Question 1

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 4th through 8th grade?

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A)  1% 
B)  10% 
C)  22% 
D)  50%

Question 2

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

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Question 3

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

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Question 4

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

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A)  The disciplined mind 
B)  The cognitive mind 
C)  The synthesizing mind 
D)  The ethical mind

Question 5

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.

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Question 6

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.

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Question 7

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

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A)  NAEYC; NAFCC 
B)  NAFCC; NAEYC 
C)  INA; CPR 
D)  None of the answers are correct

Question 8

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

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A)  Quality in child care settings. 
B)  Playground equipment. 
C)  Parents' attitudes toward child care. 
D)  IQ (intelligence).

Question 9

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

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A)  Availability 
B)  Affordability 
C)  Both availability and affordability 
D)  No answers are correct

Question 10

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

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Question 11

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

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Question 12

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

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Question 13

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

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Question 14

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

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A)  Coping style 
B)  Mothers 
C)  Number of hours in care 
D)  All answers are correct

Question 15

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

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Question 16

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

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A)  The teacher's gender 
B)  The cost of the program 
C)  Whether or not the caregiver has specialized training in child development 
D)  Where the center is located

Question 17

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

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Question 18

Where would we most expect to find unsupervised children?

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A)  Day care centers 
B)  Low-income communities 
C)  In homes where mothers work full-time and parents are divorced or separated 
D)  In communities with high adult-to-child ratios (more adults per child)

Question 19

The cognitively oriented curriculum

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A)  Does not allow exploration and experimentation on the part of the child. 
B)  Strives to apply Piaget's theory to the classroom. 
C)  Relies heavily on reward and punishment. 
D)  Is teacher-directed.

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?