Chapter 13

Math skills should not be taught until around the age of three.

Data collection is another skill that is too difficult for young children to grasp.

Technology can be used successfully with young children beginning at age

Calculating the quantity or amount of something is called           

. Some researchers have found very basic understanding of number sense as early as 5 months old.

Television and media exposure should be limited to only 2 hours a day.

Grouping objects and people based on characteristics is called

Educational videos and TV programs do not seem to enhance skill development if exposure happens before age 2.

__________ believed that children construct their knowledge of the world through their actions and their senses.

The awareness and knowledge that each individual number in a counting sequence refers to one object is called

Teachers’ attitudes toward mathematics and science may impact their students’ attitudes.

Research has shown that there are _________ differences in mathematic and scientific knowledge and skills.

____________ begins to emerge in children as young as 3 months old.           

Teachers do not need to use the proper terminology when referring to math and science concepts

The study of matter and energy is called

Being active in creating one’s own understanding of the world around one is the theory of            

The study of the properties and relationships of two- and three-dimensional shapes is called

Preschool children can understand the study of geometry.

Putting objects, people, or sensations in some sort of repeated order is called

The study of living beings and their environments and life cycles is called

. __________ believed that knowledge is constructed by groups and cultures collectively.

The science of substances and their combinations is called

____________ should be used as a tool to aid children and allow them to learn at their own pace.

Early exposure to technology and media may not be helpful for skill development if exposure happens before the age of

Technology can be used successfully with young children from age two years to eight years.

Putting in order by weight, amount, size, or other related characteristics and going from smallest amount to largest