This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: What is the difference between the play of adults and children? What will be an ideal ... (Read 98 times)

javeds

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 570
What is the difference between the play of adults and children?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How can reading competency tests for elementary school have a negative effect on the preschool or kindergarten child?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

234sdffa

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 341
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: For adults, play is what they do when they have finished their work. For young children, play is what they do all day.

Answer to Question 2

They can have a negative effect in several ways. Competency tests can move ones thinking away from the fact that all children have individual differences. By setting a uniform standard, the tests demand that schools attempt to fit all students into the same mold. Secondly, the tests tend to force the curriculum downward so that children will be sure to be ready when it is time to take the tests. Younger and younger children, therefore, are presented more and more learning that was previously delayed until they were older. The tests have a number of technical and conceptual problems. They discriminate against those from multicultural and lower socioeconomic backgrounds and tend to test only what can be quantified. Important characteristics such as problem solving and excitement about reading are ignored. Finally, the tests have encouraged more retentions, failures, developmental kindergartens, and delays of entering schools. This has been done so that children will be ready for the increased demands of the tests when they are given.



javeds

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 570
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



234sdffa

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 341

 

Did you know?

Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.

Did you know?

The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.

Did you know?

Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.

Did you know?

According to the CDC, approximately 31.7% of the U.S. population has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels.

Did you know?

No drugs are available to relieve parathyroid disease. Parathyroid disease is caused by a parathyroid tumor, and it needs to be removed by surgery.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library