Chapter 12
Think about the statements presented. Are they facts of myths? (true or false)
For this week’s activity, make a choice for each statement AND also give justification/explanation for
your response. Terse responses will not be counted.
1. T or F- During middle childhood, cognitive processes become more logical and more abstract.
2. T or F - Children who get their education from selling fruits or other items on the street still score
well on standard math achievement tests.
3. T or F- Personal and cultural experiences are unrelated to the learning of new concepts.
4. T or F-The basic cognitive processing capacity of schoolchildren does not differ greatly from that of
preschoolers.
5. T or F- Thinking critically, whether direct instruction is more effective than discovery learning
during the school years depends partly on cultures and goals.
6 T or F- Children between the ages of 6 and 11 excel at switching between formal and informal forms
of language.
7. T or F- The best strategy for teaching a school-age child whose language is in a nonstandard form is
to conduct all instruction in standard English.
8. T or F- Most developmentalists agree that there should be a standard educational system for all
children.
9. T or F- Both the phonic and whole-language approaches to learning have been disputed by current
research.
10.T or F- U.S. teachers present math at a higher level than do their German and Japanese counterparts