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Praxis II Early Childhood Education Test Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a good use of a pretest?

1. to open a lesson

2. to give students a preliminary grade

3. to determine what students already know

4. to determine which areas of a lesson require more emphasis

2. How is a norm-referenced test different than a criterion-referenced test?

1. Student scores are compared to the scores of a group of similar students.

2. Student scores are compared to a preexisting standard.

3. Student scores are graded on a curve.

4. Student scores are subjective.

3. What is the most important feature of a readability scale?

1. accuracy

2. ease of use

3. approval by the National Education Association

4. versatility

4. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of competency-based instruction?

1. rigid time limits

2. criterion-referenced results

3. clearly defined goals

4. focus on student learning

5. Which of the following is the best reaction to a student’s temper tantrum?

1. harshly admonishing the student

2. telling the student to go to time out

3. running a cool wash cloth over the student’s face

4. ignoring the student

6. For most children, what is the first step towards total bowel and bladder control?

1. nighttime bladder control

2. daytime bowel control

3. daytime bladder control

4. nighttime bowel control

7. Newborn infants typically display hypotonia in the trunk and neck. What does this mean?

1. These body parts are stiff.

2. These body parts are not fully mature.

3. These body parts are floppy.

4. These body parts are abnormally large.

8. During a play activity with very young children, it becomes apparent that a child does not understand that an object continues to exist even when it is out of sight. What concept is this child missing?

1. object permanence

2. objective existence

3. non-disappearance

4. objective solidity

9. Which of the following best describes the attention span of children before the age of 3?

1. Children can concentrate only for a few seconds at a time.

2. Children can only concentrate on one thing at a time.

3. Children are capable of attending to a number of different stimuli at once.

4. Children cannot fully concentrate on any one thing.

10. For most children, independent sitting is possible at what age?

1. 1 to 3 months

2. 12 to 18 months

3. 3 to 6 months

4. 6 to 11 months

11. Which theory of early childhood education asserts that education should only support the ongoing growth of the child, without actively directing this growth?

1. interventionist

2. behaviorist

3. maturationist

4. constructivist

12. Which of the following is NOT a long-term consequence of early childhood education?

1. better success rates among low-income students

2. higher IQ

3. increased high school graduation rates

4. decreased crime

13. Who funds the Head Start program?

1. Department of Health and Human Services

2. local governments

3. Department of Education

4. National Association for Education of Young People

14. Which of the following activities is appropriate for a preschool?

1. memorizing poems

2. writing essays

3. reading stories independently

4. learning letter shapes

15. Which child education theorist emphasized a child’s inherent tendency to learn?

1. Edward Thorndike

2. Jean Piaget

3. Maria Montessori

4. Lev Vygotsky

16. What is the name for the process of observing and recording the instances of a specific behavior during a defined interval?

1. shadow study

2. time sampling

3. event sampling

4. baseline measurement

17. John Locke asserted that children enter the world as a _____, ready to receive knowledge.

1. persona non grata

2. tabula rasa

3. vox populi

4. mens sana

18. Which theory of learning emphasizes active participation by students?

1. behaviorism

2. cognitive theory

3. Skinnerian theory

4. constructivism

19. What is the name for the ability to place a group of objects in order based on a particular property?

1. alphabetization

2. deconstruction

3. seriation

4. orchestration

20. The ability to differentiate among plants and animals is known as _____ intelligence.

1. naturalist

2. spatial

3. environmental

4. physical

Praxis II Early Childhood Education Test Answer Key