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ASU Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development In Middle and Late Childhood Flashcards

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BODY GROWTH and CHANGE:
Growth averages _______ inches per year

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2-3

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BODY GROWTH and CHANGE:
Weight gain averages _______ pounds a year

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5-7

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BODY GROWTH and CHANGE:
TRUE or FALSE: Head circumference and waist circumference increase in relation to body height in middle and late childhood

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FALSE. It decreases.

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BODY GROWTH and CHANGE:
TRUE or FALSE: (1) Do bones continue to ossify during middle and late childhood, and (2) do they usually fail in yielding to pressure and pull more than mature bones?

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(1) TRUE
(2) FALSE, They do yield to pressure and pull more than their mature counterparts

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THE BRAIN:
Significant changes in structure and regions occur, most especially in the _______ part of the brain.

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Prefrontal Cortex

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MOTOR DEVELOPMENT:
TRUE or FALSE: Girls outperform boys in their use of fine motor skills

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TRUE

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MOTOR DEVELOPMENT:
Improvement of fine motor skills during middle and late childhood occur due to increased ________ of the central nervous system.

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Myelination

(Definition: formation of the myelin sheath around a nerve to allow for improved conduction)

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Formation of the myelin sheath around a nerve to allow for improved conduction.

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Myelination

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EXERCISE:
Higher level of physical activity is linked to lower level of metabolic disease risk based on the following (3) measures, which are…?

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  • Cholesterol
  • Waist Circumference
  • Insulin Levels
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EXERCISE:
This form of exercise improves a child’s attention and memory, goal-oriented thinking, and their creativity

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Aerobic Exercise

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HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND DISEASE:
TRUE or FALSE: Middle and late childhood is considered to be a time wherein it’s the most awful in terms of health

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FALSE, it’s a time of excellent health.

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HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND DISEASE:
What is considered to be the most common cause of severe injury in middle and late childhood?

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Motor Vehicle Accidents

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HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND DISEASE:
What are the (2) causes of overweight gain in children?

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  • Heredity
  • Environmental Contexts
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HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND DISEASE:
What are the (3) consequences of overweight gain in children?

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  • Diabetes
  • Hypertension
  • Elevated Blood Cholesterol
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HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND DISEASE:
What type of disease involving a particular organ is considered uncommon in children, however with present risk factors?

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Cardiovascular Disease

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HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND DISEASE:
This disease is considered to be the second leading cause of death in children 5-14 years old.

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Cancer

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HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND DISEASE:
What is the most common form of cancer in children?

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Leukemia

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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
A form of disability wherein a child experiences difficulty in learning that involves understanding or using of spoken or written language - appearing in their listening, thinking, reading, writing and spelling skills.

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Learning Disability

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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
A learning disability wherein one experiences severe impairment in the ability to read and spell.

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Dyslexia

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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
A learning disability wherein one experiences difficulty in writing.

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Dysgraphia

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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
A learning disability wherein it’s considered a developmental arithmetic disorder.

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Dyscalculia

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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
A disorder characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity

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ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
What does ADHD stand for?

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Attention
Deficit
Hyperactivity
Disorder

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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
Enumerate the (4) possible causes of ADHD.

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  • Genetics
  • Brain damage during Prenatal or Postnatal Development
  • Cigarette/Alcohol Exposure during Prenatal Development
  • Low Birth weight
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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
A category of disorders that are serious and persistent problems involving inappropriate socioemotional characteristics and emotional distress involving personal or academic matters.

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Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
What does ASD stand for?

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Autism
Spectrum
Disorders

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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
A form of ASD that is onset within the first three years of life and involves deficiencies in social relationships, abnormalities in communication, and repetitive patterns of behavior.

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Autistic Disorder

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SCOPE OF DISABILITIES:
A form of ASD wherein one has good verbal language skills and milder nonverbal language problems, as well as a restricted range of interests and relationships.

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Asperger Syndrome

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EDUCATIONAL ISSUES:
A written statement that is specifically tailored for a disabled student.

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Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

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EDUCATIONAL ISSUES:
An environmental setting that is similar as possible to the one in which non-disabled children are educated.

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Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

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EDUCATIONAL ISSUES:
What does IEP stand for?

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Individualized Education Plan

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EDUCATIONAL ISSUES:
What does LRE stand for?

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Least Restrictive Environment

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EDUCATIONAL ISSUES:
Involves educating a child with special education needs full- time in a regular classroom.

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COGNITIVE CHANGES:
Cognitive Developmental Theory: What is the age range for the concrete operational stage?

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COGNITIVE CHANGES:
Cognitive Developmental Theory: One’s ability to order stimuli along a quantitative dimension.

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COGNITIVE CHANGES:
Cognitive Developmental Theory: One’s ability to combine relations to understand certain conclusions.

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Transitivity

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COGNITIVE CHANGES:
Cognitive Developmental Theory: These people argue that Piaget got some things right, but that his theory needs considerable revision.

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Neo-Piagetians

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COGNITIVE CHANGES:
Cognitive Developmental Theory: The Neo-Piagetians elaborated, and gave more emphasis on these (3) concepts in Piaget’s theory.

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  • Information Processing
  • Strategies
  • Precise Cognitive Steps
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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
This form of memory increases with age during middle and late childhood.

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Long-term Memory

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
This form of memory is a passive storehouse to keep information until moved to long-term memory.

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Working Memory

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
Which form of memory is considered to be a “mental workbench”?

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Working Memory

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
The one key component of working memory is the…?

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Central Executive

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
A form of memory that holds significant events and experiences in one’s life.

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Autobiographical Memory

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
Deliberate mental activities that improve the processing of information.

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Strategies

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
Enumerate at least (2) out of the (5) strategies to improve information processing.

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  • Elaboration
  • Engagement in Mental Imagery
  • Understanding of Material
  • Varied Repitition
  • Embedding of Memory-relevant Language
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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
A strategy that involves engaging in a more extensive processing of information.

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Elaboration

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
A theory wherein memory is best understood by considering verbatim memory trace and gist.

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Fuzzy Trace Theory

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
Enumerate the (3) dimensions of executive function which are considered the be the most important for cognitive development and academic success

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  • Self Control/Inhibition
  • Working Memory
  • Flexibility
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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
A form of thinking that involves reflectively and productively evaluating evidence.

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Critical Thinking

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
A form of thinking that involves the ability to think in novel and unusual ways.

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Creative Thinking

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
Being alert, mentally present and cognitively flexible are key to one’s…?

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Mindfulness

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
A form of thinking wherein one produces one correct answer and is characteristic of a kind of thinking tested by standardized intelligence tests.

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Convergent Thinking

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
A form of thinking wherein one produces many answers to the same question and is characteristic of creativity.

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Divergent Thinking

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
A form of thinking wherein one asks fundamental questions about reality and identifies causal relations.

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Scientific Thinking

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
Cognition about cognition.

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Metacognition

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INFORMATION PROCESSING:
Knowledge about memory.

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Metamemory

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INTELLIGENCE:
Stable and consistent ways in which people differ from each other.

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Individual Differences

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INTELLIGENCE:
What are the (3) types of Binet Tests?

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Mental Age (MA)
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
Normal Distribution

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INTELLIGENCE:
A type of Binet Test that is an individual’s level of mental development relative to others.

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Mental Age (MA)

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INTELLIGENCE:
A type of Binet Test wherein a person’s mental age is divided by their chronological age and multiplied by 100

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Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

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INTELLIGENCE:
These provide an overall IQ score and yield (3) composite indexes.

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Wechsler Scales

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INTELLIGENCE:
Enumerate the (3) composite indexes under the Wechsler Scales

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  • Verbal Comprehension Index
  • Working Memory Index
  • Processing Speed Index
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INTELLIGENCE:
Enumerate the (3) forms of intelligence under the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

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  • Analytical Intelligence
  • Creative Intelligence
  • Practical Intelligence
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INTELLIGENCE:
Enumerate the (8) frames of mind according to Gardner.

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  • Verbal
  • Mathematical
  • Spatial
  • Bodily-Kinesthetic
  • Musical
  • Interpersonal
  • Intrapersonal
  • Naturalist
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INTELLIGENCE:
Enumerate the (4) factors one must consider in interpreting differences in IQ scores.

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  • Genetic Influence
  • Environmental Influence
  • Group Difference
  • Culture- fair Tests
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INTELLIGENCE:
TRUE or FALSE: IQ is the sole indicator of competence.

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FALSE, it is not.

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INTELLIGENCE:
What does IQ stand for?

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Intelligence Quotient

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EXTREMES OF INTELLIGENCE:
A form of disability wherein one has limited mental ability due to low IQ,and therefore had difficulty adapting to everyday life.

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Intellectual Disability

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EXTREMES OF INTELLIGENCE:
An intellectual disability caused by a genetic disorder or brain damage.

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Organic Intellectual Disability

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EXTREMES OF INTELLIGENCE:
An intellectual disability with no evidence of organic brain damage, wherein an individual will have a general IQ of 50-70.

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Cultural-familial Retardation

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EXTREMES OF INTELLIGENCE:
A person with above-average intelligence (IQ of 130 or higher) and/or has superior talent for something.

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EXTREMES OF INTELLIGENCE:
Enumerate the (3) criteria to determine if someone is gifted.

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  • Precocity
  • Has a Passion to Master
  • Marches to their own Beat
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VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR AND METALINGUISTIC AWARENESS:
Knowledge about language.

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Metalinguistic Awareness

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READING:
An approach to reading wherein the reading instruction should parallel a child’s natural language learning.

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Whole-language Approach

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READING:
An approach to reading wherein the reading instruction should teach basic rules for translating written symbols into sounds.

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Phonics Approach

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WRITING:
TRUE or FALSE: Bilinguilism has a positive effect on children’s cognitive development.

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WRITING:
TRUE or FALSE: Research supports bilingual education.

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