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Q:
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
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Which of the following is LEAST characteristic of internalization?
a. It occurs at different times for different issues.
b. It happens spontaneously.
c. It involves behaviors and attitudes that become basic parts of each child's personality.
d. It involves some measure of self-condemnation.
Q:
Which writing implement would be the best choice for a young or inexperienced child?
a. Felt point marker or pen
b. Crayon covered with paper
c. Crayon uncovered with paper
d. A colored #3 pencil
Q:
When children rely on outside controls to guide their actions they are operating at what
level of self-regulation?
a. Amoral.
b. Adherence.
c. Identification.
d. Internalization
Q:
If a youngster were having difficulty with figure ground perception, what would be an unlikely behavior?
a. The child accidentally bumps into other children during vigorous play.
b. The child would be able to discern quickly one game from a tightly filled cupboard of similar games.
c. The child would not be able to trace the bird in a "hidden picture" inside another drawing.
d. The child would not be able to identify the theme a violin is playing within a chamber orchestra.
Q:
Although most schools have written discipline policies, childcare settings do not require such formal documents.
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What is necessary for the child to acquire fundamental motor skills?
a. Children acquire motor skills as an expected outcome from maturation.
b. Efficient, smooth motion is achieved through play in the neighborhoods without much attention.
c. Maturation, instruction or learning by observation, and opportunities for practice are necessary.
d. Qualitative differences in the ways children move exist among middle-income children and Head Start children.
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Children should receive at least four warnings before the adult follows-through on the stated consequences.
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Which of the following outcomes is NOTa benefit of physical activity?
a. Promotes changes in the structure of the brain.
b. Drains off excess energy of the children.
c. Leads to proficiency in the neuromuscular skills.
d. Assists in the development and refinement of perceptual abilities involving vision, balance and tactile sensations.
Q:
One way to assist children in developing self-regulation is to encourage them to make some of the rules themselves.
Q:
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.
Q:
Young children don"t always see the connection between their actions and consequences.
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Which strategies are best for teaching motor skills?
a. Coaching and demonstration.
b. Experimentation, followed by correction.
c. Telling children to try harder.
d. Waiting for the motor skill to emerge.
Q:
Teachers should give reasons for why some behaviors are acceptable and others are not every time they talk to children about behaviors.
Q:
What is typical health content at the preschool level " for three and four year olds?
a. Bicycle safety
b. Effects of tobacco advertising
c. Hand washing routine
d. Effects of illegal drugs on physical tasks
Q:
Children who are subjected to an authoritarian program atmosphere often become hostile or withdrawn.
Q:
At what age can you expect 90% of the children to use a three-point grip on a writing utensil comfortably?
a. About 4
b. About 5
c. About 6
d. About 7
Q:
A young child who is amoral knows right from wrong, but chooses to misbehave.
Q:
Which of the perceptual motor skills are most closely associated with deciphering letters from words?
a. Balance
b. Directional awareness
c. Temporal awareness
d. Figure ground awareness
Q:
An expectation described as reasonable is one that children have the knowledge and skills to carry out.
Q:
Which of the perceptual motor skills are most closely associated with understanding how "left" and "right" directions are to be carried out?
a. Balance
b. Directional awareness
c. Temporal awareness
d. Figure ground awareness
Q:
Warm, friendly and creative are all words that describe the authoritarian adult.
Q:
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
Q:
Reasons help children consider the impact of their behavior on others.
Q:
Which motor skill would you expect children to be able to perform earliest?
a. Throwing
b. Catching
c. Kicking
d. Galloping
Q:
The teacher who offers children more time at recess if everyone completes their work on time is hoping children will respond at the identification level of compliance.
Q:
All children between three and eight readily and accurately understand spoken directions in a classroom with normal conversation going on.
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A mistaken behavior is when a child knowingly and intentionally breaks a rule.
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Children from three to five years old have considerable difficulty in judging the speed of a moving object.
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Egocentrism refers to an inability to understand a situation from another person's perspective.
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Since academic learning is so important in the primary grades, teachers should strictly limit time spent in primarily physical activity.
Q:
"Walk in the classroomthat's the rule" is an appropriate explanation for desired behavior.
Q:
Children enter programs knowing how to wash their hands properly and how to use toilet tissue appropriately.
Q:
What is the purpose of adjusting the physical environment during use?
Q:
Discussion of alcohol should be left to the upper grades to introduce unless a child brings the topic up.
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What materials should be a part of all centers?
Q:
Fundamental motor skills are basic movements on which games or other more complex movements are formed.
Q:
List three or more general guidelines about the storage and display of materials.
Q:
American children are very fit as a result of play before and after school.
Q:
Why should children be encouraged to care for their learning environment?
Q:
Routine health practices that are taught during early childhood tend to remain as practices.
Q:
Which strategy is LEAST appropriate in making a center self-sustaining?
a. Prepare the environment before children arrive and observe them in action, intervening for safety or socially inappropriate behavior.
b. Introduce the activity at group time, demonstrate use of the materials prior to children trying them in the center.
c. Use pictographs posted in the center to guide children's actions.
d. Use the center activity to give children a chance to practice something they have already been taught.
Q:
By age 7, most children can perform a mature tripod grip on a pencil and write with the fingers moving quickly and easily.
Q:
If a group of young children are of all the same race, how would this influence the selection of materials?
a. Only materials that are consistent with that race should be provided.
b. Books and materials that honorably represent all races should be provided.
c. The focus should be on materials and books from the countries and cultures from which the children descended.
d. The background of the children is not relevant and should not influence the selection of materials.
Q:
The quality of basic movements in a creative dance experience can be altered by changes in stops, pathways, and effort.
Q:
Every year in November the teachers of the Mayville Childcare center focused on Thanksgiving related activities. The community is small, rural, and of European decent. Which of the following classrooms are the best ones to emulate?
a. The blue bird room had pictures of teepees and Native Americans in the traditional dress typical of the expansion period of the United States.
b. The red bird room displayed pictures of children in black and white "Pilgrim" dress with displays of gourds, and pumpkins.
c. The green bird room displayed photos of modern people celebrating with a holiday dinner and of modern people harvesting, making applesauce and pumpkin pudding.
d. The materials used in all of these rooms are equally appropriate.
Q:
Name 5 ways in which you could create a print-rich environment in your classroom.
Q:
Which of the following strategies is least appropriate when a center appears to be unsuccessful (excessively noisy, disorganized, children unable to do the activity)?
a. Add something to the environment that will help organize the children's behavior.
b. Remove extraneous, irrelevant, or distracting materials.
c. Remove the difficult children from the center.
d. Modify the activity in progress to be more congruent with children's level of skill.
Q:
It is important to emphasize learning goals rather than performance goals and drill with all children; however, this is particularly true when working with second-language learners. Why?
Q:
Ms. Rosario was concerned about monitoring the progress of individual children in the second grade classroom. What would be the best advice to give her?
a. Use centers only for exploration and practice.
b. Give a test periodically to see if the children have achieved according to the standards set.
c. Use a participation chart periodically.
d. Develop a "have to" center and ask children to check with her once they have completed the tasks therein.
Q:
How is the quality of language development affected by children's early experiences?
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What is the role of the teacher in developing a new activity center?
a. Watch the choices children make and talk to them about their choices
b. Observe how children use materials and adjust activities for children with special needs
c. Encourage children to engage in social interaction, ask questions and investigate.
d. Plan based on knowledge of children and goals, and then arrange materials and provide orientation or instruction on how to use the center.
Q:
Language can be used for a variety of purposes. Name at least 4 of those purposes.
Q:
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.
Q:
Explain the difference between receptive and expressive vocabulary.
Q:
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.
Q:
Which of the following is true?
a. The American Academy of Pediatrics has indicated that some limited screen time is developmentally appropriate for children under two years of age.
b. NAEYC does not recommend the use of interactive media in the classroom for young children.
c. Public communication is dominated by linguistic rather than visual modes of learning.
d. Public communication is dominated by visual rather than linguistic modes of learning.
Q:
How does the appearance of a classroom impact learning and teaching?
a. Parents are impressed with how a place looks.
b. Children tend to imitate behaviors they observe and they are more likely to maintain a clean and orderly room, if the adults do it.
c. If materials are in the approximately the same area, children will be attracted to that area without other prompts.
d. If all of the materials that the children will use in a year are visible and available all of the time, the curriculum will be enhanced.
Q:
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
Q:
Mr. Davidson cordoned off a section of the school grounds as a nature study area featuring plants that grow naturally in the region. What is the BEST educational response to the question: "Why have the children not planted a formal flower garden?"a. This portion of the playground wasn"t getting much use anyway.b. This area gives children a first-hand opportunity to study plants, insects and other small animals typical of the region.c. Children like to be outdoors.d. Natural habitats are less expensive to maintain then formal flower beds.
Q:
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
Q:
What would be the next best strategy, given the alternatives above?
a. Photographs and pen and ink drawings of community housing alternatives.
b. A field trip to an apartment house and a mobile home, and having a large tent put up on the playground.
c. A storybook about houses around the world, featuring those in Africa.
d. A furnished dollhouse, furnished doll apartment house, and a small or toy tent in the classroom.
Q:
What is the last skill to be acquired on the continuum of phonological awareness?
a. Rhyming
b. Writing fluency
c. Phonemic awareness
d. Balanced literacy
Q:
Mrs. Garner wanted children to understand how people were housed in the community. All of the children in the classroom lived in suburban houses on large lots. Which materials and strategies would be most effective in helping them understand that others had different experiences?
a. Photographs and pen and ink drawings of community housing alternatives.
b. A field trip to an apartment house and a mobile home, and having a large tent put up on the playground.
c. A storybook about houses around the world, featuring those in Africa.
d. A furnished dollhouse, furnished doll apartment house, and a small or toy tent in the classroom.
Q:
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
Q:
When assessing the overall layout of a classroom, what two factors should be so clear that children's movement behavior will be directly influenced?
a. Boundaries and pathways
b. Location of large group area and the teacher's area
c. Size of the furnishings and the numbers and locations of books
d. The amount of child accessible storage and the presence of children's art materials
Q:
When a child yells out, "McDonald's!" at the sign of the golden arches but cannot yet decode, he is in what word knowledge stage?
a. Orthographic
b. Alphabetic
c. Analytic
d. Logographic
Q:
How do you structure a self-sustaining activity?
a. Just place new materials and equipment in a space large enough for it.
b. Introduce the activity to a small group who can then show other children how to do it.
c. Set limits so that children behave properly when using materials new to them.
d. Go ahead with the activity that had been planned as a guided learning activity and help the children out if they have difficulty.
Q:
What is the relationship between sounds and letters in the written language known as?
a. Phonological awareness
b. Graphemes
c. Phonics
d. Phonemic awareness
Q:
Mrs. Gregory is receiving a new child into her kindergarten program. Mary is a dwarf and is the size of a two year old. Which of the following is the best approach for her to follow?a. Ask Mary to move a large block from place to place when she moves in the classroom.b. Eliminate all walking field trips in the neighborhood.c. Provide stools as appropriate so Mary can reach shelves; ensure that she has independent access to toilets, lavatories, and drinking fountains; adapt a chair for comfortable seating.d. Inform Mary's parents that the district does not have the money to alter the physical environment just for one child.
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Joan and Keisha are building a road with blocks, but seem to be losing interest in their play. Miss Smoak walks up to Joan and Keisha and says, "Do you need a garage for your cars? Jerry and I can help you build one." Which play intervention strategy is Miss Smoak using?a. Modelingb. Expandingc. Coachingd. Mediating
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Louise Nevelson was:a. a Russian immigrant.b. known for her abstract paintings.c. famous for her sculpture piece in the Centre Beaubourg in Paris. d. none of the above.
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The Quilters of Gee's Bend:a. are a group of 15 quilters.b. are a group of quilters in Georgia.c. is a collective owned and operated by the women of Gee's Bend.d. are a group of 15 quilters in Georgia.
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Romare Bearden:a. was a member of the New York-based African American artistic collective Spiral. b. created a series of collages as his personal statement on civil rights.c. incorporated magazines such as Ebonyand Lifein his collages. d. all of the above.
Q:
Older students can be introduced to the history of a period and to how art was a powerful and effective tool for making a social statement by using the work of:
a. Ben Shahn.
b. Henri Matisse.
c. Romare Bearden.
d. Shahn and Bearden.
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Young children who are beginning to sort and classify can:a. understand early American history. b. grasp historical concepts.c. divide time in a binary way.d. enjoy stories about historical events.
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Through dance investigations:a. peace is learned.b. historical events can be understood. c. counting occurs.d. geography is explored.
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Temporal awareness and number sense are:a. part of the preschool curriculum.b. not generally included the preschool curriculum.c. part of national preschool social studies standards. d. optional in the preschool curriculum.
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Historical concepts such as "long ago" or "far in the future" are:
a. fascinating to preschoolers.
b. very meaningful to young children.
c. often meaningless to young children.
d. basic history concepts for young children.
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With regard to geography, it is:a. not an appropriate subject for young children. b. more appropriate for older children.c. a natural subject.d. not included in national standards.