When Children Practice Basic Skills Over and Over Again, They

question 61

Multiple Choice

When children practice basic skills over and over again, they can eventually perform them quickly and with little thought or effort. An advantage of such automatization is that the skills:

• A) Require less working memory capacity
• B) Enable children to bypass working memory
• C) Enable children to bypass the sensory register
• D) Make the use of long-term memory unnecessary for simple tasks

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Definitions:

Competitive Society

A societal structure in which individuals or groups are in constant competition for resources, status, or achievement.

Pedagogic Violence

Is Bourdieu’s term for teachers’ application of punishments intended to discourage deviation from the dominant culture.

Hidden Curriculum

The tacit, unofficial teachings and values students pick up during their education, which are not part of the formal curriculum.

Cultural Capital

Non-financial social assets, such as education, intellect, style of speech, dress, or physical appearance, that promote social mobility beyond economic means.