GACE Reading Study.com Guide 2

The time between childhood and adulthood is referred to as ____.

• independence

• adolescence

• cognitive

• pre-adulthood

How does school often influence a student's cognitive development?

• By boosting students' self-esteem.

• By offering more challenging subjects.

• By encouraging social behavior in the classroom.

• By requiring more physical endurance in gym class

Which of the following is TRUE about the influence of peers and parents on adolescents?

• Adolescents are influenced equally by their peers and their parents.

• Adolescents are not influenced by their peers nor by their parents.

• Adolescents are influenced less by their peers than by their parents.

• Adolescents are influenced more by their peers than by their parents.

Which of the following is TRUE about the importance of a teen's peer group during adolescence?

• They help the teen become more dependent on his/her parents.

• They help to diminish conflict between the teen and his/her parents.

• They help the teen become independent of his/her parents.

• They help to bring the teen into conflict with his/her parents.

Some studies have shown that the perceived ____ of teachers can impact how a student approaches school.

• friendliness

• aloofness

• attractiveness

• fairness

The use of a K-W-L (know, want to know, learned) chart:

• Supports the activation of prior knowledge.

• Forces students to have to read and engage in the classroom.

• Limits students' abilities to come up with their own independent thoughts and ideas.

• Has no true value in the learning process.

Scaffolding instruction allows teachers to:

• Track students so that the high level students are in one group and the low level students are in another.

• Water down the curriculum so that students can be successful even if it's at a lower level.

• Cut out parts of the curriculum determined to be irrelevant.

• Break instruction into smaller components so that students can organize information.

Guided practice can be used in:

• Only when the teacher has time to fit it into her lesson plans.

• Only in the language arts classroom because English Language Learners are not proficient in the English language.

• Only in math class because the concepts are so abstract that students are often confused.

• Any class where English Language Learners and other students need support.

Differentiating instruction means:

• Using different teachers to teach lessons in the classroom.

• Making it mandatory for teachers to be able to deliver instruction in multiple languages.

• Having a different curriculum just for ELL students.

• The use of various instructional strategies in order to support all students.

Students' prior knowledge is:

• Information they already know and come to class with

• The history of the subject they're being taught

• Information they're taught in the classroom

• Subconscious memory