Chapter 9 Quiz

A  Segregated environments

B  Multigrade classrooms

C  The “the least restrictive” environments 

D  Fully inclusive classrooms 

A  Learning disabilities 

B  Autism 

C  Emotional problems

D  Mild mental retardation

A  Is talented

B  Is creative 

C  Is a high- IQ child

D  Uses convergent thinking

A  Many gifted children are socially isolated 

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

C  Most gifted children have high self-esteem 

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

A  Ability grouping

B  A shorter school year 

C  Emphasis on native ability 

D  Emphasis on effort

A  Are usually located in upper-income areas

B  Emphasize a specific are of interest

C  Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms

D  Are voluntarily segregated 

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

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

C  The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving

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

A  Social-constructive classroom

B   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

C  Cooperative learning technique 

D  Homogeneous grouping practice

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

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

C  Cooperative learning is frowned upon

D  Students construct their own knowledge

A  Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning 

B  Have difficulty on selective attention tasks

C  Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages

D  Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility 

A  Talking 

B  Reading 

C  Watching educational programming 

D  Using educational computer game

A  Self-discipline

B  Emotional intelligence

C  The size of the cerebral cortex

D  SES

A  High on intelligence tests by middle childhood 

B  Below average on intelligence tests during school years 

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  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan

C  Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ 

D  Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded 

A  Bodily-kinesthetic

B  Interpersonal 

C  General

D  Interpersonal

A   Practical 

B  Analytical 

C  Creative 

D  Emotional

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

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

A  Metacognitive

B  Pragmatic 

C  Whole-language 

D  Phonics 

A  Whole-language 

B  Phonics 

C  Pragmatic 

D  Metacognitive

A  Learned helplessness 

B  Self-regulation

C  Metacognitive awareness

D  Interpersonal intelligence

A  Elaboration 

B  Selectivity of attention

C  Metacognition

D  Cognitive self-regulation

A  Rehearsal

B  Metacognition 

C  Elaboration

D  Organization

A  Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques 

B  Most often caused by a highly stressful home life

C  Not usually a lifelong disorder 

D  Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors

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

D  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

A  Substantial

B  Moderate

C  Little or no

D  Only minor

A  Readily read maps of extended outdoor environments

B  Draw maps to scale

C  Seriate mentally

D  Classify three relations at once

A  Order items along a quantitative dimension

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

A  5 to 10 minutes of recess a day

B  No recess

C  More than 15 minutes of recess a day 

D  The threat of recess cancellation if any child misbehaves 

A  Often results in psychological damage to children 

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

C  Is the leading cause of childhood injury

D  Seems to foster self-esteem and social skills

A  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

B  Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills

C  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

D  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

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

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

C  Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability

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

A  Has not yet developed adequate depth perception

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

C  Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details

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

A  Meghan, a high SES Asian girl

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

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

D  Ginger, an overweight hispanic girl

A  Boys

B  Children who live in rural areas

C  Asain children 

D  Middle-SES children

A  Sickle cell anemia 

B  Systic fibrosis

C  Diabetes

D  Asthma

A  Ineffective health education in the primary grades

B  The increasing number of hours children sleep at night

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

D  The many hours children spend watching television 

A  Tuberculosis

B  Asthma 

C  Heart Disease

D  Diabetes 

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 bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening

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

C  The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed

D  Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones

A  Increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood

B  Slows dramatically

C  Speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls

D  Continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood