Early Childhood Education 101: Final
Exam
The term "early childhood years" refers to which span of age? ✔✔ correct answer Birth through 8
years
Early childhood professionals' roles include all of the following EXCEPT: ✔✔ correct answer
Babysitter
What statement is true regarding children's play? ✔✔ correct answer Play is a primary vehicle for
children's learning and development in all domains.
John Locke is best known for his view of children as: ✔✔ correct answer Blank slates
Friedrich Froebel is best known as: ✔✔ correct answer The creator and "father of the Kindergarten"
Which is NOT one of the essential components of professionalism in early care and education? ✔✔
correct answer Defining test cut scores to refuse children entrance into kindergarten
ACEI is based on the work of which influential theorist? ✔✔ correct answer Friedrich Froebel
What is NAEYC? ✔✔ correct answer The largest early childhood professional organization
What does NAEYC do? ✔✔ correct answer Promote best practices, support professional practice in
the field and research
What are the 3 key principles for teacher decision outlined in the DAP Statement? ✔✔ correct
answer Knowledge of: child development, families' social and cultural backgrounds, individual
development.
What is the most effective way to build your knowledge of individual children's development? ✔✔
correct answer Through systematic observations
All of the following are key ideals and principles of the Code of Ethical Conduct, EXCEPT: ✔✔ correct
answer Refrain from getting involved in cases of suspected neglect
, Early Childhood Education 101: Final
Exam
What does NAEYC stand for? ✔✔ correct answer National Association for the Education of Young
Children
Of the following, which one is NOT one of the five structures of the Bioecological model? ✔✔ correct
answer Suprasystem
Examples of practices which value, support, and actively engage families in reciprocal relationships
include: ✔✔ correct answer knowing and supporting family goals, voting for and promoting family-
supportive laws and policies, helping families access services and programs as needed
What is constructivism? ✔✔ correct answer A theory of knowledge and learning which posits that
children actively engage with their world--people, experiences, materials--and build their beliefs and
knowledge through interaction and internal processes.
What is the basic premise of cognitive developmental constructivism? ✔✔ correct answer
Knowledge is an individual construct, built through maturation and new experiences that challenge
the learners' existing knowledge.
What did Vygotsky believe about the role of language acquisition in cognitive development? ✔✔
correct answer Language is the most influential milestone in shaping cognitive development.
Structures of Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Model ✔✔ correct answer Micro, macro, exo, meso
Simply but broadly defined, "human diversity" means: ✔✔ correct answer The many ways people
differ from one another
Children's concepts about diversity and their own diversity begin to develop during which age? ✔✔
correct answer Infancy
Being a culturally competent professional means: ✔✔ correct answer Intentionally using skills and
behaviors to sensitively and responsively work with diverse families
Exam
The term "early childhood years" refers to which span of age? ✔✔ correct answer Birth through 8
years
Early childhood professionals' roles include all of the following EXCEPT: ✔✔ correct answer
Babysitter
What statement is true regarding children's play? ✔✔ correct answer Play is a primary vehicle for
children's learning and development in all domains.
John Locke is best known for his view of children as: ✔✔ correct answer Blank slates
Friedrich Froebel is best known as: ✔✔ correct answer The creator and "father of the Kindergarten"
Which is NOT one of the essential components of professionalism in early care and education? ✔✔
correct answer Defining test cut scores to refuse children entrance into kindergarten
ACEI is based on the work of which influential theorist? ✔✔ correct answer Friedrich Froebel
What is NAEYC? ✔✔ correct answer The largest early childhood professional organization
What does NAEYC do? ✔✔ correct answer Promote best practices, support professional practice in
the field and research
What are the 3 key principles for teacher decision outlined in the DAP Statement? ✔✔ correct
answer Knowledge of: child development, families' social and cultural backgrounds, individual
development.
What is the most effective way to build your knowledge of individual children's development? ✔✔
correct answer Through systematic observations
All of the following are key ideals and principles of the Code of Ethical Conduct, EXCEPT: ✔✔ correct
answer Refrain from getting involved in cases of suspected neglect
, Early Childhood Education 101: Final
Exam
What does NAEYC stand for? ✔✔ correct answer National Association for the Education of Young
Children
Of the following, which one is NOT one of the five structures of the Bioecological model? ✔✔ correct
answer Suprasystem
Examples of practices which value, support, and actively engage families in reciprocal relationships
include: ✔✔ correct answer knowing and supporting family goals, voting for and promoting family-
supportive laws and policies, helping families access services and programs as needed
What is constructivism? ✔✔ correct answer A theory of knowledge and learning which posits that
children actively engage with their world--people, experiences, materials--and build their beliefs and
knowledge through interaction and internal processes.
What is the basic premise of cognitive developmental constructivism? ✔✔ correct answer
Knowledge is an individual construct, built through maturation and new experiences that challenge
the learners' existing knowledge.
What did Vygotsky believe about the role of language acquisition in cognitive development? ✔✔
correct answer Language is the most influential milestone in shaping cognitive development.
Structures of Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Model ✔✔ correct answer Micro, macro, exo, meso
Simply but broadly defined, "human diversity" means: ✔✔ correct answer The many ways people
differ from one another
Children's concepts about diversity and their own diversity begin to develop during which age? ✔✔
correct answer Infancy
Being a culturally competent professional means: ✔✔ correct answer Intentionally using skills and
behaviors to sensitively and responsively work with diverse families
