Chapter 9 Quiz

A  Multigrade classrooms

B  The “the least restrictive” environments 

C  Segregated environments

D  Fully inclusive classrooms 

A  Emotional problems

B  Learning disabilities 

C  Autism 

D  Mild mental retardation

A  Is talented

B  Is creative 

C  Is a high- IQ child

D  Uses convergent thinking

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

B  Most gifted children have high self-esteem 

C  Many gifted children are socially isolated 

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

A  Ability grouping

B  Emphasis on native ability 

C  A shorter school year 

D  Emphasis on effort

A  Emphasize a specific are of interest

B  Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms

C  Are usually located in upper-income areas

D  Are voluntarily segregated 

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

D  The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving

A  Homogeneous grouping practice

B  Cooperative learning technique 

C   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

D  Social-constructive classroom

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

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

C  Students construct their own knowledge

D  Cooperative learning is frowned upon

A  Have difficulty on selective attention tasks

B  Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility 

C  Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning 

D  Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages

A  Talking 

B  Watching educational programming 

C  Reading 

D  Using educational computer game

A  Emotional intelligence

B  Self-discipline

C  The size of the cerebral cortex

D  SES

A  Below average on intelligence tests during school years 

B  High on intelligence tests by middle childhood 

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

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

A  IQ variations are largely determines by differences in environment

B  Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded 

C  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan

D  Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ 

A  Interpersonal

B  Bodily-kinesthetic

C  Interpersonal 

D  General

A  Emotional

B  Creative 

C  Analytical 

D   Practical 

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

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

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

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

A  Whole-language 

B  Phonics 

C  Pragmatic 

D  Metacognitive

A  Whole-language 

B  Pragmatic 

C  Metacognitive

D  Phonics 

A  Interpersonal intelligence

B  Learned helplessness 

C  Self-regulation

D  Metacognitive awareness

A  Elaboration 

B  Metacognition

C  Cognitive self-regulation

D  Selectivity of attention

A  Metacognition 

B  Elaboration

C  Rehearsal

D  Organization

A  Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors

B  Not usually a lifelong disorder 

C  Most often caused by a highly stressful home life

D  Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques 

A  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

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

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

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

A  Moderate

B  Little or no

C  Only minor

D  Substantial

A  Draw maps to scale

B  Readily read maps of extended outdoor environments

C  Classify three relations at once

D  Seriate mentally

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  No recess

B  More than 15 minutes of recess a day 

C  The threat of recess cancellation if any child misbehaves 

D  5 to 10 minutes of recess a day

A  Is the leading cause of childhood injury

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

C  Seems to foster self-esteem and social skills

D  Often results in psychological damage to children 

A  Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills

B  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

C  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

D  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

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

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

C  Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability

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

A  Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details

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

C  Has not yet developed adequate depth perception

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

A  Meghan, a high SES Asian girl

B  Ginger, an overweight hispanic girl

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

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

A  Children who live in rural areas

B  Middle-SES children

C  Asain children 

D  Boys

A  Systic fibrosis

B  Diabetes

C  Sickle cell anemia 

D  Asthma

A  The many hours children spend watching television 

B  Ineffective health education in the primary grades

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

D  The increasing number of hours children sleep at night

A  Tuberculosis

B  Asthma 

C  Diabetes 

D  Heart Disease

A  Girls lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys

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

C  Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat

D  Many children experience a decreasing desire for physical exercise 

A  Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones

B  The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed

C  Her bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening

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

A  Increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood

B  Continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood

C  Speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls

D  Slows dramatically