Early Childhood Education Exam 1
DAP ✔✔ correct answer development appropriate practices
early childhood education ✔✔ correct answer high personal standards, expands his or hers skill and
knowledge
6 standards for professional development ✔✔ correct answer 1. promoting child development and
learning
2. building family and community relationships
3. observing, documenting, assessing to support children and families
4. using developmentally effective approaches to connect with children and families
5. using content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum
6. becoming a professional
4 types of knowledge ✔✔ correct answer procedural, conceptual, implications,
reflective practice ✔✔ correct answer having children talk about what they have done during the
day so they can fully understand what the learned
caring ✔✔ correct answer you will lose sleep trying to find a way to help a child learn to read and
you will spend long hours planning and gathering materials
professional dispositions ✔✔ correct answer your, value, commitments, attitudes, professional
growth, professional ethics
collaborative planning ✔✔ correct answer teachers coming together to plan curriculum
philosophy of education ✔✔ correct answer a set of belief about how children develop and learn
and what and how they should be taught
guidelines: read, reflect, discuss, write and share, and evaluate
inclusive environment ✔✔ correct answer for children with special needs by implementing
necessary adaptations, create high expectations so child will reach full potential, establish support
and services
, Early Childhood Education Exam 1
poverty ✔✔ correct answer low income families, female headed families, poor school achievement,
children are most likely to drop out
achievement gaps ✔✔ correct answer parents of poverty spend less time working with children on
school work which can put them behind
teenage birth rates ✔✔ correct answer decline but however on the rise again, most common places
are south and southwest states, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, least common New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Vermont
leading childhood diseases ✔✔ correct answer asthma, lead poisoning, and obesity
divorce rates ✔✔ correct answer 35% of marriages
cultural competency ✔✔ correct answer set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and polices that
come together in a system
single parents ✔✔ correct answer continous to increase, reasons for this 35% of all marriages end in
divorce, parents by default, more women have children without marring
ELL's ✔✔ correct answer english language learners
define assessment ✔✔ correct answer is ongoing, continuous process of collecting, gathering, and
documenting information about childrens development, learning, health, behavior, academic
progress, need of special services and attainment to make decisions
methods of authentic assessment ✔✔ correct answer refers to the manner in which formative
assessments occur, authentic indicates that the assessment is taking place during the actual learning
instructional activities in which they are involved
screening ✔✔ correct answer example eye and listening tests, or one on one test such as reading a
writing with teacher
sheltered instructions ✔✔ correct answer group projects, group activities, group discussions,
labeling, utilizing memorization reaction, teach creative and thinking and problem solving
DAP ✔✔ correct answer development appropriate practices
early childhood education ✔✔ correct answer high personal standards, expands his or hers skill and
knowledge
6 standards for professional development ✔✔ correct answer 1. promoting child development and
learning
2. building family and community relationships
3. observing, documenting, assessing to support children and families
4. using developmentally effective approaches to connect with children and families
5. using content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum
6. becoming a professional
4 types of knowledge ✔✔ correct answer procedural, conceptual, implications,
reflective practice ✔✔ correct answer having children talk about what they have done during the
day so they can fully understand what the learned
caring ✔✔ correct answer you will lose sleep trying to find a way to help a child learn to read and
you will spend long hours planning and gathering materials
professional dispositions ✔✔ correct answer your, value, commitments, attitudes, professional
growth, professional ethics
collaborative planning ✔✔ correct answer teachers coming together to plan curriculum
philosophy of education ✔✔ correct answer a set of belief about how children develop and learn
and what and how they should be taught
guidelines: read, reflect, discuss, write and share, and evaluate
inclusive environment ✔✔ correct answer for children with special needs by implementing
necessary adaptations, create high expectations so child will reach full potential, establish support
and services
, Early Childhood Education Exam 1
poverty ✔✔ correct answer low income families, female headed families, poor school achievement,
children are most likely to drop out
achievement gaps ✔✔ correct answer parents of poverty spend less time working with children on
school work which can put them behind
teenage birth rates ✔✔ correct answer decline but however on the rise again, most common places
are south and southwest states, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, least common New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Vermont
leading childhood diseases ✔✔ correct answer asthma, lead poisoning, and obesity
divorce rates ✔✔ correct answer 35% of marriages
cultural competency ✔✔ correct answer set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and polices that
come together in a system
single parents ✔✔ correct answer continous to increase, reasons for this 35% of all marriages end in
divorce, parents by default, more women have children without marring
ELL's ✔✔ correct answer english language learners
define assessment ✔✔ correct answer is ongoing, continuous process of collecting, gathering, and
documenting information about childrens development, learning, health, behavior, academic
progress, need of special services and attainment to make decisions
methods of authentic assessment ✔✔ correct answer refers to the manner in which formative
assessments occur, authentic indicates that the assessment is taking place during the actual learning
instructional activities in which they are involved
screening ✔✔ correct answer example eye and listening tests, or one on one test such as reading a
writing with teacher
sheltered instructions ✔✔ correct answer group projects, group activities, group discussions,
labeling, utilizing memorization reaction, teach creative and thinking and problem solving
