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t/f grade A q&a

Children with disabilities must be educated in a setting that is as similar as possible to
the one in which children who do not have the disability are educated. - (correct
answer)True


Individuals with mild mental retardation can be expected to develop academic skills at
approximately the sixth-grade level. - (correct answer)True


Dyscalculia is a learning disability that involves a difficulty in expressing thoughts in
writing composition. - (correct answer)False


Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is five times more common in girls than in boys. -
(correct answer)False


Compared to children without a learning disability, children with a learning disability are
more likely to show poor academic performance and are more likely to drop out of
school. - (correct answer)True


By age 8, a child should be able to articulate words correctly. - (correct answer)True


Girls are equally likely as boys to be classified as having a learning disability. - (correct
answer)False


Students who are gifted are often underchallenged and may become disruptive, skip
classes, and lose interest in achieving. - (correct answer)True


Emotional and behavioral disorders may involve relationships, aggression, depression,
or fears associated with personal or school matters. - (correct answer)True

, Semantics refers to the meaning of words and sentences. - (correct answer)True


An individual's attention span typically increases as he or she progresses from early
childhood through middle and late childhood. Children typically have more trouble
focusing their attention and maintaining it during early childhood than they do during
middle and late childhood. - (correct answer)True


Piaget believed that children who engage in "private speech" are more socially
competent than children who do not. - (correct answer)False


Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development has stimulated considerable interest in the
view that knowledge is situated and collaborative. - (correct answer)True


A teaching implication of brain science is that children will be better able to focus and
maintain attention as myelination progresses. - (correct answer)True


Early adulthood involves the transition from childhood to adulthood. - (correct
answer)False


According to both Piaget and Vygotsky, teachers should play the role of facilitator rather
than director. - (correct answer)True


The cells in the brain responsible for processing information stop dividing early in
childhood. Brain development is not influenced by outside experiences or actions. -
(correct answer)False


Children benefit when their parents and teachers actively engage them in conversation,
ask questions, and emphasize interactive rather than directive language. - (correct
answer)True