(TCTX5200) Learner Development Quiz
In general, a teacher's expectations tend to have the least effect on a middle school student's:
Peer relations
Students in a middle school science class are beginning a theme-based project on the stars and planets. The students ask the teacher to have an astronomy professor visit the class. The teacher finds that to have the professor visit the class by Skype would be a great option. The teacher can best promote the success of the astronomy professor's virtual visit by:
Providing the professor with a few pointers on how to interact with young adolescents
Abstract thinking tends to begin in middle school.
True
Early elementary students have limited empathy (ability to understand what others think and feel).
True
Early elementary students prefer concrete learning to abstract ideas.
True
High school students are the group at greatest risk for eating disorders, substance abuse, depression, and suicide.
True
High school teachers can reasonably expect their classes to sit still in their desks for a full hour-long class.
True
In preschool and kindergarten, children begin to play together but will also play by themselves.
True
In the years immediately before puberty, females are often taller and heavier than males.
True
Typically, students begin to consider the opinions of their peers in early elementary school.
True
Upper elementary students can think logically and symbolically.
True
Upper elementary students desire feedback about their improvement and how they can continue to do better in school.
True
In kindergarten, students typically do not use a preferred hand (right or left).
False
Rudeness, imitation, and drama typically begin in middle school.
False
In the early elementary grades, students prefer to play in gender segregated groups.
False
Early elementary teachers can reasonably expect their classes to sit still in their desks for a full hour-long class.
False
In high school, students' brain processing power levels off or even diminishes.
False
