Chapter 9 Quiz

A  Fully inclusive classrooms 

B  The “the least restrictive” environments 

C  Multigrade classrooms

D  Segregated environments

A  Learning disabilities 

B  Mild mental retardation

C  Autism 

D  Emotional problems

A  Is talented

B  Uses convergent thinking

C  Is creative 

D  Is a high- IQ child

A  Most gifted children have high self-esteem 

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

C  Many gifted children are socially isolated 

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

A  Emphasis on native ability 

B  A shorter school year 

C  Ability grouping

D  Emphasis on effort

A  Are voluntarily segregated 

B  Are usually located in upper-income areas

C  Emphasize a specific are of interest

D  Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms

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

B  The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving

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

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

A   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

B  Cooperative learning technique 

C  Social-constructive classroom

D  Homogeneous grouping practice

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

B  Cooperative learning is frowned upon

C  Students construct their own knowledge

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

A  Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility 

B  Have difficulty on selective attention tasks

C  Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages

D  Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning 

A  Using educational computer game

B  Watching educational programming 

C  Reading 

D  Talking 

A  Self-discipline

B  Emotional intelligence

C  SES

D  The size of the cerebral cortex

A  Below average on intelligence tests during school years 

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

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

D  High on intelligence tests by middle childhood 

A  Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded 

B  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan

C  Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ 

D  IQ variations are largely determines by differences in environment

A  Interpersonal

B  Bodily-kinesthetic

C  General

D  Interpersonal 

A   Practical 

B  Analytical 

C  Emotional

D  Creative 

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

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

A  Pragmatic 

B  Whole-language 

C  Metacognitive

D  Phonics 

A  Phonics 

B  Metacognitive

C  Pragmatic 

D  Whole-language 

A  Learned helplessness 

B  Interpersonal intelligence

C  Metacognitive awareness

D  Self-regulation

A  Cognitive self-regulation

B  Metacognition

C  Elaboration 

D  Selectivity of attention

A  Rehearsal

B  Elaboration

C  Metacognition 

D  Organization

A  Most often caused by a highly stressful home life

B  Not usually a lifelong disorder 

C  Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques 

D  Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors

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

B  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

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

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

A  Only minor

B  Moderate

C  Substantial

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  Order items along a quantitative dimension

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

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

A  More than 15 minutes of recess a day 

B  No recess

C  5 to 10 minutes of recess a day

D  The threat of recess cancellation if any child misbehaves 

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  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

C  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

D  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

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

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

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

D  Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability

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

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

C  Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details

D  Has not yet developed adequate depth perception

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  Boys

C  Middle-SES children

D  Asain children 

A  Asthma

B  Sickle cell anemia 

C  Systic fibrosis

D  Diabetes

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

B  The increasing number of hours children sleep at night

C  Ineffective health education in the primary grades

D  The many hours children spend watching television 

A  Asthma 

B  Diabetes 

C  Tuberculosis

D  Heart Disease

A  Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat

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

C  Many children experience a decreasing desire for physical exercise 

D  Girls lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys

A  Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones

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

C  The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed

D  Her bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening

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