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| Explain, compare and contrast, and evaluate the following perspectives on
cognitive development during the school years: Piaget, information processing,
and Vygotsky. |
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| Discuss the personal, social and educational benefits and challenges of
bilingualism in America. |
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| Identify the major trends affecting schooling in North America and
worldwide. |
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| Explain racial, gender, and cultural differences in attributions of
success and failure, and discuss how these subjective interpretations, by self
and others, contribute to school outcomes. |
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| Discuss how teachers transmit their expectations to students and how these
expectations affect student performance and teacher behavior. |
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| Define intelligence, discuss historical milestones in the area of
intelligence testing, and identify the major tests used to measure
intelligence. |
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| Discuss the controversies associated with the measurement and
interpretation of intelligence test scores and review the research on the
effect of IQ. |
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| Define mental retardation, identify the four major categories, and discuss
the capabilities and limitations associated with each level. |
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| Define “gifted and talented” and discuss the primary approaches to
educating children who fall outside the normal range of intelligence. |
