WorksheetsChapter 5 - Cognition
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
Cognitive skills are learned by children:
through play.
by being taught by teachers.
when they get to Kindergarten.
when they begin to read.
Basic cognitive concepts children learn include:
how old they are
size, shape, and classification.
days of the week.
how to write their names.
In the preoperational stage of children's cognitive development:
the child acquires symbolic thought.
the child thinks in visual patterns.
the child is able to reverse his thinking.
the child can think in abstract terms.
The idea that cognitive development is caused by a child's social interactions is a theory developed by:
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
Howard Gardner
Reggio Emilia
Current brain research reports that:
synapses are the basic material of the brain.
synapses are the basic connection between the neurons.
when neurons are not used, synapses increase.
dendrites are more important than synapses.
Sensory questions are questions that:
ask children to make sense of the things.
usually have one correct answer.
are difficult for many children.
engage children in using their senses.
In the guessing game method of scientific inquiry, children need to:
make a hypothesis.
guess what comes next.
be able to read.
come up with the correct answer.
Preschool children do not usually know at first:
the names of many objects.
how to put objects in sequence from biggest to smallest.
how to count objects.
all of these.
For children to learn the basic concepts of shape, they can:
use flash cards with shapes on them.
memorize the words of a shape song.
saw wood into small pieces.
play games that use shapes like circles, squares, and triangles.
Knowing one-to-one correspondence means:
children can pick up three items for the number 3.
children can count from 1 to 10.
children know the what name corresponds to each number.
children know the names of the numbers before they know the symbols.
