Physical Development in Middle Childhood

Question 1

children leaner to read by learning letter-sound correspondence to decipher simple words

Answer 1

phonics approach

Question 2

teaching reading by encouraging all language skills- talking, listening, reading writing

Answer 2

whole language approach

Question 3

define learning goals and follow them
follow on orderly set of steps
learn details well
more Asian and Caucasian

Answer 3

analytical style

Question 4

focus attention on whole pictures
will focus on what kids finds interesting
higher percentage of Native Americans, Hispanics, Black

Answer 4

relational style

Question 5

about 7-11years old

thought is now more flexible, logical, and organized than it was in early childhood

Answer 5

concrete operational stage

Question 6

can now understand that you can mentally undo some kind of mental or physical transformation

Answer 6

reversibility

Question 7

can go from their own experience to a general principle

Answer 7

inductive logic

Question 8

not yet as good; based on hypothetical premises, requires starting with general principle and then predictive some outcome

Answer 8

deductive logic

Question 9

focusing on several aspects of a problem and relating them, rather than just centering on just one

Answer 9

decenteration

Question 10

capacity to think through a series of steps and then mentally reverse it, coming back to starting point

Answer 10

reversibility

Question 11

principle that things are the same even if characteristics shift

Answer 11

identity

Question 12

ability to order items according to a quantitative quality such as number, height, weight

Answer 12

seriation

Question 13

organization of things into groups according to some characteristics they have in common

Answer 13

classification

Question 14

Piaget’s idea that it takes kids a few years to apple new cognitive skills to all new kinds of things

Answer 14

Horizontal Decalage

Question 15

ability to use short-term memory effectively

Answer 15

processing efficiency

Question 16

ability to recall information from long-term memory without short term-memory capacity

Answer 16

automaticity

Question 17

part of a larger process called executive process; information processing that allow people to devise strategies and carry them out

Answer 17

metacognition

Question 18

fail to produce strategies when they could be helpful

Answer 18

production deficiency

Question 19

sometimes produce strategies but not consistently

Answer 19

control deficiency

Question 20

execute strategies consistently but performance does not improve

Answer 20

utilization deficiency

Question 21

use strategies consistently and performance does improve

Answer 21

effective strategy use

Question 22

repeating things to yourself

Answer 22

rehearsal

Question 23

grouping related items

Answer 23

organization

Question 24

creating a relationship or shared meaning between two or more pieces of information that are not members of same category

Answer 24

elaboration

Question 25

focus of education from 6-12years of age in school

Answer 25

literacy