Deck 12: Developmentally Appropriate Socialemotional Environments: For Primary-Age Children

Question 1

Which of these statements about mixed age groupings is NOT true?

A) Children may benefit socially.
B) Children may benefit cognitively.
C) Parents may have some concerns at first.
D) Older children learn to pick on young ones.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Teachers have a role in creating stress-free classrooms, by NOT using competition as a motivation.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Progress towards moral development helps when teachers do all EXCEPT

A) design activities to help children develop perspective-taking abilities.
B) leave moral issues and character development out of the curriculum.
C) discuss issues of morality and responsibility beyond the classroom.
D) use authoritative guidance systems.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

It is most helpful for teachers to function as referees when children have conflicts.

Question 5

A sense of industry would develop when

A) a child brings home a bad report card.
B) a child is chosen last for team games at recess.
C) a child's ability with the violin is recognized by parents and neighbors.
D) a child is punished for not cleaning the garage as assigned.

Question 6

Mixed age groupings may benefit both older and younger children.

Question 7

It is important to teach primary-aged children skills necessary to succeed at games.

Question 8

An important role for teachers regarding bullying is

A) comforting victims.
B) punishing bullies.
C) help child being bullied express feelings about being bullied.
D) calling parents.

Question 9

Bullying is NOT a concern of school personnel.

Question 10

Comparison and competition are effective motivators in the primary classroom.

Question 11

Social skills that can be taught directly include all EXCEPT

A) learning to take turns.
B) being aggressive.
C) listening and talking appropriately.
D) initiating conversation.

Question 12

The purpose of friendships includes all EXCEPT

A) a source of learning basic social skills.
B) a source of emotional support and relief from stress.
C) a source of learning competition.
D) a source of learning about others and the larger world.

Question 13

If children haven't learned skills for group participation by the time they are in the primary grades, there is nothing
teachers can do.

Question 14

Which theorist described conventional morality?

A) Kohlberg
B) Piaget
C) Erikson
D) Paley

Question 15

Moral realism is the stage in which young primary aged children consider all rules to be unchangeable.

Question 16

Bullies are usually

A) girls.
B) boys.
C) not fully accepted members of their peer group.
D) children from broken homes.

Question 17

Children's moral development is enhanced by

A) authoritarian teachers.
B) authoritative teachers.
C) permissive teachers.
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 18

Unsupportive practices related to peer group participation include

A) creating a classroom atmosphere that does not tolerate exclusion.
B) creating an environment that allows children to work or talk together.
C) using competition as a motivation for learning.
D) supporting children as they learn to take a social perspective.

Question 19

The process of social comparison contributes to the self-esteem of school-aged children.

Question 20

Teachers should assume that healthy emotional expression is a goal of all families.

Question 21

Teachers can use to help with discussions about morality.

Question 22

Primary children begin to use as a method of defining themselves.

Question 23

Specific actions for teachers who want to promote social skills include all EXCEPT

A) teaching social skills directly.
B) creating specific pairings to work on special projects.
C) teaching children negotiation skills.
D) arranging desks in rows.

Question 24

Most primary aged children are in a stage described by Kohlberg as

A) moral realism.
B) concrete operational.
C) conventional level of moral reasoning.
D) moral absolutism.

Question 25

Self-esteem is supported when teachers use which style of guidance system?

A) Authoritative
B) Authoritarian
C) Permissive
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 26

In Kohlberg's pre­conventional level of morality

A) children become socially responsible.
B) children are concerned about obedience and punishment.
C) children are well self-controlled.
D) children are susceptible to the influence of peers.

Question 27

Write a rationale for allowing primary children to choose the peers they will work with on a group project.

Question 28

Socially isolated children can be identified by means of

A) observation.
B) a sociogram.
C) peer reports.
D) parental reports.

Question 29

How do primary aged children participate in "democratic discipline"?

Question 30

One method that primary-aged children use as they consider themselves is

A) competition.
B) social comparison.
C) parental criticism.
D) report cards.

Question 31

Pre-conventional morality was defined by Kohlberg as the period where children are influenced by .

Question 32

games emphasize pure enjoyment, NOT .

Question 33

Describe at least FOUR helpful ways to support primary aged children in moral development, and FOUR that are less supportive.

Question 34

Self-esteem is enhanced when teachers

A) individualize tasks to children's developmental level.
B) encourage children to rely on their own answers and solutions.
C) Both individualize tasks to children's developmental level and encourage children to rely on their own answers and solutions.
D) Neither individualize tasks to children's developmental level or encourage children to rely on their own answers and solutions.

Question 35

Discuss the benefits of mixed age groupings in primary classroom.