Question 1

Identify a characteristic of Francis Parker's child-centered approach.

Accepted Answer

A)   Pupils were coerced to work at their individual jobs.
B)   Students were controlled by their teachers or instructors.
C)   School subjects and practical arts were correlated.
D)   Students' minds were portrayed as comprised of discrete faculties. C

Question 2

The term "cognitive structure" refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)   the shape of a developmental disability.
B)   the concepts, ideas, and understandings that a child constructs.
C)   the concepts, ideas, and understandings that are given to a child.
D)   none of these answers are correct. B

Question 3

Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) guidelines are based, in part, on the principles of:

Accepted Answer

A)   psychoanalysis.
B)   behaviorism.
C)   constructivism.
D)   environmentalism. C

Question 4

Through most of the 20th century, successive generations of young people entered puberty, on average, earlier than their predecessors, a phenomenon termed "secular trend."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Developmentally appropriate assessments focus on:

Accepted Answer

A)   how one student compares with others of the same age or in the same grade.
B)   determining which children are ready for school and which children are not.
C)   the importance of observation of children in natural activity contexts.
D)   determining how students should be grouped for instruction.

Question 6

According to critics, the economic goals of schooling place enormous pressures on young children to acquire cognitive knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In a developmentally appropriate classroom, it is important that teachers know as much as possible about the learning styles, interests, preferences, strengths, and cultural backgrounds of their students. Discuss briefly why this is the case and how the knowledge of these characteristics might help teachers support their students better.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In a developmentally appropriate classroom, it is...

Question 8

The publication of Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) was an outcome of efforts undertaken by the:

Accepted Answer

A)   Council for Exceptional Children (CE
C)  .
B)   National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEY
C)  .
C)   Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) .
D)   Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASC
D)  .

Question 9

According to the constructivist theory of learning, motivation to learn emerges from the fact that:

Accepted Answer

A)   a child's cognitive structure is continuously challenged.
B)   a child is forced to memorize facts.
C)   a child has little to do.
D)   a child is subject to external motivation techniques.

Question 10

From a constructivist perspective, knowledge is "made"
by the knower who assimilates new experiences within knowledge structures already present and accommodates to experiences that do not fit neatly into those structures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Constructivism is a philosophical concept involving epistemology. What, if anything, does it have to do with how teachers teach?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Constructivism is a philosophical concept involving epistemology....

Question 12

A term referring to perspectives on children's development that emphasize the importance of cultural influences is:

Accepted Answer

A)   "cultural constructivism."
B)   "ethnoconstructivism."
C)   "social constructivism."
D)   "anthropological constructivism."

Question 13

In a developmentally appropriate classroom, the teacher assumes that:

Accepted Answer

A)   all students are learning the same thing at any given time.
B)   all students learn the same thing, but at different times.
C)   students learn in different ways, but they all learn the same thing.
D)   students may be learning different things during any particular lesson or activity.

Question 14

Developmentally appropriate practices result from educational decisions based on:

Accepted Answer

A)   knowledge of child development and learning.
B)   knowledge of the strengths, interests, and needs of each individual child in a group.
C)   knowledge of the social and cultural contexts in which children live.
D)   all of these answers are correct.

Question 15

The constructivist view differs from the traditional notion of readiness in that constructivists emphasize that cognitive readiness is not a transactional matter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The theories of Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson support a universal developmental perspective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In Erik Erikson's (1963) familiar formulation, the development of ego identity:

Accepted Answer

A)   is dependent on the 10 stages of psychosocial development.
B)   is a lifetime enterprise.
C)   is independent of conflicting influences or requirements.
D)   is succeeded by multiple childhood crises.

Question 18

The Waldorf approach to education evolved from a school established in 1919 for the children of workers in Stuttgart, Germany.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

It has been said that the nature versus nurture debate is an ongoing one. Do you agree? If you do, why do you think that is the case? If you disagree, give reasons.

Accepted Answer

The answer of It has been said that the nature...

Question 20

The Montessori approach suggests that classrooms for students of any age should be designed:

Accepted Answer

A)   for discovery and activity as teachers model and monitor.
B)   to reflect the philosophy of the American progressive education movement.
C)   for exceptional and talented children.
D)   for children in kindergarten through the second and third grades.

Exam 11: Creating Developmentally Appropriate Classrooms: The Importance of Age and Developmental Status

Identify a characteristic of Francis Parker's child-centered approach.

The term "cognitive structure" refers to:

Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) guidelines are based, in part, on the principles of:

Through most of the 20th century, successive generations of young people entered puberty, on average, earlier than their predecessors, a phenomenon termed "secular trend."

Developmentally appropriate assessments focus on:

According to critics, the economic goals of schooling place enormous pressures on young children to acquire cognitive knowledge.

The publication of Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) was an outcome of efforts undertaken by the:

According to the constructivist theory of learning, motivation to learn emerges from the fact that:

From a constructivist perspective, knowledge is "made" by the knower who assimilates new experiences within knowledge structures already present and accommodates to experiences that do not fit neatly into those structures.

Constructivism is a philosophical concept involving epistemology. What, if anything, does it have to do with how teachers teach?

A term referring to perspectives on children's development that emphasize the importance of cultural influences is:

In a developmentally appropriate classroom, the teacher assumes that:

Developmentally appropriate practices result from educational decisions based on:

The constructivist view differs from the traditional notion of readiness in that constructivists emphasize that cognitive readiness is not a transactional matter.

The theories of Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson support a universal developmental perspective.

In Erik Erikson's (1963) familiar formulation, the development of ego identity:

The Waldorf approach to education evolved from a school established in 1919 for the children of workers in Stuttgart, Germany.

It has been said that the nature versus nurture debate is an ongoing one. Do you agree? If you do, why do you think that is the case? If you disagree, give reasons.

The Montessori approach suggests that classrooms for students of any age should be designed: