NBPTS Generalist Early Childhood Exam Questions And
Answers (A+) Latest Update
Manipulatives (chips, Cuisenaire rods, dice, play money, etc) - ANSWER young children
learn primarily through visually inspecting, touching, holding, and manipulating
concrete objects.
math manipulative's are useful for - ANSWER students who learn with tactile or visual
learning styles
Inquiry-based learning - ANSWER Students develop hypotheses, collect
information/data to test the hypotheses and analyze information/data and formulate
conclusions based on the analyses. This is sometimes referred to as the scientific
method.
inquiry learning - ANSWER young students should explore new materials to understand
purpose, use and care before using them for structured activities
aesthetic experience - ANSWER perception through one's senses
process skills developed by preschool science programs - ANSWER observation,
classification, communication
activities for developing physical coordination - ANSWER hopping, balance on one foot,
kicking, throwing, catching balls, freeze dancing
Line (visual art) - ANSWER extend young children's symbol repertoire, enhance
comparison-making skill, enhance shape recognition
affective learning experience - ANSWER enhance young children's emotional
, intelligence, including awareness and expression of their emotions
affective learning experience example - ANSWER Feelings and faces activities
phonological awareness - ANSWER the ability to think about and play with the sound
structure of oral language
Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the
individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
Alphabetic Principle - ANSWER ABILITY TO CONNECT LETTERS WITH SOUNDS, AND
TO CREATE WORDS BASED ON THESE ASSOCIATIONS.
phonological awareness is developed through - ANSWER direct training
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER Two aspects of oral language
development that are important for developing word analysis skills and reading
Examples of phonological awareness skills - ANSWER -rhyming words
-segmenting words, syllables and phonemes
-word, syllable, and phoneme counting
-matching similar sounds
-substitute sounds in words to create other words
-understand what happens when you lose a sound or gain one in a word
benefits of phonological and phonemic awareness instruction - ANSWER improves
understanding of sound to letter relationships and their ability to recognize common
spelling units found in words
Answers (A+) Latest Update
Manipulatives (chips, Cuisenaire rods, dice, play money, etc) - ANSWER young children
learn primarily through visually inspecting, touching, holding, and manipulating
concrete objects.
math manipulative's are useful for - ANSWER students who learn with tactile or visual
learning styles
Inquiry-based learning - ANSWER Students develop hypotheses, collect
information/data to test the hypotheses and analyze information/data and formulate
conclusions based on the analyses. This is sometimes referred to as the scientific
method.
inquiry learning - ANSWER young students should explore new materials to understand
purpose, use and care before using them for structured activities
aesthetic experience - ANSWER perception through one's senses
process skills developed by preschool science programs - ANSWER observation,
classification, communication
activities for developing physical coordination - ANSWER hopping, balance on one foot,
kicking, throwing, catching balls, freeze dancing
Line (visual art) - ANSWER extend young children's symbol repertoire, enhance
comparison-making skill, enhance shape recognition
affective learning experience - ANSWER enhance young children's emotional
, intelligence, including awareness and expression of their emotions
affective learning experience example - ANSWER Feelings and faces activities
phonological awareness - ANSWER the ability to think about and play with the sound
structure of oral language
Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the
individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
Alphabetic Principle - ANSWER ABILITY TO CONNECT LETTERS WITH SOUNDS, AND
TO CREATE WORDS BASED ON THESE ASSOCIATIONS.
phonological awareness is developed through - ANSWER direct training
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness - ANSWER Two aspects of oral language
development that are important for developing word analysis skills and reading
Examples of phonological awareness skills - ANSWER -rhyming words
-segmenting words, syllables and phonemes
-word, syllable, and phoneme counting
-matching similar sounds
-substitute sounds in words to create other words
-understand what happens when you lose a sound or gain one in a word
benefits of phonological and phonemic awareness instruction - ANSWER improves
understanding of sound to letter relationships and their ability to recognize common
spelling units found in words
