During which type of activities are young children likely to learn most effectively?
A. teacher-directed
B. self-directed
C. open-ended
D. closed-ended
B
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The Scree Plot is used to visualize which of the following output/results from the IBM SPSS Statistics software’s Factor Analysis procedure?
a. eigenvalues b. square roots of components c. square roots of all eigenvalues d. arithmetic means for each variable
Guidance efforts in a middle school should be:
a. patterned after elementary school guidance programs that focus on learning about school and dealing with friends b. patterned after secondary school programs that focus on the needs of adolescents finishing school and preparing to find their place in life and society. c. an academic program that emphasizes guidance and academics—one that will help young adolescents and increase achievement test scores at the same time. d. neither be a slightly revised elementary school program nor a watered-down version of the secondary program—it needs to offer activities that reflect the needs of 10 to 15 year olds, the middle school concept, a knowledge of the early adolescence developmental period, and the challenges facing young adolescents.
Piaget presented his studies of conservation as evidence of the illogical thinking of young children.
a. What did he mean by the term conservation? b. Describe one of his conservation tasks and the kinds of responses that children in the preoperational and concrete operations stages are likely to give. c. Describe a specific way in which a child's ability to conserve is essential for learning ineither mathematics or science.
Which of the following is NOT a form of child neglect?
a. Educational neglect. b. Emotional neglect. c. Sexual neglect. d. Physical neglect.