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Praxis II Exam: Education of Young Child (Practice Test)
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The Praxis Education of Young Children test is intended primarily for prospective teachers of young children (birth to age eight). The test is designed to assess the your knowledge about pedagogy and content, the relationship oftheory to practice, and how theory can be applied in the educational setting. Also included in the test are multicultural influences; diversity; variations in development, including atypical development; and how these factors affect children’s development and learning. Each of the three constructed-response questions will focus on one of the following areas:... Show more
Praxis II Exam: Education of Young Child (Practice Test)
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1. What statement is most appropriate regarding how teachers can help preschoolers learn to use scientific inquiry and discovery?
2. Which of these should EC educators communicate to diverse families of the children they instruct?
3. Which of the following teacher actions is most effective for fostering greater depth of preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings?
4. According to the provisions of FERPA, when can schools furnish student records without consent?
5. Which of the following reflects an early childhood application of Freud's psychoanalytic theory of development?
6. From birth to the age of 2 years, children typically grow to ____ times their newborn weights.
7. What is included in benefits of instructional activities teaching preschoolers about the visual art element of shape?
8. Typically, young children eat most of the same foods as adults by the age of ____.
9. Which of the following is true about the whole language approach to early childhood literacy instruction?
10. Which of the following is an early childhood practice that best applies knowledge of Piaget's first stage of cognitive development?
11. By the time they are two years old, children's brains typically have grown to ___ of their adult sizes.
12. What is true about the sequence that teachers should use for phonics instruction with young children?
13. At what age do children typically undergo the second of three periods of language/communication development?
14. When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term 'private speech' that he coined?
15. In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin to develop a visual schema?
16. Which of these is correct regarding teacher assessment of early childhood print awareness using a storybook?
17. How are teachers required to ensure educational equity?
18. What statement is accurate regarding the Directed Reading Activity (DRA) instructional practice using basal readers?
19. The High/Scope Curriculum for preschoolers (Weikart et al) identifies 58 key developmental experiences for active learning, dividing them into 10 main categories. Which of the following does NOT correctly represent one of the first five of these 10 categories?
20. How much usable play space at a minimum do experts recommend for indoor and outdoor early childhood learning environments?
21. Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two-year-old?
22. What is the correct meaning of cognitive dissonance?
23. The concept of object permanence is best characterized as:
24. According to Alfred Adler's theory about birth order, which of these applies to only or oldest children?
25. Which of the following reflects an adult expectation of a child that is developmentally appropriate?