Test Bank For
Math and Science for Young Children 9e Rosalind Charlesworth, Ph.D
Chapter 1-12
Chapter 01: Development, Acquisition, Problem Solving, and Assessment
1. Early childhood encompasses three of the four Piagetian stages. Which one of the stages is not reached during early
childhood?
a. Preoperational
b. Concrete operational
c. Sensorimotor
d. Formal operations
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-01 - Child development and learning in context.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:38 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
2. A child goes through a regular sequence of events such as arriving at school, participating in free play, eating a snack,
painting or hearing a story, toileting, washing, eating lunch, taking a nap, having a snack, playing outdoors, and going
home. The concept this child is learning is
a. size.
b. space.
c. time.
d. classification.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-05 - Knowledge, application, and integration of academic content in
the early childhood curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:41 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
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,3. Concepts can be characterized as
a. the building blocks of knowledge.
b. thoughts that are incomplete until adulthood.
c. ideas that young children do not yet have.
d. basic to math but not to science.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-01 - Child development and learning in context.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analyze
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:41 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
4. Which of the following is the crux of the interrelationship between mathematics and science?
a. One must learn basic mathematics first in order to understand science.
b. The basic concepts of mathematics are the basic process skills of science.
c. The basic concepts of science must be learned before math skills.
d. About half of the basic math concepts are related to science concepts.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-05 - Knowledge, application, and integration of academic content in
the early childhood curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:42 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
5. Principles and standards for school mathematics have been set forth by the
a. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
b. National Association for the Education of Young Children.
c. National Science Teachers Association.
d. National Research Council.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
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,LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.04 - Understand the reasons for development of the National Assessment
Standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - CCSS–MP4 - Model with mathematics.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:42 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
6. The basic rules that guide mathematics instruction are referred to as
a. standards.
b. principles.
c. curriculum guides.
d. teaching guides.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - CCSS–MP4 - Model with mathematics.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:43 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
7. Guides to expectations as to what children should know and be able to do at different ages and stages are referred to as
a. standards.
b. principles.
c. curriculum guides.
d. teaching guides.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-05 - Knowledge, application, and integration of academic content in
the early childhood curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:43 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
8. Lev Vygotsky, a contemporary of Jean Piaget’s, differed from Piaget in that
a. he did not agree that development occurs in stages.
b. his work did not focus on mental activity.
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, c. he put less emphasis on the importance of language.
d. he put more emphasis on the importance of interaction with adults and peers as critical for concept
development.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-01 - Child development and learning in context.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analyze
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:44 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
9. The area between where the child is now operating independently in mental development and where the child might go
with assistance from an adult or a more mature child is called
a. best instruction.
b. important development.
c. the zone of proximal development.
d. proximity.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-01 - Child development and learning in context.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:44 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
10. The Next Generation Science Standards focus on
a. inquiry and exploration.
b. language and communication.
c. technology and tools.
d. computation.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: National Assessment Standards
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.04 - Understand the reasons for development of the National Assessment
Standards.
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Math and Science for Young Children 9e Rosalind Charlesworth, Ph.D
Chapter 1-12
Chapter 01: Development, Acquisition, Problem Solving, and Assessment
1. Early childhood encompasses three of the four Piagetian stages. Which one of the stages is not reached during early
childhood?
a. Preoperational
b. Concrete operational
c. Sensorimotor
d. Formal operations
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-01 - Child development and learning in context.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:38 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
2. A child goes through a regular sequence of events such as arriving at school, participating in free play, eating a snack,
painting or hearing a story, toileting, washing, eating lunch, taking a nap, having a snack, playing outdoors, and going
home. The concept this child is learning is
a. size.
b. space.
c. time.
d. classification.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-05 - Knowledge, application, and integration of academic content in
the early childhood curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:41 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
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,3. Concepts can be characterized as
a. the building blocks of knowledge.
b. thoughts that are incomplete until adulthood.
c. ideas that young children do not yet have.
d. basic to math but not to science.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-01 - Child development and learning in context.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analyze
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:41 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
4. Which of the following is the crux of the interrelationship between mathematics and science?
a. One must learn basic mathematics first in order to understand science.
b. The basic concepts of mathematics are the basic process skills of science.
c. The basic concepts of science must be learned before math skills.
d. About half of the basic math concepts are related to science concepts.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-05 - Knowledge, application, and integration of academic content in
the early childhood curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:42 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
5. Principles and standards for school mathematics have been set forth by the
a. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
b. National Association for the Education of Young Children.
c. National Science Teachers Association.
d. National Research Council.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
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,LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.04 - Understand the reasons for development of the National Assessment
Standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - CCSS–MP4 - Model with mathematics.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:42 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
6. The basic rules that guide mathematics instruction are referred to as
a. standards.
b. principles.
c. curriculum guides.
d. teaching guides.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - CCSS–MP4 - Model with mathematics.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:43 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
7. Guides to expectations as to what children should know and be able to do at different ages and stages are referred to as
a. standards.
b. principles.
c. curriculum guides.
d. teaching guides.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-05 - Knowledge, application, and integration of academic content in
the early childhood curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:43 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
8. Lev Vygotsky, a contemporary of Jean Piaget’s, differed from Piaget in that
a. he did not agree that development occurs in stages.
b. his work did not focus on mental activity.
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, c. he put less emphasis on the importance of language.
d. he put more emphasis on the importance of interaction with adults and peers as critical for concept
development.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-01 - Child development and learning in context.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analyze
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:44 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
9. The area between where the child is now operating independently in mental development and where the child might go
with assistance from an adult or a more mature child is called
a. best instruction.
b. important development.
c. the zone of proximal development.
d. proximity.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Concept Development
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - NAEYC-01 - Child development and learning in context.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
DATE CREATED: 4/18/2024 4:44 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 4/23/2024 5:04 AM
10. The Next Generation Science Standards focus on
a. inquiry and exploration.
b. language and communication.
c. technology and tools.
d. computation.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: National Assessment Standards
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.09.01.04 - Understand the reasons for development of the National Assessment
Standards.
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