HOW KIDS DEVELOP: FACTS vs. MYTHS Take this 3-minute quiz to see if your parenting/teaching decisions are backed by research. Question Title * 1. Listening to classical music increases children's cognitive reasoning ability. True False Question Title * 2. Girls typically develop faster than boys likely due in part to the influence of sex hormones and the timing of puberty. True False Question Title * 3. The quality of parent-child interactions can physically shape the baby's brain. True False Question Title * 4. Dropped food and pacifier are safe to put back into mouth as long as they are picked up within 5 seconds, because bacteria need longer time to transfer surfaces. True False Question Title * 5. Some people are "left-brained" and some are "right-brained" and this partly explains the differences in how we learn best. True False Question Title * 6. Shaved hair grows back thicker than before. True False Question Title * 7. Sitting too closely to TV will NOT hurt a child's eyesight. True False Question Title * 8. To avoid linguistic confusion, it is best for children to learn their native language before a second language is learned. True False Question Title * 9. We only use 10% of our brain. True False Question Title * 10. A common sign of dyslexia is seeing letters backwards. True False Question Title * 11. Children learn best through free play. True False Question Title * 12. If a child cannot sit still in a classroom by the third grade, then he/she has an undiagnosed learning disability. True False Question Title * 13. Children learn best when information is presented in their preferred learning style (e.g. auditory, visual, kinesthetic). True False Question Title * 14. Babies who talk earlier tend to be more intelligent than their peer group. True False Question Title * 15. Some children are born naturally creative. True False Question Title * 16. Academic achievement can be negatively impacted by skipping breakfast. True False Question Title * 17. Teens' circadian rhythms cause them to sleep and wake up later. True False Question Title * 18. The brains of boys and girls develop at different rates. True False Question Title * 19. While grade retention (repeating a grade) helps a child's learning, grade acceleration (jumping a grade) does not. True False Question Title * 20. It is not possible to train your brain with brain games and exercises. True False Question Title * 21. I am a: Mother Father Caregiver Teacher Other (please specify) Question Title * 22. Type your email if you'd like to receive a PDF of the correct answers (optional). Submit
