Utah State Test Review: Early Childhood Education I
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Early Childhood Education involves working with children from - (correct Answer) - birth to age 8
Child Care - (correct Answer) - Care provided to children during the hours their parents are employed.
Head Start - (correct Answer) - is funded by the Federal Government
Head Start - (correct Answer) - serves children from families with incomes below the poverty level
Inclusion - (correct Answer) - when children with disabilities participate in typical early childhood
education programs
Participation in early childhood programs - (correct Answer) - has increased steadily for several decades
State licensing standards for child care centers - (correct Answer) - vary considerably from state to state
The NAEYC accreditation standards - (correct Answer) - involve voluntary compliance by early childhood
settings
Intentional Teachers - (correct Answer) - Closely follow the adopted, commercial curriculum for their
classroom
The Perry Preschool Project - (correct Answer) - demonstrated the lasting effects of high-quality
preschool on educational and economic outcomes
Achievement Gap - (correct Answer) - The persistent differences between the school achievement of
African American and Latino children and their white peers
John Locke - (correct Answer) - The philosopher who believed that children were born as blank slates
Jean-Jaques Rousseau - (correct Answer) - The philosopher who introduced the image of the child as
innocent
The belief that children should learn in their own language, instead of in Latin was promoted by -
(correct Answer) - John Amos Comenius
Johann Pestalozzi - (correct Answer) - The idea that early education should recognize the "whole child"
through integration of physical, social, moral, emotional, and intellectual development was promoted by
Freidrich Frobel - (correct Answer) - The father of kindergarten
Characteristic of Froebel's school for young children - (correct Answer) - Children using specific learning
, materials and manipulating them in specific ways.
Rome - (correct Answer) - Maria Montessori began her work with children in the slums of this city
Montessori - (correct Answer) - believed that teachers should demonstrate but not interfere with
children's exploration of learning materials
John Dewey - (correct Answer) - The Progressive Education movement is associated with this person
John and Alice Dewey's establishment of a lab school was important because it... - (correct Answer) -
provided a way to develop and try out their evolving educational philosophy
In progressive schools, the teachers role is - (correct Answer) - to facilitate children's learning based on
knowledge of children and curriculum
The Lanham Act was significant because... - (correct Answer) - it funded child care centers at work sites
in World War II
When implementing developmentally appropriate practice, a teacher should identify - (correct Answer) -
different learning goals for individual children that reflect their age, experience and abilities
The position statement on developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) was published in 1987 by the -
(correct Answer) - National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
The goal of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) is to - (correct Answer) - promote the learning
and development of each individual child
Intentional Teachers - (correct Answer) - have a purpose for their actions and engage in thoughtful
decision-making.
In a preschool classroom where the curriculum and teaching is developmentally appropriate, you could
expect to see the teacher - (correct Answer) - adapting curriculum and teaching strategies to fit the
needs of individual children
A Caring Community - (correct Answer) - The environment includes positive images that reflect respect
for individual children and their home/community contexts
A good curriculum... - (correct Answer) - offers flexibility and ways of adapting to meet children's needs
Jared, a four year old, is restless at a group story time. You can help him by... - (correct Answer) -
Encouraging Jared to participate in the group's discussion of the book's illustrations
Effective home-school relationships are characterized as being - (correct Answer) - reciprocal or two-way
And example of "both/and" thinking in early childhood education - (correct Answer) - Predictable
structures, orderly routines, and teacher's flexibility
Research developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) is - (correct Answer) - difficult because many
different teaching behaviors and aspects of classroom organization are involved
In developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) a child's mastery of a particular skill should be followed
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Early Childhood Education involves working with children from - (correct Answer) - birth to age 8
Child Care - (correct Answer) - Care provided to children during the hours their parents are employed.
Head Start - (correct Answer) - is funded by the Federal Government
Head Start - (correct Answer) - serves children from families with incomes below the poverty level
Inclusion - (correct Answer) - when children with disabilities participate in typical early childhood
education programs
Participation in early childhood programs - (correct Answer) - has increased steadily for several decades
State licensing standards for child care centers - (correct Answer) - vary considerably from state to state
The NAEYC accreditation standards - (correct Answer) - involve voluntary compliance by early childhood
settings
Intentional Teachers - (correct Answer) - Closely follow the adopted, commercial curriculum for their
classroom
The Perry Preschool Project - (correct Answer) - demonstrated the lasting effects of high-quality
preschool on educational and economic outcomes
Achievement Gap - (correct Answer) - The persistent differences between the school achievement of
African American and Latino children and their white peers
John Locke - (correct Answer) - The philosopher who believed that children were born as blank slates
Jean-Jaques Rousseau - (correct Answer) - The philosopher who introduced the image of the child as
innocent
The belief that children should learn in their own language, instead of in Latin was promoted by -
(correct Answer) - John Amos Comenius
Johann Pestalozzi - (correct Answer) - The idea that early education should recognize the "whole child"
through integration of physical, social, moral, emotional, and intellectual development was promoted by
Freidrich Frobel - (correct Answer) - The father of kindergarten
Characteristic of Froebel's school for young children - (correct Answer) - Children using specific learning
, materials and manipulating them in specific ways.
Rome - (correct Answer) - Maria Montessori began her work with children in the slums of this city
Montessori - (correct Answer) - believed that teachers should demonstrate but not interfere with
children's exploration of learning materials
John Dewey - (correct Answer) - The Progressive Education movement is associated with this person
John and Alice Dewey's establishment of a lab school was important because it... - (correct Answer) -
provided a way to develop and try out their evolving educational philosophy
In progressive schools, the teachers role is - (correct Answer) - to facilitate children's learning based on
knowledge of children and curriculum
The Lanham Act was significant because... - (correct Answer) - it funded child care centers at work sites
in World War II
When implementing developmentally appropriate practice, a teacher should identify - (correct Answer) -
different learning goals for individual children that reflect their age, experience and abilities
The position statement on developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) was published in 1987 by the -
(correct Answer) - National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
The goal of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) is to - (correct Answer) - promote the learning
and development of each individual child
Intentional Teachers - (correct Answer) - have a purpose for their actions and engage in thoughtful
decision-making.
In a preschool classroom where the curriculum and teaching is developmentally appropriate, you could
expect to see the teacher - (correct Answer) - adapting curriculum and teaching strategies to fit the
needs of individual children
A Caring Community - (correct Answer) - The environment includes positive images that reflect respect
for individual children and their home/community contexts
A good curriculum... - (correct Answer) - offers flexibility and ways of adapting to meet children's needs
Jared, a four year old, is restless at a group story time. You can help him by... - (correct Answer) -
Encouraging Jared to participate in the group's discussion of the book's illustrations
Effective home-school relationships are characterized as being - (correct Answer) - reciprocal or two-way
And example of "both/and" thinking in early childhood education - (correct Answer) - Predictable
structures, orderly routines, and teacher's flexibility
Research developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) is - (correct Answer) - difficult because many
different teaching behaviors and aspects of classroom organization are involved
In developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) a child's mastery of a particular skill should be followed
