Deck 16: Developmentally Appropriate Learning Environments: For Primary-Age Children

Question 1

Piaget proposed a theory of multiple intelligences.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Children should never be permitted to use invented spelling.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Dispositions for learning can be tested for.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In the primary years, children are moving into the stage of concrete operations.

Question 5

In supporting children's writing, teachers do all EXCEPT

A) offer events and experiences that encourage writing, such as thank you notes.
B) correct children's invented spelling.
C) provide tools to use, such as dictionaries and computers.
D) hold regular individual writing conferences, to assist children with necessary skills.

Question 6

Which is the LEAST effective response? NCLB legislation

A) provides more choices for parents.
B) mandates stronger accountability for results.
C) gives less freedom for states and communities.
D) tests reading and math from grades third through eighth.

Question 7

Teachers and communities universally support the No Child Left Behind legislation.

Question 8

In encouraging writing in primary classrooms teachers do all EXCEPT

A) take dictation of stories.
B) emphasize penmanship.
C) provide experiences that necessitate writing.
D) give opportunities to observe teachers and older children writing.

Question 9

Components of math for primary children described by the national standards include all EXCEPT

A) multiplication tables.
B) measurement.
C) patterns and relationships.
D) number concepts.

Question 10

Appropriate opportunities to develop number concepts in primary classrooms include all EXCEPT

A) playing games with dice.
B) cooking.
C) painting.
D) setting the table for snack.

Question 11

Curriculum in the primary years can be integrated using long term projects or theme study.

Question 12

The theory of multiple intelligences was suggested by

A) Piaget.
B) Vygotsky.
C) Gardner.
D) Reggia.

Question 13

Beginning readers should be taught

A) only phonics.
B) only whole word recognition.
C) some kind of decoding instruction and meaningful reading experiences.
D) using basal readers.

Question 14

As facilitators teachers do all EXCEPT

A) prepare children to work collaboratively.
B) act as resource persons.
C) lecture frequently.
D) keep track of the children's work and progress.

Question 15

Legislation that demands performance by all children in the same grade at the same level is incompatible with the concept of individual timetables for development.

Question 16

Select the statement that is NOT true. Integrated curriculum

A) allows children to use knowledge and skills from another area to explore subject matter.
B) only works with middle-class children.
C) allows children to use multiple intelligences.
D) allows teachers to balance standards and DAP.

Question 17

The DAP position statement mandates that decisions that have a major impact on children, such as school entry or retention, should have multiple sources of information.

Question 18

The purposes of assessment include all EXCEPT

A) to provide teachers with information needed to plan curriculum.
B) to decide how many children should be retained.
C) to help teachers and families monitor children's progress.
D) to evaluate and improve program effectiveness.

Question 19

Piaget's concrete stage means that children no longer need direct physical experience to learn a new concept.

Question 20

Girls continue to be ahead of boys in fine motor development through the primary years.

Question 21

When children can do concrete operations they can do all EXCEPT

A) reverse their thinking.
B) solve problems without the use of physical objects.
C) consider several aspects of a situation.
D) think about purely symbolic ideas.

Question 22

The federal legislation No Child Left Behind mandates for all children from third grade on.

Question 23

Choose the best completion: Group work is

A) a way of moving away from egocentric thought.
B) a way for teachers to see who has leadership skills.
C) a way for teachers to free themselves up from all instruction.
D) an opportunity for children to socialize.

Question 24

Young children think better when they act upon objects.

Question 25

Functional print

A) encourages both reading and writing.
B) is used throughout the day.
C) both encourages reading and writing and is used throughout the day.

Question 26

Choose the one that is NOT true. Dispositions

A) are habits of mind.
B) can be tested for.
C) may be threatened by narrow emphasis on skills.
D) develop over time with positive experiences.

Question 27

The position statement of the International Reading Association suggests using of reading instruction.

Question 28

Identify the subject area that may be MOST difficult to include in integrated curriculum.

A) Social studies
B) Math
C) Science
D) Literacy

Question 29

One unsupportive approach with teaching writing is .

Question 30

How would you explain emergent literacy to a parent with questions? Be detailed and specific.

Question 31

Assessment based on performance can use .

Question 32

Write an explanation of appropriate assessment, contrasting it with the dangers of high stakes testing.

Question 33

Discuss how children who are concrete thinkers learn BEST, and point out ways teachers can use this knowledge in creating appropriate literacy, writing, and math curricula.