ECE 1 Pre/Post Assessment 4.00

Understanding the use of a computer and being able to follow three commands in order are both characteristics of five-year-old children. In which domain do these characteristics belong?

• Physical development and health

• Language development and communication

• Approaches to play and learning

• Cognitive development

Two-year-old Cathy can attend or focus on the same activity much longer than her one-year-old brother. In which two domains does the characteristic of attention span belong?

• Physical development and health; language development and communication

• Approaches to play and learning; cognitive development

• Cognitive development; emotional development

• Emotional development; social development

Jamie is four years old, does not like being treated like a baby, but manages his anger well. In which domain do these characteristics belong?

• Language development and communication

• Approaches to play and learning

• Cognitive development

• Emotional development

For nine- to ten-year-old children, having a vocabulary of about 5,400 words, and being able to converse well with adults are both examples of:

• physical characteristics.

• language development characteristics.

• approaches to play and learning.

• social characteristics.

Which is an example of an approach to play and learning?

• Allison pays close attention to what the teacher says.

• Barry’s use of words shows he has a good foundation for learning to read.

• Carolyn has grown several inches and is now one of the tallest children in the class.

• Drew shows self-confidence as he tackles puzzles and other games.

Which is an example of a behavior found in the approaches to play and learning domain?

• Elsie is comfortable around all of the staff members in the center.

• Jenna began to show more and more imagination as she played in the housekeeping center.

• Jeremy talked to the dolls as he played with them.

• Patty gets lots of exercise as she participates in the outdoor games.

Which is an example of the guiding principle that preschool-age children are active learners?

• The children in the kindergarten class learned to tie their shoes at different times.

• The mother was concerned that her unhappy marriage and arguments might affect her young children in negative ways.

• When her six-month-old began to slobber and chew on things, the mother of four suspected that her baby was teething.

• Young children need activities that allow them to keep hands and bodies moving.

One of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development is the preoperational stage where children begin to think symbolically and imaginatively. Which statement means the same as this?

• Children learn to create solutions and solve problems.

• Children learn to engage in make-believe play and create their own ideas.

• Children learn to reason and think things through.

• Children learn to use their senses and motor abilities to gain information about the world.

One of the elements of behaviorism is reinforcement. Which means the same as this?

• Encouraging a behavior to increase the frequency with which it occurs

• Providing an example for someone who is observing to imitate

• Something used to make something else happen more often

• Training a person or an animal to respond by pairing stimuli, then removing one

One of the eight multiple intelligences identified by Gardner is the interpersonal intelligence, the ability to relate well with others. This might also be called:

• “number smarts.”

• “people smarts.”

• “self smarts.”

• “word smarts.”