Exam 10: Development in the Academic Domains

One of 6-year-old Dana's favorite songs is "My Country 'Tis of Thee" If you ask, Dana can sing a note that's the exact pitch of the first note in the song. Chances are that Dana:

Choose a content area that you may eventually teach to one or more children or adolescents. Also choose a particular age-group with whom you might work. Then: a. Identify at least two different abilities or inabilities that your students are likely to have relative to the subject matter. b. Describe at least two different teaching strategies you would use that takes these abilities and/or inabilities into account.

As educators define the term, content area standards are general statements regarding:

Which one of the following alternatives most accurately describes ethnic and cultural differences in children's reading development?

Research indicates that a major advantage of giving children multiple experiences with books during the preschool years is that they:

Three of the following strategies are consistent with recommendations for teaching reading skills. Which one is generally not recommended?

Ms. Trinh is about to begin a unit on sharks in her fifth-grade class. Some of her students have a strong interest in sharks and know a lot about them. Others know very little about sharks. When Ms. Trinh gives a reading assignment about sharks, she should expect that:

Three of the following epistemological beliefs about science are likely to lead to development of good study habits in science. Which one is least likely to have this effect?

When do most youngsters begin to understand historical time and attach meaning to historical dates?

If you were to convene a group of high school seniors who have very high mathematical ability, you would be apt to have more boys than girls in your group. Which one of the following is least likely to explain the prevalence of boys in the group?

Which one of the following teaching strategies is consistent with the textbook's discussion of children's mathematical development?

As 9-year-old Chad encounters the word tall in his reading, he tells his teacher, "I know that word is tall because the last two letters go way up high." Which one of the following is the most accurate interpretation of what Chad has just said?

Which one of the following statements best describes the invented spellings often seen in kindergartners and first graders?

Which one of the following students is definitely demonstrating automatization in word recognition?

A developmental researcher creates a special apparatus that makes it appear to 4-month-old Violet that two different objects are in exactly the same spot at exactly the same time. Violet seems to be quite surprised by what she sees. Given what you have learned about children's early knowledge of scientific phenomena, you would be most likely to conclude that Violet's reaction is:

Phonological awareness can best be described as:

In a middle school science lab activity, students are looking at how much water objects of varying sizes and weights displace. Lab partners Jack and Jennifer have just put two equal-size balls-one made of plastic and one made of lead-into separate beakers of water and measured how high the water rose in each one. They've observed that the water rose the same amount in the two beakers. Jack says, "That can't be right. The lead ball should push the water up more because it's heavier." Jennifer responds, "We must have measured wrong. Let's try the experiment again." The two students' reasoning reflects:

Which one of the following teachers is engaging students in a developmentally appropriate science activity?

Youngsters' artistic development in adolescence is largely the result of:

Five-year-old Harry is blind. Which one of the following aspects of literacy is Harry likely to have the least knowledge about?