1. The term Developmentally Appropriate Practice as referred to by the National Association for the Education of Young Children refers to the way:
- The teacher carries out the curriculum
- The organization of the learning environment and the materials
- The interaction of the children and the teacher
- All of the above
2. Raines (1997) believes that when considering the quality of an educational experience, quality can be judged by whether:
- Children succeed on an assessment
- The experience leads to "meaning making" by the children
- The children like the activity
- Parents like the activity
3. Early childhood educators value:
- Child centered approaches
- Experience centered approaches
- Knowledge centered approaches
- All of the above
4. John Dewey advocated for curriculum to designed and implemented around human impulses to include:
- Socializing, experimenting
- Constructing, expressing, or creating artistically
- Inquiring and questioning
- All of the above
5. "High quality early childhood programs provide safe and nurturing environments that promote the physical, social, emotional, aesthetic, intellectual, and language development of each child." (1997) This is a position of:
6. As we adapt materials and activities for children with special needs, we should ask these questions.
- Is the child using the materials effectively? Is the child being appropriately challenged?
- Is the child participating with other children? Is language being used that relates to the arts and participation?
- Is the child making choices related to the activity? Is the child enjoying or appreciating the experience?
- All of the above
7. In an ongoing longitudinal research study investigating the effects of the High/Scope Approach, it was found that High/Scope participants:
- More likely to be on welfare
- More likely to be involved in crime
- Stayed in school longer
- Less likely to have graduated from high school
8. A KWL chart stands for:
- What is known, what we want to know, and what has been learned
- Knowledge, write up, and literacy
- Knock it off, wait to be called on, and limber up
- Knuckle down, warm up, and look over
9. The Reggio Emilia approach is named after:
- A city in Italy
- The man who came up with theory, Reggio Emilia
- The name of the first two students to graduate, Reggio and Emilia
- The name of the first teacher who implemented the method
10. In the Reggio Emilia approach:
- Young children become immersed in learning
- Preschoolers spend time focusing on a project
- Teachers provide materials and help with vocabulary
- All of the above
11. In-depth studies provide:
- Little time for reflection on the topic and the work accomplished.
- A limited amount of time for study and investigation.
- Opportunities to develop understanding on a specific topic, information gathering, planning, and sharing information gained on the study.
- Time to cover many different topics and themes.
- All of the above.
12. A variety of approaches can be used to provide an integrated curriculum that includes the arts. These are:
- Direct instruction and drills.
- Themes, units, and the project approach.
- Workbooks and programmed instruction.
- Focusing on concepts that can be generalized.
- All of the above.
13. Understanding of how young children develop stresses that:
- Providing opportunities for choices strengthens the learning process.
- Learning is best when children explore areas that interest them.
- Expression and engagement fosters learning in all domains.
- Active participation in the work insures more learning.
- All of the above.
14. Gifted and talented young children need opportunities to:
- Focus on one area of their talent.
- Be challenged and think creatively.
- Do things in the accepted and predictable way.
- Wait until all children have completed a project.
- All of the above.
15. The curriculum for young children, including the arts, can be designed to:
- Meet individual needs in the classroom.
- The specific groups' needs.
- Provide areas of expression.
- All of the above.
- None of the above.