ETTC - SC 202 - April 23, 2025

In a class of three year old, which of the following would be the teacher's best strategy for fostering the development of the fine-motor skills prerequisite for writing?

• A. providing children with thick pencils to use to trace the outlines of letters and shapes

• B. engaging children in activities such as doing finger plays and playing with interlocking blocks and beads

• C. involving children in singing activities in which they clap the rhythms of the songs

• D. engaging children in art activities such as fingerprinting and making prints of their hands in plaster

A reception teacher is planning a science activity in which students will explore the five senses. Which of the following activities would best foster students' understanding of this science concept?

• A. easel painting

• B. sketching

• C. crayon rubbing

• D. Explore each sense by providing different sensory experiences

Four-year-old Kima draws a picture of a girl. She then writes the letter K all around the edges of the paper, remarking, "This is my name. It says Kima." This behavior suggests that Kima has attained some understanding of:

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• A.the function of print.

• B.how to decode words

• C.the alphabetic principle.

• D.how to track print

Which of the following would be an Infant's B teacher's best strategy for promoting students' sense of competence and motivation to apply science concepts daily?

• A. emphasizing homogeneous grouping to minimize comparisons between students who perform at different levels

• B. differentiating instruction to present each student with tasks that can be achieved with persistence

• C. creating frequent opportunities for friendly competitions and projects that shows relevance to everyday life.

• D. offering praise for the completion of work regardless of a student's level of effort or the quality of the final product

Science in the Child-Centered Curriculum is multifaceted. With regards to science content within the early years, what are some valid considerations for curriculum developers?

• A.phenomena selected for young children must be available for direct exploration and drawn from the environment in which they live.

• B.the role of materials, the use of time and space, the key role of discussion and representation, and the teacher’s role.

• C.phenomena and the basic concepts, determined by the teacher, perhaps because of an interest she has observed in the classroom,

• D.concepts, and topics that must be engaging and interesting to the children AND their teachers.

Which of the following informal assessment tools would be most useful for documenting a preschool child's ability to perform specific skills?

• A. an interview

• B. a rating scale

• C. a worksheet

• D. a running record

In terms of student safety, which of the following features of a school playground should a kindergarten teacher be most concerned about? .

• A. The swings do not provide back support or seat belts

• B. The surface below the climbing structure consists of packed earth.

• C. The platform at the top of the slide is five feet high.

• D. The playing area includes a blacktop made of asphalt

Which of the following represents an early childhood educator's best strategy for integrating art with science?

• A. contacting local organizations, such as the town offices and the historical society, to obtain brochures and other materials to use in a collage

• B. posting pictures of notable historical figures when teaching a lesson on important events and issues in local history

• C. distributing cardboard templates of historical images, such as log houses or horses and buggies, for students to use to create scenes from the pasT

• D. looking at local historical paintings and comparing features of daily life in earlier times, such as clothing and transportation, with those of today

Which of the following animals is classified as a vertebrate?

• A. butterfly

• B. hummingbird

• C. earthworm

• D. jellyfish

A class 1 student with a disability is frequently pulled out from her general science classroom to receive services in the resource room. The teacher feels that the student is missing not only important instruction, but also opportunities to interact with her classmates during experimentation. Which of the following would be the

• A. scheduling a meeting with the school principal to emphasize the need to take immediate action

• B. rearranging the instructional schedule in the classroom to accommodate the student's resource-room schedule

• C. arranging to meet with the special education teacher to present his or her concerns and discuss how best to proceed

• D.limiting the time the student spends in the resource room to one half-hour session per day