Question 1

Children living in poor neighborhoods in the United States:

Accepted Answer

A)  are more likely to be exposed to environmental toxins shown to harm cognitive development. 
B)  have more financial resources in the school they attend due to the greater need of the students in the school. 
C)  have equal access to quality education. 
D)  are more likely to have experienced teachers at their school. 
A)  are more likely to be exposed to environmental toxins shown to harm cognitive development. 
B)  have more financial resources in the school they attend due to the greater need of the students in the school. 
C)  have equal access to quality education. 
D)  are more likely to have experienced teachers at their school.

Question 2

Research comparing the teaching styles of mothers who did NOT go to school with mothers who did indicates that:

Accepted Answer

A)  mothers who did not go to school were more likely to work with their children to complete a task than to teach a skill explicitly. 
B)  mothers who did go to school were more likely to work with their children to complete a task than to teach a skill explicitly. 
C)  the two groups had similar styles, but the schooled mothers used more varied vocabulary with their children. 
D)  there was no difference between the two groups in how they teach their children. 
A)  mothers who did not go to school were more likely to work with their children to complete a task than to teach a skill explicitly. 
B)  mothers who did go to school were more likely to work with their children to complete a task than to teach a skill explicitly. 
C)  the two groups had similar styles, but the schooled mothers used more varied vocabulary with their children. 
D)  there was no difference between the two groups in how they teach their children.

Question 3

Which of the following skills is basic to learning to read?

Accepted Answer

A)  spelling 
B)  seeing syllables 
C)  hearing phonemes 
D)  seeing phonemes 
A)  spelling 
B)  seeing syllables 
C)  hearing phonemes 
D)  seeing phonemes

Question 4

Educated Vai people from Liberia could explain the basis for their judgment of what made a sentence ungrammatical, but those who had no schooling experience could not. This difference can be explained by the impact of schooling on:

Accepted Answer

A)  metacognition. 
B)  lexical organization. 
C)  utilization knowledge. 
D)  procedural knowledge. 
A)  metacognition. 
B)  lexical organization. 
C)  utilization knowledge. 
D)  procedural knowledge.

Question 5

The thoughts, behaviors, and emotions that children have about school and learning are referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  motivation 
B)  intelligence. 
C)  performance. 
D)  school engagement. 
A)  motivation 
B)  intelligence. 
C)  performance. 
D)  school engagement.

Question 6

When children recognize which sounds correspond to which combinations of letters, they are:

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A)  decoding. 
B)  comprehending. 
C)  attending. 
D)  intelligent. 
A)  decoding. 
B)  comprehending. 
C)  attending. 
D)  intelligent.

Question 7

The MOST successful school programs for culturally and linguistically diverse students:

Accepted Answer

A)  adapt educational practices to local variations in culture. 
B)  avoid cultural differences to help insure all children have equal educational opportunities. 
C)  emphasize homework and other academic work outside of school. 
D)  avoid characteristics of instructional discourse. 
A)  adapt educational practices to local variations in culture. 
B)  avoid cultural differences to help insure all children have equal educational opportunities. 
C)  emphasize homework and other academic work outside of school. 
D)  avoid characteristics of instructional discourse.

Question 8

Preschool participation has been found to influence children and families in the following ways:

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A)  preschool enrollment has a larger impact on the language skills of non-Hispanic white children than it does on Hispanic children. 
B)  Hispanic children who participate in Head Start preschools show no gains in reading and math skills. 
C)  Hispanic children who participate in Head Start preschools show diminished risk for having to repeat grades. 
D)  participation in preschool makes no difference in the English proficiency of immigrant children. 
A)  preschool enrollment has a larger impact on the language skills of non-Hispanic white children than it does on Hispanic children. 
B)  Hispanic children who participate in Head Start preschools show no gains in reading and math skills. 
C)  Hispanic children who participate in Head Start preschools show diminished risk for having to repeat grades. 
D)  participation in preschool makes no difference in the English proficiency of immigrant children.

Question 9

In an ethnographic study of 3-year-olds growing up in the U.S., Brazil, and Kenya, Tudge and his colleagues (2006) found that:

Accepted Answer

A)  in all cultures, children from the working class were more likely than their middle-class counterparts to engage with their parents in academically oriented play and lessons. 
B)  in all cultures, children from working-class families were more likely than their middle-class counterparts to engage with their parents in world lessons. 
C)  in Kenya, but not in other cultures, children from the working class were more likely than their middle-class counterparts to engage with their parents in academically oriented play and lessons. 
D)  in Kenya, but not in other cultures, children from working-class families were more likely than their middle-class counterparts to engage with their parents in world lessons. 
A)  in all cultures, children from the working class were more likely than their middle-class counterparts to engage with their parents in academically oriented play and lessons. 
B)  in all cultures, children from working-class families were more likely than their middle-class counterparts to engage with their parents in world lessons. 
C)  in Kenya, but not in other cultures, children from the working class were more likely than their middle-class counterparts to engage with their parents in academically oriented play and lessons. 
D)  in Kenya, but not in other cultures, children from working-class families were more likely than their middle-class counterparts to engage with their parents in world lessons.

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a way in which formal education differs from traditional apprenticeship training?

Accepted Answer

A)  motivation 
B)  social relations 
C)  social organization 
D)  decoding strategies implemented 
A)  motivation 
B)  social relations 
C)  social organization 
D)  decoding strategies implemented

Question 11

Children of families who immigrated from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos generally achieved well in school because:

Accepted Answer

A)  their families abandoned their interdependent, collectivist values. 
B)  they mastered English while they were in refugee camps. 
C)  their parents dedicated themselves to speaking in English with their children so the children would do well in school. 
D)  parents read to their children in their native language. 
A)  their families abandoned their interdependent, collectivist values. 
B)  they mastered English while they were in refugee camps. 
C)  their parents dedicated themselves to speaking in English with their children so the children would do well in school. 
D)  parents read to their children in their native language.

Question 12

The inability to break words into their component syllables and phonemes predicts:

Accepted Answer

A)  poor spelling. 
B)  difficulty in speaking. 
C)  difficulty in learning to read. 
D)  difficulty in learning to write. 
A)  poor spelling. 
B)  difficulty in speaking. 
C)  difficulty in learning to read. 
D)  difficulty in learning to write.

Question 13

What of the following is the BEST example of a "known-answer question?"

Accepted Answer

A)  A lost person asks for directions. 
B)  A mother asks her children if they have seen her keys. 
C)  A sign on bulletin board reads, "Have you seen this cat?" 
D)  A teacher asks her students, "What is 5 × 4?" 
A)  A lost person asks for directions. 
B)  A mother asks her children if they have seen her keys. 
C)  A sign on bulletin board reads, "Have you seen this cat?" 
D)  A teacher asks her students, "What is 5 × 4?"

Question 14

Wayne is trying to figure out how to reach the cookie jar on the top shelf in the kitchen. To do so, he needs to figure out what object is high enough for him to reach the counter and sturdy enough to hold him. His problem-solving in this situation is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  school problem-solving. 
B)  everyday problem-solving. 
C)  abstract thinking. 
D)  use of analytic intelligence. 
A)  school problem-solving. 
B)  everyday problem-solving. 
C)  abstract thinking. 
D)  use of analytic intelligence.

Question 15

Which of the following describes the effect of schooling on memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Schooling has no effect on memory. 
B)  Schooling increases children's overall memory capacity. 
C)  Schooling appears to teach children strategies for remembering. 
D)  Schooling has no effect on the ability to reflect on one's own memory. 
A)  Schooling has no effect on memory. 
B)  Schooling increases children's overall memory capacity. 
C)  Schooling appears to teach children strategies for remembering. 
D)  Schooling has no effect on the ability to reflect on one's own memory.

Question 16

Enrollment in Head Start has:

Accepted Answer

A)  doubled since 1965. 
B)  declined since 1965. 
C)  has more than tripled since 1965. 
D)  stayed the same since 1965. 
A)  doubled since 1965. 
B)  declined since 1965. 
C)  has more than tripled since 1965. 
D)  stayed the same since 1965.

Question 17

Children who display a mastery-oriented motivational pattern are:

Accepted Answer

A)  highly intelligent. 
B)  likely to give up when they begin failing at a task. 
C)  optimistic and believe they can do better on tasks if they try harder. 
D)  likely to avoid difficult tasks. 
A)  highly intelligent. 
B)  likely to give up when they begin failing at a task. 
C)  optimistic and believe they can do better on tasks if they try harder. 
D)  likely to avoid difficult tasks.

Question 18

Ms. Gui is an elementary school teacher. When she asks a student to give an answer that she already knows, she is using:

Accepted Answer

A)  drill and practice. 
B)  practical knowledge. 
C)  instructional discourse. 
D)  metacognitive discourse. 
A)  drill and practice. 
B)  practical knowledge. 
C)  instructional discourse. 
D)  metacognitive discourse.

Question 19

Head Start was originally conceived as a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  summer program. 
B)  afterschool program. 
C)  weekend program. 
D)  full-time program. 
A)  summer program. 
B)  afterschool program. 
C)  weekend program. 
D)  full-time program.

Question 20

Formal education differs from informal education in all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  social organization. 
B)  the motives for learning. 
C)  helping prepare children for adult life. 
D)  the social relations of pupil and teacher. 
A)  social organization. 
B)  the motives for learning. 
C)  helping prepare children for adult life. 
D)  the social relations of pupil and teacher.

Children living in poor neighborhoods in the United States:

Research comparing the teaching styles of mothers who did NOT go to school with mothers who did indicates that:

Which of the following skills is basic to learning to read?

Educated Vai people from Liberia could explain the basis for their judgment of what made a sentence ungrammatical, but those who had no schooling experience could not. This difference can be explained by the impact of schooling on:

The thoughts, behaviors, and emotions that children have about school and learning are referred to as:

When children recognize which sounds correspond to which combinations of letters, they are:

The MOST successful school programs for culturally and linguistically diverse students:

Preschool participation has been found to influence children and families in the following ways:

In an ethnographic study of 3-year-olds growing up in the U.S., Brazil, and Kenya, Tudge and his colleagues (2006) found that:

Which of the following is NOT a way in which formal education differs from traditional apprenticeship training?

Children of families who immigrated from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos generally achieved well in school because:

The inability to break words into their component syllables and phonemes predicts:

What of the following is the BEST example of a "known-answer question?"

Wayne is trying to figure out how to reach the cookie jar on the top shelf in the kitchen. To do so, he needs to figure out what object is high enough for him to reach the counter and sturdy enough to hold him. His problem-solving in this situation is an example of:

Which of the following describes the effect of schooling on memory?

Enrollment in Head Start has:

Children who display a mastery-oriented motivational pattern are:

Ms. Gui is an elementary school teacher. When she asks a student to give an answer that she already knows, she is using:

Head Start was originally conceived as a(n):

Formal education differs from informal education in all of the following EXCEPT:

The Study of Human Development

Biocultural Foundations

Prenatal Development and Birth

The First 3 Months

Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Social and Emotional Development in Infancy

Language Acquisition

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood

Contexts of Development

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence

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Exam 12: School As Context for Development

Children living in poor neighborhoods in the United States:

Research comparing the teaching styles of mothers who did NOT go to school with mothers who did indicates that:

Which of the following skills is basic to learning to read?

Educated Vai people from Liberia could explain the basis for their judgment of what made a sentence ungrammatical, but those who had no schooling experience could not. This difference can be explained by the impact of schooling on:

The thoughts, behaviors, and emotions that children have about school and learning are referred to as:

When children recognize which sounds correspond to which combinations of letters, they are:

The MOST successful school programs for culturally and linguistically diverse students:

Preschool participation has been found to influence children and families in the following ways:

In an ethnographic study of 3-year-olds growing up in the U.S., Brazil, and Kenya, Tudge and his colleagues (2006) found that:

Which of the following is NOT a way in which formal education differs from traditional apprenticeship training?

Children of families who immigrated from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos generally achieved well in school because:

The inability to break words into their component syllables and phonemes predicts:

What of the following is the BEST example of a "known-answer question?"

Wayne is trying to figure out how to reach the cookie jar on the top shelf in the kitchen. To do so, he needs to figure out what object is high enough for him to reach the counter and sturdy enough to hold him. His problem-solving in this situation is an example of:

Which of the following describes the effect of schooling on memory?

Enrollment in Head Start has:

Children who display a mastery-oriented motivational pattern are:

Ms. Gui is an elementary school teacher. When she asks a student to give an answer that she already knows, she is using:

Head Start was originally conceived as a(n):

Formal education differs from informal education in all of the following EXCEPT:

The Study of Human Development

Biocultural Foundations

Prenatal Development and Birth

The First 3 Months

Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Social and Emotional Development in Infancy

Language Acquisition

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood

Contexts of Development

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence

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