Childhood obesity is defined as having a BMI above what percentile?
What is 95th percentile
100
This, defined as a set of ideas about mental activities, begins to grow and enhance.
What is theory of mind
100
The fundamental shift in language development from early age to middle childhood
What is developing language awareness
100
What educational philosophy gives the teacher a role of authority for knowledge and the child a role as a passive listener
What is traditional classroom
100
Students with learning difficulties learn alongside typical students in the regular educational setting for all or part of the school day
What is inclusive classrooms
200
What is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that makes breathing difficult?
What is asthma
200
Involves three different, yet interrelated intelligences (analytical, creative, and practical)
What is Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory
200
2) Children who engage in as little as _____ minutes a day of independent reading are exposed to nearly 2 million
What is 21 minutes
200
One of the benefits of the constructivist classroom? (3 possible answers)
What is critical thinking skills/ -what is social and moral maturity/ -what is a positive attitude towards school
200
The percent of children that have learning disabilities (great difficulty with one or more aspects of learning usually reading)
What is 5%-10%
300
Childhood overweight is defined as having a BMI above what percentile?
What is 85th percentile
300
This theory involved eight different intelligences that allow humans to engage in very different activities (such as being an athlete, being a mathematician, and writing poetry).
What is Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
300
The communicative side of language when conversational strategies become refined
What is pragmatics
300
3) This modern philosophy of development that Vygotsky’s emphasis on social grounds leads to teachers and children as partners in learning, symbolic communication, and teaching adapted to each child
What is social-constructivist classroom
300
Condition students that have IQs that fall between 55 and 70 and they show problems in adaptive behavior or skills of every day living
What is mild mental retardation
400
The most common vision problem in middle childhood
What is myopia (nearsightedness)
400
According to this theory, kids aged 7-11 are a part of the concrete operational stage.
What is Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
400
Exposing children to a story, language in its complete form, when beginning to teach them to read is an example of using this technique
What is whole-language approach
400
A form of learning in which classmates work towards a common goal by stimulating and encouraging each other.
What is cooperative learning
400
A ___ child displays exceptional intellectual strengths
What is gifted
500
Overweight parents, low SES, bad eating habits, low physical activity, television, and cultural food environment are all causes of ____ ____.
What is childhood obesity
500
In concrete operational thought, children will (hopefully) master this idea, which includes decentration and reversibility.
What is conservation
500
When teaching children to read, beginning by teaching them letters and their respective sounds is using this approach
What is phonics approach
500
True or False: Teacher expectations have a greater impact on high achieving students than low achieving students. (if false, why?)
What is false, low achieving student have a tendency of falling into the negative self-fullfilling prophecy of the teacher. This can be diminished if the teachers believes in and encourages the low SES student.
500
A child with ______ ______ for creativity can be designated as gifted