National Institute on Media and the Family
1. The bulk of vocabulary development in children is thought to occur:
a) before birth.
b) though teaching in school.
c) through exposure to language.
d) by interacting with other children of the same age.
2. Which of the following is thought to contribute the most to individual differences in children's vocabularies?
a) natural ability
b) the quality of the child's reading materials
c) spoken language
d) the amount a child reads (reading volume)
3. How much does the average child read per week outside of school?
a) one-half hour
b) one hour
c) two hours
d) three hours
4. Studies have shown that children who watch carefully constructed educational programs that are aimed at their age level (such as Sesame Street):
a) do worse on pre-reading skills than children who watched infrequently or
not at all.
b) do better on pre-reading skills than children who watched infrequently or
not at all.
c) do the same on pre-reading skills as children who watched infrequently or
not at all.
d) do the same on pre-reading skills as children who watch cartoons or purely
entertainment television.
5. Which of the following impact reading and other academic skills?
a) the amount of television a child watches
b) the type of television shows a child watches
c) the age of the child
d) all of the above
6. Children who are read to as preschoolers tend to:
a) develop early reading skills more easily.
b) dislike reading by themselves.
c) have a smaller vocabulary than children who watch television.
d) watch more television than children who are not read to.
7. According to the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, children:
a) spend more time doing homework than watching television.
b) spend as much time doing homework as watching television.
c) spend twice as much time watching television as doing homework.
d) spend four times as much time watching television as doing homework.
8. A study of Los Angeles children found that children hearing a story:
a) produced less imaginative responses than those who saw the same story on
film.
b) produced the same responses as those who saw the same story on film.
c) produced more imaginative responses than those who saw the same story on
film.
d) were less interested in the story than those who saw the story on film.
9. There is some evidence that children who are heavy television viewers tend to:
a) dislike reading.
b) read less than those who are light television viewers.
c) read lower quality materials than those who are light television viewers.
d) all of the above
10. Heavy television viewers tend to read:
a) science fiction and mysteries.
b) teen romances and books about celebrities.
c) biographies and how-to books.
d) general nonfiction.
And the answers are: 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b, 5-d, 6-a, 7-d, 8-c, 9-d, 10-b.
This
quiz is presented monthly by the National Institute on Media and the Family.
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