Explain the role of experiences in enhancing preschool children's semantic knowledge
What will be an ideal response?
Experiences, both direct and vicarious have a significant role in enhancing preschool children's semantic knowledge. Through these experiences, children's semantic networks are enriched and expanded.
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a. Negative and lower than .40 c. Positive and higher than .40 b. Negative and higher than .40 d. Positive and lower than .40
Before beginning to teach pencil-and-paper computational algorithms, teachers should consider all of the following prerequisite skills except:
a. conceptual understanding of place value. b. mastery of all the basic facts. c. understanding of the commutative property. d. making accurate estimations.
Research has indicated that many early childhood teachers feel underprepared to teach children who are:
a. from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. b. diverse in ability. c. diverse in reading skills. d. a and b
In any token economy it is important to do which of the following?
a. Start big and work towards a smaller system b. Create a vague delivery system to keep students alert c. Make sure the system is worked on outside of school time d. Change from a continuous to a variable schedule of reinforcement