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Elementary Education
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What do children develop through outdoor play.
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What are some common safety rules for outdoor play?
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How can families get started on a path to a healthier lifestyle?
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How can you include each and every child successfully in large motor activities?
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An example of non-locomotor movement is:a. stretching b. running c. kicking a ball d. hopping
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Children who become proficient movers are more likely to use those movement skills in activities that will enhance the state of their health and well-being over their:a. school experience b. adolescencec. lifespan d. elementary years
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Large-muscle development is also called:a. manipulative development b. fine-motor development c. gross-motor development d. sustaining development
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When setting rules and safety procedures for outdoor play with young children, all but which of the following is considered a best practice?a. Playground time should have very few rules, to foster independenceb. Teachers should set rules which are reasonable and appropriate, and which are regularly reinforced c. There should be at least two adults supervising children during outdoor play timed. Adults should have specific duties while supervising outdoor play time
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All but which of the following are appropriate ways to build partnerships with family in regards to young children's physical activity?a. Encourage families to engage in physical activity together, such as a family walk or day at the park b. Advise parents that sleep is just as important as activity to children's health and developmentc. Encourage parents to remove the living room television and put it in their child's bedroom so that the child only watches an hour or so at bedtimed. Suggest that parents give their children toys that promote physical activities
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Which of the following is not an effective way to incorporate children with diverse needs into movement activities?a. Exempt children with special needs from movement activitiesb. Design activities which take the development and skill of the child or children in question c. Provide adaptive equipment if necessaryd. Teach activities in slow motion and demonstrate them for children
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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends all but which of the following regarding screen time for young children?a. Children under 2 should not be exposed to television b. Children under 6 should not be exposed to televisionc. Children over the age of 2 should have limited exposure to television, which should be treated as a special eventd. Children over the age of 2 should watch no more than 2 hours of television per day
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Which of the following is true of incorporating movement activities in the early childhood classroom?a. Movement activities should always be part of a larger lesson in a specific content area b. Movement activities should always be focused on physical fitness and healthc. Children should be given the opportunity for movement activities which are simply about enjoying movements, as well as movement activities that are part of content area learningd. The teacher should supervise rather than participate in movement activities
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You are setting up an outdoor play area for your classroom. All but which of the following is true?a. The area should provide a variety of textures, such as smooth surfaces for riding and rolling toys and a grassy areab. Equipment should be chosen with the development of the children in your classroom in mindc. It is not necessary to provide outdoor space for infants, who should not participate in outdoor playd. The space should include equipment for free play as well as equipment which can be used to bring lessons outdoors, such as sandboxes or water play areas
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Brain research with young children suggests all but which of the following about motor development and physical activity?a. Children have an unlimited capacity to develop motor skills until adulthood b. Motor development occurs in stages throughout childhoodc. Movement activities help to build brain connections that facilitate other areas of learning d. Physical activity promotes brain development as well as motor development
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Which of the following is not true of movement activities in the early childhood classroom?a. Children should be provided with movement activities every day b. Movement activities should be reserved for outdoor timec. Movement activities can be integrated into other areas of the curriculum, such as music or dramatic playd. Movement activities should incorporate various kinds of movement, such as spinning, balancing, walking, and running
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Traditional children's games such as London Bridges and Miss Mary Mack bring diversity into the classroom and help carry on the culture of childhood. a. Trueb. False
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Children two years old and younger should not be exposed to television a. True
b. False
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Children should have daily developmentally appropriate movement and exercise activities. a. Trueb. False
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Small muscle usually occurs before large muscle development. a. Trueb. False
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Nonlocomotor movement is seen when a young child attempts to catch a ball. a. Trueb. False
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Daily activity can boost academic performance. a. Trueb. False
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What are some ways to support each and every child's success in developing fine motor skills?
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Many public schools are decreasing the time or eliminating entirely the teaching of handwriting. What is the danger in this?
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Is tracing letters on paper a good fine motor activity to use to teach writing to three-year-olds?
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What fine motor materials are important to include in the manipulative center?
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Why is serving family style dining important for preschool children?
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Why is it important that a child be given many hands-on opportunities in their play?
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All but which of the following is true of fine motor development and learning in the early childhood classroom?a. Children should have access to manipulative materials at all times b. Fine motor development occurs at a different pace for each childc. Teachers should continuously offer positive reinforcement for children in regard to fine motor learning d. Teachers should provide guided activities for fine motor development
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All but which of the following is an appropriate way to build partnerships with families around their children's fine motor development?a. Suggest some household or family activities, such as folding laundry or wringing out dishcloths and sponges, that develop fine motor skillb. Offer suggestions of household items that can be used to develop fine motor skill, such as scissors or hole punchesc. Explain to parents the ways in which fine motor development aids in other areas of learning such as handwriting or math learningd. Provide the parents with a list of the manipulatives from the classroom that the child most enjoys, with information on where to purchase them
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All but which of the following is an appropriate way to incorporate diversity into fine motor activities for young children?a. Teach the children an Irish folk danceb. Make fruit sushi and let children try to eat it with chopsticksc. Place items from other cultures, such as Russian nesting dolls, in the classroom learning centers d. Provide children with brushes and nontoxic ink to try Chinese calligraphy
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Which of the following is true of the use of technology in fine motor development among young children? a. Technology that develops the motor skills needed for handwriting can be beneficial for young children b. Young children should learn to type with a keyboard rather than print or write cursivec. Technology has no benefit for fine motor development among young children d. The fine motor skills used in typing help children write faster
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All but which of the following is true of normal fine motor development among very young children?a. Infants are able to use the palmer grasp to rake objectsb. Toddlers are able to manipulate toys and other objects easily c. Infants are able to use the pincher grasp to rake objectsd. Older babies are able to us the pincher grasp to pick up objects
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You are setting up a manipulative center in your classroom. All but which of the following should be true of the completed center?a. It should be integrated with other centers in your classroom b. It should provide both horizontal and vertical workspacesc. It should provide a variety of materials in order to provide a variety of manipulative experiences d. It should contain enough materials for between four and six children to work at one time
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All but which of the following are appropriate activities for developing fine muscle manipulation in young children?a. Dress up play with clothing that has zippers, buttons, and ties b. Crawling through a box obstacle coursec. Family style dining in which children serve themselves d. Stringing beads
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Which of the following is not a fine motor action?a. Picking up a pencil b. Rotating the wristc. Licking the lips d. Walking across the room
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When children learn to write by hand, they create faster by hand than by keyboard and also generate more ideas when composing essays in longhand.a. Trueb. False
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Young babies are able to use the pincer grasp. a. Trueb. False
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Game Boys build efficient pencil grasp patterns. a. Trueb. False
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The pincer grasp is important to holding a pencil to write later in a child's life.a. Trueb. False
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There is a clear connection between areas of the brain controlling fine motor skills and areas controlling cognition. a. Trueb. False
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Bilateral coordination relates to motor skills of hands and fingers. a. Trueb. False
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Identify the 6 examples of math language used by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM]
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Why does the ability to rote count have little to do with mathematical understanding?
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Your text states that "the acquisition of math skills and concepts occurs over time." What is one thing that
researchers have learned about how infants and toddlers build the skills they will one day use for mathematics?
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How is today's approach to teaching math different from the approach that was used in the past?
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According to NCTM, "Technology is essential in teaching and learning mathematics." State one positive, and one
negative factor regarding the use of mathematical software with young children.
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Identify four different math inquiry skills (math language) that have been recommended for inclusion in a math curriculum for young children by the National Council of Teachers of Math.
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Questions that cannot be answered by direct observation can often be assessed by gathering data which can be organized, represented, and summarized in a variety of ways. Identify at least 4 ways you can use to show and see information and make it easier to make predictions about related events.
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Identify four activities that integrate math with science.
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Identify at least three ways that you can help children think about patterns in order to help them make sense of mathematics.
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Identify three ways for families to help children understand math concepts.
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List five activities that offer children many ways to develop their understanding of math concepts.
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Although young children need to learn to estimate and do problems in their heads, they must also eventually learn to do paper-and-pencil math and use a:a. computer b. abacusc. counting line d. calculator
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The classroom environment should be organized so that children have mathematical experiences that are meaningful because they are integrated with other curriculum areas and are:a. convergent b. hands-on c. teacher directed d. creative
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At the heart of mathematics is reasoning and:a. seriation b. classifyingc. counting d. problem solving
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Who pioneered the study of children's thinking (cognitive growth and development)?a. Erik Erikson b. Howard Gardner c. Sue Bredekamp d. Jean Piaget
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Which of the following statements is true?a. Math activities for young children should be done one-on-one with a teacherb. Allow math activities and materials for young children to be moved to other curriculum centers c. Math activities and materials for young children should stay in the math centerd. Math activities for young children allow for only one way to solve a problem or complete a task
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Children learn to sort, classify, or group objects by one characteristic or:a. size b. attribute c. color d. shape
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The awareness of one-to-one correspondence first develops during:a. the later infancy stage b. the toddler stagec. the preschool years d. the early school years
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According to Piaget, logico-mathematical knowledge involves:a. classificationb. counting and classification c. comparing and countingd. classification, counting, and comparing
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Logical-mathematical reasoning in children is best developed through having them:a. use flash cards b. learn rulesc. solve problems d. use workbooks
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Interactive, web-based computer-generated images of objects that children can manipulate on the computer screen are known as:a. icons b. concrete experiences c. virtual manipulatives d. spatial figures
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Measurement is one of the most widely used applications in mathematics bridging geometry and a. patterning b. numberc. seriation d. classifying
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You are telling the story of "The Little Engine That Could" to some children, and you have them all join in saying, "I think I can, I think I can." This is an example of children participating in:a. visual patterning b. auditory patterning c. spatial relationships d. tactile patterning
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Researchers believe that a child starts learning to classify and seriate objects as early as:a. infancy b. toddler yearsc. three to five years of age d. six to eight years of age
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All but which of the following are appropriate responses to a child who is becoming frustrated because he cannot arrive at the correct answer in a math exercise?a. Reassure that child that everyone makes mistakes and it is OK not to get everything on the first or even second tryb. Help the child break the exercise or problem down into smaller parts, drawing on what he already knows c. Tell the child that not everyone is good at mathd. Encourage the child to work with a friend to solve the problem or exercise
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Which of the following is the appropriate strategy for building partnerships with families around math learning?a. Provide parents with a list of software packages that are appropriate for their children b. Encourage parents to do drill or flash card practice with their childrenc. Suggest ways in which parents can use household or family experiences such as cooking or folding laundry to foster math learningd. Encourage parents to purchase math workbooks for their children
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Which of the following is not true of math learning for children with disabilities?a. Some cognitive disabilities impact math learning, but children with these disabilities can have effective math learning experiences with appropriate accommodations or modificationsb. Children with cognitive disabilities are incapable of math learningc. Children with physical disabilities may need modified materials but are otherwise fully capable of math learningd. Children with disabilities may need quieter or distraction-free spaces in which to have their math experiences
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You are evaluating math learning software for your classroom. The software you choose should have all but which of the following characteristics?a. Extensive drill and practice activitiesb. Activities or exercises that build on what children already know c. Open-ended activitiesd. Activities that allow two children to work together
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When planning math experiences for young children, all but which of the following is true?a. Math experiences can occur both inside the classroom and in outdoor areasb. Math experiences should incorporate skills such as spatial recognition, texture recognition, and seriation as well as counting, adding, and subtractingc. Math is embedded in many other content areas. It is the task of the teacher to recognize these relationships in creating math experiencesd. Incorporating math into areas of the curriculum such as art or dramatic play is likely to be confusing to young children
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You are setting up a math center in your classroom. All but which of the following should be true of the center when you are finished?a. There should be a variety of hands-on materials for children to practice math with, such as aluminum washers, craft sticks, or counting blocksb. The center should be in a quiet area of the classroomsc. There should be both analog and digital clocks for children to practice time-telling skills with d. The activities in the center should be open-ended or self-correcting
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All but which of the following are considered best practices for math learning in the early childhood education classroom?a. Math should be incorporated into other content areas, such as language, science, or dramatic playb. Math learning is best accomplished through focused lessons on counting, mathematical operations, or memorizationc. Teachers should consider the developmental stage of the children in the classroom when planning math learningd. Math experiences that allow children to relate math concepts to themselves are likely to be most effective
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All but which of the following is true when planning math learning experiences for young children?a. Math learning experiences should focus on memorizing basic math rules, such as by using times tables or flash cardsb. Math learning experiences should involve the child's real-world experiences c. Math learning experiences should build on what the child already knowsd. Math learning experiences should be hands-on
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Spatial sense is the students' awareness of themselves in relation to the people and objects around them.
a. True
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Concept development is fostered by solving problems and constructing knowledge by making mistakes. a. Trueb. False
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Cooking is another multiple intelligence identified by Howard Gardner. a. Trueb. False
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A child who understands that there are the same number of pennies in two rows of six each, even though the pennies in one row are spread farther apart than those in the other, has a grasp of the concept called conservation. a. Trueb. False
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Number sense and counting both mean the same thing. a. Trueb. False
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The ability to predict is an example of logical-mathematical intelligence. a. Trueb. False
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It is important that the teacher make clear to a child that there is only one way to solve a problem and that he must work until he finds it, no matter how long it takes.a. Trueb. False