Lesson 2: The Techer's Role

Children at the manipulative level of development:

• exhibit symbolic play.

• exhibit exploratory play.

• build bridges and buildings with blocks often.

• name the structures they are building.

Children who use materials the same way over and over are at:

• the mastery level of development.

• the manipulative level of development.

• the meaning level of development.

• the parallel play level of development.

Children who play together with the same materials are demonstrating:

• the mastery level of development.

• cooperative play.

• parallel play.

• symbolic play.

Teachers who make on-the-spot recordings of child observations will:

• possibly spend too much time observing.

• not be using the Child Interaction Form.

• be too preoccupied to help many children.

• be able to tell how the curriculum is working.

The Child Interaction Form can be used:

• either for individuals or for all children at once.

• by trained teachers only, not other staff members.

• in a certain center, but not moved to other centers the same day.

• mainly for observing a single child’s interactions.

A teacher’s comments to the child they are observing should:

• give the child praise.

• reflect the child’s actions.

• question the child about who taught them.

• make sure the child answers their questions.

To serve as a behavior model, a teacher should:

• stop children who are out of control.

• set an example of caring for every child.

• let the children take control of activities.

• teach lessons on how to behave.

To be a facilitator of learning, a teacher should:

• ask questions to see if children can answer correctly.

• tell the children how the computer operates.

• let the environment do the teaching.

• tell teaching assistants what they must do.

When teachers do not know the answer to a child’s questions, they should:

• tell the child to look it up in a book.

• find the answer in the library.

• look for the answer together with the child.

• wait until the next day to find the answer.

Teacher observations of children can be recorded only on file cards.

• True

• False