Imagine that you are a third-grade teacher. If you were to make predictions based on Piaget's stages of cognitive development, you would expect most or all of your students to exhibit thinking characteristic of which stage?
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. formal operations
d. concrete operations
Ques. 2Roger is shown two piles of sand and says that each pile has the same amount. However, when one pile is flattened with a shovel, Roger now claims emphatically that the flattened pile has less sand. Based on this information, which of Piaget's stages would you say is most likely for Roger at this time?
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. formal operations
d. concrete operations
Ques. 3Ray and Jessica have just adopted a baby girl from Russia. Like them, she has brown eyes and brown hair and could easily pass as their biological child. As she grows older, they can best foster her social-emotional development by:
a. Pretending she's their biological child
b. Waiting until she's 13 or 14 to tell her she's adopted
c. Talking openly about the process they went through to adopt her
d. Telling her she's adopted but explaining that it's best to hide this fact from peers
Ques. 4As a teacher, you will probably have one or more students with special physical needs (e.g., chronic medical conditions, recent head injuries) in your classroom. List five different strategies that may be useful as you work with such students.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5What is the value of Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences for teachers and the teaching and learning process in the classroom?
a. Incorporate the eight multiple intelligences into every lesson.
b. Use the multiple intelligences to teach verbal instruction.
c. Use the multiple intelligences to differentiate instruction.
d. Replace content area reading with lessons using the multiple intelligences.
Ques. 6There are both advantages and disadvantages to elementary school children's participation in organized team sports.
What will be an ideal response?
a. Describe at least two advantages and two disadvantages.
b. Recommend reasonable steps that can enhance the advantages and offset the disadvantages.
Ques. 7Barton struggled the first time he tried to figure the amount of tax he should charge when he sells one of his birdhouses. But he used his knowledge and figured out steps to take in a sequence that is now automatic for him. According to Sternberg's theory of intelligence, what type of intelligence is Barton demonstrating?
a. spatial intelligence
b. creative intelligence
c. crystallized intelligence
d. fluid cognition
Ques. 8Paul is an avid reader and has read more books about history and science than any other fifth grader in his school. He understands what he reads and continues to develop deeper and broader knowledge in both disciplines. What type of intelligence is Paul expanding in this context?
a. hierarchical
b. incremental
c. crystallized
d. interpersonal
Ques. 9Many older children and adolescents eat as if they believe that fat, salt, and sugar are the primary food groups. Identify at least three different problems that can result from eating in such a manner.
What will be an ideal response?
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