Compare acceleration and enrichment as educational strategies for gifted and talented children, and provide an example of each approach.
What will be an ideal response?
- Acceleration allows gifted students to move through their academic progress at their own pace. The material to be mastered is the same as that for other students, but the gifted student can acquire the knowledge at whatever rate (usually faster) they deem appropriate. An example might be a 13-year-old taking college courses.
- Enrichment keeps gifted and talented students at their age-appropriate grade level, but provides special programs and activities to offer greater depth to the curriculum. An example might be a 6th grader who designs and conducts her own experiment during an instructional period when her classmates are simply memorizing research-related terms.
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Which of the following appears to be TRUE about the use of the Lamaze method?
a. It has no apparent impact on the birthing process. b. Mothers using Lamaze report less pain and ask for less medication. c. It completely eradicates pain during the birthing process. d. It is a method only used in the United States.
Using which brain tool is X-ray information collected by a computer from a number of different angles and then formed into an image of the brain to reveal the effects of strokes, injuries, tumors, and other brain disorders?
a. CT scan b. EEG c. PET scan d. functional MRI
If between-groups variance is small, then we have not observed:
a. experimenter effects. b. an effect of the dependent variable. c. enough samples. d. an effect of the independent variable.
Which of the following assertions regarding lifespan development can be attributed to both G. Stanley Hall and Charles Darwin?
A) Humans evolved from other animals. B) Biology dictates human personality. C) Environment dictates healthy development. D) Norms should be identified for each developmental stage.