Chapter 9 Quiz

A  Multigrade classrooms

B  Segregated environments

C  The “the least restrictive” environments 

D  Fully inclusive classrooms 

A  Mild mental retardation

B  Emotional problems

C  Learning disabilities 

D  Autism 

A  Uses convergent thinking

B  Is creative 

C  Is talented

D  Is a high- IQ child

A  Many gifted children are socially isolated 

B  Most gifted children have high self-esteem 

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

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

A  A shorter school year 

B  Emphasis on effort

C  Emphasis on native ability 

D  Ability grouping

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

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

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

D  The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving

A  Cooperative learning technique 

B  Homogeneous grouping practice

C   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

D  Social-constructive classroom

A  Cooperative learning is frowned upon

B  Students construct their own knowledge

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

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

A  Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility 

B  Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages

C  Have difficulty on selective attention tasks

D  Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning 

A  Talking 

B  Reading 

C  Watching educational programming 

D  Using educational computer game

A  Self-discipline

B  SES

C  The size of the cerebral cortex

D  Emotional intelligence

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

B  Below average on intelligence tests during school years 

C  High on intelligence tests by middle childhood 

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

A  Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded 

B  Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ 

C  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan

D  IQ variations are largely determines by differences in environment

A  Interpersonal 

B  Bodily-kinesthetic

C  Interpersonal

D  General

A   Practical 

B  Creative 

C  Emotional

D  Analytical 

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

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

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

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

A  Pragmatic 

B  Phonics 

C  Whole-language 

D  Metacognitive

A  Pragmatic 

B  Metacognitive

C  Phonics 

D  Whole-language 

A  Interpersonal intelligence

B  Learned helplessness 

C  Self-regulation

D  Metacognitive awareness

A  Selectivity of attention

B  Cognitive self-regulation

C  Metacognition

D  Elaboration 

A  Elaboration

B  Rehearsal

C  Organization

D  Metacognition 

A  Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques 

B  Most often caused by a highly stressful home life

C  Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors

D  Not usually a lifelong disorder 

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

B  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

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

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

A  Little or no

B  Only minor

C  Substantial

D  Moderate

A  Readily read maps of extended outdoor environments

B  Classify three relations at once

C  Seriate mentally

D  Draw maps to scale

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

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

C  Order items along a quantitative dimension

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

A  The threat of recess cancellation if any child misbehaves 

B  No recess

C  5 to 10 minutes of recess a day

D  More than 15 minutes of recess a day 

A  Is the leading cause of childhood injury

B  Seems to foster self-esteem and social skills

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

D  Often results in psychological damage to children 

A  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

B  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

C  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

D  Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills

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

B  Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability

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

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

A  Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details

B  Has not yet developed adequate depth perception

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

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

A  Meghan, a high SES Asian girl

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

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

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  Asthma

D  Diabetes

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

B  Ineffective health education in the primary grades

C  The increasing number of hours children sleep at night

D  The many hours children spend watching television 

A  Asthma 

B  Diabetes 

C  Tuberculosis

D  Heart Disease

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

B  Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat

C  Girls lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys

D  Many children experience a decreasing desire for physical exercise 

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

B  The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed

C  Her bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening

D  Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones

A  Slows dramatically

B  Increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood

C  Speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls

D  Continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood