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M7 WA#1
Answer the following questions. Be sure to proofread and answer all parts of each question. Each question is worth 20 points.
1. Match the cognitive skill on the left with the correct activity on the right.
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A. Inquiry B. Physical world C. Social knowledge D. Classification E. Seriation F. Numbers G. Symbols H. Spatial relationships I. Time
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1. Being aware of others 1. Learning to locate things 1. Pretending to be a puppet 1. Asking questions 1. Sequencing events 1. Using nesting blocks 1. Expressing amounts 1. Sorting objects 1. Manipulating materials |
2. How might a teacher use technology in the classroom to enhance cognitive development? What guidelines does the ECERS manual suggest for using technology with preschoolers? (
If you don’t have access to ECERS, please review the following website:
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3. Use the
North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development manual to
find and list the strategies for encouraging curiosity, information seeking and eagerness in infants/toddlers and preschoolers in the section on Approaches to Play and Learning (APL). Second
compare and contrast how these strategies would help children learn at various ages.
4. What is the difference between rote knowledge and meaningful knowledge? Give an example of each type of knowledge.
5.Complete this chart using Piaget’s Cognitive Theory, Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory and Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences. In the left column list the theory and theorist, in the middle column, list what you believe to be one key aspect of the theory, and in the right hand column, list one way to apply this theory in an early childhood classroom.
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1. Choose a child with whom to do this assignment.
2. Choose a children’s book with a
multicultural perspective. (Be sure the book is age appropriate for the child you will be reading to.)
3. Use the book to create a simple activity which you and the child will do together that helps the child relate to the story and build his or her
language skills. Read the book together and do the activity
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4. Write a short paper (two to three pages maximum) that describes this experience.
The following are key components of this assignment:
. The book is developmentally appropriate
. The book is multicultural in some way.
. You state in your introduction the title, author, and a brief description of the book and how it reflects diversity, and the age of the child with whom you are working.
. Your paper is double-spaced and has a beginning (introduction), a middle (body or development) and an end (summary).
. You created an extended activity related to
literacy that corresponds with the story and that activity is described in your paper.
. Describe the negative and positive aspects of this experience and describe how the child reacted to the experience.
. Include an APA citation at the end of your paper for your book.
