PECT PreK-4: Module 1 Questions &
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Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence - ✔✔-We have multiple intelligences, rather than a
general intelligence that underlies performance
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PECT PreK-4: Module 1 Questions &
Answers, 100% Approved Pass rate.
Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence - ✔✔-We have multiple intelligences, rather than a
general intelligence that underlies performance in all tasks.
1. Linguistic intelligence
2. Musical intelligence
3. Logical- mathematical intelligence
4. Spatial intelligence
5. Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence
6. Interpersonal intelligence
7. Intrapersonal intelligence
Linguistic Intelligence - ✔✔-The ability to use spoken or written words
Musical Intelligence - ✔✔-The ability to master music as well as rhythms, tones, and beats.
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence - ✔✔-Inductive and deductive thinking and reasoning abilities, logic,
as well as the use of numbers and abstract pattern recognition.
Spatial Intelligence - ✔✔-The ability to mentally visualize objects and spatial dimensions.
Body-Kinesthetic Intelligence - ✔✔-The wisdom of the body and the ability to control physical motion.
Interpersonal intelligence - ✔✔-The ability to communicate effectively with other people and to be able
to develop relationships.
Intrapersonal Intelligence - ✔✔-The ability to understand one's own emotions, motivations, inner states
of being, and self-reflection.
Interdisciplinary - ✔✔-Planning a lesson to use two or more subjects
Least Restrictive Environment - ✔✔-Student who has a disability should have the opportunity to be
educated with non-disabled peers, to the greatest extent appropriate.
What comes first with an infant? - ✔✔-A social smile
Norm-Referenced Test - ✔✔-Report whether test takers performed better or worse than the
hypothetical average student
Compare a student's performance against a national or other "norm" group. Comparing individuals to
others in a group.
•IQ Tests
•SAT
•ACT
Criterion-Referenced Test - ✔✔-Designed to measure student performance against a fixed set of
predetermined criteria or learning standards
Measures a student's performance against a goal, specific objective, or standard. Designed to measure
the results of instruction.
•AP Exams
•Unit Midterms/Final Exams
What makes a test unbiased? - ✔✔-Each student knows the material
Portfolio - ✔✔-A collection of students work that shows their progress over a period of time
Rubric - ✔✔-A tool used to evaluate students based objectives
What is atypical in a 4 year old speech? - ✔✔-Consists of repetitive phrases and repeated words
Scope and Sequence Chart - ✔✔-Shows what knowledge the curriculum teaches and the order in which
it teaches the knowledge
Bandura's Social Learning Theory - ✔✔-Theorized that social interactions are the most important
medium and influence for learning
Children learn by observing and imitating the behaviors of models (Peers, Adults, Teachers, etc.)
Spontaneous Play - ✔✔-When children do an activity freely.
Help language skills, thinking skills, fine motor, large motor, creative skills, social skills.
How to create a culturally inclusive classroom environment? - ✔✔-1. Self-assess own prejudice
2. Teach respect
3. Eliminate stigmas
4. Acknowledge differences
5. Embrace diversity
6. Teach tolerance
7. Promote acceptance
8. Celebrate community
9. Keep an open classroom
Screening Assessments - ✔✔-Assess to see if a student requires specialized assistance or services for
developmental, physical, cognitive, or academic needs.
Developmental screening is a short test to see if a child is learning basic skills or if there are delays.
Diagnostic Assessment - ✔✔-Provide teachers with students prior knowledge and misconceptions
before a learning activity.
Assess a student's strengths, weaknesses, and knowledge prior to instruction.
Peer Assessment - ✔✔-Students or peers grade assignments or tests based on a teacher's benchmarks.
Language Experience Approach - ✔✔-A whole language approach that promotes reading and writing
through the use of personal experiences and oral language.
Family Systems Theory - ✔✔-The family consists of interrelated parts, each impacting the other and
contributing to the growth (or detriment) of the other.
Bloom's Taxonomy - ✔✔-Remembering: can the student recall or remember the information? define,
duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce state
Understanding: can the student explain ideas or concepts? classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify,
locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase
Applying: can the student use the information in a new way? choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ,
illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.
Analyzing: can the student distinguish between the different parts? appraise, compare, contrast,
criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.
Evaluating: can the student justify a stand or decision? appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support,
value, evaluate
Creating: can the student create new product or point of view? assemble, construct, create, design,
develop, formulate, write.
Friedrich Froebel - ✔✔-Founder of kindergarten; Promoted the value of play and believed that it was
very important for teachers to be trained; He designed balls, wooden blocks, tiles, sticks and rings to
demonstrate that children learn by playing.
Reggio Emilia Approach - ✔✔-Based upon the following set of principles:
•Children must have some say over what they learn; additionally, the senses play a big role in the
learning process.
•Children must be able to touch, move, listen, see and hear in order to fully process something.
•Children are encouraged to interact with other children and explore the world through material items
and relationships.
•Children should be encouraged to always express themselves and be given infinite means and
opportunities to do so.
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model - ✔✔-Explains how the inherent qualities of a child and the
characteristics of the external environment which the child finds himself in interact to influence how the
child will grow and develop
(microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem)
Microsystem - ✔✔-The system closest to the person and the one in which they have direct contact
--home, school, caregivers
Mesosystem - ✔✔-The interactions between the different parts of a person's microsystem
---interaction between person's parent and teacher
Exosystem - ✔✔-A setting that does not involve the person as an active participant, but still affects them
--- person's parents losing their job
Macrosystem - ✔✔-The culture of the involved person
--- socioeconomic, race, ethnicity
Chronosystem - ✔✔-Transitions and shifts in one's life span
--- divorce
Hierarchy of Needs - ✔✔-Humans are motivated by needs. There are 5 levels of need. When one has
been fulfilled, a human seeks the next level. One must satisfy the basic needs before moving to the
higher, growth needs.
1. Basic needs
2. Security
3. Love
4. Esteem/Self-esteem
5. Self-actualization
Basic Needs (Hierarchy of Needs) - ✔✔-air
water
sleep
food
Security (Hierarchy of Needs) - ✔✔-shelter
safe environment
Love (Hierarchy of Needs) - ✔✔-receiving affection
belonging to a family and/or group
Esteem/Self-Esteem (Hierarchy of Needs) - ✔✔-feeling personal value, accomplishment, and social
recognition
Self-Actualization (Hierarchy of Needs) - ✔✔-achieving optimal personal growth
realizing one's full potential
Social-Emotional Domain - ✔✔-Child's ability to make and mainta
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