Student name:__________

MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that

best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) The two main approaches to student learning are
constructivist and

1) ______

D) cooperative.
A) deconstructivist.
B) instrumental.
C) direct instruction.

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2) Which of the following statements regarding the

constructivist view of student learning is TRUE?

2) ______

D) All of these
A) It is learner-centered. choices are correct.
B) Individuals actively construct their knowledge.
C) Teachers are guides to learning.
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3) In Mr. Durgan's U.S. history class, students work in mentor for the project.
teams to explore, research, and present a topic to the class. This is an example of
They can choose from a list of topics or propose a topic to the
teacher for approval. Mr. Durgan serves as their guide and

3) ______

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A) the constructivist approach to learning. education approach.
B) the jigsaw classroom.
C) direct instruction.

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4) An important goal in the direct instruction approach to

learning is

4) ______

D) None of these
A) collaboration. choices are correct.
B) maximizing student learning time.
C) the development of critical thinking skills.

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5) Which of the following statements regarding the direct

approach to learning is NOT true?

5) ______

D) It emphasizes
A) It is a student-centered approach. time on academic tasks.
B) It is a teacher-centered approach.
C) It is a passive approach.

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lectures and uses PowerPoint slides to illustrate her main
points, has the students memorize key facts, and keeps the
students focused on the material. Ms. Carter is using which
approach to learning?

6) ______

D) constructivist
A) critical thinking
B) nontraditional
C) direct instruction

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7) One of the criticisms of the direct instruction approach

to learning is that it

7) ______

D) wastes
A) is boring for the learners. valuable class time.
B) focuses too much on the development of critical
thinking and not enough of the content of the discipline.
C) turns children into passive learners.

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8) Jamie has a reading disability. Which of the following

approaches to learning would experts recommend for Jamie?

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D) computer-
A) self-paced learning assisted
B) direct instruction
C) peer-tutored

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9) Many states have identified objectives for students in policy in 2002 when
their state and created tests to measure whether students were the_____ legislation was
meeting those objectives. This approach became national signed into law.

9) ______

D) Reach for
A) Carnegie Foundation Success
B) Talent Search
C) No Child Left Behind

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10) No Child Left Behind places responsibility for student

learning primarily on

10) ______

D) teachers'
A) the federal government. unions.
B) individual towns and communities.
C) the states.

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11) Which topic does the No Child Left Behind legislation

NOT measure?

11) ______

D) All of these
A) social skills choices are correct.
B) creativity
C) flexible thinking
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12) The Common Core State Standards Initiative

12) ______

C) ends social
A) mandates standardized testing to ensure that promotion.
children meet certain educational objectives. D) ensures that
B) specifies what students should know and the skills schools hire quality
they should develop at each grade level in various content teachers.
areas.

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13) Which of the following is a criticism of No Child Left

Behind?

13) ______

A) Using a single

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B) Teachers spend too much time "teaching to the D) All of these
test." choices are correct.
C) It limits ability to develop higher-level thinking

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14) Some experts in the area of adolescent giftedness underperforming students

believe that the inadequate education of gifted adolescents has at the expense of the
been compounded by _____, which focuses on gifted.

14) ______

D) All of these
A) IDEA choices are correct
B) No Child Left Behind
C) I Have a Dream program

describe their education.

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15) The _____ Act allows states to scale back the role that
test scores play in holding schools accountable for student
achievement.

15) ______

D) I Have A
A) Every Student Succeeds Dream
B) No Child Left Behind
C) Common Core

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16) If adolescents are to be adequately prepared for that students become

tomorrow’s jobs, schools must take an active role in ensuring _____.

16) ______

D) None of these
A) forward thinkers choices are correct.
B) technologically literate
C) bilingual
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17) The transition to middle school or junior high school

is stressful because

17) ______

select their courses.

A) students have less independence than they did in D) many changes
elementary school. are taking place at the
B) students have to shift to a team-oriented approach. same time.
C) students have too many subjects from which to

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18) The top-dog phenomenon occurs when

18) ______

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A) older students bully younger students in the D) teachers let
school setting. students know that they are
B) students go from being the most powerful in a in control in the classroom.
school to the least powerful in a new, higher-level school.
C) shy students compete with more assertive students

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19) Turning Points 2000 continues to endorse the recommendation for

recommendations of Turning Points 1989 but adds a new schools to

19) ______

courses.
A) have all students learn a foreign language, D) None of these
beginning in elementary school. choices are correct.
B) engage in instruction to help students achieve
higher standards and become life-long learners.
C) provide more elective courses and fewer core

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20) Employers expect employees to have all of the

following basic skills EXCEPT the ability to

20) ______

C) read at
A) communicate effectively both verbally and in
writing.
B) do basic geometry.

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D) solve semistructured problems.

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21) In suggesting ways to improve schools, the National

Research Council emphasized the importance of

21) ______

elective courses.
A) finding ways to get students more engaged in D) extending the
learning. school day to allow for
B) expanding the high-school curriculum to include more instructional time.
courses on life skills.
C) getting back to basics and eliminating many

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22) Being a high school dropout increases the likelihood

of ______ during emerging adulthood.

22) ______

D) poor peer
A) attempted suicide relations
B) divorce
C) high levels of neuroticism

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primary reason for leaving school was

23) ______

C) economic.
A) peer-related. D) school-related.
B) personal.

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24) Which of the following statements regarding school

dropouts is NOT true?

24) ______

do so for personal reasons.

A) Students from low-income families are more D) Almost 50
likely to drop out than those from middle-income families. percent of students drop
B) A positive trajectory towards academic success is out due to personal
related to good parent-adolescent relationships in early problems.
adolescence.
C) Approximately one-third of the girls who drop out

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25) Mrs. Grundy, a superintendent of schools, wants to

implement strategies that will decrease the dropout rate in her
district. According to research, what should Mrs. Grundy
concentrate on FIRST?

25) ______

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A) Early detection and remediation of children's pregnancy rates.
learning difficulties. D) Developing
B) Allowing adolescents to have shorter school days more exciting curricula so
so that they can work and contribute financially to their that students won't drop
families. out from boredom.
C) Developing comprehensive sex-education

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26) Talent Search, a high school dropout prevention

program, provides all of the following services to at-risk
students EXCEPT

26) ______

D) training in test-
A) mentoring. taking skills.
B) tutoring.
C) vocational training.

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27) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds

dropout-reduction programs that emphasize which strategy?

27) ______

C) keeping at-risk
A) peer mentoring and tutoring students with the same
B) Saturday school to help students catch up with teachers through their high
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28) The "I Have A Dream" Program is designed to

28) ______

D) promote
A) prepare students to open their own businesses. greater harmony among
B) prevent students from dropping out of school. diverse ethnic groups.
C) prevent teen pregnancy.

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29) Which of the following statements about the transition

from high school to college is NOT true?

29) ______

college.
A) There is an increased focus on achievement and D) Students have
performance. more opportunities to
B) The transition to college usually involves moving explore different values in
to a more personalized setting. college.
C) Students have more time to spend with peers in

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college is NOT true?

30) ______

their male counterparts to

A) Today's college freshmen report that they are feel overwhelmed.
experiencing more stress than in the past. D) The pressure to
B) College males are more likely than their female succeed in college is
counterparts to feel overwhelmed. pervasive.
C) College females are more than twice as likely as

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31) The reason most frequently given for stress and

depression among college students is

31) ______

D) pressure from
A) living away from home. parents to get good grades.
B) having too many assignments and too little time to
complete them.
C) fear of failing in a success-oriented world.

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32) How much more money can a college graduate expect

to make compared to a higher school graduate?

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C) $30,000
A) $10,000 D) $40,000
B) $20,000

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33) American colleges are criticized because

33) ______

requirements.
A) they teach general versus specific job skills. D) few students
B) they offer degrees in too few areas. complete their degrees.
C) they are too selective in the admissions

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34) Which of the following statements regarding the social

context of schools is NOT true?

34) ______

peers, extracurricular
A) The school environment increases in scope and activities, clubs, and
complexity as children move into middle and junior high community.
schools. D) The classroom
B) Adolescents socially interact with many different is the social field.
teachers and peers.
C) Social behavior is heavily weighted towards

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35) Two effective general strategies for creating positive

classrooms are effectively managing the group's activities and
using

35) ______

D) a laissez-faire
A) an authoritarian strategy. strategy.
B) an authoritative strategy.
C) a permissive strategy.

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36) Mr. Delaney encourages his students to be

independent thinkers and doers, but he still monitors them and
provides clear rules and regulations for his classroom. He
engages his students in considerable verbal exchanges about
the subject matter and displays a caring attitude towards them.
Mr. Delaney has which of the following classroom
management strategies?

36) ______

D) laissez-faire
A) authoritative
B) authoritarian
C) semi-permissive

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37) Students in authoritarian classrooms often develop

37) ______

D) All of these
A) passive learning habits. choices are correct.
B) poor communication skills.
C) anxiety about social comparison.

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38) Students in permissive strategy classrooms have all of

the following EXCEPT

38) ______

D) inadequate
A) low self-control. academic skills.
B) considerable autonomy.
C) support for developing learning skills.

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39) Mrs. Chen has been given an award by her school

district for being a highly effective teacher. Which of the
following is most likely to be true of Mrs. Chen?

39) ______

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A) She is able to keep her class working together. pace for moving through
B) She has strict rules to avoid any discipline material and does not
problems at all. waste time.
C) She does not do much actual direct instruction;
she monitors student learning in groups.

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40) Mr. Root has clear classroom rules, but students are so rule. As a result, his
busy being absorbed in learning that he rarely has to enforce a students are

40) ______

D) All of these
A) more likely to be motivated. choices are correct.
B) less likely to develop academic problems.
C) less likely to develop emotional problems.

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41) Which of the following statements regarding

secondary-school students' problems is NOT true?

41) ______

C) Discipline
A) Secondary-school students' problems are more
difficult to modify than those of elementary school students.

B) Secondary-school students demand elaborate

explanations of rules.

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D) Secondary-school students may be unruly and
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42) Which of the following factors has adolescent expert entering middle school or
Jacquelynne Eccles identified as a problem for adolescents junior high school?

42) ______

D) Teachers
A) Teachers become more lax at the same time that become more controlling
young adolescents need more structure. at a time when young
B) Teachers become more like surrogate parents adolescents are seeking
when young adolescents need less warmth and adult interest. more autonomy.
C) A decreased emphasis on grades makes things less
stressful.

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43) Ross's parents have routines for meals, chores,

recreation, homework, and bedtimes. As a result, Ross is
likely to

43) ______

D) rebel against
A) be on the honor roll nearly every term. his parents for forcing such
B) have few school problems. a scheduled life.
C) be involved in several extracurricular activities.

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44) Which one of the following is NOT recommended in

terms of how parents should be involved in their children’s
education?

44) ______

own work.
A) Keep in mind that ability is not fixed and can D) Interact with
change. children in positive ways.
B) Help children complete their homework
assignments.
C) Encourage children to be responsible for his/her

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45) Which of the following statements regarding parental

involvement in adolescents' schooling is TRUE?

45) ______

curricular choices.
A) Most parents are fairly knowledgeable about D) Parents'
normal adolescent development. involvement needs to
B) Parents and teachers usually get to know each decrease by the time their
other well at the high-school level. children are in high school.
C) Parents need to receive better information about

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46) Which of the following individuals is MOST likely to be bullied?

46) ______

D) Peter, a
A) Tom, a ninth grader who is somewhat aggressive. somewhat anxious and
withdrawn sixth grader.
B) Janet, a quiet but popular seventh grader.
C) Agnes, a studious tenth grader.

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47) Which of the following students is most likely to be a

bully?

47) ______

peers.
A) Skyler, who has average grades and is fairly D) Lisa, who is an
popular. honor student but suffers
B) Donald, who drinks alcohol and has some mild from anxiety.
depressive symptoms.
C) Evie, who is shy and socially withdrawn from her

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48) What developmental outcomes have been associated

with victims of bullying?

48) ______

B) internalizing
A) attempted suicide problems like depression

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D) All of these choices are correct.

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49) How might parents indirectly affect the likelihood of

children both being victim of bullying and a perpetrator of
bullying?

49) ______

D) using an
A) supervising their children indulgent parenting style
B) using harsh discipline techniques
C) having depression

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50) What role do peers play in bullying?

50) ______

C) Both of these
A) Peer support can prevent bullying because bullies choices are correct.
are less likely to target those with friends who can defend the D) Neither of
person being bullied. these choices are correct.
B) Peers encourage bullying because bullies often
gain social status by bullying victims.

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51) Oliver has been threatened and harassed on the

Internet by another child. He has had rumors spread about
him and has had direct threats made against him. Oliver is a
victim of

51) ______

D) covert
A) instrumental bullying. bullying.
B) virtual harassment.
C) cyberbullying.

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52) Olweus's bullying prevention program focuses on

children ages

52) ______

C) 12 to 15.
A) 6 to 9. D) 6 to 15.
B) 7 to 11.

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D) 30 to 70
A) 10 to 25 percent. percent.
B) 20 to 30 percent.
C) 70 to 90 percent.

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54) All of the following students are participating in

extracurricular activities EXCEPT

54) ______

D) Sam, who
A) Naomi, who is in her school's drama club. takes violin lessons at the
B) Elliot, who is a member of the Future Teachers' Community Academy of
Club. Music.
C) Courtney, who works part-time at a local pizza
shop.

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55) Which of the following statements regarding

extracurricular activities is NOT true?

55) ______

activities.
A) Participation in extracurricular activities is linked C) The more years
to higher grades. adolescents spend in
B) Students focused on a single extracurricular extracurricular activities,
activity benefit more than students who participate in many the stronger likelihood of

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D) High-quality extracurricular activities include adult mentors.

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56) Eddie lives in a housing project for low-income

families. His parents both work hard, but there is little time or
extra money for their children. Eddie is most likely to attend a
school that has

56) ______

D) None of these
A) high expectations for students. choices are correct.
B) inexperienced teachers.
C) several state and federal grants to buy computers
and other teaching technology.

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57) The City Connects program involves site coordinators

and teachers collaborating to develop a plan that might
include

57) ______

D) All of these
A) an after school program. choices are correct.
B) tutoring.
C) family counselling.

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58) ______ is a nonprofit organization that recruits and

selects college graduates from universities to serve as teachers
in low-income conditions.

58) ______

D) Bill and
A) City Connects Melinda Gates Foundation
B) Teach for America
C) Turning Points

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59) Jonathan Kozol, author of The Shame of the Nation,

found in his visits to 60 U.S. schools in low-income areas that
teachers

59) ______

but they were adequate.

A) often employed threatening discipline techniques. D) All of these
choices are correct.
B) tried to stimulate critical thinking.
C) have fewer resources than schools in better areas,

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60) According to Gollnick & Chinn, Sawyer, Spencer & enrolled in a special-
others, which of the following students is MOST likely to be education class?

60) ______

D) Greta, an
A) Joey, a Latino adolescent exchange student from
B) Emmy, an Asian adolescent Austria
C) Oscar, a non-Latino White adolescent

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61) According to Gollnick & Chinn, Sawyer, Spencer &

others, which of the following students is MOST likely to be
enrolled in an advanced math class?

61) ______

D) Angie, an
A) Erica, a non-Latino White girl Asian girl
B) Charlene, an African-American girl
C) Everett, a Native-American boy

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62) According to Gollnick & Chinn, Sawyer, Spencer &

others, which students are MOST likely to be suspended from
school?

62) ______

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A) Latinos Whites
B) African Americans
C) Native Americans

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63) America's fastest-growing minority population is

63) ______

D) African
A) immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Americans.
B) Latinas.
C) Filipinos.

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64) Ms. Robbins, a high-school guidance counselor, tells college. Anita is most
Anita, a Latina adolescent, that she should plan to go away to likely to

64) ______

D) ask Ms.
A) agree with Ms. Robbins. Robbins to talk to her
B) get married right out of high school and not attend parents about letting her
college. move away for college.
C) want to stay close to home, due to family
responsibilities.

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65) The "jigsaw classroom" was developed by

65) ______

C) Elliot Aronson.
A) John Dewey. D) Peter Blos.
B) Maryanne Bright.

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66) Troy, an African American student, works in

cooperation with students from a variety of backgrounds who
each contribute different parts of a classroom project in order
for the group to reach a common goal. Troy is participating in
a

66) ______

D) router
A) jigsaw classroom. classroom.
B) patchwork classroom.
C) crossword classroom.

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67) Three important

aspects of the Comer
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comprehensive school plan, assessment strategy, and staff parent's program; and

67) ______

D) a strong focus
A) a program for siblings. on life skills.
B) a mental health or school support team.
C) a strong focus on athletics.

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68) Which of the following statements regarding

secondary-school experiences in other countries is TRUE?

68) ______

with parental permission.

A) Brazil requires students to go to school until they D) Australia
are 16 years of age. mandates that students be
B) Japan requires school attendance until at least age in school until age 18.
15 to 16.
C) Russia allows students to leave school at age 15

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69) Which of the following statements regarding

Germany's school system is NOT true?

69) ______

B) It offers a
A) It has four educational ability tracks. classical education, which

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C) It has a comprehensive exit exam.
D) The academic school prepares students to enter a

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70) Which of the following countries has an entrance

examination for secondary schools?

70) ______

C) Australia
A) China D) Brazil
B) Japan

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71) Which of the following countries has a comprehensive

secondary-school exit exam?

71) ______

C) Australia
A) China D) Japan
B) Brazil

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72) Lizeth goes to school in Brazil. She is required to study

72) ______

D) None of these
A) Western literature. choices are correct.
B) Portuguese and four other languages (Latin,
French, Spanish, and English).
C) weaving and other indigenous crafts.

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73) Which of the following statements regarding Chinese

schools is TRUE?

73) ______

C) Classrooms are
A) Parents are responsible for orienting their large but orderly.
adolescents to behave in school. D) All of these
B) Chinese schools send students with discipline choices are correct.
problems home immediately.

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74) What is the best explanation as to why the U.S. has a

lower percentage of adults with a college education than
many other countries?

74) ______

prevents many from

A) The high cost of a college education in the attending college.

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 B) Poor math and science performance among U.S. D) None of these
high school students prevents many from getting into college. choices are correct.
C) U.S. colleges are more academically difficult than
colleges in other countries.

describe their education.

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75) ADHD is categorized as

75) ______

D) a disability.
A) an emotional disturbance.
B) a cognitive impairment.
C) a mental illness.

describe their education.

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76) The largest group of U.S. students to receive special

education is children with

76) ______

D) speech and
A) mental retardation. language impairments.
B) emotional problems.
C) learning disabilities.

describe their education.

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77) A learning disability can involve all of the following
EXCEPT difficulty with

77) ______

C) spelling.
A) math. D) music.
B) reading.

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78) Individuals who have a severe impairment in their

ability to read and spell have a type of learning disability
known as

78) ______

C) dyslogia.
A) dyslexia. D) dyspepsia.
B) dyscalculia.

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79) Researchers have found all of the following to be true

of learning disabilities EXCEPT

79) ______

B) the most
A) learning disabilities reside in a specific area of the common learning disability
brain. involves reading.

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often have poor handwriting. letters and sounds.
D) children and adolescents with learning disabilities

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80) Which of the following characteristics must be present

for a diagnosis of ADHD?

80) ______

C) anxiety
A) obsessions and compulsions D) inattention
B) phobias

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81) James cannot sit still for a 75-minute college class. He

gets up every 15 minutes and walks across the room to the
wastebasket. He shreds his Styrofoam cup into tiny pieces,
interrupts the professor to ask questions about material that
has already been covered, and shouts out answers to questions
without raising his hand. It is likely that James

81) ______

C) has ADHD.
A) is gifted and is bored in class. D) has OCD.
B) has restless-leg syndrome.

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82) A major concern of experts is that ADHD is being

82) ______

D) None of these
A) undiagnosed. choices are correct.
B) incorrectly diagnosed.
C) overdiagnosed.

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83) David, age seven, has been diagnosed with ADHD.

All of the following are probably true for David EXCEPT

83) ______

D) he needs help
A) he will outgrow his condition by late adolescence. to organize his work.

B) he has difficulty working independently.

C) he is distractible.

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 84) ______

C) Ritalin
A) Cymbalta D) Resperidol
B) Lisinopril

describe their education.

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85) ADHD is best treated with

85) ______

D) antidepressant
A) medication and behavior management. medications.
B) behavior management without medication.
C) stimulant medications.

describe their education.

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86) New treatments for ADHD include all of the following

EXCEPT

86) ______

D) horseback
A) neurofeedback. riding.
B) exercise.
C) mindfulness training.

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87) Autism spectrum disorders are characterized by

87) ______

D) All of these
A) problems in social interaction. choices are correct.
B) difficulties in processing information.
C) repetitive behaviors.

describe their education.

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88) ______ is a relatively mild autism spectrum disorder and a restricted range of
in which the child has relatively good verbal language skills interests and relationships.

88) ______

D) None of these
A) Asperger syndrome choices are correct.
B) ADHD
C) Dyscalculia

describe their education.

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89) A written statement that spells out a program

specifically tailored for children or adolescents with a
disability is called

89) ______

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 D) an
A) an inclusion plan. individualized education
B) a mainstreaming plan. plan.
C) a child-centered plan.

describe their education.

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90) Patrice's daughter, Amber, has a severe hearing This plan does not meet
disorder which requires that she have a sign-language Amber's needs. This plan
interpreter in order for her to learn. When Patrice meets with does not meet the
the education team, she is given an educational plan that was standards of
developed for another student with mild hearing problems.

90) ______

D) a
A) an IEP. mainstreaming plan.
B) the No Child Left Behind Act.
C) an inclusion plan.

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91) Educating a child or adolescent with special education

needs in the regular classroom full-time is called

91) ______

D) supplemented
A) mainstreaming. education.
B) inclusion.
C) modified education.

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92) Which of the following statements regarding gifted

adolescents is NOT true?

92) ______

D) They monitor
A) In many cases, they require explicit instruction. their understanding better
B) They excel at information processing. than their nongifted
C) They begin to master an area earlier than their counterparts.
peers.

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93) Adolescents who are gifted have a superior talent in

some domain and/or

93) ______

children.
A) are creative. D) All of these
B) have an above-normal average IQ, usually 130 or choices are correct.
higher.
C) are dedicated to their studies more than average

describe their education.

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94) Ellen Winner's three characteristics of adolescents
who are gifted are precocity, a passion to master, and

94) ______

D) slow but
A) marching to their own drummer. methodical processing of
B) becoming easily bored. information.
C) external motivation.

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95) Moira, age 13, began playing the violin at age 4. Now characteristic of giftedness
she can play nearly as well as her father, who is a professional that Ellen Winner calls
musician. She seems to love her music lessons, and playing
the violin seems effortless for her. Moira is demonstrating a

95) ______

D) marching to
A) rapid information processing. her own drummer.
B) precocity.
C) a passion to master.

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96) Linda, age 12, is gifted in art. Her parents arrange for characteristic of giftedness
her to take a class in sculpture at a local college, but she does that Ellen Winner calls
not take directions from the professor very well. While other
students ask for support and guidance, Linda creates her
sculptures totally on her own. Linda is demonstrating a

96) ______

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B) precocity.
C) a passion to master.

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ESSAY. Write your answer in the space provided or on a instruction approaches to

separate sheet of paper. learning.
97) Compare and contrast the constructivist and direct

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98) Describe the No Child Left Behind Act, its goals, and
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99) Describe the Every Student Succeeds Act and the

flexibility states have when implementing the law.

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100) Discuss the International Society for Technology in

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101) Explain why the transition to middle or junior high

school can be difficult or stressful for many students.

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103) Explain the philosophy behind the "I Have a Dream"

Project.

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104) Explain why the transition from college to work can

be difficult.

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105) Compare and contrast the major differences among the permissive strategy of
authoritative strategy of classroom management, the classroom management.
authoritarian strategy of classroom management, and the

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106) Describe research findings on the roles of family

management practices and parental involvement in adolescent
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107) Describe the scope, types, characteristics of victims

and perpetrators, and negative outcomes of bullying.

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108) What differences exist between adolescents who

participate in extracurricular activities and those who do not?

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109) What are some of the barriers to learning that are

faced by adolescents from low-income backgrounds?

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Answer Key

Test name: Chapter

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10 Schools

1) C
2) D
3) A
4) B
5) A
6) C
7) C
8) B
9) C
10) C
11) D
12) B
13) D
14) B
15) A
16) B
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18) B
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20) B
21) A
22) A
23) D
24) D
25) A
26) C
27) C
28) B
29) B
30) B
31) C
32) B
33) A
34) D
35) B
36) A
37) D
38) C
39) A
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41) C
42) D
43) B
44) B
45) C
46) D
47) B
48) D
49) A
50) C
51) C
52) D
53) D
54) C
55) B
56) B
57) D
58) B
59) A
60) A
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62) B
63) B
64) C
65) C
66) A
67) B
68) B
69) A
70) B
71) C
72) B
73) D
74) A
75) D
76) C
77) D
78) A
79) A
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83) A
84) C
85) A
86) D
87) D
88) A
89) D
90) A
91) B
92) A
93) B
94) A
95) B
96) D
97) The constructivist approach is a learner- with careful
centered approach that emphasizes the monitoring and
importance of individuals actively meaningful
constructing their own knowledge and guidance from the
understanding with guidance from the teacher. teacher. Today,
In the constructivist view, teachers should not constructivism may
attempt to simply pour information into include an emphasis
children's minds. Children should be on collaboration—
encouraged to explore their world, discover children working
knowledge, reflect, and think critically, all with each other in

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their efforts to know and understand. By important goal in
contrast, the direct instruction approach is a the direct
structured, teacher-centered approach that is instruction approach
characterized by teacher direction and control, is maximizing
high teacher expectations for students' student learning
progress, maximum time spent by students on time.
academic tasks, and efforts by the teacher to
keep negative affect to a minimum. An
98) NCLB is the U.S. government's effort to spending far too
hold schools and school districts accountable much class time
for the success or failure of their students. teaching to the test.
This legislation shifts the responsibility to the Despite such
states, requiring states to create their own criticisms, the U.S.
standards for student achievement in Department of
mathematics, English/language arts, and Education is
science. Critics of NCLB argue that the committed to
legislation will do more harm than good. One implementing
criticism stresses that using a single score NCLB, and schools
from a single test as the sole indicator of are making
students' progress and competence represents accommodations to
a very narrow aspect of student skills. Critics meet the
also say that the tests schools use to access requirements of the
achievement as part of NCLB don't measure law.
important skills such as creativity, motivation,
persistence, flexible thinking, and social skills.
In addition, critics point out that teachers are
99) The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is scheduled for
is the most recent initiative in U.S. education. implementation
It was passed into law in December 2015 and during the 2018-

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2019 school year. ESSA retains annual testing least one
for reading and writing success in grades 3 to nonacademic factor
8, then once more in high school. States can —such as student
also scale back the role that test scores play in engagement—when
holding schools accountable for student tracking schools’
achievement. In addition, schools must use at success.
100) According to the International Society creatively in their
for Technology in Education, each adolescent use of digital tools.
should become an empowered learner, Finally, each
actively using technology to reach learning student should be a
goals. Each student should become a digital global collaborator,
citizen, demonstrating responsibility and using technology to
ethical use. Each student should be a widen their
knowledge constructor, using a variety of perspectives and
resources and digital tools. Students should be enhance their
innovative designers, using various learning by
technologies to craft useful and imaginative connecting with
solutions. Students should be computational others both locally
thinkers by developing strategies in using and globally.
technology to create solutions. Students
should be creative communicators by
communicating effectively and thinking
101) The transition takes place at a time changes in social
when many changes in the individual, in the cognition; increased
family, and in the school are occurring at the responsibility and
same time. These changes include puberty and decreased
related concerns about body image; the dependency on
emergence of at least some aspects of formal parents; change to a
operational thought, including accompanying larger, more

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impersonal school structure; change from one biggest, and most
teacher to many teachers and from a small, powerful students in
homogenous set of peers to a larger, more the elementary
heterogeneous set of peers. In addition, there school to being the
is an increased focus on achievement, youngest, smallest,
performance, and assessment. When students and least powerful
make the transition to middle or junior high students in the
school, they experience the top-dog middle or junior
phenomenon, moving from being the oldest, high school.
102) In the last half of the twentieth century likely to drop out of
and the first decade of the twenty-first high school despite
century, U.S. high school dropout rates doing well
declined. The dropout rate of Latino academically and
adolescents remains high, although it has been behaviorally. Many
decreasing considerably in the twenty-first school dropouts
century. Gender differences in U.S. high have friends who
school dropout rates have been narrowing, but are also school
males were still slightly more likely to drop dropouts.
out than females. Students drop out of school Approximately one-
for school-related, economic, family-related, third of the girls
peer-related, and personal reasons. School- who drop out of
related problems are consistently associated school do so for
with dropping out of school. Students from personal reasons,
low-income families are more likely to drop such as pregnancy
out of school than those from middle-income or marriage.
families. Adolescents who had poor
relationships with their families were more
103) The "I Have a Dream" Project (IHAD) dropout prevention
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administered by a national foundation in New high school, IHAD
York. Created in 1986, it has grown to over provides the tuition
180 projects, serving more than 15,000 necessary for them
children and adolescents. The basic idea to attend a state or
behind IHAD is that local chapters "adopt" local college or
entire grades from public elementary schools vocational school.
or corresponding age cohorts from public This program has
housing developments. These children, called been highly
Dreamers, are then provided with a program successful in
of academic, social, cultural, and recreational keeping children in
activities throughout their elementary, middle- school and
school, and high-school years. An important encouraging them to
part of this program is that it is personal, go on to college.
rather than institutional. IHAD sponsors and
staff develop long-term, close relationships
with the children. When participants complete
104) Having a college degree is a strong individuals have
asset. College graduates can enter careers that difficulty obtaining
will earn them considerably more money in the type of job they
their lifetimes than those who do not go to desire, or any job at
college, and the income differences between all. Bouncing from
college graduates and high-school graduates one job to another
continue to grow. Nonetheless, in North after college is not
American countries, the transition from unusual.
college to work is often difficult. U.S. colleges Accelerated
train many students to develop general skills technical and
rather than vocationally specific skills, with occupational change
the result that many college graduates are in the future may
poorly prepared for specific jobs or make it even more
occupations. After finishing college, many difficult for colleges

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to provide training that keeps up with a improved training
shifting job market. Thus, it is important for for changing job
colleges and employers to become better opportunities.
connected with each other, in order to provide
105) The authoritative strategy of classroom comparison, and
management encourages students to be have poor
independent thinkers and doers, but still communication
involves effective monitoring. Authoritative skills. The
teachers engage students in considerable permissive strategy
verbal give and take and show a caring of classroom
attitude toward them. However, they still management offers
declare limits when necessary. Teachers students
clarify rules and regulations, establishing considerable
these standards with input from students. An autonomy but
authoritative strategy will help students provides them with
become active, self-regulated learners. little support for
In contrast with this learning style are two developing learning
ineffective strategies: authoritarian and skills or managing
permissive. The authoritarian strategy of their behavior.
classroom management is restrictive and Students in
punitive. The focus is mainly on keeping order permissive
in the classroom rather than on instruction and classrooms tend to
learning. Authoritarian teachers place firm have inadequate
limits and controls on students and have little academic skills and
verbal exchange with them. Students of these low self-control.
teachers tend to be passive learners, fail to
initiate activities, express anxiety about social
106) Researchers have found that family grades and self-
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negatively to school-related problems. A school than in
particularly important family management elementary school.
practice important is maintaining a structured Teachers list
and organized family environment, which parental
includes establishing routines for homework, involvement as the
chores, and bedtime. Creating a family number one priority
environment in which high expectations for in improving
achievement are present is also important. education.
Parental involvement is even less in secondary
107) Significant numbers of students are bullying and
victimized by bullies. Bullying is defined as cyberbullying.
verbal or physical behavior intended to disturb Cyberbullying is
someone less powerful. Boys and younger more strongly
middle-school students were most likely to be associated with
affected. Children who said they were bullied suicidal ideation
reported more loneliness and difficulty of than traditional
making friends, whereas those who did the bullying. Research
bullyng were more likely to have low grades shows that
and to smoke and to drink alcohol. cyberbullying
Researchers have found that anxious, socially occurs twice as
withdrawn, and aggressive children are often much as traditional
the victims of bullying. A recent study bullying and that
indicated that bullies and their victims in those who engaged
adolescence were more likely to experience in cyberbullying
depression, engage in suicidal ideation, and were often likely to
attempt suicide than were their counterparts also have engaged
who were not involved in bullying. Bullies in traditional
and victims both have more health problems bullying.
than their counterparts who are not involved in
bullying. An increasing concern is peer

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108) Extracurricular activities include such single
diverse activities as sports, honor societies, extracurricular
band, drama club, and various academic clubs. activity. In addition,
Researchers have found that participation in the more years that
extracurricular activities is linked to higher adolescents spend in
grades, school engagement, less likelihood of extracurricular
dropping out of school, improved probability activities, the
of going to college, higher self-esteem, and stronger the link
lower rates of depression, delinquency, and with positive
substance abuse. Adolescents benefit more developmental
from engaging in a breadth of extracurricular outcomes.
activities than they do when they focus on a
109) Many adolescents in poverty face students going to
problems that present barriers to their college. They are
learning. They might have parents who don't also more likely to
set high educational standards for them, who have young teachers
are incapable of reading to them, or who don't with less experience
have enough money to pay for educational who encourage rote
materials and experiences, such as books and learning. The school
school trips. In addition, they might be environments may
malnourished and live in areas where crime be less than optimal,
and violence are a way of life. Schools in low- with old buildings
income areas are more likely than schools in and classrooms in
higher-income locations to have more students need of
with low achievement test scores, low refurbishing.
graduation rates, and small percentages of
110) Turn the class into a jigsaw classroom, in which each
one in which students from different cultural contribute a
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project in order for the group to reach a about cultural
common goal. Encourage students to have a issues. Reduce bias.
positive personal contact with diverse other View the school and
students. Encourage students to engage in community as a
perspective taking. This helps students to team. Be a
"step into the shoes" of peers who are competent cultural
culturally different and feel what it is like to mediator.
be treated in fair or unfair ways. Help students
think critically and be emotionally intelligent
111) An adolescent with a learning disability Research indicates
has difficulty in learning that involves that it is unlikely
understanding or using spoken or written that learning
language; the difficulty can appear in disabilities reside in
listening, thinking, reading, writing, spelling, a single, specific
or math. To be classified as a learning brain location. More
disability, the learning problem is not likely, learning
primarily the result of visual, hearing, or disabilities are due
motor disabilities; intellectual disability; to problems with
emotional disorders; or environmental, integrating
cultural, or socioeconomic disadvantage. information from
About three times as many boys as girls are multiple brain
classified as having a learning disability. Boys regions or to subtle
are more likely to be referred by teachers for impairments in
treatment because of their behavior. brain structures and
Approximately 80 percent of students with a functions.
learning disability have a reading problem.
112) ADHD is a disability in which children inattention,
and adolescents consistently show, over time, hyperactivity, and
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number of children and adolescents diagnosed and behavior
and treated for ADHD has increased management
dramatically. The disorder occurs as much as improves the
four to nine times more in boys than in girls. behavior of children
Stimulant medication, such as Ritalin and with ADHD better
Adderall, is effective in improving the than medication
attention of many children with ADHD. alone or behavior
However, researchers have found that a management alone.
combination of medication, such as Ritalin,
113) Until the 1970s, most public schools tailored for children
either refused enrollment to children and and adolescents
adolescents with disabilities or served them with a disability.
inadequately. In 1975, Public Law 94-142, the The least restrictive
Education of All Handicapped Children Act, environment is a
required that all students with disabilities be setting that is as
given a free, appropriate public education. In similar as possible
1990, Public Law 94-142 was recast as the to the one in which
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act children and
(IDEA). IDEA was amended in 1997 and then adolescents who do
reauthorized in 2004, when it was renamed the not have a disability
Individuals with Disabilities Education are educated. Many
Improvement Act. legal changes
IDEA spells out broad mandates for services regarding children
to all children and adolescents with and adolescents
disabilities. These include evaluation and with disabilities
eligibility determination, appropriate have been
education, an individualized education plan extremely positive.
(IEP), and education in the least restrictive Compared with
environment. The IEP is a written statement several decades ago,
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today are receiving competent, specialized supplemental
services. For many students, inclusion in the services, is
regular classroom, with modifications or appropriate.
114) Ellen Winner, an expert on giftedness, giftedness.
describes three characteristics of adolescents •A passion to
who are gifted. master:
Adolescents who
•Precocity: Children and adolescents who are are gifted are driven
gifted are precocious when given the to understand the
opportunity to use their gift or talent. They domain in which
begin to master an area earlier than their peers they have a high
do. Learning in their domain is more effortless ability. They display
for them than it is for adolescents who are not an intense,
gifted. obsessive interest
•Marching to their own drummer: and a high ability to
Adolescents who are gifted learn in a way that focus. They do not
is qualitatively different from that of their need to be pushed
nongifted counterparts. They need minimal by their parents.
help from adults to learn. Often, in fact, they They frequently
resist explicit instruction. They make have a high degree
discoveries on their own and find unique of internal
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