SCIENCE PHONEMIC AWARENESS SKILLS
ASSESSMENT
●● The major finding of the seminal study conducted by Hart and Risley
(1995) determined what?
Answer: Young children's exposure to oral language is related to their
later academic success.
●● What is the purpose of early learning standards?
Answer: They describe what young children should be learning.
●● A teacher who follows the tenets of developmentally appropriate
practice arranges centers...
Answer: that are connected to a central theme with planned learning
outcomes.
●● Developmentally appropriate practice and Vygotsky's Zone of
Proximal Development concepts DO NOT include is premise...
Answer: social/emotional skills are the most important domain to focus
on in preschool settings.
, ●● Provide 3 statements that support developmentally appropriate
practice and Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development.
Answer: 1. teachers and parents need to provide intentional instruction
to help young children develop foundational skills.
2. skill development across developmental domains is interconnected
and includes executive functioning skills.
3. young children need lots of repetition to learn foundational skills as
they do not acquire these skills on their own.
●● What characteristic describes a standardized assessment tool?
Answer: It is designed to provide information on skill development in a
consistent manner so the results can be compared to a norm or
benchmark.
●● Which assessment procedure is designed to provide the best
screening data?
Answer: use of a standardized tool with all children to determine if they
have reached an expected learning level
●● Along with executive functioning, which set of tasks are strong
predictive indicators of children's learning at the transition from
prekindergarten to kindergarten?
Answer: the ability to name letters and isolate initial sounds in words
●● Name 3 skills associated with executive functioning.