Exam 34: Early Childhood Education

Which of the following is NOT considered one of the guidelines for working with early-childhood youngsters?

The term "constructivism" refers to __________.

Developmentally appropriate practices are based on data sourced from all of the following origins EXCEPT ________.

Piaget believed that developing children pass through different physical and mental growth phases, called sensitive periods, that alternate with periods of transition, and signify when children are especially ready for certain types of learning.

Today's early childhood education programs are exclusively social or cognitive and do not combine these two elements.

What major period of development described by Montessori indicates a child's tremendous ability to rapidly and effortlessly absorb experiences from the environment?

Project Head Start was begun with the intention of improving children's health, both physical and mental, and providing positive schooling.

The biopsychosocial model includes the biological, psychological, and social characteristics that affect growth during early childhood.

Which of the following is NOT considered a goal of Head Start?

Which of the following is NOT one of the U.S. Department of Education's "three Rs" of early childhood education?

Montessori suggested that a prepared environment was necessary for early childhood programs because __________.