1. Describe the difference between standardized testing and authentic assessment.
2.Discuss how awareness of the history of early childhood education might be helpful to you as a teacher. Discuss some specific ways that knowledge of the history of early childhood education might be helpful to you as a person entering the field.
3.State three of M.B. Parten’s stages of play and provide an example of each.
4.List and describe the purposes of IDEA and FERPA and what they specifically guarantee.
5.Identify at least five theories of child development and their founders. Describe at least three of these theories in detail.
6.Identify and describe at least five of Thomas and Chess’s nine dimensions of temperament.
7.Compare and contrast an IFSP and IEP. Make sure to describe which components are similar and which are different.
8.Describe 3 strategies to encourage family participation in your classroom.
9.Choose three of the characteristics that define play and explain each in detail.
10.Discuss the 3 principles for arranging the learning space. Give an example for each.
11.Describe in detail what is meant by “Big Ideas” when developing an integrated plan of study.
