Deck 15: Developmentally Appropriate Learning Environments: For Preschoolers

Question 1

Phonological awareness could be strengthened by

A) math experiences.
B) rhyming games.
C) block use.
D) outdoor games.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Calendar is a very important part of any group time, so children can memorize the days of the week.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Children learn best by rote learning methods.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Characteristics of preoperational thought include all EXCEPT

A) centration.
B) irreversibility.
C) constructivism.
D) egocentric thinking.

Question 5

Appropriate alternatives to traditional calendar recitations include all EXCEPT

A) linear representations, such as making a paper chain.
B) singing the days of the week song.
C) counting and marking off days till the picnic.
D) documentations displays that show the order of events.

Question 6

Which of the following is the LEAST appropriate activity for developing math concepts?

A) Filling in a worksheet
B) Counting boys and girls at group time
C) Making a graph on kinds of pizza liked
D) Playing in the block area

Question 7

Playing with children is important for all reasons EXCEPT

A) guiding play to more complex levels.
B) that otherwise children won't share.
C) when play shows evidence of breaking down.
D) to increase children's involvement with peers.

Question 8

One of the most neglected teacher roles is

A) model.
B) creator of the environment.
C) observer.
D) scaffolder.

Question 9

Both Piaget and Vygotsky believed that knowledge is constructed.

Question 10

Which one of the following is NOT a purpose of large group time?

A) Learning to listen to classmates
B) Learning to sit without moving
C) Learning to talk to a group
D) Learning new information

Question 11

A print-rich environment is part of the approach with emerging literacy.

Question 12

Closed questions basically test children's recall of facts.

Question 13

Social and emotional foundations are NOT part of the Head Start Performance standards.

Question 14

Sometimes direct instruction is an appropriate response.

Question 15

Transductive reasoning means that preschoolers often make a connection between things that are NOT really connected.

Question 16

Good observations are

A) subjective.
B) objective.
C) objective and nonjudgmental.
D) objective, nonjudgmental, and recorded.

Question 17

Children who are English language learners should be encouraged to speak only English at school.

Question 18

Preschool children are in Piaget's preoperational stage of thinking.

Question 19

Small groups don't allow

A) teachers to individualize planning to meet specific goals.
B) isolation of troublemakers.
C) increased participation and decreased waiting time.
D) teachers to follow children's specific interests.

Question 20

Adults show respect for play by all EXCEPT

A) enriching the play by adding props or materials.
B) keeping themselves busy preparing materials for teacher lessons.
C) taking photographs of the play to share with parents.
D) encouraging children to talk about their play.

Question 21

Discuss some of the disadvantages of traditional Show and Tell and calendar as learning activities, Make suggestions for how these activities could be made more developmentally appropriate.

Question 22

Bruner found that children's play was enriched by .

Question 23

Components of literacy include all EXCEPT

A) vocabulary and language.
B) knowledge of print.
C) book extenders.
D) comprehension of meaning.

Question 24

Which of these statements is MOST accurate?

A) Literacy activities can be incorporated into all areas of a classroom.
B) Literacy should be taught every morning for at least an hour.
C) Literacy should be taught beginning age three.
D) Literacy is best handled in the home.

Question 25

What are good questions?

Question 26

Describe a classroom and activities that are designed to support emergent literacy.

Question 27

Children can understand concepts such as number of days in a week by

A) singing songs.
B) making a chain and removing one link each day.
C) discussing the calendar each morning.
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 28

What does phonological awareness mean?

Question 29

One common group time experience that does NOT seem particularly helpful to children is .

Question 30

Content standards created by the NCTM for children from preschool through eighth grade include

A) algebra.
B) data analysis.
C) neither algebra or data analysis.
D) both algebra and data analysis.

Question 31

Discuss the importance of the teacher's role as scaffolder, identifying specific ways of extending children's learning.