Learning & Development - Ch 4: Student Diversity

Typical ways of perceiving and remembering information, and solving problems, are known as:

• Learning habits

• Instructional strategies

• Learning styles

• Personal patterns

A single broad ability that supports many academic tasks:

• Working memory

• Creativity

• General intelligence (g)

• Logical reasoning

In general, teachers interact with boys more often than with girls by a margin of:

• 10%

• 25%

• 10–30%

• 50%

The belief that relationships and responsibilities define a person is:

• Individualism

• Collectivism

• Humanism

• Autonomy

The IRE cycle in teacher talk stands for:

• Intervene, Report, Evaluate

• Initiation, Response, Evaluation

• Instruction, Review, Examination

• Inquiry, Reflection, Explanation

When students define themselves by opposing mainstream culture:

• Integration

• Peer bonding

• Resistance culture

• Personal identity

People of colour and Indigenous peoples may have been involuntary minorities originally.

• True

• False

In some communities, not making direct eye contact is a sign of respect.

• True

• False

Gross motor skills develop more quickly in girls during the early elementary years.

• True

• False

Gifted students may become bored and develop behaviour problems.

• True

• False