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ELC Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Early Childhood Professional - Answer✔An educator who successfully teaches all children,
promotes high personal standards, and continually expands his or her skills and knowledge.
Early Childhood Education - Answer✔The growth, development, and education of children birth
through age eight.
NAEYC - Answer✔National Association for the Education of Young Children
NAEYC Standards - Answer✔1. Promotes development and learning
2. Builds family and community standards
3. Observes documents and assesses to support young children and families
4. Uses developmentally effective approaches to connect with children and families
5 Uses content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum
6. identifies with and acts as an early childhood professional
child Development - Answer✔the stages of physical, social, mental, and linguistic growth that
occur from birth through age eight years
embedded instruction - Answer✔involves teaching skills and behaviors in the context of
classroom routines and transitions
phonological awareness - Answer✔the ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound structure of
spoken language
Culture - Answer✔A groups way of life, including basic values, beliefs, religion, language,
clothing, food, and various practices
DAP - Answer✔Developmentally Appropriate Practice
developmentally appropriate practice - Answer✔practice based on how children grow and
develop and on individual and cultural differences
Healthy Environments - Answer✔Those environments that provide for children's physical and
psychological health, safety, and sense of security.
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Public Policy - Answer✔Government and nongovernmental agencies that propose and address
certain public issues
socioeconomic status - Answer✔Social standing of someone
SES consists of 3 things - Answer✔Parents family income
Parents education levels
Parents employment status
5 ways the SES measures influence children's lives - Answer✔1. How children are reared
2. Family - child interactions
3. Home environments+extent to which they do or don't support language development and
learning
4. Kind amount of discipline used
5. Kind and extent of future plans involving children's education and employment
Poverty achievement gap - Answer✔The differences is achievement levels between children of
different family income levels
less education= less opportunity
Strategies to reduce poverty achievement - Answer✔Advocate for the opportunity for all
children to participate in preschool programs
Maternal education achievement gap - Answer✔the achievement gap between children of higher
educated mothers and children of lesser educated mothers
Strategies to reduce maternal achievement gap - Answer✔Advocate for adult education
programs
gender achievement gap - Answer✔A prevailing idea that science, math, and athletic-based
classes are considered to be "masculine" subjects. The idea is that when girls excel at math, it is
due to hard work, and that when boys excel at math, it is due to natural talent.
Strategies to reduce gender achievement gap - Answer✔Create STEM/STEAM clubs during and
after school that are welcoming to everyone
DAP Principles - Answer✔1. Adults develop warm, caring relationships with children
2. Child guidance fosters self regulation
3. Curricula are whole-child focused
4. Programs address the learning needs of all children
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ELC Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Early Childhood Professional - Answer✔An educator who successfully teaches all children,
promotes high personal standards, and continually expands his or her skills and knowledge.
Early Childhood Education - Answer✔The growth, development, and education of children birth
through age eight.
NAEYC - Answer✔National Association for the Education of Young Children
NAEYC Standards - Answer✔1. Promotes development and learning
2. Builds family and community standards
3. Observes documents and assesses to support young children and families
4. Uses developmentally effective approaches to connect with children and families
5 Uses content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum
6. identifies with and acts as an early childhood professional
child Development - Answer✔the stages of physical, social, mental, and linguistic growth that
occur from birth through age eight years
embedded instruction - Answer✔involves teaching skills and behaviors in the context of
classroom routines and transitions
phonological awareness - Answer✔the ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound structure of
spoken language
Culture - Answer✔A groups way of life, including basic values, beliefs, religion, language,
clothing, food, and various practices
DAP - Answer✔Developmentally Appropriate Practice
developmentally appropriate practice - Answer✔practice based on how children grow and
develop and on individual and cultural differences
Healthy Environments - Answer✔Those environments that provide for children's physical and
psychological health, safety, and sense of security.
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, ©Jason MacConnell 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Public Policy - Answer✔Government and nongovernmental agencies that propose and address
certain public issues
socioeconomic status - Answer✔Social standing of someone
SES consists of 3 things - Answer✔Parents family income
Parents education levels
Parents employment status
5 ways the SES measures influence children's lives - Answer✔1. How children are reared
2. Family - child interactions
3. Home environments+extent to which they do or don't support language development and
learning
4. Kind amount of discipline used
5. Kind and extent of future plans involving children's education and employment
Poverty achievement gap - Answer✔The differences is achievement levels between children of
different family income levels
less education= less opportunity
Strategies to reduce poverty achievement - Answer✔Advocate for the opportunity for all
children to participate in preschool programs
Maternal education achievement gap - Answer✔the achievement gap between children of higher
educated mothers and children of lesser educated mothers
Strategies to reduce maternal achievement gap - Answer✔Advocate for adult education
programs
gender achievement gap - Answer✔A prevailing idea that science, math, and athletic-based
classes are considered to be "masculine" subjects. The idea is that when girls excel at math, it is
due to hard work, and that when boys excel at math, it is due to natural talent.
Strategies to reduce gender achievement gap - Answer✔Create STEM/STEAM clubs during and
after school that are welcoming to everyone
DAP Principles - Answer✔1. Adults develop warm, caring relationships with children
2. Child guidance fosters self regulation
3. Curricula are whole-child focused
4. Programs address the learning needs of all children
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