In American schools, the demands of reading usually increase dramatically in the:
a. Fourth grade
b. Fifth grade
c. Sixth grade
d. Seventh grade
Ques. 2Research shows that schools can support children's learning by:
a. Using implicit learning skill instruction
b. Encouraging peer collaboration
c. Discouraging explicit strategy instruction
d. Providing no strategy instruction
Ques. 3The ability of school-age children to change a topic of conversation gradually and tactfully is referred to as:
a. Semantics
b. Syntax
c. Turnabout
d. Shading
Ques. 4Children in middle childhood who have full schedules, largely determined by their parents,:
a. Are unable to coordinate events
b. Report feeling more stress
c. Show poorer planning skills
d. Exhibit superior planning skills
Ques. 5The percentage of children in the United States meeting the minimal standards of exercise of the National Association for Sport and Physical Exercise is just under:
a. 10
b. 50
c. 75
d. 90
Ques. 6School-age children experience improved perceptual-motor skills because they are better able to:
a. Process visual information
b. Integrate information from many senses
c. Discriminate among sensory inputs
d. All of the above
Ques. 7Around what age does lateral awareness develop?
a. 5 years
b. 7 years
c. 12 years
d. None of the above
Ques. 8Rachelle has mastered jumping and tumbling. She looks longingly at the older girls on the balance beam who are doing intricate routines taught in a gymnastics class. What period of development is she likely in?
a. Early childhood
b. Middle childhood
c. Adolescence
d. Emerging adulthood
Ques. 9During middle childhood, brain development includes:
a. Myelination
b. Synaptogenesis
c. Fiber tract maturation
d. All of the above
Ques. 10The ability of neurons adjacent to damaged tissue to change their structure in order to support new and different tasks is referred to as:
a. Predisposition
b. Plasticity
c. Myelination
d. Ossification
Ques. 11Identify two cognitive trends in the following basic skills: reading, writing, mathematics, that a fifth or sixth-grade teacher would expect to find, or encourage, in his or her students.
What will be an ideal response?