The use of project work in early childhood classrooms is supported because:
A. The teacher has little work to do during the process.
B. It stimulates children’s intellectual and social development.
C. It relates to standardized testing.
D. It is intrinsically motivating.
E. Both B and D.
Answer: E
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The secular trend is defined as:
a. the influence of better nutrition and medical care in delaying onset of puberty in adolescents living in developed countries. b. the pattern of earlier onset of puberty in boys (decreasing the age difference between male and female onset of puberty). c. the pattern that menarche and other aspects of puberty are experienced by girls earlier with each new generation. d. the influence of environmental factors such as toxins that interfere with hormones and delay puberty.
A duration method is used to quantify observations made in a study by ______.
A. dividing an observational period into equal intervals of time, then recording whether or not certain behaviors occur in each interval B. counting the number of times a behavior occurs during a fixed or predetermined period of time C. recording the amount of time or duration that participants engage in a certain behavior during a fixed period of time D. defining behavior
When early childhood programs believe that the primary goal of early education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills, they are committed to which approach to curriculum and teaching?
a. the developmentally appropriate practice approach b. the academic approach c. the whole-child approach d. the progressive approach
Piaget would say that the stages in his theory
A. are only general descriptions of how cognitive development occurs and do not apply to every child. B. typically happen in the order he describes, but can occur out of order for children who are very bright. C. always occur in the order he describes, but the ages at which they occur are only approximations. D. are based upon the typical social experiences that children have at different ages.