PRAXIS II - Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education (5023) Exam Practice Questions and Answers
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From birth to around two years old, children are in Piaget's ______ stage(s) of cognitive development. -
Answers Sensorimotor
Which of the following is/are a substage(s) of Piaget's sensorimotor cognitive developmental stage? -
Answers All of the above: Primary circular reactions, Secondary circular reactions, Coordination of
reactions, Tertiary circular reactions
According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, ______ & ______ are processes included in the
overall process of ______. - Answers Assimilation; accommodation; adaption
Piaget coined the term "schema" to describe: - Answers Mental concepts of categories or classes.
The concept of object permanence is best characterized as: - Answers "Out of sight, still exists"
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing things with symbols? -
Answers Between 18 and 24 months.
A toddler sees a large brown dog and says, "Moo!" This is an example of: - Answers Assimilation
According to Piaget's theory, the term conservation means which of these? - Answers The idea that
amounts/numbers are the same regardless of shape or appearance
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to happen, which is the most
specific Piagetian term to describe this phenomenon? - Answers Magical thinking
Which of the following precesses occurs earliest in children? - Answers Centration
Among six stages of art growth and development, in which stage do children begin to develop a visual
schema? - Answers Preschematic
Which of the following is the most effective for teaching pre-math and manipulative skills to preschool
children? - Answers Giving them solid objects to manipulate physically
At what age do children typically undergo the second of three periods of language/communication
development? - Answers From 6 - 18 months
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two-year-old? - Answers Using
at least two pronouns correctly
Which of these is more typical of the language development of a toddler than of a preschooler? -
Answers Expressing opinions/preferences
Which of these is correct about 1:1 vs. group conversations between adults and young children? -
Answers Adults can extend what children say better in group conversations.
, Which of the following teacher actions is most effective for fostering greater depth of preschoolers'
comprehension of word meanings? - Answers Giving multiple definitions and examples of new words
What is correct about how teachers can support young children's language development when the
children tell stories? - Answers Storytelling permits young children to exercise their powers of
imagination.
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites like big/little, hot/cold, etc.?
- Answers Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is classified under "Operations
of Reference"? - Answers A 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? - Answers 15-30 months
A child who correctly uses irregular past tenses of verbs, e.g. went, fell, froze, etc., would be in which of
Roger Brown's Stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development? - Answers Stage III
According to Roger Brown, a child who indicates the regular plural by saying "My toys" is in which stage
of his Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development? - Answers Stage II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term "private speech" that he
coined? - Answers Speaking aloud to themselves during activities
Which of the following is/are the most useful feature(s) of many children's books for shared readings
with preschoolers? - Answers Complete sentence contexts of richly varied words
To promote young children's developing abstract thinking, which teacher technique(s) to use during and
after shared readings is/are best suited for use with children in the younger, rather than older, ages of
early childhood? - Answers Asking children to identify vocabulary words and describe story details
Which correctly describes what a teacher should do right before reading a story aloud to young
children? - Answers He or she should let children tell short personal stories for relating with the book
story, introduce new words in advance, and ask open-ended questions first.
What is true about the sequence that teachers should use for phonics instruction with young children? -
Answers Teachers should introduce letters with similar sounds in separate lessons.
Which of these is correct regarding teacher assessment of early childhood print awareness using a
storybook? - Answers Teachers can ask children to point out uppercase/lowercase letters and
punctuation marks.
From birth to the age of 2 years, children typically grow to _____ times their newborn weights. -
Answers Four
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From birth to around two years old, children are in Piaget's ______ stage(s) of cognitive development. -
Answers Sensorimotor
Which of the following is/are a substage(s) of Piaget's sensorimotor cognitive developmental stage? -
Answers All of the above: Primary circular reactions, Secondary circular reactions, Coordination of
reactions, Tertiary circular reactions
According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, ______ & ______ are processes included in the
overall process of ______. - Answers Assimilation; accommodation; adaption
Piaget coined the term "schema" to describe: - Answers Mental concepts of categories or classes.
The concept of object permanence is best characterized as: - Answers "Out of sight, still exists"
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing things with symbols? -
Answers Between 18 and 24 months.
A toddler sees a large brown dog and says, "Moo!" This is an example of: - Answers Assimilation
According to Piaget's theory, the term conservation means which of these? - Answers The idea that
amounts/numbers are the same regardless of shape or appearance
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to happen, which is the most
specific Piagetian term to describe this phenomenon? - Answers Magical thinking
Which of the following precesses occurs earliest in children? - Answers Centration
Among six stages of art growth and development, in which stage do children begin to develop a visual
schema? - Answers Preschematic
Which of the following is the most effective for teaching pre-math and manipulative skills to preschool
children? - Answers Giving them solid objects to manipulate physically
At what age do children typically undergo the second of three periods of language/communication
development? - Answers From 6 - 18 months
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two-year-old? - Answers Using
at least two pronouns correctly
Which of these is more typical of the language development of a toddler than of a preschooler? -
Answers Expressing opinions/preferences
Which of these is correct about 1:1 vs. group conversations between adults and young children? -
Answers Adults can extend what children say better in group conversations.
, Which of the following teacher actions is most effective for fostering greater depth of preschoolers'
comprehension of word meanings? - Answers Giving multiple definitions and examples of new words
What is correct about how teachers can support young children's language development when the
children tell stories? - Answers Storytelling permits young children to exercise their powers of
imagination.
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites like big/little, hot/cold, etc.?
- Answers Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is classified under "Operations
of Reference"? - Answers A 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? - Answers 15-30 months
A child who correctly uses irregular past tenses of verbs, e.g. went, fell, froze, etc., would be in which of
Roger Brown's Stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development? - Answers Stage III
According to Roger Brown, a child who indicates the regular plural by saying "My toys" is in which stage
of his Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development? - Answers Stage II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term "private speech" that he
coined? - Answers Speaking aloud to themselves during activities
Which of the following is/are the most useful feature(s) of many children's books for shared readings
with preschoolers? - Answers Complete sentence contexts of richly varied words
To promote young children's developing abstract thinking, which teacher technique(s) to use during and
after shared readings is/are best suited for use with children in the younger, rather than older, ages of
early childhood? - Answers Asking children to identify vocabulary words and describe story details
Which correctly describes what a teacher should do right before reading a story aloud to young
children? - Answers He or she should let children tell short personal stories for relating with the book
story, introduce new words in advance, and ask open-ended questions first.
What is true about the sequence that teachers should use for phonics instruction with young children? -
Answers Teachers should introduce letters with similar sounds in separate lessons.
Which of these is correct regarding teacher assessment of early childhood print awareness using a
storybook? - Answers Teachers can ask children to point out uppercase/lowercase letters and
punctuation marks.
From birth to the age of 2 years, children typically grow to _____ times their newborn weights. -
Answers Four
