OSAT Early Childhood Education-
PRACTICE TEST
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing things
with symbols? - ANS-Between 18 and 24 months
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to happen,
which is the MOST SPECIFIC Piagetian term to describe this phenomenon? -
ANS-Magical Thinking
In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin to develop a
visual schema? - ANS-Preschematic
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two-year-old? -
ANS-Using at least two pronouns correctly
Which of the following teacher actions in most effective for fostering greater depth of
preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings? - ANS-Giving multiple definitions and
examples of new words
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites like big/little,
hot/cold, etc.? - ANS-Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is classified
under "Operations of Reference" - ANS-a negation
In Brown's (1973) Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development, which of these
age ranges is associated with what he designated as Stage I? - ANS-15-30 months
A child who correctly use irregular past tenses of verbs would be in which of Roger
Brown's stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development? - ANS-Stage III
According to Roger Brown, a child who indicates the regular plural by saying "My toys"
is in which of his Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development? - ANS-Stage II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term "private
speech" that he coined? - ANS-Speaking aloud to themselves during activities
PRACTICE TEST
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing things
with symbols? - ANS-Between 18 and 24 months
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to happen,
which is the MOST SPECIFIC Piagetian term to describe this phenomenon? -
ANS-Magical Thinking
In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin to develop a
visual schema? - ANS-Preschematic
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two-year-old? -
ANS-Using at least two pronouns correctly
Which of the following teacher actions in most effective for fostering greater depth of
preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings? - ANS-Giving multiple definitions and
examples of new words
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites like big/little,
hot/cold, etc.? - ANS-Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is classified
under "Operations of Reference" - ANS-a negation
In Brown's (1973) Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development, which of these
age ranges is associated with what he designated as Stage I? - ANS-15-30 months
A child who correctly use irregular past tenses of verbs would be in which of Roger
Brown's stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development? - ANS-Stage III
According to Roger Brown, a child who indicates the regular plural by saying "My toys"
is in which of his Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development? - ANS-Stage II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term "private
speech" that he coined? - ANS-Speaking aloud to themselves during activities
