Unit 6 Quiz

QUESTION 1

Olivia and Stephen are playing with blocks in their third grade classroom because this is a good way to develop their mathematical skills.

True

False

 

 

Local culture should be used to inform curriculum.

True

False

 

QUESTION 3

Evaluating group work the same as evaluating individual work.

True

False

 

 

QUESTION 4

The social skills curriculum is considered the most appropriate approach in primary schools.

True

False

 

 

QUESTION 5

Games should be a part of a primary math program.

True

False

 

 

QUESTION 6

An aesthetics-based approach to curriculum encourages combining:

	a.	All of these are correct.
	b.	music and math.
	c.	movement and social studies.
	d.	art and literacy.

 

 

QUESTION 7

The primary classroom should include areas that provide places for:

	a.	large meeting spaces.
	b.	interest centers.
	c.	individual workspaces.
	d.	learning centers.

 

 

 

QUESTION 8

Authentic assessment is continuous, ongoing assessment and includes games, teamwork, portfolios, and project work.

True

False

 

 

QUESTION 9

The developmental-interaction approach was developed by:

	a.	Selma Wasserman.
	b.	Jean Piaget.
	c.	Reggio Emilia Municipal Center.
	d.	Bank Street College of Education.

 

 

 

QUESTION 10

The primary methods of assessment currently used for children in most primary grades include:

	a.	project work.
	b.	standardized tests.
	c.	quizzes and tests.
	d.	both A and B.
	e.	portfolios.

 

 

 

QUESTION 11

____ is generally used to describe a chart that answers three questions: What do we know? What do we want to know? Moreover, what did we learn?

	a.	KFW
	b.	KWL
	c.	None of the above
	d.	KFC
	e.	KLL

 

 

 

QUESTION 12

The here-and-now and holiday curriculums influenced which content area?

	a.	Mathematics
	b.	Social studies
	c.	Language arts
	d.	Science

 

 

 

QUESTION 13

Play in the primary grades is very similar to play in kindergarten.

True

False

 

 

 

QUESTION 14

____ are NOT considered an appropriate math activity in a play-based curriculum.

	a.	Blocks
	b.	Manipulatives
	c.	Worksheets
	d.	Games

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 15

The Project Approach discourages inquiry.

True

False

 

 

QUESTION 16

The focus of Wasserman’s primary play model is to foster the development of competent “can-do” students.

True

False

 

 

 

QUESTION 17

Authentic assessment should include:

	a.	portfolios.
	b.	All of these are correct.
	c.	games.
	d.	project work.

 

 

QUESTION 18

Boys and girls in the United States have similar scores on math tests.

True

False

 

 

QUESTION 19

A characteristic of young children that predisposes them to science is:

	a.	All of these are correct.
	b.	natural curiosity.
	c.	a need to belong or interact with others to solve problems.
	d.	a desire to collect “stuff.”

 

 

QUESTION 20

Children who are playing with and talking to other children develop social and cognitive skills.

True

False

 

 

 

QUESTION 20

Children who are playing with and talking to other children develop social and cognitive skills.

True

False

 

 

QUESTION 21

Aesthetics are important in designing spaces for primary classrooms.

True

False

 

 

QUESTION 22

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics established state standards as guidelines for developing state requirements in math.

True

False

 

 

 

QUESTION 23

Children in the primary grades are generally in the ________ play stage.

	a.	games with rules
	b.	concrete operational
	c.	formal operations
	d.	sensorimotor
	e.	preoperational

 

 

 

QUESTION 24

Combining art and literacy decreases possibilities for neurological connections in an aesthetics-based approach.

True

False

 

 

QUESTION 25

Constance Kami (2000) documented the use of games to teach young children math.

True

False

 

 

 

A child’s expressive language is typically stronger than their receptive language.

a. True  b. False

 

 

 

A teacher has given props to her students to act out “The Three Little Pigs.” What literary extension experience is the teacher using to support children remembering the story?

a. Digital tools

b. Book games

c. Puppet show

d. Dramatization

 

 

 

Phonemic awareness is the understanding of sounds that letters represent.

a. True  b. False

 

 

 

Which of the following supports a rich literacy environment?

a. Contains books written only in English

b. Adult only reading of stories

c. Encourage children’s reading and storytelling/oral traditions at home

d. Consider limiting the number of books in the classroom to avoid damage

 

 

 

Children from linguistically diverse backgrounds who acquire language in English-dominant programs may pull themselves away from their families and decline to speak their home language.

a. True  b. False

 

 

 

Which term is used for the literal translation of signs and symbols on a printed page?

a. Decoding

b. Narration

c. Bilingualism

d. Dialect

 

 

 

A teacher is having each student segment their names by clapping and then stating how many “claps” are in their name. What type of phonemic awareness is the teacher addressing?

a. Oral vocabulary

b. Syllable awareness

c. Onset-rime awareness

d. Phoneme awareness

 

 

A child is dictating to the teacher about a picture they have just completed. The teacher is writing down and reading back the child’s exact words. What approach is the teacher using?

a. Emergent writing

b. Language experience

c. Inventive spelling

d. Letter-like forms

 

 

 

What language skill involves the pronunciation of sounds and words?

a. Phonemics

b. Articulation

c. Dialect

d. Grammar

 

 

 

 

Which of the following strategies supports children with communication impairments? Select all that apply.

a. Pictures

b. Only respond to verbal communication

c. Books with repetition

d. Augmentative communication systems

e. Early intervention

 

 

 

 

A bilingual child in your classroom is identifying colors with you. The child is identifying the colors in English, but then says “roja” for red. Which of the following describes what the child is doing?

a. Successive acquisition

b. Code switching

c. Simultaneous acquisition

d. Vocalization

 

 

 

Language is only learned through the imitation of adult speech.

a. True  b. False

 

 

 

 

A child is saying “mama,” “doggie,” and “no-no.” What stage of language development is the child displaying?

a. Vocalization

b. Response

c. Elaboration

d. Word development

 

 

 

 

Dual language learners may learn to read best if taught in both their native language and English, and it is best if this begins early in the schooling experience.

a. True  b. False

 

 

 

Which statement about dual language learners is true?

a. Teachers should firmly discourage mixing languages.

b. Children should only learn one language at a time.

c. If a child develops one language faster than the other, discard the slower.

d. Learning two languages does not hurt long-term acquisition of either language.

 

 

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