Exam 5: Ecology of Nonparental Child Care

Elena is eleven. Elena walks home from school and lets herself into the house with her own house key. In this respect, Elena is similar to about what percentage of children in 4^th through 8^th grade?

Using Karoly's (1998) study as a base, write a persuasive argument for the continued funding of Head Start and other similar programs.

When learning activities emerge from individual interest and teacher guidance, the curriculum is considered _________-Directed.

Which of the following is not one of the five minds for the future curriculum according to Howard Gardner?

Imagine you are on the board creating a new child care center in your community. Describe to the rest of the board the factors the new center needs to make it a high-quality caregiving environment.

A curriculum that is individualized in relation to each child's stage of development while providing many opportunities for children to interact with peers and adults is the _________ curriculum.

The accreditation of child care centers is done by _________ whereas the accreditation of family day-care homes is through _________.

The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale is a measure used to assess

Mason & Duberstein (1992) found that parents focused on what when choosing child care?

_________ refers to developmental changes associated with the biological process of aging.

The term for children who carry their own key and let themselves into their homes is _________.

Size of the group, caregiver-child ratio, and specialized training are all indicators of _________ in child care settings.

In poor quality child care settings, staff turnover is _________.

When looking at attachment, one should consider the possibility of differences in _________ among infants who attend child care and those who do not.

Using information found in your text, provide an overview of the effects of nonparental child care on cognitive development.

Of the following, which is the most significant predictor of quality in child care?

The curriculum based on dividing learning tasks into small progressive segments and reinforcing mastery of them is called the _________ curriculum.

Where would we most expect to find unsupervised children?

The cognitively oriented curriculum