Which one of the following is the best illustration of metacognition?

Dax checks his knowledge after each chapter he studies.

Concrete operational thinking allows children to mentally:

combine, separate, order, and transform objects and actions.

lead to better memory performance.

Motivation is defined as:

the ability to try hard and persist facing difficulties.

Which is consistent with children’s mathematical development?

Make sure that children know WHY procedures work as well as HOW to use them

Developmental Scientists' use of the term rehearsal refers to:

self-repetition of material to be remembered.

What is metacognition?

the ability to think about one's own thoughts.

Three of the following are examples of self-regulation. Which one is not a good example of self-regulation?

A child tries to earn a treat that his teacher offered for good behavior.

Schooling improves cognitive performance by:

All of the answers are correct.

Which one of the following children clearly has a performance goal rather than a mastery goal?

Bart practices the song he will sing in his audition for the school choir

Becky interrupts other people to finish their sentences. Her conversation partners find this annoying. Becky:

Is violating the sociolinguistic conventions of her culture

Which one of the following teachers is most likely to promote intrinsic motivation in his or her students?

Ms. T describes historic events so vividly that her students are captivated

Which teacher demonstrates Piaget’s idea that assimilation & accommodation are necessary in cognitive development?

Mr. C shows BOTH how a topic is similar to things they know AND different

In North America, which approach appears to be most effective for teaching English speakers a second language?

Immerse in 2nd language, have them hear and speak it in class activities.

Children who display a mastery-oriented motivational pattern are:

likely to believe they can do better on tasks if they try harder.

3 of these strategies are recommended for helping children acquire mathematical concepts and skills. Which one is NOT?

Encourage children to do problems entirely in their heads when possible.

Which strategy is most likely to be effective in promoting semantic development?

Show several examples of new words

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

4 yrold Ben plays school with his sister, he writes lines of random letters

3 of these are influential in young children’s forming 1 or more secure attachments. Which is least important?

Presence of the same caregiver throughout the day

Which issue reflects a fundamental difference between Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories of cognitive development?

How much children depend on adult guidance to make cognitive gains

If you were to describe the nature of syntactic development, you would be most likely to say that it involves:

Learning how to put words together into comprehensible sentences

Children are motivated in various ways. Which of the following children exhibits intrinsic motivation?

Eli likes science when they learned about dinosaurs, his favorite topic.

From a Vygotskian perspective, scaffolding serves what purpose in instruction?

It supports children as they perform difficult tasks.

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1
Which one of the following is the best illustration of metacognition?
Betsy stays up late cramming for a geography test.
Dolly is taking the SATs. She checks out a prep. book & reads it.
Andrea is studying for a spelling test. They write each word five times .
Dax checks his knowledge after each chapter he studies.
2
Concrete operational thinking allows children to mentally:
direct action toward abstract concepts.
represent events from the past.
form conceptual categories.
combine, separate, order, and transform objects and actions.
3
Which one of the following is typically not used with English language learners?
English immersion programs
Dual Language Programs
Foreign language instruction
Bilingual education
4
Memory strategies:
are rarely seen until adolescence.
are too complex for use by preschool age children.
lead to better memory performance.
are unplanned activities that occur spontaneously.
5
Motivation is defined as:
arousal or energy mobilization.
seeking the equilibrium rather than personal growth.
the ability to try hard and persist facing difficulties.
the basic human drive to control the environment.
6
Which of the following is NOT a concept described by Piaget?
Accommodation
Zone of proximal development
Scheme
Assimilation
7
Which is consistent with children’s mathematical development?
Teach tricks such as- When you see the word less in a problem, you subtract
Make sure that children know WHY procedures work as well as HOW to use them
Have kids use procedures in isolation before apply to real-life situations
Make sure children acquire formal operations before they solve problems
8
Developmental Scientists' use of the term rehearsal refers to:
the ability to follow complex directions.
self-repetition of material to be remembered.
the role-playing games preschoolers play.
the way preschoolers repeatedly perform the same actions.
9
In middle childhood children begin to form cognitive representations to achieve a goal. This can now be seen in their
planning.
selective attention.
elaboration.
metacognition.
10
What is metacognition?
the combination of attention, memory, and planning
a hypothesis that explains cognitive development.
the ability to think about one's own thoughts.
knowledge about the process of memory.
11
By increasing the distance between pennies, Joe says there are more pennies. Joe is exhibiting
compensation.
reversibility.
failure to conserve number.
conservation of number.
12
Three of the following are examples of self-regulation. Which one is not a good example of self-regulation?
A child reminds herself in a whisper to raise her hand before talking
A child tries to earn a treat that his teacher offered for good behavior.
A child thinks, I paid attention in math today. I’m going to reward myself
Jax tracks the # of times he sharpens his pencil so he doesn't go too much.
13
Schooling improves cognitive performance by:
All of the answers are correct.
changing children's overall life situations.
teaching information-processing strategies.
increasing the knowledge base.
14
Which one of the following children clearly has a performance goal rather than a mastery goal?
Devon is bored by easy assignments
Bart practices the song he will sing in his audition for the school choir
Ann persists when she hits a hard math problem
Christina always does more than her teacher requires
15
"Take a minute to summarize what you've learned... and the progress you made." What type of goal is being encouraged?
Performance-approach goals
Performance-avoidance goals
Social goals
Mastery goals
16
Becky interrupts other people to finish their sentences. Her conversation partners find this annoying. Becky:
Lacks metalinguistic awareness
Is violating the sociolinguistic conventions of her culture
Isinvading her partners’ personal space
Shows less syntactic development than her peers
17
Which one of the following teachers is most likely to promote intrinsic motivation in his or her students?
Ms. T describes historic events so vividly that her students are captivated
Ms. C tells her students that she is disappointed in their math scores.
Mr. Q sends "good news letters" home when students have an A or B
Mr. X promises his students free time on Friday if they finish their work.
18
Which teacher demonstrates Piaget’s idea that assimilation & accommodation are necessary in cognitive development?
Ms. B makes sure students have learned a topic very, well before moving on
Mr. A presents new topics each day, so novelty keeps students interested
Ms. D uses drill & practice, asking students to work faster each time
Mr. C shows BOTH how a topic is similar to things they know AND different
19
In informal learning settings, children learn from interactions with family and caregivers because:
Both
Family can talk to the children in a familiar way
Family know how to make associations to a child’s past experiences
Neither
20
In North America, which approach appears to be most effective for teaching English speakers a second language?
Wait until adolescence so that they can grasp the new language.
Teach by age 5- after that they lose the ability to learn a 2nd language
Immerse in 2nd language, have them hear and speak it in class activities.
Talk with native speakers of the language, and alternate between languages
21
Children who display a mastery-oriented motivational pattern are:
likely to avoid difficult tasks.
likely to give up when they begin failing at a task.
highly intelligent.
likely to believe they can do better on tasks if they try harder.
22
3 of these strategies are recommended for helping children acquire mathematical concepts and skills. Which one is NOT?
Illustrate abstract procedures with concrete objects.
Encourage children to invent their own strategies for solving problems.
Encourage children to do problems entirely in their heads when possible.
Encourage children to use their fingers if they find that this helps them
23
Which strategy is most likely to be effective in promoting semantic development?
Allow kids to make up their own word meanings to encourage creativity
Let young kids to use words incorrectly to promote linguistic self-efficacy
Show several examples of new words
Encourage underextension in the preschool years
24
Informal learning is unique in that it
Involves testing
Is self-guided
Only happens in specific places
Targets academic achievement
25
Which one of the following students is most likely to have trouble learning in a noisy classroom?
a sixth grader
a third grader
a first grader
a tenth grader
26
Which one of the following children provides the best example of emergent literacy?
6 yr old Yaz understands rules of phonics but not how to spell hard words
2 yr old Torina tears pages out of a phone book before her parents notice
4 yrold Ben plays school with his sister, he writes lines of random letters
5 yr old Dasia can already read storybooks independently
27
3 of these are influential in young children’s forming 1 or more secure attachments. Which is least important?
Adults’ willingness to let children sometimes take the lead in interactions
Consistency in responding to children’s needs
Frequent expressions of affection
Presence of the same caregiver throughout the day
28
Which of these is NOT considered an Executive Function (EF)
Working Memory
grit
Cognitive Flexibility
Inhibitory Control
29
Children can repeat randomly presented items (numbers, words) immediately after the items are presented, called:
about four.
their memory span.
their knowledge base.
a good test of conservation ability.
30
Which issue reflects a fundamental difference between Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories of cognitive development?
Whether or not children construct their own understanding of the world
Whether challenging tasks promote cognitive development
How much children depend on adult guidance to make cognitive gains
Whether social interactions are important for cognitive development
31
If you were to describe the nature of syntactic development, you would be most likely to say that it involves:
Understanding the socialcustoms that surround language use in one’s culture
Developing a largevocabulary
Learning how to put words together into comprehensible sentences
The ability to make discriminations among very similar-sounding words
32
Memory changes in middle childhood are brought about by all of the following EXCEPT:
the acquisition of strategies for remembering.
an increase in the child's knowledge base.
an increase in the speed and capacity of working memory.
increases in intelligence.
33
Executive function has been found to be important to:
sibling relationships.
physical health.
academic success.
emotional health.
34
Children are motivated in various ways. Which of the following children exhibits intrinsic motivation?
Eli likes science when they learned about dinosaurs, his favorite topic.
Aubrey likes English class because she sits next to her best friend
Meg can't wait to get her brand new clarinet.
Cal is excited he made good grades because he gets a skateboard as a reward
35
From a Vygotskian perspective, scaffolding serves what purpose in instruction?
It lets children learn by watching one another.
It keeps school tasks within children’s actual developmental levels.
It supports children as they perform difficult tasks.
It gives children an idea of what they need to do to get good grades.

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