Lesson 10: Planning For The Mind: Dixie Galvez ( 16085E Lancashire Dr. Loxahatchee Florida 33470.U.S.A Palm Beach

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                                               " Lesson 10: Planning For The Mind"

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1.) In seeking to practice effective strategies to enhance children's cognitive development, Educator's draw

on their direct experiences with children and:

    _____a.) Techniques promoted by classical Greek Philosophers.

    _____b.) The wishes and recommendations of parents.

    _____c.) Both developmental and Learning Theories.

    _____d.) Their own experiences being taught as a child.

2.) Piaget divided knowledge into logical mathematical, social, and ________________________:

    _____a.) Intellectual.

    _____b.) Spatial.

    _____c.) Physical.

    _____d.) Spiritual.

 3.) Because children possess different kinds of minds, Early childhood teachers must:

    _____a.) wait until kindergarten to introduce reading and writing skills.

    _____b.) Understand that not all children can be "SMART"

    _____c.) use introduction to transmit social values through the curriculum,

    _____d.) vary both what and how they teach.

4.) A child who can express his or her feelings clearly and can articulate enough to elicit more verbal responses from adults exhibits which of the following qualities of a basic skill?

    _____a.) Intrapersonal and Interpersonal.

    _____b.) Transcurricular and Dynamic.

    _____c.) Classifying and object permanence.

    _____d.) Spatial relationship and seriation.

5.) Time is a difficult concept for children to learn because it is composed of at least three dimensions. Which of the following is a dimension of time?

    _____a.) A Continuum.

    _____b.) Counting from one to twelve

    _____c.) Where something occurs.

    _____d.) Sequencing number patterns.

6.) Curriculum planning for cognitive development among infants and toddlers should focus on:

    _____a.) Structured themes of development that can be repeated each year.

    _____b.) The environment and human's negative impact upon it.

    _____c.) Bringing them to the next level of physical development.

    _____d.) A discovery method related to their innate curiosity.

7.) Using a Computer in the classroom will have the most positive impact when:

    _____a.) It provides subjective experiences.

    _____b.) Children control the learning experience.

    _____c.) Children's access to a computer is limited.

    _____d.) Teacher's control the learning experience.

8.) For Computer software to be useful and appropriate in the classroom it should meet all of the following criteria, EXCEPT:

    _____a.) Be age appropriate with clear instructions.

    _____b.) Allow adults to set the pace and control children's involvement.

    _____c.) Be "Process Oriented" with real world representation.

    _____d.) Provide trial and error opportunities.

9.) Any System of signs used for communication is:

    _____a.) Language.

    _____b.) Phonemic Awareness.

    _____c.) Dialect.

    _____d.) Precursive.

10.) To be described as bilingual, a child must be able to produce aspects of and __________in two different languages.

    _____a.) Read

    _____b.) understand what is said.

    _____c.) Write his or her name.

    _____d.) Spell and use basic grammar.

11.) Regarding controversial dialects such as Ebonics, The goal of early childhood educators should be to:

    ______a.) Ignore those dialects that might interfere with reading achievement.

    ______b.) Teach it as a separate languages both to improve student learning and instill cultural pride.

    ______c.) Eradicate all dialect speech from children's repertoire beyond beyond "Standards" English.

    ______d.) Empower children to be comfortable speaking " Standard" English as well as that used in                     their community.

12.) Children acquire receptive language when they learn to:

    ______a.) Listen and Understand.

    ______b.) Read and Retain.

    ______c.) Real and write.

    ______d.) Produce real word sounds.

13.) _________________Determine's a child's readiness for reading.

    _______a.) The amount of exposure to the printed word.

    _______b.) Visual Acuity.

    _______c.) Language proficiency.

    _______d.) Age and Motor skills development.

14.) Research findings have shown that:

    _______a.) Reading and writing skills develop at the same time.

    _______b.) Children begin the process of literacy once they have learned to read short sentences.

    _______c.) Literacy is properly limited to reading and writing.

    _______d.) Children's emergent reading skills are broken into four distinct, non overlapping stages.

15.) In the first stage of emergent reading skills, Children learn:

    _______a.) By listening to often repeated stories.

    _______b.) To recognized words.

    _______c.) That print is a form of language.

    _______d.) beginning level reading.

16.) "Organic reading" Is a term Dixie Galvez created to describe the process by which a child:

    _______a.) Is encouraged to let the teacher know when he or she feels ready to begin reading and                         writing.

    ________b.) Decides which words her or she wishes to learn for reading and writing.

    ________c.) learns to read and write on the same schedule.

    ________d.) learns to "Read" the environment, current events, and other people.

17.) Critics of the "Whole Language approach to Learning argue that it:

    ________a.) Does not match up well with student interests and developmental levels.

    ________b.) totally leaves out child centered activities.

    ________c.) Ignore decoding skills and phonics instruction.

    ________d.) fails to consider the need for themes in planning early curriculum.

18.) Learning graphic language is a creative process that involves both the nuts and bolts of decoding and:

    ________a.) Tracing and Coloring.

    ________b.) Employment of a self help writing center.

    ________c.) Introducing basic algebraic expressions.

    ________d.) Elements of Literature, rhyming and songs.

19.) The "Language experience" approach includes all of the following, EXCEPT:

    _______a.) Taking dictation.

    _______b.) Writing down words.

    _______c.) Reading to children in their own spoken language.

    _______d.) having children make up grammar rules.

20.) Reading books to young children gives teachers the opportunity to encourage:

    ______a.) Divergent thinking.

    ______b.) Caring and sharing.

    ______c.) A peaceful nap time.

    ______d.) The idea that story themes are uinversal to all cultures.