Deck 15: Developmentally Appropriate Cognitivelanguageliteracy Environments: for Preschoolers

Question 1

Preschool children are in Piaget's preoperational stage of thinking.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Closed questions basically test children's recall of facts.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Both Piaget and Vygotsky believed that knowledge is constructed.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Characteristics of preoperational thought include all EXCEPT

A) centration.
B) irreversibility.
C) constructivism.
D) egocentric thinking.

Question 5

Teachers plan

A) to reach goals that they have set for children.
B) after careful observation and assessment.
C) by considering individual children's interests and needs.
D) All of the above.

Question 6

Sometimes direct instruction is an appropriate response.

Question 7

Social and emotional foundations are NOT part of the Head Start Performance standards.

Question 8

Adults show respect for play by all EXCEPT

A) enriching the play by adding props or materials.
B) keeping themselves busy preparing materials for teacher lessons.
C) taking photographs of the play to share with parents.
D) encouraging children to talk about their play.

Question 9

Components of literacy include

A) phonological awareness.
B) knowledge of letters and words.
C) enjoyment of books.
D) All of the above.

Question 10

Transductive reasoning means that preschoolers often make a connection between things that are NOT really connected.

Question 11

Appropriate alternatives to traditional calendar recitations include all EXCEPT

A) linear representations, such as making a paper chain.
B) singing the days of the week song.
C) counting and marking off days till the picnic.
D) documentations displays that show the order of events.

Question 12

Children learn best by rote learning methods.

Question 13

Standards for mathematics content in preschool include

A) knowledge of numbers and numerals.
B) measurement.
C) patterns.
D) All of the above.

Question 14

Calendar is a very important part of any group time, so children can memorize the days of the week.

Question 15

A print-rich environment is part of the approach with emerging literacy.

Question 16

Which one of the following is NOT a purpose of large group time?

A) Learning to listen to classmates.
B) Learning to sit without moving.
C) Learning to talk to a group.
D) Learning new information.

Question 17

Small groups don't allow

A) teachers to individualize planning to meet specific goals.
B) isolation of troublemakers.
C) increased participation and decreased waiting time.
D) teachers to follow children's specific interests.

Question 18

Teachers should enter the play of children, all EXCEPT

A) to add new ideas.
B) when play is in danger of breaking down.
C) when invited.
D) Never.

Question 19

Children who are English language learners should be encouraged to speak only English at school.

Question 20

Which of the following is the LEAST appropriate activity for developing math concepts?

A) Filling in a worksheet.
B) Counting boys and girls at group time.
C) Making a graph on kinds of pizza liked.
D) Playing in the block area.

Question 21

Playing with children is important for all reasons EXCEPT

A) guiding play to more complex levels.
B) that otherwise children won't share.
C) when play shows evidence of breaking down.
D) to increase children's involvement with peers.

Question 22

Discuss some of the disadvantages of traditional Show and Tell and calendar as learning activities, Make suggestions for how these activities could be made more developmentally appropriate.

Question 23

Describe a classroom and activities that are designed to support emergent literacy.

Question 24

Children can understand concepts such as number of days in a week by

A) singing songs.
B) making a chain and removing one link each day.
C) discussing the calendar each morning.
D) None of the above.

Question 25

What does phonological awareness mean?

Question 26

One of the most neglected teacher roles is

A) model.
B) creator of the environment.
C) observer.
D) scaffolder.

Question 27

What are good questions?

Question 28

Bruner found that children's play was enriched by _____.

Question 29

Content standards created by the NCTM for children from preschool through eighth grade include

A) algebra.
B) data analysis.
C) None of the above.
D) All of the above.

Question 30

Interest areas support active play because they

A) provide for play options.
B) provide for free movement.
C) provide for individual developmental levels.
D) All of the above.

Question 31

Teachers plan using all EXCEPT

A) observations of children.
B) early learning standards.
C) last year's plans.
D) resource books.

Question 32

Discuss the importance of the teacher's role as scaffolder, identifying specific ways of extending children's learning.

Question 33

One common group time experience that does NOT seem particularly helpful to children is _____.

Question 34

Components of literacy include all EXCEPT

A) vocabulary and language.
B) knowledge of print.
C) book extenders.
D) comprehension of meaning.

Question 35

Good observations are

A) subjective.
B) objective.
C) objective and nonjudgmental.
D) objective, nonjudgmental, and recorded.

Question 36

Phonological awareness could be strengthened by

A) math experiences.
B) rhyming games.
C) block use.
D) outdoor games.

Question 37

Which of these statements is MOST accurate?

A) Literacy activities can be incorporated into all areas of a classroom.
B) Literacy should be taught every morning for at least an hour.
C) Literacy should be taught beginning age three.
D) Literacy is best handled in the home.

Question 38

_____ need to be able to express themselves in their home language first.