Research shows that children who engage in as little as 21 minutes of independent reading per day
A) are exposed to nearly 2 million words per year.
B) show an advanced understanding of infinitive phrases.
C) learn about 5 new words each day.
D) show substantial gains in intelligence scores.
A
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While attempting to visit a friend in Boston, Enrique is struggling with his friend's directions. They go something like this:
"Turn left at the ball park, right at the movie theater, go around the mall, and make a left turn." The directions are almost meaningless, because Enrique has never been to Boston before. Which of the following provides the best explanation for the breakdown in communication? A) Enrique is experiencing retroactive interference. B) Enrique is experiencing the recency effect. C) Enrique does not have a schema to attach the new information to. D) Enrique is trying to process too much information at one time.
Why is it important for a student to do well on the first quiz?
(a) because expectations have a substantial effect on behavior (b) because the first quiz is usually the easiest one (c) it is important to do well on all quizzes; there is nothing special about the first one (d) because doing well enhances the chance of making an external attribution for doing well