Heath Of Elem Sch Child. Review Exam 1

Front 1

Which domain of health includes appearance and energy level?

Back 1

Physical

Front 2

Which domain of health includes coping skills and self-control?

Back 2

Emotional

Front 3

domain of health includes self-acceptance and personal value system?

Back 3

Self Self acceptance: Emotional

Personal Value system: Spiritual

Front 4

the early 1900s, the greatest number of Americans died from which of the following?

Back 4

 Pneumonia
 Tuberculosis
 Diarrhea/ enteritis
 Heart disease
 Liver disease
 Injuries
 Cancer
 Senility
 Diphtheria

Front 5

In the twentieth century, the greatest number of Americans died from which of the following?

Back 5

 Heart disease
 Cancer
 Stroke
 Chronic lung disease
 Unintentional injuries
 Diabetes
 Influenza / pneumonia
 Alzheimer’s disease
 Kidney disease

Front 6

According to Healthy People (1979), approximately 50 percent of premature morbidity and mortality is related to

Back 6

Personal lifestyle behavior choices

Front 7

health-related factors over which we can exert significant personal control include

Back 7

 Tobacco
 Obesity
 Alcohol
 Infections
 Toxic agents
 Motor vehicles
 Firearms
 Sexual behavior
 Drug use

Front 8

Which of the following lists best represents the priorities identified by the CDC for health education programs?

Back 8

 Tobacco use
 Poor eating habits
 Alcohol and other drug use
 Behaviors resulting in intentional and unintentional injuries
 Physical inactivity
 Sexual behaviors resulting in HIV and other STDs or unintended pregnancy

Front 9

Research confirms that participation in health risk behaviors compromises

Back 9

 Biology
 Behaviors
 Social environment
 Physical environment
 Public policies and interventions
 Access to quality health care

Front 10

School-based professionals must be the most comfortable with activities that focus on?

Back 10

 Make the environment challenging, yet supportive to help reduce stress
 Structure learning experiences that enable students to practice social skills and peer acceptance.
 Use humor, movement, or the expressive arts to engage students and ease instructional transitions

Front 11

How many components are included in a coordinated school health program?

Back 11

8 (PCFN HHHH)

1) Physical education
2) Counseling/Psychological and social services
3) Family and community involvement
4) Nutrition Services
5) Health education
6) Health services
7) Healthy school environment
8) Health Promotion for faculty and staff

Front 12

What is the most familiar element of a coordinated school health program?

Back 12

 Educational or instructional foundation: Comprehensive school health education

Front 13

In which three domains of learning is health instruction grounded?

Back 13

Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor skill/domain

Front 14

What is the ideal ratio of nurses to students in the general school population?

Back 14

 One school nurse to 750 students

Front 15

In the United States, the educational system is built on the concept of ?

Back 15

 U.S. education is grounded in decentralization

Front 16

With which governmental body must public schools comply?

Back 16

Federal, State and local

Front 17

About what percentage of American school age children have been diagnosed with a specific disability?

Back 17

10%

Front 18

Which of the following is the best predictor of life success?

Back 18

Emotional Intelligence

Front 19

Authentic learning" is learning that is

Back 19

that has meaning and significance

Front 20

When they adapt previous knowledge to other circumstances, students demonstrate that they have learned to ________ new knowledge

Back 20

 Extend and refine new knowledge

Front 21

Health education lessons planned with behavioral theories in mind can help teachers

Back 21

In planning lessons

Theory of planned behavior
 Attitudes toward the behavior
 Subjective norms
 Perceived behavioral control

Front 22

The functional knowledge that students should have about disease prevention and health promotion is part of which NHES standard?

Back 22

Core Concepts

Front 23

Students who can express opinions based on accurate information about a health issue are demonstrating which NHES standard?

Back 23

Decision Making

Front 24

One guideline that teachers can use to make decisions about the information necessary for students to know is to

Back 24

 Teachers can ask students to weigh in on perplexing issues by asking “What do others thank about this?

 Is this a good decision for everyone involved? Why or why not?

 What could happen then?

 How could we look at this problem from another angle?

Students can help each other when they are allowed the opportunity to reason together in honest conversation within a safe environment.

Front 25

Which of the following statements best describes effective communication skills?

Back 25

 Effective communication involves many skills that do not come naturally—they must be learned

Front 26

The two main types of oral communication skills are

Back 26

 Verbal communication skills include speaking and listening

Front 27

Good listening skills include which of the following skills?

Back 27

 Making eye contact with the speaker when appropriate.
 Giving nonverbal cues, such as nodding and facing the speaker.
 Paraphrasing what the speaker says.
 Asking appropriate questions.
 Giving feedback that is genuine and sincere.
 Responding in an empathetic manner.

Front 28

One of the most common reasons that adolescents start to engage in risky behavior is that..

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 They believe their friends do
 They want to fit in
 They want to belong to a group

Front 29

Most elementary and middle school students approach the steps of decision making

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 Young children need opportunities to make choices, experience the consequences, and then talk about their choices and outcomes with adults.

 Upper-elementary and middle school students can use a formal decision-making model as a means of organizing their thoughts.

Front 30

important lessons that children learn when they are allowed to make their own decisions are

Back 30

When allowed to make their own decisions, students learn that

o Every choice is connected with a consequence.
o They will be held accountable for their choices

Front 31

What is the overall goal of health education?

Back 31

Is for students to adopt and maintain health behaviors

Front 32

What is the most common reason to give a health lesson?

Back 32

 Are grounded in research and framed in theory.
 Include basic, accurate, and developmentally appropriate information.
 Incorporate interactive, experiential activities that engage learners.
 Provide students with the opportunity to practice relevant social skills.
 Examine the impact of social and media forces on health behaviors.
 Reinforce individual values and group norms that promote health-enhancing behaviors.
 Provide sufficient instructional time for students to gain information and practice skills

Front 33

Portfolio assessment is considered what kind of task?

Back 33

 Portfolio assessment is a type of performance task.
 Students select their best and most representative work to illustrate how they meet standards.
 They can be completed with file folders, notebooks, display boards, electronically, etc

Front 34

The biggest barrier to the implementation of an effective health education agenda in the schools is

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 Few health curricula with evidence of effectiveness exist.
 Few curricula target multiple health risk behaviors.
 Many curricula have not been rigorously evaluated.
 Schools are often unable to implement a curriculum as it was intended.

Front 35

The most common curricular approach in American schools today is

Back 35

HECAT: Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool.

 Developed by the CDC
 Contains guidance, tools, and resources to conduct an analysis of health education curriculum
 Can assist districts in selecting or developing curriculum
 Designed to enable districts to analyze commercially or locally developed curricula

Front 36

In cooperative learning, the students are responsible for

Back 36

 their own achievement and the achievement of the group.

Front 37

In comparison to traditional learning groups, cooperative learning groups encourage

Back 37

 Positive interdependence
 Individual accountability
 Heterogeneous grouping
 Shared leadership
 Shared responsibility for groupmates
 Task and maintenance emphasized
 Social skills directly taught
 Teacher observes and intervenes in group process
 Groups process their effectiveness as accomplishments to the task.

Front 38

While working at a learning center students, should be

Back 38

 Active, are independent and can process information in the context of their personal experiences or understandings.

Front 39

Well-designed learning centers should

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 Organize resource materials.
 Encourage independent work.
 Individualize the pace of learning.
 Incorporate independent and collaborative activities.
 Supplement or reinforce basic instruction.
 Incorporate application of higher-order thinking skills and work in multiple learning domains.
 Combine a well-organized structure with freedom for independent thinking and creative expression

Front 40

The typical location for a health fair is?

Back 40

 A cafeteria, or gymnasium provides sufficient wall and floor space to accommodate all the learning center activities

Front 41

Evaluation of a health fair should occur at which of the following times?

Back 41

 If you are conducting a health fair for the first time, appropriate lead time must be structured. In addition, the time frame for the actual health fair must be blocked out of the school’s master calendar (usually between one and two hours, depending on the age of the target audience)

Front 42

The use of discipline-specific instruction in the classroom encourages and reinforces the value of

Back 42

Competition

Front 43

Which of the following topics can cause controversy when included in the health instruction curriculum?

Back 43

 Sexual health promotion
 Stress management
 Death education
 And some approaches to tobacco, alcohol, and other drug risk reduction

Front 44

School districts are more likely to avoid controversy if they establish a?

Back 44

School health advisory committee

Front 45

Research indicates that parents have consistent concerns about

Back 45

How well teachers know and and care about
o Teaching
o Their children
o Communication with the parents

Front 46

When students ask questions about potentially controversial topics in the classroom, teachers should

Back 46

Reword the question, using proper terminology

Front 47

The major problem for teachers and students with discipline-specific instruction is that

Back 47

Challenges of direct instruction include
o Fragmentation of instructional time.
o The tendency to structure learning activities to fit time limits rather than the developmental needs or pace of learning of students.
o Fragmentation of concepts and information

Front 48

Know the eight components of health

Back 48

8 (PCFN HHHH)

1) Physical education
2) Counseling/Psychological and social services
3) Family and community involvement
4) Nutrition Services
5) Health education
6) Health services
7) Healthy school environment
8) Health Promotion for faculty and staff

Front 49

The activity "Success of the Day" allows students to

Back 49

At the end of each school day, ask students to write down a success they experienced that day. Students can keep these successes in a journal or a separate notebook, so that they can llok back at them whenever they need to lift their spirits.

Students can share their success with the class at the end of each school day or can write them down on a teacher-developed form to share with family members

Front 50

The primary focus of traditional health education programs has been?

Back 50

- No interdependence
- No individual accountability
- Homogenous grouping
- One appointed leader
- Responsible only for self
- Only task oriented
- Social skills assumed
- Teacher ignores group function
- Large group processing following task