c. A good way to build social studies concepts is by explaining how the government
works.
d. A good way to help children make friends at school is to give them plenty of time to
interact with one another informally.
Two children are arguing over who will get to use the toy stethoscope. They are pulling
on it and pushing each other. What might an authoritative teacher do first?
a. Take the stethoscope away for the rest of the day.
b. Send the children to time-out.
c. Negotiate the conflict.
d. Ask the children to say, “Sorry.”
Which of the following is an example of Socratic questioning?
a. “Which one of these answers is correct?”
b. “What is the name of that animal?”
c. “How do you know that?”
d. “Which of these dates comes first on a timeline?”
How do children learn moral reasoning?
a. Listening to stories about characters’ moral decision making.
b. Making decisions to avoid punishments or gain rewards.
c. Observing decisions and the consequences of decisions by peers.
d. All of these strategies are effective
The best strategy in reducing the level of sound in the classroom where children are
engaging appropriately in center learning is to do what?
a. Set rules so children must remain quiet.
b. Add carpet, cushions, corkboard or other soft materials.
c. Limit movement of the children to a few at a time.
d. Use more whole group instruction.
To be most useful, assessment in an elementary school should:
a. Be carried out by the elementary curriculum director.
b. Be carried out by the classroom teacher.
c. Be diagnostic in nature and standardized.
d. Avoid an evaluative component.
Which is the best explanation that materials are independent from the ideas that they
represent?
a. Materials are used as resources and may not be related in any way to the meaning
that the child assigns to the final product.
b. Children have the skills necessary to use the materials independently.
c. What children represent with a specific material is highly dependent upon cues
suggested by the materials themselves.
d. The technical difficulties that a child experiences while using a specific material
influence the meaning of the final product.
Which of the following is true?
a. Some people are more “right brained” and some are more “left brained.”
b. Listening to Mozart will make young children smarter.
c. There are brain differences by race.
d. Pruning is a way of making a brain more efficient.
What activity would happen in a group time that incorporates the Author’s Chair?
a. Mrs. Jones selects an author of the week and reads the children a story by that author
while sitting in her rocking chair at group time.
b. A child selects a favorite author from books in the book basket, then goes up and
shows the others the book selected.
c. Five-year-old Melissa reads a story she wrote herself to the others in her class.
d. Five-year-old Melissa shares a favorite picture book from home and then the teacher
and the children talk about the author and the illustrator.
Which of the following elements do NOT characterize developmentally appropriate
practice?
a. Expecting children to learn most things through listening.
b. Giving children choices about what and how they learn.
c. Relying on play as a primary means for learning.
d. Establishing partnerships with parents.
Which of the following is NOT an element of adult socialization that supports the
development of self-regulation?
a. Appropriate expectations.
b. Consistent punishment.
c. Nurturance.
d. Communication.
Ms. Kruger quietly walked up to the “camp fire” outside the tent where two children
were standing around picking up materials and putting them down one Monday
morning. She asked if she could play, too, and James nodded yes. “This is a very fine
campsite. I am getting hungry,” Ms. Kruger said as she began to kneel by the “fire” with
a tiny stick in her hand. What role is she playing?
a. Observer
b. Collaborator
c. Planner
d. Model
Giving children information about how their actions affect others is an example of
which play intervention strategy?
a. Modeling
b. Expanding
c. Coaching
d. Mediating
What is the best strategy to use when a teacher is providing for learning of physical
knowledge?
a.Set up the materials and encourage exploration.
b. Give detailed information by telling children about physical knowledge.
c. Model the skill to be learned.
d. Have someone demonstrate an experiment and debrief.
Mr. Diablo planned to work toward the intermediate objective of engaging in art
criticism. Which of the following activities would most likely lead toward that goal?
a. Exploring sculptures
b. Dancing
c. Observing beautiful fish
d. Comparing cats in several picture books
Which of the following includes the knowledge bases that children are using when they
express their inner emotional thoughts and feelings?
a. Social-emotional knowledge, shared knowledge, and inherent knowledge
b. Representational knowledge and social-conventional knowledge
c. Physical knowledge, logical-mathematical knowledge, representational knowledge,
and social-conventional knowledge
d. Cognitive knowledge, literacy knowledge, scientific knowledge, and general
knowledge
What does the adult do in the first step of the mediation process?
a. Define the problem in mutual terms.
b. Gain control of the disputed object.
c. Summarize all different solutions suggested so far.
d. Suggest ways for the children to compromise.
e. Summarize the contributions of the onlookers.
An IEP for a child with a disability includes all of the following EXCEPT:
a. A description of the child’s strengths, needs, and goals
b. Program modifications
c. A list of activities the child will not be able to participate in
d. Special education services to be provided
The children share what they have learned with others. Which part of the Project
Approach is this?
a. Phase 1
b. Phase 2
c. The Assessment Phase
d. Phase 3
Which of the following skills are covered in the CCSS English Language Arts?
a. Decoding, independent reading, balanced literacy, and writing workshop
b. Leaving spaces between words, capitalization, punctuation, and methods of
instruction
c. Phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, alphabetic awareness, and expert
tutoring
d. Reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and media and technology
Which of the following is true about allowing children to make decisions?
a. The decision should be acted on, but only if they choose the best or wisest choice.
b. Children’s growing autonomy is enhanced when they are allowed to make decisions.
c. Children may become overloaded if they are provided with too many choices.
d. b and c
Choose the most appropriate description of developmentally appropriate practice.
a. DAP focuses mostly on social and language skills, less on cognition.
b. DAP tends to ignore academics unless children ask about things like colors and
numerals.
c. Children are active decision-makers in the learning process.
d. All children are expected to learn the same things at the same time.
Based on principles of effective time management, kindergartner teachers should
consider minimizing which of the following times in their daily schedule?
a. Wait times
b. Outdoor times
c. Free Choice times
d. Time children spend in guided discovery activities
Mr. Sanchez walks into the school library and finds 3 second-graders cutting pages out
of a book about rocks so they can use the pages in their report. He considers the
following consequences. Which of these would be defined as unrelated according to
your book?
a. The children must earn the money to replace the rock book.
b. The children must write a report on a new topic.
c. The children must tape the pages back into the book.
d. The rock book is not available for children to use.
Which of the following themes would be LEAST appropriate for a group of 5-year-olds
who live in Hawaii?
a. Shells
b. Birds
c. Stores
d. Penguins
Kathleen, age seven, holds the small ball in both hands in front of her before swinging
forward, then backward with one hand and balancing on well-separated feet. As her arm
swings forward and across her body, she rotates and leans into the throw. She moves the
foot from the back to a forward position as she follows through the body movement and
maintains her balance. What word best describes this movement?
a. Bilateral
b. Ipsilateral
c. Unilateral
d. Contralateral
What is the least effective strategy to use when implementing a music activity with
young children?
a. Look like you are enjoying singing and being with the children.
b. Start the song and expect the children to know what to do.
c. Know the song well.
d. Use visuals and props.
The most effective teachers:
a. Take their cues from the children they are teaching
b. Take their cues from the grade level skills children ought to have
c. Take their cues from the tests that children must take at each grade level
d. Take their cues from the parents of the children they are teaching
Which of the following statements is NOT a criterion for the establishment of an
effective center?
a. The center contributes to the long”range goals of the program.
b. The activity is a cute and appealing one to do.
c. The activity is the best use of the children’s time.
d. The materials and methods used are well matched to the children’s interests and
developmental levels.
Where does high self-esteem come from?
a. Having others acknowledge how smart you are.
b. Realizing that others like your ideas and will follow your lead.
c. Getting an A on a test.
d. Doing what others believe is important for your success.
Language can be used for a variety of purposes. Name at least 4 of those purposes.
Fundamental motor skills are basic movements on which games or other more complex
movements are formed.
What are some strategies that will support children’s respect for other children’s play
and construction?
Describe some strategies that would support the development of perceptual motor
skills. Give examples.
Hugs, touches, and short personal conversations with young children should take place
only when other people are around.
Counting is the most important mathematical skill for children to gain in preschool and
kindergarten.
By age 7, most children can perform a mature tripod grip on a pencil and write with the
fingers moving quickly and easily.
Ms. Fountain used good judgment when she attached two household extension cords to
plug in an electric fry pan on a table in the corner.
Children who are subjected to an authoritarian program atmosphere often become
hostile or withdrawn.
The uninformed evaluator is the most dangerous element in the evaluation setting.
“Teachable moments” refer to those times when information or activities are presented
in response to a current problem or question.
Why is it important to have a complete materials list as part of your lesson plan?
What are the elements of pretend play? Define each one.
What is the role of the teacher in guided discovery activities?
Arnold Gesell developed age-related norms for children’s growth and development at
Yale University.
List 5 props to use in creative movement and dance.
Children with special needs should not be included in whole group instruction as their
needs vary greatly from the rest of the class.
There is skepticism about whether children develop cognitive skills at the time and in
the way that Piaget envisioned.
Describing events, making predictions, and evaluating phenomena are cognitive skills
that are intimately connected to the Language Domain.