Developmentally (UDAP) – Questions & Answers
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Developmentally Appropriate Practice age appropriateness, individual appropriateness, and
focuses on children birth through social/cultural appropriateness.
eight years old and is made up of
three principle components:
Knowing the typical behaviors and to plan the most appropriate environments and
growth patterns for a certain age activities to optimize the learning experience for
group is necessary children in care.
A child's age, temperament, are all factors that affect his or her development.
personality, and family history
Children's learning experiences are the social and cultural contexts in which they live.
enhanced when caregivers are aware
of and support
Caregivers should be intentional purposeful, challenging, and achievable.
about planning learning experiences
that are
Three critical challenges impacting addressing disparities in school success and
early childhood practices are: achievement; integrating and aligning preschool and
elementary school programming; and improving
teacher preparation, professional development and
ongoing support.
,T or F? True
One critical challenge currently Three critical challenges impacting early childhood
impacting early childhood practices is practices are:
addressing differences in school
success and achievement. 1. Addressing differences in school success and
achievement
2. Integrating and aligning preschool and elementary
school programming
3. Improving teacher preparation, professional
development and ongoing support
T or F? True
Teachers are professional decision Fundamental to Developmentally Appropriate
makers who are all well prepared and Practice is the understanding that all teachers make
have all of the resources necessary to important decisions every day. Preplanning and
assist them in decision making. organizing the environment with learning goals and
objectives in mind
T or F? False
A critical challenge impacting early Three critical challenges impacting early childhood
childhood practices is helping practices are:
professionals minimize their Addressing differences in school success and
participation in professional achievement
development opportunities. Integrating and aligning preschool and elementary
school programming
*Improving teacher preparation, professional
development and ongoing support
T or F? False
The three components of Developmentally Appropriate Practice focuses on
Developmentally Appropriate Practice children birth through eight years old and is made up
are age appropriateness, individual of three principle components: age appropriateness,
appropriateness, and special needs individual appropriateness, and social/cultural
appropriateness. appropriateness.
T or F? True
Communication and collaboration
between preschools and elementary
schools greatly enhances educational
quality and improves child outcomes.
, T or F? True
Effective teaching strategies for Effective teaching strategies for extending the
extending the learning experience learning experience may include having
may include having conversations, conversations, using questioning techniques and
using questioning techniques, and allowing large blocks of time to practice newly
allowing large blocks of time to acquired skills.
practice newly acquired skills.
T or F? True
Knowledgeable caregivers are able to
build on what children already know
and can do.
T or F? False
Studies show that highly effective Studies show, highly effective teachers have clearly
teachers improvise goals for children defined goals for children and they thoughtfully
and sporadically prepare prepare environments, experiences and activities to
environments, experiences and meet those goals.
activities to meet those goals.
T or F? True
Research shows that children need
educational experiences that support
development across all domains, with
each skill building on one another.
T or F? True
Teacher intentionality is at the heart of At the heart of the Developmentally Appropriate
the Developmentally Appropriate Practice methodology is the concept of
Practice methodology. intentionality. The reality is that good teachers know
teaching is not occasional or accidental. It is
intentional.
T or F? True
Considering the social and cultural Children's learning experiences are enhanced when
contexts in which children grow and caregivers are aware of and support the social and
live is known as social/cultural cultural contexts in which they live.
appropriateness.