Exam 11: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Hildegard loves to compose intricate,beautiful songs for her church choir.People are usually impressed by how different her music sounds from anyone else's.Howard Gardner would probably say that Hildegard is high in _____ intelligence.

Most children entering the second grade have approximately _____ words in their root word vocabularies.

Barney loves being in his 5th grade debate club.He spends a lot of time putting together intricate arguments and is very quick to see errors in his opponent's arguments.Howard Gardner would probably say that Barney has a lot of _____ intelligence.

Which of the following is not a major problem with IQ tests?

Teachers tend to view their students as both more competent and more well-adjusted if

The best way to teach children to read seems to be the use of

One limitation of concrete operational thinking is that children

Magnus and Mandy are sorting pencils for their teacher.Magnus can sort them into two piles,either separating the long and short pencils,or separating the green and yellow pencils.Mandy has decided to put them into four piles,long green pencils,short green pencils,long yellow pencils,and short yellow pencils.Mandy has apparently mastered

_____ is a good memory strategy for increasing your chunking ability.