Prepare for your Early Childhood Education certification exam with these practice questions and answers. This guide covers child development, age-appropriate curriculum, classroom management, and family engagement.
Q: ECED
Answer: Young children exploring their world through their senses, experimenting with other people, children and materials, encouraged by a respectful teacher
Q: 4 Dimensions Of the Complexity of Teaching
Answer: 1)Teaching is not routine and predictable2)Teaching has multiple goals that must be addressed simultaneously3)Teaching involves relationships with diverse groups4)Teaching requires the integration go multiple kinds of knowledge
Q: Children’s Basic Needs
Answer: 1)To belong and feel supported2)To have personal control and responsibility3)To demonstrate competence through meaningful educational experiences
Q: Guiding Principles
Answer: 1)Young children need special nurturing2)Young children are the future of society3)Young children are worthy of study4)Young children’s potential should be optimized
Q: Professional Development
Answer: 1)It is what keeps a teacher striving for excellence and working hard to help every child learn2)It is a teachers commitment to continue learning, even after they have completed their initial or advanced degree3)It is a teachers ongoing processes of becoming a more competent and caring teacher
Q: Influences on Teachers’ Professional Development
Answer: 1)People2)Programs and Systems3)Roles4)Democracy5)Environments
Q: Growth
Answer: Refers to a child’s physical size (such as height, weight or strength)
Q: Development
Answer: Refers to a child’s cognitive, language, physical, social, emotional and moral changes over time. They are the changes that occur throughout one’s life–make each person unique
Q: Universal Basic Needs
Answer: 1)The minimum is food, clothing, shelter, and medical care2)Security and Safety3)Love, understanding, and acceptance4)Competency, responsibility, and independence5)Success, guidance and respect
Q: MR
Answer: Mentally Retarded
Q: LD
Answer: Learning Disabled
Q: OHI
Answer: Other Health Impairments
Q: TBI
Answer: Traumatic Brain Injury
Q: ED
Answer: Education
Q: ADD
Answer: Attention Deficit Disorder
Q: ADHD
Answer: Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
Q: VI
Answer: Visually Impaired
Q: HI
Answer: Head Injury
Q: IEP
Answer: Individualized Education Program
Q: Authentic Learning Experience
Answer: Experiences that resemble situations that people naturally encounter, outside the classroom, that makes sense to them
Q: Retention Levels
Answer: 10% of what they read20% of what they hear30% of what they see50% of what they hear and see70% of what you say and repeat90% of what you say and do
Q: Cognitive Play
Answer: 1)Sensorimotor2)Symbolic3)Constructive4)Games with Rules
Q: Social Play
Answer: 1)Onlooker2)Solitary3)Parallel4)Associative5)Cooperative
Q: Sensorimotor
Answer: Repeated movements with or without materials. Primary type of play of infants and toddlers.
Q: Symbolic
Answer: Involves transforming one object for another and later transforming self and object to satisfy needs. Emerges around 2 and dominates in ages 2-7.
Q: Constructive
Answer: Making things from a preconcieved plan. Combines sensorimotor and symbolic play, during which children can make something according to a preconceived plan.
Q: Games with Rules
Answer: Predetermined rules that guide acceptable behavior and depend upon reciprocal behavior. Emerge in simple form in infancy but predominate the school-age years and beyond
Q: Onlooker
Answer: Observing what others are doing, not joining in the play but involved as a spectator. Toddlers engage in this a lot.
Q: Solitary
Answer: Playing alone and independently during which child concentrates on the activity rather than on other children. Typical in infants, toddlers, and young preschool children, but may be seen in older children as well
Q: Parallel
Answer: Playing side-by-side but not with others and using toys similar to those of others. Sometimes imitating the behavior of other playing children. Typical of toddlers and young preschool children.
Q: Associative
Answer: Playing with others in a loosely organized activity with a major interest in being with each other rather than the play itself. First appears in young preschool children and is often the first attempt at group play
Q: Cooperative
Answer: A complex form of play with shared goals focusing on social interaction. Children typically use negotiation, differentiated roles, and division of labor to create, coordinate, and enact a play theme. Most typical of older preschoolers and school-age children.