Policy Issues
Kindergarten
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grades
Preschool
100
The view that early childhood education is needed to eliminate the disadvantages that poverty creates for children
What is the deficit model
100
According to NAEYC children should enter kindergarten when _______.
What is they are age ready.
100
A child's ability to control his or her feelings
What is self regulation
100
__________ motor skills involve the use of small muscles.
What is fine.
200
This new scientific research has strengthened our understanding of the value of responsive, early care.
What is brain research
200
Expecting kindergardeners to do what was previously expected of first graders.
What is the push down curriculum.
200
Math tools children can move and touch.
What are manipulatives
200
This kind of curriculum arrises from the children's interests.
What is emergent.
300
This act first enacted in 2001, increased the accountability of public schools
What is NCLB
300
Keeping kids out of kindergarten because they are not deemed ready.
What is redshirting
300
Developmental psychologists refer to the changes experienced in first through third grade as this.
What is the 5 to 7 shift.
300
Established in 1965, the ___________ program is the largest federal program with early childhood development as its primary mission.
What is Head Start
400
Policies often begin due to the efforts of.
What are ordinary people.
400
This is largely responsible for lack of time to play, nap and engage in recess in kindergarten.
What is accountability.
400
A child’s ability to organize and manage information is referred to as this.
What is executive functioning.
400
Children switching from one activity to another.
What is a transition.
500
First passed in 1975, this act marked a new commitment to serving children with special needs
What is IDEA
500
This is the cut off for children to be eligible for kindergarten in Massachusetts.
What is determined by the individual district.
500
Understanding the relationships at work in a math problem.
What is conceptual knowledge.
500
Predictable, repeated daily events.
What are routines.
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