Exam 12: Seciton 3: Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development

Abbreviations (such as LOL, BTW, and RU) in text messages and e-mails is an example of _____.

Seven-year-old Hannah can arrange 10 buttons in order from smallest to largest. Her understanding of _____ allows her to accomplish this.

When capable of concrete operational thought, children _____.

One problem with smaller school class sizes is that _____.

Beth is taking the TIMSS, which is the international test of _____.

Addie has weekly spelling tests. On Monday she gets the list of 10 words and realizes she knows how to spell four of the words. Rather than studying these four words, she spends Tuesday and Wednesday studying the six new words. On Wednesday evening she quizzes herself on the six words and learns she now knows how to spell three more. Thursday she studies the three words she still did not know how to spell. Friday morning before the spelling test she quizzes herself on all 10 words and correctly spells all 10 words. Addie's ability to evaluate the task of learning words and monitor and adjust her performance throughout the learning process is due to _____.

Nine-year-old Devon writes, "My brother eats like a hungry pig." This statement demonstrates his understanding of _____.

The component of the information-processing system in which current conscious mental activity occurs is the _____.

A strategy in which school subjects are taught in both the learner's original language and the second (majority) language is _____.

According to Piaget, which ability do children gain during middle childhood?

When Kitana wants her teacher to repeat a question, she asks, "Would you please repeat the question?" but when she needs a classmate to repeat himself, she says, "Huh?" This example shows that Kitana understands _____.

Which of the following factors does NOT facilitate increases in the knowledge base?

The component of the information-processing system in which virtually limitless amounts of information can be stored indefinitely is _____.

The approach to teaching a second language in which children spend the entire day instructed in that second language is referred to as the _____ approach.

New concepts are best learned when they are connected to _____.

Approximately 1 in _____ children in the United States is home-schooled.

Some children of every ethnicity are classified as _____, based on their proficiency in English.

Jefferson High School has a student council to guarantee student representation in school affairs. Jakob, a senior, has learned that the administration of this high school wants obedience. Obedience at Jakob's school is an example of a hidden _____.

Vygotsky viewed _____ as being crucial to children's development of skills and knowledge.

In one study (Crosnoe et al., 2010) of reading and math ability in third- and fifth-grade children, it was found that high-scoring children usually had three sources of cognitive stimulation. Which was NOT a source of cognitive stimulation?