EDST 1002 midterm ERU
Midterm Exam
Name_____________Eva Udris_________________
Student ID______________________________ 1. According to class discussion and the textbook, the law, “No Child Left Behind,” Will not affect teachers in secondary education
Will shorten the length of the school year
Will affect the lives of teachers every day
Relates only to teachers in a rural setting
Will go into effect after January 2009 2. A positive correlation between two factors indicates that the factors Are NOT necessarily related
Are strongly related
Decrease proportionally
Tend to increase and decrease together 3. What size or direction of correlation is likely to be obtained between a child’s age and the distance that they can long jump? Close to zero
Either +1.00 or -1.00
Negative
Positive 4. A correlation coefficient of 0.90 indicates that One event has been caused by another event
One event is strongly related to another event The two events are related 10 percent of the time
The two events are related 90 percent of the time 5. All developmental theories have the following general principle in common Development is balanced
-Development is gradual
Development occurs in random manners
Individuals develop at the same rate 6. The last part of the brain to fully develop is the Cerebellum
Cerebral cortex
Frontal lobe
Thalamus
7. Specialization of the two hemispheres of the brain involves
Broca’s area
Lateralization
The primary auditory cortex
Wernicke’s area 8. The last stage of Piaget’s developmental theory is Concrete operational
Sensorimotor
Formal operational
Scaffolding
9. Piaget’s basic blocks for thinking and memory are Actions
Accommodations
Adaptations
Schemas
10. The two processes involved in learning theory are Accommodation and assimilation
Assimilation and equilibration
Equilibration and organization
Social transmission and schema 11.Which one of the following is the clearest example of Piaget’s concept of assimilation/accommodation? Learning to speak a new
Name_____________Eva Udris_________________
Student ID______________________________ 1. According to class discussion and the textbook, the law, “No Child Left Behind,” Will not affect teachers in secondary education
Will shorten the length of the school year
Will affect the lives of teachers every day
Relates only to teachers in a rural setting
Will go into effect after January 2009 2. A positive correlation between two factors indicates that the factors Are NOT necessarily related
Are strongly related
Decrease proportionally
Tend to increase and decrease together 3. What size or direction of correlation is likely to be obtained between a child’s age and the distance that they can long jump? Close to zero
Either +1.00 or -1.00
Negative
Positive 4. A correlation coefficient of 0.90 indicates that One event has been caused by another event
One event is strongly related to another event The two events are related 10 percent of the time
The two events are related 90 percent of the time 5. All developmental theories have the following general principle in common Development is balanced
-Development is gradual
Development occurs in random manners
Individuals develop at the same rate 6. The last part of the brain to fully develop is the Cerebellum
Cerebral cortex
Frontal lobe
Thalamus
7. Specialization of the two hemispheres of the brain involves
Broca’s area
Lateralization
The primary auditory cortex
Wernicke’s area 8. The last stage of Piaget’s developmental theory is Concrete operational
Sensorimotor
Formal operational
Scaffolding
9. Piaget’s basic blocks for thinking and memory are Actions
Accommodations
Adaptations
Schemas
10. The two processes involved in learning theory are Accommodation and assimilation
Assimilation and equilibration
Equilibration and organization
Social transmission and schema 11.Which one of the following is the clearest example of Piaget’s concept of assimilation/accommodation? Learning to speak a new