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9. Some assessment practices currently mandated by federal legislation are considered inappropriate by educators who support developmentally appropriate practices, such as evaluating young children by testing and ranking them against a standardized group norm.

22. According to the text, people who achieve high degrees of self-regulation are people with:

21. Questions in early childhood settings are important because they prompt children to offer opinions and to think in new and different ways, but only if they are:

28. According to the text in Chapter 5, it is important to specify objectives, which are the specific learning behaviors children might logically display in relation to a goal. The two parts of an objective are:

4. The authors cite Mildred Parten’s Classification of Stages of Play and activities that go with each stage. For the Parallel Play Stage, the authors suggest that children lend, borrow, and take toys from others. At this stage, the children begin to engage in close personal contact; however, they still consider their viewpoint most important.

12. Objectives come from an outside source (this text, program goals, state standards). You do not make them up! 

24. A graphic representation of the significant people in a child’s everyday world and a timeline of critical events is called a:

1. In Chapter 1, the text mentions that appreciating the unique qualities of young children is a hallmark of the very best early childhood education programs worldwide.

3. In Chapter 2, the authors discussed Gardner’s 8 multiple intelligences and how each has a specific learning style. They state that children with the Interpersonal learning style learn best when working alone, pursuing their interests, and being aware of inner moods, intentions, motivations, temperaments, and self-desires.

6. Chapter 3 discussed adult socialization styles. The Control style is described as how much and in what ways adults enforce children’s compliance with their expectations.