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A three year old preschooler is playing independently on the rug building a house of blocks. While
working on the house, the child says, "No, not the yellow one. The black one would look better for the
roof." According to the theories of Vygotsky, the child's behavior could be best described as:
A. demonstrating an understanding of only one's perspective
B. asserting control over the environment
C. thinking out loud in order to self-direct learning
D. initiating communication with others in order to seek assistance - Answer C. thinking out loud in
order to self-direct learning
Several kindergarteners are playing in a large sandbox on the school playground. Which of the following
activities demonstrates the most developmentally advanced type of play?
A. pouring water on the sand to form shapes from the resulting mixture
B. building a sand castle cooperatively with two other children
C. filling a large bucket with sand using various sizes of scoops
D. imitating another child who is tiptoeing through the sand pretending it is very hot - Answer B.
building a sand castle cooperatively with two other children
Which of the following factors is likely to have the most beneficial effect on a second-grade student's
academic performance?
A. riding or walking to school with parents
B. researching and reading about curricular topics on the internet
C. completing thirty minutes of homework each night
D. eating a nutritious breakfast each morning - Answer D. eating a nutritious breakfast each morning
A recent tornado caused damage in the community in which an early childhood teacher works. The
mother of a 15 month old reports that since the tornado, her son has become clingy, wants to be carried
most of the time, and has trouble falling asleep at night. The mother asks the early childhood teacher for
suggestions for supporting her child in healing from the trauma of the tornado. Which of the following
suggestions should the teacher make to address the mother's concerns.
,A. encouraging the mother to follow a predictable routine with her child and allow him to stay close to
her when he expresses the need
B. reminding the mother that children are resilient and that her child will cope with the events of the
tornado as time passes
C. showing the mother ways to rebuild her childs' independence by establishing regular times for him to
play independently
D. recommending that the mother discuss the events of the tornado - Answer A. Strategies such as
keeping to a routine, talking about the events, naming emotions, and providing verbal and physical
reassurance to the child when needed are ways to help children feel safe when dealing with trauma
A nine month old child has just learned to crawl. The early childhood teacher creates safe floor space for
the child to explore and provides enticing and accessible toys and activities. Through these actions, the
teacher is directly promoting the child's:
A. receptive language skills
B. social skill development
C. expressive language skills
D. cognitive development - Answer D. learning to crawl stimulates and promotes children's cognitive
development in a number of ways. It helps stimulate and organize neurons, allowing the brain to control
cognitive processes
Which of the following educational practices is likely to be most effective in supporting home language
preservation of English language learners in a general education kindergarten classroom?
A. ensuring that a translator is available for parents and children with a home language other than
English during parent-teacher conferences
B. engaging children in storytelling activities that include vocabulary from their home languages and
reflect their home cultures
C. providing children with ample opportunities to socialize with other people who speak their home
language during each week
D. displaying family portraits and drawings of the children and their families with captions underneath
both in English and in children's home languages - Answer B. by routinely engaging in activities that
reflect and include their home language, teacher demonstrate that they value and support home
language preservation.
A kindergarten teacher allots a portion of each day for children to use classroom learning centers. The
teacher monitors the children's engagement and extends the duration of the centers if the children are
,focused on the activities involved. Which of the following statements describes the primary benefit of
this approach?
A. increasing the children's conflict resolution skills through social interaction with peers
B. meeting the children's needs for solitary and unstructured play
C. supporting the children's development of time management skills
D. enhancing the children's depth of learning through exploration of self-selected materials - Answer D.
helps foster deeper learning and thinking
A teacher of two and three year old children often engages them in conversation. For example, when a
child is playing with teddy bears, she will ask, "what are the bears doing today?" When a child is painting,
she will say, "Please tell me about this interesting picture you are making!" Which of the following
benefits is most closely attributed to this practice?
A. encouraging children's linguistic creativity and self-expression
B. determining children's aptitude levels and readiness for other activities
C. obtaining feedback from children with a variety of verbal and vocabulary abilities
D. fostering children's focus and self-confidence in their abilities - Answer A. open ended questions and
statements are designed to encourage full, meaningful answers using children's own knowledge,
feelings, or both. These questions encourage student-generated ideas and solutions
A preschool teacher is designing curriculum for the children in her classroom. Which of the following
steps is associated with developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) for preschoolers?
A. introducing children to preliminary phonological and phonemic awareness activities
B. knowing what is individually appropriate for each child's interests and abilities
C. including a positive behavior system to promote children's socialization
D. helping each child learn foundational counting and number sense concepts - Answer B. DAP
framework is designed to promote young children's optimal learning and development. Knowing your
students allows you to decide which experiences are best for children's learning and development
A preschool teacher plans to use instructional strategies that integrate social-emotional learning with
curiosity and problem solving. Which of the following activities would best promote this goal?
A. reviewing rules for kind behavior with the children and asking them, "How do we treat others in our
classroom?"
B. modeling the polite use of language and encouraging the children to imitate the behavior
, C. encouraging empathic thinking with the children with questions such as, "Why do you think he is
crying?"
D. reading stories about socially challenging situations other children have encountered and how those
children solved them - Answer C. by asking children to interpret a situation where another child is
upset, the child is using their own curiosity to care and develop empathy for the other child.
An early childhood educator observes a ten week old infant gazing at a hanging mobile while lying on her
back. Occasionally, the infant swats at the mobile and smiles or coos. Several minutes later, the teacher
notices that the infant turns her head to avoid looking at the mobile and starts to cry. The infant's crying
escalates and intensifies during the next minute. Which of the following actions would be most
appropriate for the teacher to take to meet the infant's needs related to emotional regulation?
A. picking up the infant and noting if the crying subsides
B. providing the infant with a comfort object
C. distracting the infant with a different interactive toy
D. giving the infant more time to engage in self-soothing behaviors - Answer A. Emotional regulation is
a process that involves initiating, inhibiting, or modulating one's state or behavior. Teacher can build
trust by picking her up and removing her from the stimulation.
A second grade teacher notes that an English language learner struggles with vocabulary when reading
independently. The teacher would like to provide the student with a technological resource to clarify the
meaning of unknown words while reading independently. The teacher takes into consideration that the
student has strong reading skills in his home language. Which of the following resources would be most
beneficial for the student to use when reading on their own?
A. a digital text written in both the student's home language and English
B. an online language translator to translate unknown English words into the student's home language
C. an audio recording of an English version of a book at the student's reading level
D. an online thesaurus to help the student identify synonyms of unknown words - Answer B. an online
translator is most effective for students to translate unknown english to their home language. they can
have "on-demand" vocabulary help
A kindergarten teacher gathers information throughout the year about each child's ongoing progress
across developmental domains. The teacher maintains a folder for each child that includes checklists of
skills, a portfolio of work samples, and notes of teacher observations. In which of the following ways
could the teacher most effectively use this information?
A. presenting a summary of the abilities of children in the class to the administration
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A three year old preschooler is playing independently on the rug building a house of blocks. While
working on the house, the child says, "No, not the yellow one. The black one would look better for the
roof." According to the theories of Vygotsky, the child's behavior could be best described as:
A. demonstrating an understanding of only one's perspective
B. asserting control over the environment
C. thinking out loud in order to self-direct learning
D. initiating communication with others in order to seek assistance - Answer C. thinking out loud in
order to self-direct learning
Several kindergarteners are playing in a large sandbox on the school playground. Which of the following
activities demonstrates the most developmentally advanced type of play?
A. pouring water on the sand to form shapes from the resulting mixture
B. building a sand castle cooperatively with two other children
C. filling a large bucket with sand using various sizes of scoops
D. imitating another child who is tiptoeing through the sand pretending it is very hot - Answer B.
building a sand castle cooperatively with two other children
Which of the following factors is likely to have the most beneficial effect on a second-grade student's
academic performance?
A. riding or walking to school with parents
B. researching and reading about curricular topics on the internet
C. completing thirty minutes of homework each night
D. eating a nutritious breakfast each morning - Answer D. eating a nutritious breakfast each morning
A recent tornado caused damage in the community in which an early childhood teacher works. The
mother of a 15 month old reports that since the tornado, her son has become clingy, wants to be carried
most of the time, and has trouble falling asleep at night. The mother asks the early childhood teacher for
suggestions for supporting her child in healing from the trauma of the tornado. Which of the following
suggestions should the teacher make to address the mother's concerns.
,A. encouraging the mother to follow a predictable routine with her child and allow him to stay close to
her when he expresses the need
B. reminding the mother that children are resilient and that her child will cope with the events of the
tornado as time passes
C. showing the mother ways to rebuild her childs' independence by establishing regular times for him to
play independently
D. recommending that the mother discuss the events of the tornado - Answer A. Strategies such as
keeping to a routine, talking about the events, naming emotions, and providing verbal and physical
reassurance to the child when needed are ways to help children feel safe when dealing with trauma
A nine month old child has just learned to crawl. The early childhood teacher creates safe floor space for
the child to explore and provides enticing and accessible toys and activities. Through these actions, the
teacher is directly promoting the child's:
A. receptive language skills
B. social skill development
C. expressive language skills
D. cognitive development - Answer D. learning to crawl stimulates and promotes children's cognitive
development in a number of ways. It helps stimulate and organize neurons, allowing the brain to control
cognitive processes
Which of the following educational practices is likely to be most effective in supporting home language
preservation of English language learners in a general education kindergarten classroom?
A. ensuring that a translator is available for parents and children with a home language other than
English during parent-teacher conferences
B. engaging children in storytelling activities that include vocabulary from their home languages and
reflect their home cultures
C. providing children with ample opportunities to socialize with other people who speak their home
language during each week
D. displaying family portraits and drawings of the children and their families with captions underneath
both in English and in children's home languages - Answer B. by routinely engaging in activities that
reflect and include their home language, teacher demonstrate that they value and support home
language preservation.
A kindergarten teacher allots a portion of each day for children to use classroom learning centers. The
teacher monitors the children's engagement and extends the duration of the centers if the children are
,focused on the activities involved. Which of the following statements describes the primary benefit of
this approach?
A. increasing the children's conflict resolution skills through social interaction with peers
B. meeting the children's needs for solitary and unstructured play
C. supporting the children's development of time management skills
D. enhancing the children's depth of learning through exploration of self-selected materials - Answer D.
helps foster deeper learning and thinking
A teacher of two and three year old children often engages them in conversation. For example, when a
child is playing with teddy bears, she will ask, "what are the bears doing today?" When a child is painting,
she will say, "Please tell me about this interesting picture you are making!" Which of the following
benefits is most closely attributed to this practice?
A. encouraging children's linguistic creativity and self-expression
B. determining children's aptitude levels and readiness for other activities
C. obtaining feedback from children with a variety of verbal and vocabulary abilities
D. fostering children's focus and self-confidence in their abilities - Answer A. open ended questions and
statements are designed to encourage full, meaningful answers using children's own knowledge,
feelings, or both. These questions encourage student-generated ideas and solutions
A preschool teacher is designing curriculum for the children in her classroom. Which of the following
steps is associated with developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) for preschoolers?
A. introducing children to preliminary phonological and phonemic awareness activities
B. knowing what is individually appropriate for each child's interests and abilities
C. including a positive behavior system to promote children's socialization
D. helping each child learn foundational counting and number sense concepts - Answer B. DAP
framework is designed to promote young children's optimal learning and development. Knowing your
students allows you to decide which experiences are best for children's learning and development
A preschool teacher plans to use instructional strategies that integrate social-emotional learning with
curiosity and problem solving. Which of the following activities would best promote this goal?
A. reviewing rules for kind behavior with the children and asking them, "How do we treat others in our
classroom?"
B. modeling the polite use of language and encouraging the children to imitate the behavior
, C. encouraging empathic thinking with the children with questions such as, "Why do you think he is
crying?"
D. reading stories about socially challenging situations other children have encountered and how those
children solved them - Answer C. by asking children to interpret a situation where another child is
upset, the child is using their own curiosity to care and develop empathy for the other child.
An early childhood educator observes a ten week old infant gazing at a hanging mobile while lying on her
back. Occasionally, the infant swats at the mobile and smiles or coos. Several minutes later, the teacher
notices that the infant turns her head to avoid looking at the mobile and starts to cry. The infant's crying
escalates and intensifies during the next minute. Which of the following actions would be most
appropriate for the teacher to take to meet the infant's needs related to emotional regulation?
A. picking up the infant and noting if the crying subsides
B. providing the infant with a comfort object
C. distracting the infant with a different interactive toy
D. giving the infant more time to engage in self-soothing behaviors - Answer A. Emotional regulation is
a process that involves initiating, inhibiting, or modulating one's state or behavior. Teacher can build
trust by picking her up and removing her from the stimulation.
A second grade teacher notes that an English language learner struggles with vocabulary when reading
independently. The teacher would like to provide the student with a technological resource to clarify the
meaning of unknown words while reading independently. The teacher takes into consideration that the
student has strong reading skills in his home language. Which of the following resources would be most
beneficial for the student to use when reading on their own?
A. a digital text written in both the student's home language and English
B. an online language translator to translate unknown English words into the student's home language
C. an audio recording of an English version of a book at the student's reading level
D. an online thesaurus to help the student identify synonyms of unknown words - Answer B. an online
translator is most effective for students to translate unknown english to their home language. they can
have "on-demand" vocabulary help
A kindergarten teacher gathers information throughout the year about each child's ongoing progress
across developmental domains. The teacher maintains a folder for each child that includes checklists of
skills, a portfolio of work samples, and notes of teacher observations. In which of the following ways
could the teacher most effectively use this information?
A. presenting a summary of the abilities of children in the class to the administration
