One Possible Yardstick for Measuring the Role of Schools in Children's

question 32

Multiple Choice

One possible yardstick for measuring the role of schools in children's development is to ask if schooling promotes cognitive development.Does the research evidence support this relationship?

• A)Schooling is associated with increased factual knowledge, but does not promote growth in thinking skills or metacognitive knowledge.
• B)Schooling promotes both factual knowledge and growth in thinking skills and metacognitive knowledge.
• C)Schooling promotes cognitive growth but tends to diminish children's social and interpersonal skills.
• D)Schooling has negligible effects on cognitive growth but increases a child's interpersonal skills.

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