Because Low-SES Children Are Read to for an Average of Just

question 14

Multiple Choice

Because low-SES children are read to for an average of just 25 hours over the preschool years,

• A) their social skills do not develop at the same pace as their middle- and high-SES counterparts.
• B) most low-SES children enter kindergarten with little idea of what reading and writing is.
• C) parents report higher stress levels when helping their children with homework during the school years.
• D) they are behind in emergent literacy skills and in reading achievement throughout the school years.

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Definitions:

Leadership Role

A position that involves guiding, influencing, or directing others towards achieving a common goal or completing a task.

Attentive

Paying close attention to something; noticing or carefully observing.

Left-Brain Dominant

A characteristic where a person is more analytical, logical, and detail-oriented, often associated with the left hemisphere of the brain.

Cornell System

A note-taking system devised at Cornell University, designed to efficiently organize notes into summaries, cues, and note-taking sections.