Description
1. Explain Concrete Operational Thought using Classification, Seriation, Transitivity.
2. Describe 2 applications of Concrete Operations to education during late childhood.
3. Compare Convergent and Divergent thinking using a real world example.
4. Describe metamemory and knowledge about strategies as Metacognition.
5. Why might children high on Creative and Practical Intelligences not relate well to school demands? Do you agree with that based on your experience, why or why not?

6. Summarize the arguments for and against Multiple Intelligences. What is your perspective on the definition of Intelligence based on your experience?
7. What are 3 reasons culture-fair tests are hard to create?

8. Compare Whole Language and Phonics.
9. Compare Mastery, Helpless, and Performance Orientations using the definitions and personal examples. 9 What do Mastery-Oriented children often instruct themselves?

10. Compare Fixed and Growth Mindsets. What do individuals’ mindsets influence? Why and how do these mindsets develop based on your experience?
5. Select a scenario such as stealing, lying, or cheating. And explain the Moral Reasoning (ie, should the child do it….yes or no…why or why not) for each level of Kohlberg’s Stages.
a. Pre-Conventional: Do it or not, why?
b. Conventional: Do it or not, why?
c. Post Conventional: Do it or not, why?

11. Describe Erikson’s “Industry vs Inferiority.”