CDA Exam Prep: Chapter 5 Cognitive
Questions & Answers 2023/2024
Define "executive function" skills and describe how early educators can promote children developing
these types of skills in their setting. - ANSWER-Mental processes needed to connect past experiences
with present action. These processes help children regulate behavior, control impulses, manage time,
stay organized and follow multistep directions. These skills also help children filter through stimulation
they receive daily to determine which information is important. Early educators can allow children to
explore their learning alone or in a social groups, develop children's self control, support children to
increase their attention spans and improve their memory skills, offer children opportunities to make
symbolic representations of their ideas through art or movement, etc.
Ms. Hart walks toddlers through the neighborhood several times a week. Which strategy makes for the
best learning experience?
A. Telling the children about how the neighborhood has changed over time.
B. Permitting the children to pick any flowers or leaves they encounter.
C. Taking one path often enough to observe and talk about what is there.
D. Taking a different path with new features each time they walk. - ANSWER-C.Taking one path often
enough to observe and talk about what is there.
Four year old Angie is struggling with puzzles. To best scaffold her learning, the early educator will.
A. Do the puzzle for Angie so she can watch.
B. Provide Angie with a 5-6 large piece puzzle that she can work with by herself.
C. Tell Angie to find somewhere else to play. - ANSWER-B. Provide Angie with a 5-6 large piece puzzle
that she can work with by herself.
Describe an activity that a teacher could do with a small group of children to promote developing social
studies skills (indicate age of children) - ANSWER-Read stories about people with varying occupations,
invite visitors into the classroom, field trips, dramatic play, learning center set up, etc.
Describe how an early educator can effectively use technology in their learning environment to promote
children's learning and engagement (indicate age of children) - ANSWER-Children can create artwork on
computer screens or tablets, read and interact with stories, engage with photographs and videos that
document their learning from prior experiences on field trips for example or in the setting.
Questions & Answers 2023/2024
Define "executive function" skills and describe how early educators can promote children developing
these types of skills in their setting. - ANSWER-Mental processes needed to connect past experiences
with present action. These processes help children regulate behavior, control impulses, manage time,
stay organized and follow multistep directions. These skills also help children filter through stimulation
they receive daily to determine which information is important. Early educators can allow children to
explore their learning alone or in a social groups, develop children's self control, support children to
increase their attention spans and improve their memory skills, offer children opportunities to make
symbolic representations of their ideas through art or movement, etc.
Ms. Hart walks toddlers through the neighborhood several times a week. Which strategy makes for the
best learning experience?
A. Telling the children about how the neighborhood has changed over time.
B. Permitting the children to pick any flowers or leaves they encounter.
C. Taking one path often enough to observe and talk about what is there.
D. Taking a different path with new features each time they walk. - ANSWER-C.Taking one path often
enough to observe and talk about what is there.
Four year old Angie is struggling with puzzles. To best scaffold her learning, the early educator will.
A. Do the puzzle for Angie so she can watch.
B. Provide Angie with a 5-6 large piece puzzle that she can work with by herself.
C. Tell Angie to find somewhere else to play. - ANSWER-B. Provide Angie with a 5-6 large piece puzzle
that she can work with by herself.
Describe an activity that a teacher could do with a small group of children to promote developing social
studies skills (indicate age of children) - ANSWER-Read stories about people with varying occupations,
invite visitors into the classroom, field trips, dramatic play, learning center set up, etc.
Describe how an early educator can effectively use technology in their learning environment to promote
children's learning and engagement (indicate age of children) - ANSWER-Children can create artwork on
computer screens or tablets, read and interact with stories, engage with photographs and videos that
document their learning from prior experiences on field trips for example or in the setting.
