OSAT Early Childhood Education-
PRACTICE TEST
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing things
with symbols? - answer Between 18 and 24 months
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to happen,
which is the MOST SPECIFIC Piagetian term to describe this phenomenon? - answer
Magical Thinking
In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin to develop a
visual schema? – answer PR schematic
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two-year-old? -
answer Using at least two pronouns correctly
Which of the following teacher actions in most effective for fostering greater depth of
preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings? - answer Giving multiple definitions
and examples of new words
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites like big/little,
hot/cold, etc.? - answer Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is classified
under "Operations of Reference" - answera negation
In Brown's (1973) Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development, which of these
age ranges is associated with what he designated as Stage I? - answer15-30 months
A child who correctly use irregular past tenses of verbs would be in which of Roger
Brown's stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development? - answerStage III
According to Roger Brown, a child who indicates the regular plural by saying "My toys"
is in which of his Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development? - answerStage
II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term "private
speech" that he coined? - answerSpeaking aloud to themselves during activities
PRACTICE TEST
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing things
with symbols? - answer Between 18 and 24 months
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to happen,
which is the MOST SPECIFIC Piagetian term to describe this phenomenon? - answer
Magical Thinking
In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin to develop a
visual schema? – answer PR schematic
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two-year-old? -
answer Using at least two pronouns correctly
Which of the following teacher actions in most effective for fostering greater depth of
preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings? - answer Giving multiple definitions
and examples of new words
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites like big/little,
hot/cold, etc.? - answer Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is classified
under "Operations of Reference" - answera negation
In Brown's (1973) Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development, which of these
age ranges is associated with what he designated as Stage I? - answer15-30 months
A child who correctly use irregular past tenses of verbs would be in which of Roger
Brown's stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development? - answerStage III
According to Roger Brown, a child who indicates the regular plural by saying "My toys"
is in which of his Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development? - answerStage
II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term "private
speech" that he coined? - answerSpeaking aloud to themselves during activities
