Exam 11: Math and Science and Play

Children relate to the world based on their need and interest in exploration and wonderment.

According to the authors, integrating STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) into early learning requires:

Math and science as content areas are:

Explain why rote learning as identified in Bloom's taxonomy would not be considered appropriate to encourage higher order thinking.

According to the scientific method process for young children, children representing data by charting, graphing, or sorting out their findings to interpret the findings refers to the stage called:

Children's thinking as related to math and science goes through four distinct stages involving representation. They are:

A teachable moment points to a time in a learner's development when he or she can teach others what he or she knows.

According to Bruner, if a child was at the symbolic stage of knowledge representation, an early learning teacher can teach with:

A provocation is an ignored play invitation and can provoke children to become disengaged from math and science in play.