Early Childhood Education Test Questions
Course Introduction
Early Childhood Education explores the foundational principles, theories, and best practices for teaching and nurturing children from birth to age eight. This course examines the developmental stages of young children, the importance of play-based learning, diverse approaches to curriculum and assessment, and strategies for fostering social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth. Students will also gain insights into creating inclusive classroom environments, supporting family and community engagement, and understanding the professional responsibilities and ethical standards of early childhood educators.
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Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts Early Literacy 11th Edition by Jeanne
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Chapter 1: Beginnings of Communication
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Q1) The reading of picture books to children younger than one year of age
A)may create intelligent preschoolers.
B)is probably of limited benefit.
C)may create positive or negative attitudes about book reading.
D)increases most infants alertness.
Answer: C
Q2) By age seven to twelve months,infants usually respond to their own name.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Books that infants and young toddlers seem to prefer and that are recommended in the text include
A)oversized books.
B)books with large print.
C)colorful touch-and-feel books.
D)those without contrasting backgrounds.
Answer: C
Q4) The termgaze couplingcan be defined as Answer: infant-mother extended eye contact
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Chapter 2: The Tasks of the Toddler
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Q1) Research has provided proof that toddlers acquire linguistic and intellectual benefits from musical activities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Freedom to explore during toddlerhood promotes much more than seeing and deciphering patterns.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Orderly,soothing,loving experiences in toddlers' lives may support optimal brain growth.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) What is the difference between the study of semantics and the study of pragmatics?
Answer: Semantics is the study of word meanings and acquisition of vocabulary.Pragmatics focuses on how language is used in social situations and what is appropriate.
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Chapter 3: Preschool Years
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Q1) What is meant by the statement,"Preschoolers are beginning to understand words are arbitrary symbols"?
Answer: They become aware that words are representatives of meaning and that words are separate from their referents.This is termed metalinguistic awareness.They often recognize words as objects that have individual characteristics of their own (long,short,different shapes,etc. )and that words are not intrinsic attributes.
Q2) Most preschoolers can produce
A)all the vowel sounds.
B)all the sounds in their native language.
C)all consonants.
D)none of these answers
Answer: A
Q3) Most preschoolers' logic as expressed in their verbal statements is A)immature but develops in kindergarten. B)faulty.
C)logical considering their past experience.
D)all of the above.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Understanding Differences
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Q1) Regional speech dialects in the United States are disappearing due to the influence of mass media.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Families should only consult a specialist if their child's speech delay doesn't improve by age 4.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Useful strategies for assisting children with disabilities and special needs include
A)gesturing and/or signing to help communication.
B)researching appropriate media and equipment for use in the classroom.
C)creating visual aids,such as posters and pictures,to supplement instruction.
D)all of the above
Q4) Children from diverse cultures and ethnic backgrounds have always been part of the American education system and are no more numerous today than in previous years.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What factors may influence how quickly a young child acquires a second language?
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Chapter 5: Achieving Language and Literacy Goals
Through Program Planning
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Q1) The idea of the concurrent learning of the language arts is accepted by most early childhood educators.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Early childhood programs affected by the No Child Left Behind Act
A)are accountable for providing data that show children's progress.
B)are exempt from assessing young children.
C)are required to use standardized assessment tests.
D)have ignored testing requirements.
Q3) Your early childhood coursework,your life experiences,and your attitude concerning children will influence the early literacy program you provide.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The No Child Left Behind Act (2002)has led to
A)a large jump in test scores in reading ability.
B)testing,observation and documentation activities in publicly supported early childhood centers.
C)preschools are giving more attention to physical skills.
D)less teacher training.
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Chapter 6: Promoting Language and Literacy
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Q1) When a teacher notices that the children do not understand a new word he has used,he can
A)say it louder and more clearly.
B)define the word using terms children understand.
C)write it on the chalkboard and discuss it with them.
D)drop it from his vocabulary until the children can understand it.
Q2) There are not enough chairs at a table for children who wish to sit down.A teacher wishing to introduce a number word might say
A)"Oops,only four chairs and five children.I will send someone to tell you when there is room for you."
B)"There are only four chairs,Mitchell;please add your name to the waiting list."
C)"Please wait,Crista.Our four chairs are full right now.Mike is just leaving."
D)all of these answers.
Q3) When a child says "He gimme dat," the teacher should
A)accept and respond.
B)accept and correct quickly.
C)accept by pointing out there is another way to say it.
D)none of these answers.
Q4) The term scaffolding is connected to the work of what theorist(s)?
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Chapter 7: Developing Listening Skills
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Q1) A child who repeats to the teacher exactly what the teacher has said may be trying to concentrate on what was said.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When a teacher mentions a child by name,she usually captures that child's attention and listening focus.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Silence has meaning.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A curious child may focus on what speakers are saying and/or what is new or novel in the classroom.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Teachers sound ridiculous when they enjoy playing with language tongue twisters.
A)True
B)False
Q6) A child with phonemic awareness skill understands that
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Q7) What is the difference between phonological awareness and phonemic awareness?
Chapter 8: Children and Books
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Q1) Onomatopoeia found in picture books adds to the fun.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In selecting books for a preschool class on a limited budget,teachers should give priority to books that broaden the children's interests rather than to books about familiar things or familiar settings.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Early childhood teachers find reading a picture book to a large preschool group means
A)more behavior control statements will be necessary.
B)it will probably be harder to hold group attention.
C)all of these answers.
Q4) Reading ability was thought to be unnecessary for farmers in early America.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Colored illustrations in picture books didn't appear in large numbers and low costs untilthe1920s and 30s.
A)True
B)False
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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) A teacher trying to promote story comprehension after a storytelling session would ask which of the following questions?
A)"Could the story have a different ending?"
B)"How did Rover catch the cat?"
C)"What was the name of the cat?"
D)"How many times did Rover bark at the door?"
Q3) Sources for stories are
A)numerous.
B)often found in the teller's life experiences.
C)found in collections at libraries.
D)all the above
Q4) Stories that require the teller to sing a line or two are not recommended.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How might a teacher use photographs to tell a story?
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Chapter 10: Poetry
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Q1) Nonsense verse does not make sense,so preschoolers usually do not relate to it.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Children's experiences with rhyme and rhyming have no relationship to their ease in learning to read.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Some poetry is used to promote a child's feeling of his own competency.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Many song lyrics rhyme.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Name three classic children's nursery songs containing rhyming words.
Q6) Poetry can
A)amuse and entertain or become boring.
B)be considered playful but not really educational.
C)destroy child self esteem.
D)be considered as more appropriate for elementary school aged children rather than preschoolers.
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Chapter 11: Language Growth Through Flannel Boards, puppetry,
and Dramatization
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Q1) Keeping flannel board set pieces out of children's view and applying them to the board as the story or activity unfolds is a good idea.
A)True
B)False
Q2) If you are creating a nonfiction flannel board set,you may have to do research.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The flannel board you construct should be at least 2 feet by 5 feet.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Often schools may have flannel boards that only the teacher uses and separate boards for child use.
A)True
B)False
Q5) One can use ____ to create a flannel board set.
A)puppets
B)shiny surfaces
C)a slippery backing
D)a picture book
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Chapter 12: Realizing Speaker Goals
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Q1) The importance of the young child's conversing with family members in daily conversations probably can't
A)be matched by any other family activity.
B)exceed the importance of playing games with other children.
C)be as effective as speaking with playmates.
D)be more important than reading books to the child.
Q2) A teacher who describes a particular tree as "a pointy,green and large pine tree with needle covered branches" is being ridiculous.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a larger child group,rather than a small intimate group,more speech action is likely to occur.
A)True
B)False
Q4) It is all right for a teacher to answer a child's question with a question.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Teacher speech behaviors to avoid include
Q6) Name five popular and common dramatic play centers or kits.
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Chapter 13: Group Times
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Q1) If a child prefers to sit and watch others and not join in with activities at circle time,he needs encouragement not pressure.
A)True
B)False
Q2) "Stand if you had orange juice for breakfast and move to the door" is a A)reward statement.
B)transition statement.
C)positive reinforcement statement.
D)statement increasing child memory.
Q3) Finger plays are activities teachers can memorize A)True
B)False
Q4) A good technique at circle time is to first A)start by telling them to stand to speak.
B)mention each child's name.
C)say good listeners get to sit by their friends. D)dim the lights.
Q5) Sitting for an extended period at circle time causes wiggling. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Print-Early Knowledge and Emerging Interest
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Q1) In designing games to increase child familiarity with print,what developmentally appropriate criteria should guide teachers? Name five.
Q2) It does not matter how quickly and accurately children can name alphabet letters.
A)True
B)False
Q3) It is a big step forward when children learn the difference between random marks and alphabet letters.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The early childhood educator who is remembered for designing many teaching aids to promote printing in preschoolers through the child's sense of touch was
A)Watson.
B)Spinoli.
C)Ferreira.
D)Montessori.
Q5) Define sight reading and discuss how it is promoted in the preschool classroom.
Q6) Name four charts mentioned in the text that use print.
Q7) What might many four-year-olds know about alphabet letters?
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Chapter 15: Reading and Preschoolers
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Q1) Those who study research usually recommend that early literacy instruction in a preschool should concentrate on
A)rhyming,alliteration and fluency,and phonics and printing.
B)letter naming,vocabulary,the alphabet principle,print awareness,and phonics.
C)phonics,rhyming,phonemic awareness,printing,and the alphabet.
D)phonemic awareness,comprehension,vocabulary,and fluency.
Q2) Reading methods come and go and are somewhat like clothing fads.
A)True
B)False
Q3) It is estimated that approximately 10 percent of all children have difficulty learning to read while the rest learn easily.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Children with many experiences with stories
A)can accurately sound out words.
B)tend to know stories have predictable segments and features.
C)can read simple words such as was or am by late preschool years.
D)realize words are separated in sentences and that sentences end in periods.
Q5) Explain which method of teaching reading is best and why you feel this is so.
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Q6) Name three well-known reading programs and/or methods.
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Chapter 16: Developing a Literacy Environment
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Q1) Research has confirmed that digital and electronic media is educational for children under age 3.
A)True
B)False
Q2) List audiovisual equipment that relates to language arts instruction possibly found in a preschool classroom.(Mention five. )
Q3) Asking preschoolers for permission to display their work is a good idea.
A)True
B)False
Q4) One of the obstacles to computer use in preschools is funding.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List common rules for classroom computer use.
Q6) Some computer programs have improved children's speech skills successfully. A)True
B)False
Q7) Teachers may design room spaces that are above floor level to increase space or storage.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Family-Center Partnership
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Q1) Families' language arts goals for their children are the same as early childhood educators' goals.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Children who have acquired disciplined work habits have a chance for greater school success.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Researchers suggest that parents with children younger than age 14 are twice as important as the child's school is for their child's learning.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Federal funds for early childhood care and education help
A)educate parents about children's learning.
B)strengthen early learning for young children.
C)create new centers for family supportive assistance.
D)all of these answers
Q5) How do centers encourage school-home communication and family input?
Q6) Describe what advice you would give a parent concerning a home reading center.
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