Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Mock Exam
Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental principles and practices of curriculum development and instructional strategies for early childhood education. Emphasizing the developmental needs of young children, it examines various curricular models, effective teaching methods, and approaches to creating inclusive, engaging learning environments. Students will analyze and design developmentally appropriate lesson plans that foster cognitive, social, and emotional growth in children from birth through age eight. The course also covers assessment practices, family engagement, and the influence of cultural and societal factors on curriculum and instruction in early childhood settings.
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Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts Early Literacy 11th Edition by
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Jeanne M. Machado
Chapter 1: Beginnings of Communication
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Q1) Infants living in neglectful and/or chaotic home environments may display certain behaviors because of over-activated brain and body systems.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Some research studies indicate that infants
A)may remember and give greater attention to rhymes or stories read to them before their birth.
B)may not remember or react to literature read to them before their birth.
C)as adults select English majors in college because they were read to before their birth.
D)may be more intelligent if they were read to before their birth.
Answer: A
Q3) Identify the mother who would best promote her infant's language growth.
A)one who talked baby talk and listened
B)one who was animated,expressive,and liked to sing
C)one who was confident in her infant's abilities,watchful,warm,and responsive
D)one who spent lots of time with her infant and provided many educational toys
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Tasks of the Toddler
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Q1) One example of an over-regulation of the word put is "I putted the toy away."
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Characteristic toddler speech includes
A)whispering.
B)stuttering.
C)telegraphic speech.
D)anti-social speech.
Answer: C
Q3) If a toddler points to objects in picture books,the best professional response would be to nod or smile,indicating your approval.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Toddlers exhibit symbolic play.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Preschool Years
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Q1) At group times,to promote turn taking teachers sometimes use a "your turn to listen,and my turn to talk" prop.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A preschooler who does not use self-talk frequently needs close observation to determine if there is a problem.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Many adults as well as preschoolers talk to themselves out loud.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Give 4 examples of young preschoolers keyword sentences.Use a different key word in each example and underlined it.
Answer: See discussion in text.Key word should convey the essence of the message.
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Chapter 4: Understanding Differences
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Q1) African-American English is also called Black English.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are some social and cognitive strategies that young second-language learners use in classrooms that may have helped their progress in the new language?
Q3) Black English is less complex than Standard English.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The use of words such as hey or okay by second-language learners is a useful device.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The earlier English is introduced,the greater the child's linguistic advantage.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Some curriculum developers believe the non-English-speaking preschool child should be educated in his native language and culture before English is introduced.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Achieving Language and Literacy Goals
Through Program Planning
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Q1) Theme instruction is
A)superior to other types of instruction.
B)is selected frequently because it is an integrated approach.
C)growing out of favor because it requires large efforts in bringing new items to class.
Q2) Research has identified exactly how young children switch from being nonreaders and non-writers to being conventional readers and writers
A)True
B)False
Q3) There are a good number of children who are not proficient readers or have literacy problems in American elementary schools.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A major goal when considering social and cultural language goals is
A)that children tolerate other children
B)children play only with children they like.
C)that children see the value of language and literacy in their lives.
D)that children ignore put downs.
Q5) What is preschool early literacy?
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Chapter 6: Promoting Language and Literacy
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Q1) A teacher's style of communication may be a determining factor in the preschooler's development of both cognitive structures and modes of communication.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A lot of child learning of language occurs
A)in social activities with others.
B)in skill and drill classrooms.
C)when imitation and memorizing happens.
D)when teachers mean business.
Q3) Teachers should keep their thoughts to themselves because sharing them often confuses young children.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Teachers should
A)connect learning to children's lives purposefully.
B)help children make new intellectual connections.
C)provide for few room distractions.
D)both a and b
Q5) Discuss two ways a teacher acts as a balancer.
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Chapter 7: Developing Listening Skills
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Q1) Providing phonetic instruction or phonemic awareness activities to preschoolers is developmentally appropriate.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Phonological awareness skill is a skill that begins around the age of
Q3) Social interaction and successful learning is affected by both hearing ability and listening ability.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Phillipe needs to stop pushing.One technique a teacher can use is to
A)physically ignore him.
B)say his name and state what is expected.
C)say,"Please don't do it again."
D)say,"Enough already."
Q5) Early phonetic instruction guarantees later literacy success. A)True
B)False
Q6) One comprehends about 80 percent of what one hears.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Children and Books
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Q1) Some nonfiction books for children may contain the author's opinion rather than accepted fact.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Children ask more questions about illustrations than the stories in picture books.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In speaking about fiction and nonfiction books to preschoolers,it is prudent to describe them
A)as fantasy.
B)by saying one contains stories while the other usually does not.
C)as informational.
D)as make believe or true.
Q4) The establishment of book awards in the 1920s may have led to better and more available literature for young children.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Name two well-known children's picture book awards or medals.
Q6) List some criteria for selecting quality nonfiction books for preschoolers.
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Chapter 9: StoryTelling
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Q1) If children have numerous experiences hearing stories that make them laugh,they
A)put humor in their own story creations.
B)may realize words have power.
C)use funny gestures in their own storytelling.
D)all the above.
Q2) Certain important lines in a story may need to be memorized.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Parts of stories that create high interest in the child audience can
A)be noted and discussed at staff meetings.
B)satisfy the teacher.
C)be drawn out to enhance their effect while telling.
D)recorded and analyzed.
Q4) How might a teacher use photographs to tell a story?
Q5) A good place to start storytelling to a group of preschoolers is to start telling little personal stories.
A)True B)False
Q6) List five suggestions that may help or encourage preschoolers' dictation of stories or other written communication.
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Chapter 10: Poetry
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Q1) The main goal in introducing children to poetry is
A)the literary value it holds.
B)to promote pleasure and enjoyment with this language art.
C)to build vocabulary.
D)to teach the "Alphabet Song."
Q2) Write a four-line poem that includes some of the special features found in children's classic poetry and identify the features you used.A point will be added to your test score for each feature you use and identify.
Q3) Finding poetry with content familiar to young children is a professional selection criteria.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Rhyme can occur in midsentence as well as at sentence endings in children's poetry.
A)True B)False
Q5) Some poetry is used to promote a child's feeling of his own competency.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Some of the characteristics that make poetry appealing to preschoolers are
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Chapter 11: Language Growth Through Flannel Boards, puppetry,
and Dramatization
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Q1) What would it take to become a "master" flannel board storyteller?
Q2) Educators aware of brain-based learning strategies suggest that when presenting flannel board activities one should remember that A)movement of a set piece should alternate with non-movement. B)a story needs a background. C)story pieces should be colorful and contrast with a background. D)none of the above
Q3) Color can be added to teacher-made flannel set figures using a variety of coloring agents.
A)True B)False
Q4) There is one preparatory step that could embarrass a teacher when telling a flannel board story besides perhaps forgetting parts of the story.This is?
Q5) Educators have many construction choices when considering the size,mobility,weight,covering color and board surface of a home-made flannel board. A)True B)False
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Q6) What attracts young children's attention quickly in flannel board presentations?
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Chapter 12: Realizing Speaker Goals
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Q1) A preschooler has a degree of speaking competence if he uses small social sayings like "hello" and "goodbye".
A)True
B)False
Q2) A center's identification of goals for literacy instruction is unimportant.
A)True
B)False
Q3) There are a limited number of dramatic play center themes possible.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Teacher discussion in all curriculum areas can add and expand meaning dramatically.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Teachers usually ask more of this type of question even if it is not recommended
A)convergent
B)divergent
C)open-ended
D)recall
Q6) Name five popular and common dramatic play centers or kits.
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Chapter 13: Group Times
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Q1) While leading circle times,teachers are primarily providers of knowledge.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Children sit in a circle at circle time.
A)This is not necessarily so.
B)They sit an equal distance from one another.
C)They sit in the same spot each day.
D)They sit in small chairs placed in a circle.
Q3) To demonstrate a finger play,one needs a finger-sized puppet.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Chants contain
A)short songs.
B)finger plays and action body plays.
C)rhythmic word patterns.
D)choruses.
Q5) Planned group times can sometimes fall apart.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What are five characteristics of successful circle times?
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Chapter 14: Print-Early Knowledge and Emerging Interest
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Q1) Early literacy classrooms are described as A)literacy-rich.
B)print rich.
C)print-prolific.
D)all of these answers.
Q2) Scribbling on paper involves child decision making.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The sounds of speech are not coded in print.
A)True B)False
Q4) Uppercase letters may be easier to learn than lowercase letters. A)True B)False
Q5) If a classroom has a writing center area,the teacher should be in it periodically and devise motivational activities.
A)True B)False
Q6) The text identified three names used to describe the style of print used in the majority of kindergartens.Name two.
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Chapter 15: Reading and Preschoolers
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Q1) Teachers' attitudes toward picture books can be catching.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Helping preschoolers who significantly lag behind their peers in language skills is unimportant before they reach kindergarten age.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How do some adults promote children's development of an extensive vocabulary? List techniques and strategies.
Q4) Reading ability and vocabulary are related.
A)True
B)False
Q5) One common goal that centers should choose if they include reading readiness among their goals is children should
A)acquire the ability to listen.
B)recognize context clues in picture books.
C)be able to spot rhyme.
D)all the above
Q6) Explain which method of teaching reading is best and why you feel this is so.
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Chapter 16: Developing a Literacy Environment
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Q1) There may be a classroom rule concerning how many children can be in a language center at one time.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Many educators worry that digital and electronic media may harm young children's brains.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If you were screening media or computer programs to judge whether they are developmentally appropriate,what criteria would you use?
Q4) If using software for young children,one would consider
Q5) A center's goals and objectives may be reinforced by child computer use.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Language centers are usually quiet room areas.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Language arts centers allow for vigorous and physical child play.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Family-Center Partnership
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Q1) What are some of the possible effects of excessive and unsupervised television viewing in young children?
Q2) Parents and families are urged to communicate with children using
A)business-like talk that guides behavior.
B)adult-child play talk that affects development.
C)standard English even if the family is not English speaking.
D)both a and b
Q3) Teachers should face the reality that some children will need excellent instructional help plus supportive family assistance so that they will be prepared for kindergarten.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An American law such as the Swedish law mentioned in the text concerning fathering,and father responsibilities and rights might work in America but ?
Q5) Pretend reading by a preschooler may not seem to families to be an important step toward real reading.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How do centers encourage school-home communication and family input?
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