special needs ch 4
c - correct answer-Which of the following is not a principle that underlies developmentally
appropriate practices?
A. Development is holistic, one domain influences and is influenced by others.
B. Early experiences have both cumulative and delayed effects on children's development.
C. Development is essentially the same within and between children.
D. Development proceeds toward greater complexity, organization, and internalization.
d - correct answer-Francisco, a five-year-old, lives in an urban area where he regularly uses
the metro, taxies, cars, and other means of transportation and has had many experiences
playing with transportation materials. One would expect that in a lesson on transportation
when he uses an analogy to understand why large trucks need so many wheels that he is
operating at the level of
A. awareness.
B. exploration.
C. inquiry.
D. utilization.
b - correct answer-Children learn in cycles. What factor would trigger a new learning cycle?
A. entering a new developmental stage
B. being exposed to new knowledge
C. being exposed to a different teaching style
D. a surge of hormones such as cortisol
a - correct answer-Dominic has never been on a subway but he has seen trains and played
with them in preschool. His information intake is likely to be greatest if the teacher uses
language that
A. reminds him of a past familiar experience with trains and extends that experience.
B. provides information about subways.
C. is redundant with what he is doing with the train.
D. encourages memorization of different types of trains
b - correct answer-Temporary assistance to a child involving verbal support, such as giving a
suggestion for a different way of approaching a problem or reattaching a piece of paper that
has come loose is called
A. Acknowledging.
B. Facilitating.
C. Supporting.
D. Coconstructing
b - correct answer-Working on the edge of a child's knowledge base and providing the link
between what a child can do independently and what she can accomplish with adult help is
called
A. Supporting.
B. Scaffolding.
, C. Coconstructing.
D. Directing.
d - correct answer-States are required to report assessment information annually for children
in all the following subgroups except:
A. children from racial/ethnic minorities and those who are economically disadvantaged.
B. children with identified disabilities.
C. children with limited English proficiency.
D. They are required to report on all of the above
c - correct answer-When children can perform tasks at a minimal level necessary to
complete the task this is referred to as
A. an emerging skill.
B. grade-level competence.
C. literacy.
D. age-level competence
b - correct answer-Children with disabilities constitute ______ of the youth in juvenile
corrections facilities
A. 10 to 30 percent
B. 30 to 50 percent
C. 50 to 70 percent
D. 70 to 90 percent
d - correct answer-Which of the following is not a major category of social competence?
A. adult-child interactions
B. social play relationships
C. peer interactions
D. cross gender relationships
a - correct answer-A child's understanding and conscious awareness that speech is
composed of identifiable units, such as spoken words, syllables, and sounds is called
A. phonemic awareness.
B. literacy.
C linguistic awareness.
D. encoding.
d - correct answer-Mathematics practice standards include all of the following except
A. Making sense of problems and persevering in solving them
B. Modeling with mathematics
C. Looking for and making use of structure
D. Finding out specifically what children know and starting there
d - correct answer-Children who take a survey of their classroom to see who likes apple
butter after they have all tasted it and graph their results are using
A. numbers and operations.
B. algebra.
C. measurement.
c - correct answer-Which of the following is not a principle that underlies developmentally
appropriate practices?
A. Development is holistic, one domain influences and is influenced by others.
B. Early experiences have both cumulative and delayed effects on children's development.
C. Development is essentially the same within and between children.
D. Development proceeds toward greater complexity, organization, and internalization.
d - correct answer-Francisco, a five-year-old, lives in an urban area where he regularly uses
the metro, taxies, cars, and other means of transportation and has had many experiences
playing with transportation materials. One would expect that in a lesson on transportation
when he uses an analogy to understand why large trucks need so many wheels that he is
operating at the level of
A. awareness.
B. exploration.
C. inquiry.
D. utilization.
b - correct answer-Children learn in cycles. What factor would trigger a new learning cycle?
A. entering a new developmental stage
B. being exposed to new knowledge
C. being exposed to a different teaching style
D. a surge of hormones such as cortisol
a - correct answer-Dominic has never been on a subway but he has seen trains and played
with them in preschool. His information intake is likely to be greatest if the teacher uses
language that
A. reminds him of a past familiar experience with trains and extends that experience.
B. provides information about subways.
C. is redundant with what he is doing with the train.
D. encourages memorization of different types of trains
b - correct answer-Temporary assistance to a child involving verbal support, such as giving a
suggestion for a different way of approaching a problem or reattaching a piece of paper that
has come loose is called
A. Acknowledging.
B. Facilitating.
C. Supporting.
D. Coconstructing
b - correct answer-Working on the edge of a child's knowledge base and providing the link
between what a child can do independently and what she can accomplish with adult help is
called
A. Supporting.
B. Scaffolding.
, C. Coconstructing.
D. Directing.
d - correct answer-States are required to report assessment information annually for children
in all the following subgroups except:
A. children from racial/ethnic minorities and those who are economically disadvantaged.
B. children with identified disabilities.
C. children with limited English proficiency.
D. They are required to report on all of the above
c - correct answer-When children can perform tasks at a minimal level necessary to
complete the task this is referred to as
A. an emerging skill.
B. grade-level competence.
C. literacy.
D. age-level competence
b - correct answer-Children with disabilities constitute ______ of the youth in juvenile
corrections facilities
A. 10 to 30 percent
B. 30 to 50 percent
C. 50 to 70 percent
D. 70 to 90 percent
d - correct answer-Which of the following is not a major category of social competence?
A. adult-child interactions
B. social play relationships
C. peer interactions
D. cross gender relationships
a - correct answer-A child's understanding and conscious awareness that speech is
composed of identifiable units, such as spoken words, syllables, and sounds is called
A. phonemic awareness.
B. literacy.
C linguistic awareness.
D. encoding.
d - correct answer-Mathematics practice standards include all of the following except
A. Making sense of problems and persevering in solving them
B. Modeling with mathematics
C. Looking for and making use of structure
D. Finding out specifically what children know and starting there
d - correct answer-Children who take a survey of their classroom to see who likes apple
butter after they have all tasted it and graph their results are using
A. numbers and operations.
B. algebra.
C. measurement.
