Chapter 9 Quiz

A  Fully inclusive classrooms 

B  The “the least restrictive” environments 

C  Segregated environments

D  Multigrade classrooms

A  Emotional problems

B  Learning disabilities 

C  Mild mental retardation

D  Autism 

A  Is creative 

B  Uses convergent thinking

C  Is a high- IQ child

D  Is talented

A  Most gifted children show an evenly high ability across academic subjects

B  Most gifted children have high self-esteem 

C   The vast majority of gifted children have IQ scores of 150 or higher 

D  Many gifted children are socially isolated 

A  Emphasis on native ability 

B  Ability grouping

C  A shorter school year 

D  Emphasis on effort

A  Emphasize a specific are of interest

B  Are usually located in upper-income areas

C  Are voluntarily segregated 

D  Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms

A  Federal and state grants-in-aid have been sufficient in closing the funding gap between rich and poor

B   Hispanic children are more racially integrated than African-AMerican children in U.S. schools

C  The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving

D  African-American children are just as likely to attend a school that serves a mostly black population as they were in 1960’s 

A   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

B  Social-constructive classroom

C  Homogeneous grouping practice

D  Cooperative learning technique 

A  The teacher is the sole authority for knowledge, rules, and decision making

B  Students construct their own knowledge

C  Cooperative learning is frowned upon

D  Teachers, students, and peers work together on a wide range of challenging activities 

A  Have difficulty on selective attention tasks

B  Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning 

C  Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility 

D  Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages

A  Talking 

B  Watching educational programming 

C  Reading 

D  Using educational computer game

A  SES

B  The size of the cerebral cortex

C  Self-discipline

D  Emotional intelligence

A  Above average on early childhood intelligence tests, but scores decreased by middle childhood

B  High on intelligence tests by middle childhood 

C  Below average on intelligence tests during school years 

D  Lower on intelligence tests then white children adopted into similar homes

A  Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded 

B  Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ 

C  IQ variations are largely determines by differences in environment

D  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan

A  Interpersonal

B  Bodily-kinesthetic

C  Interpersonal 

D  General

A  Creative 

B  Emotional

C   Practical 

D  Analytical 

A  Reasoning about number concepts should replace drill in computation in elementary school 

B  A blend of both drill in computing and “number sense,” or understanding, is most beneficial

C  Complex skills can only be learned by drill in computation and rote memorization 

D  Because children need to retrieve mathematical answers automatically, they should be exclusively taught by rote 

A  Phonics 

B  Whole-language 

C  Metacognitive

D  Pragmatic 

A  Metacognitive

B  Pragmatic 

C  Whole-language 

D  Phonics 

A  Learned helplessness 

B  Interpersonal intelligence

C  Metacognitive awareness

D  Self-regulation

A  Selectivity of attention

B  Cognitive self-regulation

C  Metacognition

D  Elaboration 

A  Elaboration

B  Organization

C  Rehearsal

D  Metacognition 

A  Most often caused by a highly stressful home life

B  Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors

C  Not usually a lifelong disorder 

D  Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques 

A  Fraternal twins are more likely than identical twins to have ADHD 

B  Boys are diagnosed with ADHD about 4 times as often as girls 

C  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

D  For a child to be diagnosed with ADHD, symptoms must appear before age 5

A  Moderate

B  Substantial

C  Only minor

D  Little or no

A  Readily read maps of extended outdoor environments

B  Draw maps to scale

C  Seriate mentally

D  Classify three relations at once

A  Center on just one aspect of a problem, rather than focus on several aspects at once 

B  Think through a series of steps and then mentally reverse direction

C  Center on just one aspect of a problem, rather than focus on several aspects at once 

D  Order items along a quantitative dimension

A  More than 15 minutes of recess a day 

B  5 to 10 minutes of recess a day

C  The threat of recess cancellation if any child misbehaves 

D  No recess

A  Seems to foster self-esteem and social skills

B  Is the leading cause of childhood injury

C  Often interferes with school work and can cause a sharp decline in academic achievement 

D  Often results in psychological damage to children 

A  Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills

B  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

C  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

D  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

A  For most children, join community sports is associated with decreased self-esteem

B  Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability

C  School-age children today spend more time engage in informal outdoor play 

D  Gains in perspective taking permit a transition to rule-oriented games

A  Can only use his wrist and fingers to form the letters and numbers

B  Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details

C  Makes strokes with his entire arm rather than just the wrist and fingers

D  Has not yet developed adequate depth perception

A  Tanya, a Caucasian girl who lives in a rural area

B  Ellysa, an African-American girl who lives in poverty

C  Meghan, a high SES Asian girl

D  Ginger, an overweight hispanic girl

A  Children who live in rural areas

B  Middle-SES children

C  Asain children 

D  Boys

A  Sickle cell anemia 

B  Systic fibrosis

C  Diabetes

D  Asthma

A  The many hours children spend watching television 

B  The increasing number of hours children sleep at night

C  Ineffective health education in the primary grades

D  A lack of physical play space in many neighborhoods and schools

A  Diabetes 

B  Asthma 

C  Heart Disease

D  Tuberculosis

A  Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat

B  Girls lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys

C  Many children experience a decreasing desire for physical exercise 

D  12 of the primary teeth are lost and replaced by permanent ones

A  The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed

B  She was losing “baby fat” at an increasing rate 

C  Her bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening

D  Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones

A  Speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls

B  Slows dramatically

C  Increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood

D  Continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood