Chapter 9

Question 1

Why is low achievement closely correlated with lack of resources?

Answer 1

The poorer you are, you have the low achievement because there is a lack of experience. They also have no way in investing themselves which is why they have low experience that leads them to have less achievement which is why they’re poor

Question 2

Mediation

Answer 2

Identification of stimuli, assignment of meaning, and identification of strategy

Question 3

Children’s brains in poverty

Answer 3

The brains of most children are similar to those of adults who have had strokes. A mostly have lesions in the prefrontal cortex that handles executive function such as impulse control, planning, and working memory.

Question 4

Vocabulary is the tool for thinking

Answer 4

It is also a tool to better define the problem and seek more accurate solutions. Also helps categorizes information and sorts information with shared meanings

Question 5

Metacognition

Answer 5

The ability to think about ones thinking

Question 6

United States schooling structure

Answer 6

Assuming that each child is ready to learn. If the student is not we test in place a student in a special program or give them a label and little is done to address Their cognitive functions.