Question 1
Which one of the following statements is TRUE regarding research about children?
◦ Research almost always provides reliable findings upon which teachers can base most judgments in the classroom.
◦ Research provides good guesses about what children are like, but does not reveal truths.
◦ Research provides far less helpful information to teachers than the "wisdom of practice."
◦ Research provides definitive information about children that can guide parenting and teaching.
Question 2
The main focus of the very earliest research on children was:
◦ collecting observations that would support the current social and religious beliefs of the time.
◦ identifying children whose behavior and learning were atypical.
◦ comparing European children with those of Third World countries.
◦ describing and explaining the course of normal development.