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During the elementary school years, children grow an average of __________ inches a year. |
| | A) | 1 to 2 |
| | B) | 2 to 3 |
| | C) | 3 to 4 |
| | D) | 4 to 5 |
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Which of the following statements regarding body growth and proportion in the elementary school years is true? |
| | A) | Proportional changes are among the least pronounced in middle and late childhood. |
| | B) | Children gain an average of 15 to 20 pounds per year during this period. |
| | C) | Children triple their strength capabilities during these years. |
| | D) | Boys are usually stronger than girls. |
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Which of the following statements regarding motor development in middle and late childhood is true? |
| | A) | Boys are usually better at fine motor skills, whereas girls outperform boys at gross motor skills. |
| | B) | Children gain greater control over their bodies and can sit for longer periods of time; therefore, their lives should be less activity-oriented. |
| | C) | Motor development becomes much smoother and more coordinated. |
| | D) | Improved gross motor skills appear in the form of handwriting development. |
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At what age do children begin to show motor manipulative skills similar to the abilities of adults? |
| | A) | 6 years |
| | B) | 7 years |
| | C) | 8 to 10 years |
| | D) | 10 to 12 years |
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Regarding exercise and sports in middle and late childhood, which of the following statements is true? |
| | A) | Children's use of television, computers, and video games has increased their amount of physical activity. |
| | B) | Eighty percent of children were not involved in any daily physical education in 1999. |
| | C) | Girls are more physically active than boys in this age group. |
| | D) | Participation in sports has only positive consequences for children. |
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What is the most common form of cancer in children? |
| | A) | Leukemia |
| | B) | Retinoblastoma |
| | C) | Mesothelioma |
| | D) | Colorectal cancer |
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In childhood, being overweight is more common among: |
| | A) | boys. |
| | B) | Caucasians. |
| | C) | girls. |
| | D) | those who exercise regularly. |
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Approximately ____% of all children in public schools in the United States have a learning disability. |
| | A) | 2 |
| | B) | 5 |
| | C) | 8 |
| | D) | 11 |
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Which learning disability is marked by difficulty with handwriting? |
| | A) | dyslexia |
| | B) | dyscalculia |
| | C) | dysgraphia |
| | D) | dysgeusia |
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__________ is a learning disability whereby individuals have a severe impairment in their ability to read and spell. |
| | A) | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| | B) | Dyslexia |
| | C) | Leukemia |
| | D) | Ritalin |
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The individualized education plan (IEP): |
| | A) | is a public law describing mandates for service to children with disabilities. |
| | B) | is a written statement describing a program for a student with a disability. |
| | C) | describes a setting that is as similar as possible to the one in which children who do not have a disability are educated. |
| | D) | requires educating a student with special needs partially in a regular classroom. |
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Piaget characterized the thought of those in middle and late childhood as: |
| | A) | concrete operational. |
| | B) | formal operational. |
| | C) | preoperational. |
| | D) | sensorimotor. |
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The activity of ordering stimuli along a quantitative dimension is best described as: |
| | A) | transitivity. |
| | B) | operations. |
| | C) | classification. |
| | D) | seriation. |
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Which of the following is a criticism of Piaget's theory that is supported by recent research? |
| | A) | Piaget underestimated children's competence. |
| | B) | He placed too much emphasis on culture and education. |
| | C) | Children cannot be trained to reason at higher levels. |
| | D) | Piaget's theory was not divided into clear-cut stages. |
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Mental age divided by chronological age multiplied by 100 yields a(n): |
| | A) | normal distribution. |
| | B) | triarchic intelligence score. |
| | C) | intelligence quotient. |
| | D) | frame of mind. |
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Who proposed the triarchic theory of intelligence that divides intelligence into analytical, creative, and practical components? |
| | A) | Howard Gardner |
| | B) | Robert Sternberg |
| | C) | Alfred Binet |
| | D) | David Wechsler |
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The majority of people who are mentally retarded experience _________ retardation. |
| | A) | profound |
| | B) | severe |
| | C) | moderate |
| | D) | mild |
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Gifted children are typically: |
| | A) | average scorers on intelligence tests. |
| | B) | difficult to motivate. |
| | C) | maladjusted. |
| | D) | precocious. |
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Which educational approach involves teaching children in their native language while gradually introducing English? |
| | A) | brainstorming |
| | B) | bilingual education |
| | C) | whole-language approach |
| | D) | basic-skills-and-phonetics approach |
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__________, which refers to knowledge about language, develops considerably during the elementary school years. |
| | A) | Metalinguistic awareness |
| | B) | Alphabetic principle |
| | C) | Grammatical mastery |
| | D) | Pragmatics |
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