DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICE MIDTERM
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This final is a very important exam. Please take your time to read each question.
- 1.
- A.
Children are active learners drawing on direct physical and social experiences
- B.
Play is an important vehicle for childrens social, emotional and cognitive development
- C.
Children learn best when a teacher directs them and provides constant worksheets and observations
- 2.Play is Pleasurable to children because Choose the best answer
- A.
Play is fun
- B.
Their Self Esteem as learners and as people is nurtured.
- C.
Play creates positive feelings
- 3.Play develops Choose the best answer
- A.
Teacher student relations
- B.
Social, emotional,physical, cognitive
- C.
Piagets tehroies only
- 4.True or False In A Developmentally Appropriate Classroom There is No Way Of Telling if Children Are Learning.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.True or False Developmentally Appropriate Practice does not have goals or objectives
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.When A Child Plays Alone without interaction with others this is
- A.
Onlooker Play
- B.
Parallel Play
- C.
Solitary Play
- 7.When A Child observes Play and is hesitant about interaction with others this is
- A.
Onlooker Play
- B.
Parallel Play
- C.
Solitary Play
- 8.When children share materials or play near each other without connecting their play this is
- A.
Solitary Play
- B.
Associative Group Play
- C.
Parallel Play
- 9.When children share materials or play with each other and they have a goal and/or purpose, this type of play is
- A.
Solitary Play
- B.
Associative Group Play
- C.
Parallel Play
- D.
Cooperative play
- 10.When a child simply watches others at play and just looks around and does not want to get involved, this is called
- A.
Solitary Play
- B.
Onlooker Play
- C.
Dramatic Play
- D.
Unoccupied play
- 11.When a child dresses up and plays house this is called
- A.
Solitary Play
- B.
Onlooker Play
- C.
Dramatic Play
- 12.Children creating imaginary roles is also known as
- A.
Constructive play
- B.
Associative Group Play
- C.
Dramatic Play
- 13.
- A.
Breathing techniques and listening skills
- B.
Anger and reading skills
- C.
Self control and self esteem
- 14.What are the four types of development
- A.
Social, Development, Emotional, Physical
- B.
Emotional, Cognitive, Spiritual, Rational
- C.
Cognitive,Social, Physical,Emotional
- 15.Why is it important to make your curriculum/lesson plan diverse?
- A.
Because the other teachers are doing the same.
- B.
Because their can always be students and/or parents from different cultures.
- C.
Because it makes the day run smoother
- 16.What are typical behaviors from toddlers?
- A.
Speaking, taste, holding,seeing
- B.
Crawling, Tasting, Emotions, Feeling
- C.
Climbing, Eating, Communicating, Banging
- 17.Preschoolers like to
- A.
Walk, Run, Talk and Climb, Socialize
- B.
Walk, Shop, and Talk
- C.
Eat, Drink and Party
- 18.What are typical behaviors from infants?
- A.
Speaking, taste, holding,seeing
- B.
Crawling, Tasting, Emotions, Feeling
- C.
Climbing, Eating, Communicating, Banging
- 19.True or False Preschoolers need space and an environment which encourages different kinds of experiences.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Teachers should always help in redirection and solve conflicts and problems. This is also known as being a ....
- A.
Angel
- B.
Super teacher
- C.
Facilitator
- 21.In Prescotts Dimensions of an Environment Softness/Hardness refers to Take an educated guess
- A.
Objects that are soft like play dough, and responsive to touch as well as objects that are hard like a tiled floor
- B.
A classroom that treats children in a soft manner and is not aggressive or mean.
- C.
A clasroom that has hard and strict rules for children to follow.
- 22.True or False Preschoolers need friendships which can help to develop their social/emotional, cognitive, language,creative and physical developments.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Seperation anxiety is
- A.
When a ECE child shows distress when a caregiver or an object is gone
- B.
A classroom that treats children in a seperate manner than adults
- C.
A clasroom that has hard and strict rules for children who leave their seats
- 24.What is an example of High Mobility?
- A.
Running, Sitting, Walking
- B.
Running , Climbing, Tricycle Riding
- C.
Book Reading, Group activities, Climbing
- 25.What is an example of gross motor skills?
- A.
Singing, Sitting, Writing
- B.
Running , Climbing, Tricycle Riding
- C.
Book Reading, Group activities, Climbing
- 26.What is an example of complex play?
- A.
A student on a swing and a teacher pushing them
- B.
A student riding a tricycle alone
- C.
A student who has a shopping list and a shopping cart
- 27.What is an example of usingfine motor skills?
- A.
A student writing with a crayon
- B.
A student riding a tricycle alone
- C.
A student with shopping list and walking with a shopping cart
- 28.True or False If a teacher gives early childhood students the power to choose and make choices they will disrespect the teacher and the classroom
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 29.Why should a teacher display student work?
- A.
Because the principal and the curriculum say so
- B.
Because the child may get upset
- C.
Because it creates positive self esteem
- 30.True or False If a teacher gives early childhood students the power to choose and make choices they will disrespect the teacher and the classroom
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 31.
- A.
Because parents may visit the classroom
- B.
Because the child may get upset
- C.
Because it creates positive self esteem
- 32.
- A.
Because This work is better for older children
- B.
Because it can be stressful
- C.
Because the NAEYC is very strict
- 33.Why are students allowed to have choices in a DAP classroom? Choose the best answer
- A.
Because This work is better for older children
- B.
Because it can be stressful
- C.
Because the student works in a natural way
- 34.What Could A Teacher Have In Their Room If They Have A Student With Special Needs(Disabilities) To Make them Feel At Home and Comfortable?
- A.
Display material and books with students with disabilities
- B.
A wheelchair
- C.
Bed and pillows
- 35.Which preoperational thought describes when an toddler or preschooler begins to to show the ability to attach meaning to objects, events and actions?
- A.
Centration
- B.
Egocentrism
- C.
Concreteness
- D.
Symbolic
- 36.Empathy is
- A.
Being able to understand someone elses feelings and perspective
- B.
Being able to sympathize
- C.
Being able to read a students thoughts
- 37.
- A.
The child who says that their absent parent is home because that parents car is outside
- B.
The child who knows how to reverse in a toy car
- C.
The child who begins a sentence in class and then cannot remember what he was going to say
- 38.Which preoperational thought describes when an toddler or preschooler begins to to show the ability to attach meaning to objects, events and actions?
- A.
Centration
- B.
Egocentrism
- C.
Concreteness
- D.
Symbolic
- 39.
- A.
The child who says that their absent parent is home because their parents car is outside
- B.
The child who thinks two cookies are the same as one cookie that has been broken in half
- C.
The child who begins a sentence in class and then cannot remember what he was going to say
- 40.Which one is NOT a theory of Piaget.
- A.
Scaffolding
- B.
Conservation
- C.
Sensorimotor
- D.
Irreversibility
- 41.True or False Autonomy is when a child needs automatic assistance and help from an adult.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 42.According to the NAEYC , Developmentally Appropriate means
- A.
Good work ethics, revised planning, and observation,thoughtful decisions
- B.
A framework, an approach, a philosophy, age appropriate decisions
- C.
Both answers
- D.
Neither answer
- 43.Is the following appropriate or not appropriate? Children are taught by a rote method and style. (Rote is when you teach the student by having them memorize without thought of the meaning)
- A.
Appropriate
- B.
Inappropriate
- 44.Teachers should ask good challenging questions to have children think more deeply
- A.
Appropriate
- B.
Inappropriate
- 45.Toddlers struggle to "Do it by themselves". Even if tis hard to accomplish This is an example of
- A.
Separateness
- B.
Guidance
- C.
Autonomy
- 46.When a child has the inability to consider another persons point view. This is :
- A.
Facilitator
- B.
Egocentric
- C.
Didactic
- 47.Appropriate or Inappropriate Allowing Early Childhood children within a classroom to be able to play anmd make choices.
- A.
Appropriate
- B.
Inappropriate
- 48.Appropriate or Inappropriate Adults who care for infants must be able to demonstrate physicaltenderness and speaking with encouragement to the infants
- A.
Appropriate
- B.
Inappropriate
- 49.Restriciting student play, handing out worksheets and constantly correcting preschoolers is....
- A.
Appropriate
- B.
Inappropriate
- 50.Infants are known for
- A.
Communicating
- B.
Climbing
- C.
Sensorimotor
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