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Math and Science for Young Children 8e Rosalind Charlesworth
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Math and Science for Young Children 8e Rosalind Charlesworth
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,1. Early childhood encompasses three of the four Piagetian stages. Which one of the stages is not reached during earlychildhood?
a. Preoperational
b. Concrete operational
c. Sensorimotor
d. Formal operations
ANSWER: d
LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-01b - Knowing and understanding the multiple influences on early
DS: development and learning.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
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
LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-05a - Understand content knowledge and resources in mathematics and
DS: science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
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
LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-01b - Knowing and understanding the multiple influences on early
DS: development and learning.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
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 the math skills.
d. About half of the math basic concepts are related to science concepts.
ANSWER: b
LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
,NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-05a - Understand content knowledge and resources in mathematics and
DS: science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
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
LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-05a - Understand content knowledge and resources in mathematics and
DS: science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
6. The concept of developmentally appropriate practice in all areas of the early childhood curriculum has been the major
focus of 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: b
LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-05a - Understand content knowledge and resources in mathematics and
DS: science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
7. The basic rules that guide mathematics instruction are referred to as
a. standards.
b. principles.
c. curriculum guides.
d. teaching guides.
ANSWER: b
LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-05a - Understand content knowledge and resources in mathematics and
DS: science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
8. 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
, LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-05a - Understand content knowledge and resources in mathematics and
DS: science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
9. 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.
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
LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-01b - Knowing and understanding the multiple influences on early
DS: development and learning.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
10. 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 the zone of
a. best instruction.
b. important development.
c. proximal development.
d. proximity.
ANSWER: c
LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-01b - Knowing and understanding the multiple influences on early
DS: development and learning.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
11. Bredekamp and Rosegrant have adapted the learning cycle model for instruction that is the crux of teaching in
a. science.
b. both science and mathematics.
c. mathematics.
d. biology only.
ANSWER: a
LEARNING OBJECTI MS.CHAR.08.01.01 - Define concept development, and identify the concepts children are
VES: developing in early childhood.
NATIONAL STANDAR United States - NAEYC-01b - Knowing and understanding the multiple influences on early
DS: development and learning.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering
12. The National Science Education Standards
a. focus on inquiry.
b. were coordinated by the National Academy of Science’s National Research Council (NRC).
c. were developed with the major professional organizations in science.
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