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ece311 week 2 QUIZ, psychology homework help

ece311 week 2 QUIZ, psychology homework help

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How does the text suggest you apply the “blank slate” concept to your teaching?

By teaching your students about John Locke and the blank slate concept

By urging your students to adopt the Zen quality of relaxed awareness in every moment

By having an open, welcoming, and inquisitive attitude about each student

By recognizing that it is nurture rather than nature shapes children

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Readiness tests ___________

are used to assess quality of the curriculum.

are essentially the same thing as learning standards.

are, in most instances, designed and administered by the NAEYC.

have been shown by research studies to be unreliable.

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Which group is over-represented as early child educators as compared to the demographic make-up of early childhood classrooms?

Black females

Hispanic females

White females

White males

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Which of the following would be the BEST way for a teacher to get in touch with her inner child while helping her students learn?

Organizing outdoor play activities for the students

Sitting beside the children and making sand castles with them

Explaining to the students what is meant by the term “inner child”

Reading a book aloud while the children sit around in a circle

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Of the following, which is the BEST way to help children resolve conflicts?

Set up a judge-and-jury system so that the entire class can decide who is right and who is wrong

Allow the children to work it out for themselves in whatever manner comes to them spontaneously

Step in and solve the problem for them while giving a clear explanation of why your solution is a good one

Model and practice conflict resolution at a specific place, such as a “peace table”

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Of the following children with special needs, which would be MOST likely to need active intervention from birth and long-term support?

A child with a learning disability

A child with cerebral palsy

A child with a speech/language delay

A child with attention-deficit disorder

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Which of the following does NOT increase as an infant develops into a young child?

Density of the brain

Creating hard and soft “wiring” throughout the brain

Networks of neural connections throughout the brain

Processing stimuli through the senses as the key thinking skill

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At what age do children first begin to form mental concepts (schema) in reaction to stimulation from the environment?

As young toddlers

In the latter part of the infant stage

About three months after birth, when they start to see clearly

The early days after birth

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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ___________

applies to pre-kindergarten children, but not primary grades and above.

creates a special fund to help accelerate the education of gifted children.

requires inclusion of special needs children in the regular classroom whenever possible.

does not provide funds to local schools to help pay the extra expenses required to educate children with special needs.

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The text points out that most of the optimal curriculum practices for preschoolers should be carried over into the primary grade curriculum, but often are not. The main explanation for this is that __________

families of K-3 students want their children to quickly excel at academic subjects.

K-3 students’ physical, affective, and cognitive characteristics are radically different from those of preschoolers.

teachers face substantial pressures from learning standards and standardized tests.

teachers typically lack the training to provide adequate instruction to K-3 students.

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