Which of the following is NOT true regarding the prevalence of ADHD?
a. Children from highly educated families and children from families receiving Medicaid are most likely to be identified.
b. Black students make up less of the ADHD population but are identified at higher rates than their white peers. c. Male students are at least twice as likely to be identified as having ADHD as are their female peers.
d. The numbers of students identified as ADHD is steadly dropping each year as prevention techinques are discovered.
d
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What are the implications of the research finding that African-American children are 2.6 times less likely to be identified as having ASD?
What will be an ideal response?
In your Latin class, Janna made a 25 on her vocabulary test last week. She made a 60 this week. Janna
a. should be praised because she made significant improvement. b. should be praised so she doesn't feel bad about herself. c. shouldn't be praised because she still failed the test. d. shouldn't be praised because her intrinsic motivation is likely to be lessened.
Elvin speaks Spanish with his grandmother and English with everyone else at home, but he is starting school and needs to use English at school.Based on research about bilingualism, what should Elvin be encouraged to do about developing skills in both languages?
a. Develop English only. Bilingual students tend to use code-switching, an indication of low-level language skills. b. Speak English only. Avoid speaking Spanish. The dual languages will interfere with his ability to read and write English correctly. c. Focus on developing English and teach his grandmother to speak English. d. Keep developing skills in both languages. Being bilingual increases cognitive abilities.
According to the chapter, effective learning is a:
a. non-productive process b. constructive process c. deconstructive process d. reproductive process