EDUC 2301

Which of the following statements best reflects the findings of a 1990s survey conducted by People for the American Way regarding the state of race relations in America?

"I think that I've got a healthier attitude toward race relations than my mom and dad"

By the early part of the 20th century, women constituted upward of ______ percent of teachers

90

In diverse classrooms, teachers can use generalizations about students from different cultural groups but should avoid stereotypes. Which of the following is a stereotype?

Asian American students are math geniuses

Nationally, __________ are more likely than students of other races to attend multiracial schools

Asian Americans

Identify an accurate statement about single-sex schools

Ideas that support single-sex schools fit easily into traditional belief systems.

Which of the following statements is true about generalizations?

Generalizations recognize that there are trends over large numbers of people.

Which of the following dimensions of emotional intelligence is demonstrated by people who are popular, are good leaders, and who can make others feel comfortable and connected?

Handling Relationships

How did Benjamin Franklin help in severing American educational thought from its European roots?

He was committed to a practical program of nonsectarian study, offering elective courses

Historians consider _______ to be the outstanding proponent of education for the common person (the Common School movement), and he is often referred to as "the father of the public school"

Horace Mann

___________ American students have the highest dropout rate of all students and are more likely to struggle with alcohol and drug addiction

Native

According to Howard Gardner, the ability to discriminate among living things and to classify plants, animals, and minerals reflects________

Naturalist Intelligence

In the context of protecting children with disabilities from being segregated, which of the following is the most restrictive environment for education?

Residential School

Identify an accurate statement about open enrollment

Students become eligible to enroll in any public school with available space

Some studies on school size have determined that ____________

Students in smaller schools are more likely to pass their courses and attend college

Identify and accurate statement about the approaches to assessment.

The portfolio approach is a more comprehensive approach to assessment and evaluation as compared to traditional methods.

In the context of English Acquisition Programs, identify a true statement about the transitional approach

The transitional approach often stresses on cultural assimilation

Which of the following statements is true about charter schools?

They receive public funding based on the number of students enrolled

Heather always learns well when the activities in her class involve hands-on participation. She prefers classroom activities that require her to actively move her body. In this case, Heather is most likely a(n)__________

Tactile Learner

In the context of the development of American schools, which of the following statements is true about common schools?

They were free, open to all social classes, and intended to bring democracy to the classroom

A professor asks her students to discuss globalization for a paper on world affairs. She asks the students to make a presentation on how people from the East view globalization and its impact on their culture and economy. This example is most representative of the _______ approach to multicultural curriculum.

Transformation

Many colonies required that masters teach reading and writing as well as _______ skills

Vocational

Which statement is true regarding voucher programs?

Voucher programs have been less effective than expected and their impact sounds better in theory than it is in fact

As an economic reconstructionist, Paulo Freire claimed that:

schools often miseducate and oppress the poor

The Old Deluder Satan Law of 1647 required that

every town of 50 households must appoint and pay a teacher of reading and writing

Nathan was a young man receiving an education during the colonial period. As his family was business-oriented, he was enrolled in a private school devoted to teaching accounting, and that helped him take over his family business. Based on this description, Nathan most likely attended a school in the ___________ colonies

middle

For-profit schools are a good idea because they will:

offer focused programs and investor oversight will lead to academic success

___________ students are the least likely to attend multiracial schools and are the most isolated group.

White

Which of the following actions of teachers is most likely to be supported by Gloria ladson-Billings, the proponent of culturally responsive teaching?

Working to improve the quality of life of the students in the school and community

At a recent school board meeting, a group of parents spoke out on the issue of the poor quality of the district's schools. They demanded the formation of charter schools that emphasized a rigorous, traditional curriculum and teacher-centered classrooms. These parents most closely resemble:

Zealots

When a teacher allocates a special week in a month to talk about important female inventors, the teacher is taking the __________ approach to multicultural curriculum

additive

Horace Mann became the nation's leading advocate for the establishment of a ________ school open to all

common

In early colonial times, some women began to devote their time to teaching, converting their homes into schools. These women taught reading, writing, and computation, and their homes became known as________

dame schools

As secondary schools spread, they generally took the form of ______ academies

private, tuition charging

Silver Springs middle school was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a green ribbon school. The school earned this distinction for:

promoting environmental and sustainable education, offering healthier environments with clean air and water, and promoting outdoor activites.

When students, parents, and teachers were asked to rate goals of schooling in a study by John Goodland, ___________

vocational, personal, academic, social, and civic goals were all rated "very important"

The principle of nondiscriminatory education is based on

"due process" rights of the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution

Imagine a school where teachers don't have daily contact with one another and act independently, the school administration doesn't give due importance to effective communication with the students' families about the school's goals and expectations They are vague about the goals of the school and focus on maintaining the status quo. This represents a failure of which element of the "five-factor theory of effective schools"?

A clear school mission

A student who says, "I failed the test because the fire alarm went off in the middle of the test" appears to exhibit______

An external locus of control

In 1749, __________ penned Proposals Relating to the Youth of Pennsylvania, suggesting a new kind of secondary school to replace Latin grammar school- the academy

Benjamin Franklin

Which of the following is a characteristic of charter schools?

Charter schools can be closed down if they don't meet expectations

Multicultural educators that follow the approach called "teaching the culturally different" primarily advocate________

Creating close links between school and home so that minority children can succeed academically.

In the context of emotional intelligence quotient and intelligence quotient, psychologist Daniel Goleman argues that__________

EQ may be a better predictor of life success than IQ

According to Gardner, if one wants to develop students who are willing to face hard truths and value honest behavior, the stress should be on the______

Ethical Mind

Identify an accurate statement about emotional intelligence

It is the regulation of emotion in a way that enhances living

A ___________ attracts students by offering one or more special programs, such as math, music production, language immersion, science, technology, and/or other specialties

Magnet School

Which of the following is true about gifted students?

Many gifted students drop out of school instead of thriving at school.

Grace Fernals, Marianne Frostig, and Heinz Werner are noted for pioneering research in the field of___________

Special Education

Which of the following statements about stereotyping is true?

Stereotypes are impervious to contradictory information

What was the new concern that arose as women came to dominate teaching and the gender tables turned in the 20th century?

The fear that female teachers were "feminizing" boys

One of the reasons that students in schools are more segregated today than at any time since the Civil Rights movement is that____________

The federal courts are no longer willing to attend to the problem of racial segregation

According to the National Association for Gifted Children, giftedness is___________

based on the presence of distinct elements of giftedness

Elaine was homeschooled for most of her life before heading to college at a state university. Based on what is known of homeschooled students in college, we can conclude that Elaine is most likely to:

be well-thought-of by many of her professors because professors descrive homeschooled students as more self-directed

In the context of Dual Language Programs, the ________ is designed to help children learn English while maintaining their native language

developmental approach

A key assumption of multicultural education is that

effective teachers recognize that students learn in different ways

Schools that offer high-quality programs for talented students and have been used as a method of voluntary racial desegregation are knows as:

magnet schools

Full-service schools:

remain open most of the day and 11 months a year

The _____ approach uses native language as a bridge to English language instruction, where subjects are taught first in the native language

transitional