1. The most effective teachers take their cues from the:
a. children that they are teaching
b. grade level skills children ought to have
c. tests that children must take at each grade level
d. parents of the they are teaching
2. In response to the teacher's request to tell her how many red blocks there are in a set of 40 colored blocks, Sam must use which of the following?
a. one on one correspondence
b. cardinality
c. subitizing
d. conservation
3. which of the perceptual motor skills are most closely associated with understanding how "left" and "right" directions are to be carried out?
a. balance
b. directional awareness
c. temporal awareness
d. figure ground awareness
4. four year old Winslow is under the snack table growing and bending his fingers in a claw like action. what elements of pretend play is he demonstrating?
a. all of the elements are present
b. none of the elements are present
c. make believe, role playing, and object substitution
d. transformation of time, make believe, object invention
5. which material is LEAST likely to require the cognitive function necessary for construction play?
a. an erector set which James selects to make an oil derrick
b. blocks that Adel selects to onstruct an apartment building
c. a paint by number set that was a gift to Thad
d. stones, sticks, and leaves that Kevin uses to make a village
6. select the alternative that has the most appropriate sequence of activities for the teacher to prepare a thematic unit.
a. find an exciting prop, select a theme to go with it, generate relevant content and activities
b. observe the children, develop an idea around their interests, select a concept, generate content, and generate possible activities to support that content
c. look through several activity books and get some ideas for aesthetics, generate some content to go with them, then organize the unit
d. with your colleagues, generate 25 to 30 TFPs, create activities to support them, organize the activities into a weekly plan that addresses the notions of balance and diversity