ECED 200 Practice questions early childhood education

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The field of early childhood education serves children

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birth through age 8

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NAEYC stands for

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National Association for the Education of Young Children

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NAEYC does all of the following except: provides funding for start-up childcare and preschool programs, administers an accreditation system for high-quality early learning programs for children, establishes standards for teacher preparation at the associate, baccalaureate, and graduate-degree levels, organization of early childhood educators whose mission is to promote high-quality early learning for children ages birth through 8

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provides funding for start-up childcare and preschool programs

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The field of early childhood encompasses all of the following except: child care centers, preschools, primary schools, middle schools

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middle schools

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Preschools are known by all of the following names except: child care centers, prekindergartens, nursery schools

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playschools

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A main goal of prekindergarten is promoting school readiness. School readiness is indicated by the child's various competencies related to success in kindergarten.

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various competencies related to success in kindergarten

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This area of development according to current research affects all other areas of children’s development and strongly predicts their success in school and later life.

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executive function

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Head Start promotes school readiness for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds by focusing on

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social and cognitive development

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Brain research indicating that programs aimed at 3- and 4-year-olds are too late to be effective led to the creation of

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Early Head Start

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The growing trend to include children with special needs or challenging behaviors in typical early childhood programs is called

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Inclusion