The Carnegie Foundation Evaluated U

question 56

Multiple Choice

The Carnegie Foundation evaluated U.S. middle schools and recommended that:

• A) smaller "communities" or "houses" should be developed to lessen the impersonal nature of large middle schools.
• B) schools improve their use of technology, computers, and skills that will be needed in the twenty-first century.
• C) schools add more grade levels to encompass a wider age range to reflect differences in adolescent development.
• D) middle schools be integrated with high schools so that the younger adolescents can take advantage of having older adolescents as role models.

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Definitions:

Morphemes

The tiniest parts of language grammar that hold semantic value.

Adult Speech

The way in which adults communicate using language, typically more complex and varied in vocabulary than child speech.

Linguistic Relativity

The theory that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition, suggesting that language and thought are interdependent.

Syntax

Pertains to the rules that govern the structure of sentences in language, including the order of words and phrases to convey clear semantic meaning.