Exam 10: Development in the Academic Domains

Imagine that you give 5-year-old Richard a simple arithmetic problem. "I have two toy soldiers in my hand," you tell him and show him the soldiers you are holding. "But there are also three toy soldiers over there on the table," you say and point to additional soldiers across the room. "If I put all of the toy soldiers in a basket, how many would I have altogether?" How is Richard most likely to respond to the problem?

Three of the following teachers are using recommended strategies for promoting youngsters' writing development. Which teacher is not using a recommended strategy?

Which one of the following statements most accurately describes the nature of knowledge transforming in a child's writing?

Which one of the following alternatives best characterizes a central conceptual structure view of children's mathematical development?

Three of the following strategies are recommended for helping children acquire mathematical concepts and skills. Which one is not recommended?

When asked to draw a picture of another child, Lee draws a large circle with two dots for eyes and a horizontal line for a mouth. Four lines emanate outward from the circle; these lines, Lee says, are "arms" and "legs." Based on this information, you would guess that Lee is:

Which one of the following children provides the best example of emergent literacy?

If you consider both (1) the age at which children begin to appreciate music and (2) the existence of amusia in certain children, you could reasonably draw which one of the following conclusions?

With the textbook's discussion of geography development in mind, choose the alternative that is most likely to give children in the lower elementary grades difficulty when they try to interpret maps.

Researchers who make cross-cultural comparisons of youngsters' mathematical abilities have found that:

Three of the following statements reflect common sources of diversity in science development. Which statement is false?

Six-year-old Gisela was born deaf, but she was fortunate to have parents and an older brother who used American Sign Language (ASL) regularly around the house. Now that Gisela is in elementary school, she is learning to read. Given that ASL rather than English is her native language, she may have difficulty with three of the following as she learns to read. With which one is she least likely to have difficulty?

When 10-year-old Meg tackles a word problem that requires her to add the numbers 29 and 56, she arrives at the solution "715." Based on her error, you might reasonably guess that Meg:

Five-year-old Chip writes "I WN TU B FIRMN WEN I GRO UPP". When you ask him to read what he has written, he says: "I want to be a fireman when I grow up." You can reasonably conclude that Chip:

Imagine that you are a second-grade teacher. If you were looking for signs of possible dyslexia in one or more of your students, which one of the following would you be most likely to look for?

Imagine that you are a high school teacher. Which one of the following assumptions should you make about your students' reading abilities?

Fourteen-year-old Ruth mistakenly believes that the number 0.349 is larger than the number 0.80. Which one of the following explanations of her error is most likely?

Three of the following teachers are employing strategies to promote phonological awareness in their students. Which teacher is using a strategy that, although potentially beneficial for other reasons, will not necessarily promote phonological awareness?