List a few strategies for encouraging children's creative thinking.
What will be an ideal response?
Students' answers may vary.
Following are a few strategies for encouraging children's creative thinking: Encourage brainstorming.
Provide environments that stimulate creativity.
Don't overcontrol students.
Encourage internal motivation.
Build children's confidence.
Guide children to be persistent and delay gratification.
Encourage children to take intellectual risks.
Introduce children to creative people.
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What has contributed to an increase in children's growth over the past century in the United States?
What will be an ideal response?
As a newly graduated registered nurse, Monica begins working the night shift. Her struggle to stay alert at work is probably due to an interruption of her usual:
A) hypnogogic state. B) REM sleep pattern. C) circadian rhythm. D) pattern of sleep spindles.
Object permanence is a concept gained in infancy and refers to the infant
a. becoming self-aware and understanding that he or she can have thoughts. b. having the mental ability to change the shape or form of a substance, such as clay or water, and to perceive that its volume remains the same. c. realizing that objects continue to exist even when they are hidden from view. d. having a self-centered viewpoint of the world and being unable to see another person's viewpoint.
Suppose that you are preparing for a job interview as a preschool teacher. Which of the following statements, when used in the interview, is more likely to land you the job?
a. Preschool learning is about the child exploring and discovering their world through hands-on activities and fun tasks. b. Preschool learning should occur through structured academic activities such as worksheets and large group projects. c. Preschool learning is about assessing the child's IQ and then developing a curriculum that is rigorous and challenging. d. Preschool learning should occur through prosocial activities and videos that are geared toward children and regulated by the federal government.