Define "executive function" skills and describe how early educators can promote children developing these types of skills in their setting. - Answer-Mental processes needed to connect past experiences with present action. These processes help children regulate behavior, control impulses, manage tim...
CDA Exam Prep Chapter 5 Cognitive
Exam Questions
Define "executive function" skills and describe how early educators can promote
children developing these types of skills in their setting. - Answer-Mental processes
needed to connect past experiences with present action. These processes help children
regulate behavior, control impulses, manage time, stay organized and follow multistep
directions. These skills also help children filter through stimulation they receive daily to
determine which information is important. Early educators can allow children to explore
their learning alone or in a social groups, develop children's self control, support
children to increase their attention spans and improve their memory skills, offer children
opportunities to make symbolic representations of their ideas through art or movement,
etc.
Ms. Hart walks toddlers through the neighborhood several times a week. Which strategy
makes for the best learning experience?
A. Telling the children about how the neighborhood has changed over time.
B. Permitting the children to pick any flowers or leaves they encounter.
C. Taking one path often enough to observe and talk about what is there.
D. Taking a different path with new features each time they walk. - Answer-C. Taking
one path often enough to observe and talk about what is there.
Four year old Angie is struggling with puzzles. To best scaffold her learning, the early
educator will.
A. Do the puzzle for Angie so she can watch.
B. Provide Angie with a 5-6 large piece puzzle that she can work with by herself.
C. Tell Angie to find somewhere else to play. - Answer-B. Provide Angie with a 5-6 large
piece puzzle that she can work with by herself.
Describe an activity that a teacher could do with a small group of children to promote
developing social studies skills (indicate age of children) - Answer-Read stories about
people with varying occupations, invite visitors into the classroom, field trips, dramatic
play, learning center set up, etc.
Describe how an early educator can effectively use technology in their learning
environment to promote children's learning and engagement (indicate age of children) -
Answer-Children can create artwork on computer screens or tablets, read and interact
with stories, engage with photographs and videos that document their learning from
prior experiences on field trips for example or in the setting.
Define a "teachable moment." - Answer-Teachable moments are spontaneous windows
of opportunity to extend children's learning and understanding. For example, while
playing outdoors, the children rush to the fence to watch high school graduates in caps
and gown walk by. The early educator can join the children at the fence and explain the
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