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Which theorist is most associated with the constructivist approach to early childhood education? |
| | A) | Erik Erikson |
| | B) | Sigmund Freud |
| | C) | B.F. Skinner |
| | D) | Jean Piaget |
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All but which of the following are types of knowledge that Piaget proposed children gain in their early years? |
| | A) | abstract knowledge |
| | B) | physical knowledge |
| | C) | social knowledge |
| | D) | logico-mathematical knowledge |
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When 14-month-old Javan plays with his favorite wooden objects, his caregiver says "blocks." Through this interaction, Javan has come to know that the structures are called blocks. According to Piaget, this is an example of ______ knowledge. |
| | A) | implicit |
| | B) | social |
| | C) | logico-mathematical |
| | D) | physical |
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Which of the following children is demonstrating a math skill? |
| | A) | Apollonia plays with a shape-sorting ball. She places the rectangular shape into the rectangle hole and the octagonal shape into the octagon hole. |
| | B) | Brandon classifies and separates a group of crayons by their color and size. |
| | C) | Clarice has three packages of ten pencils each. When asked how many pencils she has in all, Clarice says, "Thirty." |
| | D) | All of the children are demonstrating math skills. |
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Eighteen-month-old Jessica plays in the sandbox. She pours the sand back and forth between different size containers. In which math concept is Jessica gaining early experience? |
| | A) | geometry |
| | B) | addition and subtraction |
| | C) | quantity and volume |
| | D) | sorting and classification |
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One-to-one correspondence, counting objects rather than just saying numbers, is typically demonstrated during which years? |
| | A) | school-age |
| | B) | preschool |
| | C) | toddlerhood |
| | D) | infancy |
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Your text described a project in which children made snowballs and put them in the freezer for 3 weeks. Once a week, the children removed the snowballs and traced their gradually decreasing sizes onto pieces of paper. This was a good example of an activity to learn which skill? |
| | A) | physics—motion and movement |
| | B) | time measurement |
| | C) | geometry°shapes |
| | D) | nature |
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Which of the following classes is having a real-world math experience? |
| | A) | Ms. Appleton's class is playing a dice game. |
| | B) | Mr. Buckman's class is graphing the results of their survey, "What Is Your Favorite Color?" |
| | C) | Mrs. Cochran's class is sorting a box of buttons. |
| | D) | Mr. Davidson's class is cooking. |
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Siblings Ron and Don like to play dominoes. This activity helps them build which math skill? |
| | A) | understanding of time |
| | B) | understanding of space |
| | C) | one-on-one correspondence |
| | D) | geometry |
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From the constructivist approach, children are seen as most similar to: |
| | A) | scientists. |
| | B) | adults. |
| | C) | artists. |
| | D) | mathematicians. |
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Forman and Kuschner's idea of transformation and representation is best described as: |
| | A) | a technique for teaching math to children using manipulatives and other real-world objects. |
| | B) | a process in which children act on objects and observe the traces left from their actions. |
| | C) | a project approach to teaching mathematics and science. |
| | D) | the listing of basic equipment and materials needed for math and science learning. |
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Three-year-old Kendra is splashing in the water table. She picks up different objects and drops them, noticing that certain objects cause a bigger splash than others. Soon, three other children are replicating Kendra's experiments. This is an example of which phenomenon? |
| | A) | behavior contagion |
| | B) | conservation |
| | C) | study of transitions |
| | D) | one-to-one correspondence |
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According to Kamii and DeVries, all but which of the following facilitate the construction of physical knowledge for young children? |
| | A) | being able to clearly see how a substance or object reacts |
| | B) | being able to try things in different ways |
| | C) | having the chance to study longer-term rather than immediate reactions |
| | D) | having a connection between the child's actions and the object's or substance's response |
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At an early childhood education center, the children become interested in the life cycle of birds after finding some chickens nesting in the ground outside. Of the following transitions activities, which would be most appropriate for the preschool age children at the center? |
| | A) | reading a book the development of fertile eggs |
| | B) | tending a batch of silkworm eggs and watching them hatch, develop, and die |
| | C) | letting the children see pictures of different kinds of bird and reptile eggs |
| | D) | doing research on the Internet about incubation and building a cage for the newly hatched chicks |
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Which of the following materials for math and science learning can be made from various recipes of flour and salt? |
| | A) | clay |
| | B) | hardwood blocks |
| | C) | play dough |
| | D) | none of the above |
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