Deck 34: Early Childhood Education

Question 1

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

A) Constructivism phase
B) Absorbent mind phase
C) Uniform growth phase
D) Adolescent phase

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The term "constructivism" refers to __________.

A) developmentally appropriate practices
B) children constructing their own worlds
C) a prepared learning environment
D) children learning from direct instruction

Answer 2

B

Question 3

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

A) child development and learning
B) characteristics of individual children
C) contexts in which children develop
D) parental surveys

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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

A) most children do not live in ideal surroundings
B) children feel uncomfortable interacting with an ordered environment
C) children do not absorb experiences in their environment
D) children do not like order

Question 5

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

A) Low teacher-child ratios
B) Well-trained teachers
C) Abundant resources
D) Parent-centered activities

Question 6

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

A) Reading
B) Relationships
C) Resilience
D) Readiness

Question 7

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

A) Create a caring community of learners.
B) Provide an interactive environment.
C) Children's development requires a single assessment that does not take into account children's individual differences.
D) If an early education program is to be successful, then detailed knowledge of children is vital.

Question 8

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.

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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