To answer a parent's question, a literacy coach says, "Sometimes a low aptitude for reading is inherited and sometimes it is not." Why would he have said that?
A. There has been relatively little research in this area.
B. Sensitivity to adult emotions is as important as it is for students.
C. When a reading specialist is still learning about the literacy field, if he or she does not know the answer, a response that is equivocal is best.
D. Presently available information seems to show that a genetic transmission of an aptitude is a tenable explanation for the success or failure of some individuals, however, in other cases, what may appear to be a hereditary cause may be an environmental one.
D
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An explanation for why cross-cultural research on moral development has not found that everyone reaches the highest stage of moral reasoning is that ______.
a. people in many cultures are reluctant to answer questions about hypothetical dilemmas b. the interviewers did not do a good job of making the participants comfortable before the interviews began c. the measure of moral reasoning used in this research may be biased because it reflects Western and urban cultural values d. the research frequently used interviewers who were from different ethnic backgrounds than the people they interviewed
The enactive, ikonic, and symbolic levels of representation are associated with:
a. Jean Piaget. b. Edward Thorndike. c. Jerome Bruner. d. Howard Gardner.
Children with this serious illness have chronic lung disease and frequent lung infections
a. asthma b. Cystic fibrosis c. Sickle-cell anemia d. Spina bifida
Recent research has shown that lecturers are among the most stressed workers. A researcher wanted to know exactly what it was about being a lecturer that created this stress and subsequent burnout. She recruited 75 lecturers and administered several questionnaires that measured: Burnout (high score = burnt out), Perceived Control (high score = low perceived control), Coping Ability (high score = low ability to cope with stress), Stress from Teaching (high score = teaching creates a lot of stress for the person), Stress from Research (high score = research creates a lot of stress for the person), and Stress from Providing Pastoral Care (high score = providing pastoral care creates a lot of stress for the person). The outcome of interest was burnout, and Cooper's (1988) model of stress
indicates that perceived control and coping style are important predictors of this variable. The remaining predictors were measured to see the unique contribution of different aspects of a lecturer's work to their burnout. Which of the predictor variables does not predict burnout?
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A. Stress from research
B. Perceived control
C. Stress from teaching
D. Stress from providing pastoral care