Educational leader John Dewey was an early advocate of play as an important part of learning. His ideas were coined as __________ learning.
A. active
B. involved
D. playful
Children at play can reveal the following literacy understandings: knowledge of story elements and story comprehension, use of symbols to represent their world, and:
A. understanding of similes.
B. understanding of foreshadowing
D. understanding of fantasy in books.
Experimenting with roles of the people in their home, school, and community as they come in contact with the needs and wishes of others through cooperative learning and play supports children’s __________ development.
A. emotional
B. social
D. creative
Learning to use a writing tool such as a marker or crayon is an example of how play contributes to the development of children’s:
A. self-confidence.
B. self-expression.
D. fine motor skills.
Play is an ideal context for supporting children’s creative development because it offers:
A. many different materials. .
C. a risk free environment.
D. an un structured environment.
Which type of play is characterized by using imagination to transform self and objects?
A. Symbolic play
C. Games with rules
D. Functional play
Sociodramatic play:
A. is pursued in isolation. .
C. is purely imitative.
D. involves more than one child in verbal communication and interaction around a jointly-elaborated sequence or theme.
Unoccupied behavior, onlooker behavior, solitary play, parallel play, associative play. The next level of play on this list is __________ play.
A. cooperative
B. collective
D. coordinated
__________ is the theorist who emphasized that when children play they engage in multiple combinations and ideas that they will use to solve relevant life problems.
A. Piaget
B. Bruner
D. Erikson
One tip for play in an inclusive classroom is to:
A. observe children at play then provide play that supports their strengths.
C. encourage all children to participate in every activity.
D. let children who are struggling watch others to learn.
A teacher should support or “scaffold” a child’s play when the child:
A. asks her to play, but not before.
B. finds a task far too difficult. .
D. is disturbing others.
The optimum time for teachers to assist children in their learning is called the:
A. phase of frustration. .
C. zone of cognitive development.
D. zone of proximal development.
As a mediator, a teacher will want to:
A. set clear rules about disagreements that every child can follow.
B. model proper behavior until the children emulate it.
C. use distraction techniques to change the children’s focus.
D. learn strategies that help develop peaceful resolutions.
Play in which children follow an agreed-upon set of rules, predetermine an outcome, assign players specific roles, and assign sanctions for violations is/are:
A. games. .
C. make believe.
D. competitions.
The four forms of cognitive play – functional play, symbolic play, constructive play, and games with rules – provide a framework for a/an __________ approach to learning.
A. behaviorist
C. inquiry-based
D. passive
