Which of the following statements is true about techniques used in art, music, dance
and drama?
a. They are determined by the topic or theme of the activity.
b. They are ways in which elements are manipulated and combined.
c. They should never be directly taught.
d. They are usually beyond the capabilities of young children to understand
At group time, Mrs. Rausch is talking to 20 3-year-olds about how to care for a pet.
Which of the following strategies would best enhance the activity?
a. Pass around a dog brush, waiting for each child to touch it and ask a question or
make an observation about it.
b. Read a story about a child who takes care of his pet dog.
c. Have several dog brushes for the children to look at in smaller groups around the
circle.
d. Observe a do being groomed while its owner explains what is happening.
Which of the following is an example of a theme that could be used with kindergarten
children?
a. A series of mathematics games in which children use play money to learn addition
and subtraction.
b. A series of aesthetic, cognitive, social, and language activities that center on the topic
of plants.
c. A series of art activities in which children make posters to demonstrate how mixing
paints creates different colors.
d. A dramatic play activity in which teachers and parents supply clothing from a variety
of cultures.
Which of the following activities represents the civic ideals and practices theme within
the Social Studies curriculum?
a. Children make a family tree of their parents and grandparents.
b. Children vote on a name for a class gerbil.
c. Children study the interaction between home and workplace environments.
d. Children work on a food drive to combat hunger in their community.
Two children are playing a card game. Your book describes a teaching strategy called
behavior reflections. Which of the following is an example of a behavior reflection?
a. It’s great how you”re cooperating.
b. I like the way you are working together.
c. You each have five cards left to play.
d. Is this your favorite card game?
Which of the following portfolios is passed from teacher to teacher at the end of the
year?
a. Individual portfolio
b. Institutional portfolio
c. Teacher portfolio
d. Showcase portfolio
In which of the following programs was it found that children who had a high quality
preschool experience were more likely to graduate from high school than children from
the same neighborhood who had no preschool experience?
a. Montessori
b. Reggio Emilia
c. High/Scope
d. The Project Approach
Which of the following parts of the activity plan includes ways to simplify the lesson to
accommodate the needs of some or all of the children?
a. The content
b. The objectives
c. The procedures
d. The evaluation
Which statement best describes how the concept of learning through experience,
multi-sensory, or hands-on learning has evolved over time?
a. Hands-on learning was popular once, but is now known to be ineffective in meeting
current learning standards.
b. Hands-on learning was first proposed as part of the traditional nursery school, which
evolved slowly after World War I.
c. Hands-on learning began in Head Start, which was developed in the mid-1960s.
d. Hands-on learning has been developing since the 17th century and has been
implemented in a variety of ways thereafter.
When Mr. Green shows children HOW to take turns in his classroom he is touching on
which dimension of the social domain?
a. Social Skills
b. Social Responsibility
c. Socialization
d. Social Studies
Your text described the concept of developmental direction. Which of the following is
an example of whole to part?
a. Arnold learns the concepts of tall and short by building towers of blocks and then
applies this knowledge to identifying tall and short objects pictured side by side in
photographs.
b. Hannah practices fine motor skills by cutting out paper shapes and then recites the
names of the shapes.
c. Carl learns the meaning of a word by memorizing a song and then using the same
word in another song later.
d. Sarah sees and hears the teacher read the same story many times and then begins to
pick out certain words in the text herself.
What is the best way to find out what children understand about a thematic topic?
1) Observe the children at play
2) Discuss the concept with children
3) Document children’s drawings and constructions
4) Make a web of relevant content using relevant resource materials
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4
b. 2
c. 1, 2 & 3
d. 1, 3 & 4
Which statement below best defines self-esteem?
a. A person’s perception of how competent he or she is physically.
b. A person’s perception of how competent he or she is intellectually.
c. A person’s perception of how competent he or she is emotionally.
d. All of the above.
e. b and c
Which is the least mature grip on a writing implement?
a. Tripod grip with fingers well away from the tip.
b. Tripod grip with implement resting on the index finger, near the tip.
c. Full hand grasp with the thumb toward the point.
d. Full had grasp with the thumb away from the point
The NAEYC guidelines for involving family’s calls for establishing reciprocal
relationships
with families. What is the most significant implication of such relationships?
a. Schedules for parent conferences are made available to parents well in advance.
b. More opportunities for teachers and families to share responsibility and decision
making about children’s education.
c. More chances for parents to donate materials to the classroom.
d. Quicker information provided to families about children’s conflicts at school.
At what point does the opening of group time begin?
a. As soon as the teacher gathers the materials.
b. As soon as a few children arrive and are ready.
c. When the materials are gathered and all the children are ready.
d. After the announcements of the day when all children are ready.
Select the alternative that has the most appropriate sequence of activities for the teacher
to prepare a thematic unit.
a. Find an exciting prop, select a theme to go with it, generate relevant content and
activities.
b. Observe the children, develop an idea around their interests, select a concept,
generate content, and generate possible activities to support that content.
c. Look though several activity books and get some ideas for aesthetics, generate some
content to go with them, then organize the unit.
d. With your colleagues generate 25 to 30 TFPs , create activities to support them,
organize the activities into a weekly plan that addresses the notions of balance and
diversity.
Assessment should:
a. Contain a halo effect.
b. Be limited to formal measures.
c. Be administered in a whole-group setting.
d. Be formative and summative
Which strategy will be most productive in supporting construction play related to a pet
unit?
a. Place an ample supply of materials in open shelving and wait for the children to do
something with them. Give assistance as needed. Answer any questions.
b. Copy and enlarge the pattern for making a dog that you have found in a published
resource. Ask children to follow the directions carefully. Help individual children and
replace the pattern piece if one child messes up.
c. Ask a dog owner to bring a dog into the classroom. Encourage children to look
carefully at various parts of the body. Point out anything they might have missed. Later
ask children to record in some way the dog visit.
d. Stop children from making mistakes if they are not recording their learning
accurately. Make them start over after they have more information about what they are
doing. If this does not work, they can sit and wait till the others are finished.
What types of objects should be included in all indoor centers?
a. Tables and chairs
b. Writing materials and books
c. Open shelving and clean up supplies
d. Pictographs or taped directions for the use of the center.
Ms. Apfelguard decided to do learning centers in the kindergarten. The leaf collection
was gathered in September, placed on the science table where it remained for three
weeks with no one looking at it or discussing it. What principle did Ms. Apfelguard
NOT understand?
a. Children understand how to use learning centers properly.
b. The arrays of learning centers presented to children in a day and over time are
diversified, representing a cross section of domains.
c. Centers are organized and implemented based upon the teacher’s knowledge of
development and interest.
d. Teachers use learning centers as a period to interact spontaneously with children and
take advantage of opportunities to enhance, extend, and process information.
Which of the following statements is a characteristic of preschool-age children’s
thinking?
a. Children’s notions of cause and effect are based on mature concepts.
b. Children know what is right, but often choose not to do it.
c. Children’s thinking about right and wrong is well established.
d. Children’s thinking is characterized by centration.
What is the best feature of using portfolios?
a. They allow teachers and parents to compare one child’s progress against another’s.
b. They clearly document what children have failed to learn.
c. They are less time consuming than giving a traditional paper/pencil test.
d. They focus on what children can do.
Chang is having trouble sitting through the story that the teacher is reading at circle
time. The teacher knows the following things about Chang:
1) Chang is 2 years old.
2) This is Chang’s first day in the program.
3) Chang and his family are newly arrived from Korea.
If the teacher wants to respond using developmentally practices, which of these pieces
of information should she keep in mind about Chang?
a. 1 & 2
b. 1 & 3
c. 2 & 3
d. 1, 2 and 3.
The time it takes for a child to become functional in a new language depends greatly
on:
a. The teacher’s skill
b. Amount of exposure to the new language
c. Parents’ ability to speak the new language
d. The difficulty of the new language
Which of the following approaches will help children focus on details in their aesthetic
creations?
a. Teachers should probe to the child to describe what he made.
b. Teachers should vary the materials available for children to use.
c. The same materials should be used repeatedly so children vary their techniques.
d. Teachers should have children discuss what they are going to make before they
begin.
A good name for an activity in which children become aware of beauty found in nature
by exploring the properties of seashells would be:
a. “Under the Sea”
b. “Ocean Friends”.
c. “Examining Seashells”
d. “Little Bits of Beauty”
What strategy is the best one to teach 3- to 5-year olds about proper eating habits?
a. Correct each child when he or she makes a mistake.
b. Eat meals with the children and demonstrate proper eating habits.
c. Do direct instruction during morning group times.
d. Allow for exploration and guided discovery.
Ms. Demchik filled the water table and placed a set of eight-ounce plastic bottles on a
nearby shelf. She put measuring cups and some plastic tubing in the water. As the
children arrived, she invited them to play. She observed the children’s explorations, then
asked questions such as, “Which of these containers holds the most? How do you
know?” She was prepared to accept any answer the children might give and to build on
their answers with further questions and challenges. What activity type does the water
table represent?
a. The water table was a direct instruction activity.
b. The water table was a problem-solving activity.
c. The water table was an exploratory activity.
d. The water table was a guided discovery activity.
An example of an extrafamilial stressor would be:
a. birth of a sibling
b. a disabling condition
c. a negative peer relationship at school
d. moving to a new home
Why should the teacher take the time to send home a one or two line note about the
child’s successes?
According to research, the use of calculators does not interfere with children’s ability to
develop a conceptual understanding of mathematical operations.
Young children who enter school with high self-esteem are unlikely to lose it when
overly challenged with academic tasks or racial bias.
A strategy for establishing a low-stress and emotionally supportive environment for
children is to develop a predictable schedule.
Since academic learning is so important in the primary grades, teachers should strictly
limit time spent in primarily physical activity.
Name three characteristics of high quality early childhood programs.
When we say that in high quality programs staffing is stable, we mean that the same
caregiver stays with the same children long enough to establish warm, loving
relationships.
Teachers should encourage sensory exploration without much teacher direction or
interference for very young or inexperienced children.
“Can you show me what things go together?” is an example of a do it signal.
Teachers may feel a lack of trust when parents are better consumers of educational
services and when they become policy makers.
Responsive art activities show children that different art appeals to different people and
that each person’s view is valid.
A group time that uses a KWHLH strategy is characterized by group brainstorming.
It is a poor tactic to sing the same song several times over at the beginning of group
time.
The most effective use of writing materials and books is to restrict them to the writing
center.
Children’s brain development is enhanced when they are rested and well fed.