EDU 250 Mid-Term

How might you characterize the changing understanding of intelligence?

"IQ," the standard measure of intelligence, has been obscured by "EQ," which is being used by schools as a replacement for the IQ test.

Advantages of the statewide textbook adoption process include all of the following benefits

-a common statewide curriculum, useful for a -mobile student population -less expensive texts -saving time and work for teachers at the local level

When Carlos' family first emigrated from Nicaragua, school was difficult for him because of his limited English proficiency and because he was not allowed to speak Spanish at school. His experience was MOST similar to that of

Kinney Lau, whose difficulty in school lead to a landmark court case, Law v. Nichols

Which of the following is true of students receiving special education?

Whites are more likely than African Americans to be labeled mentally retarded

After what major event did America experience its first shift toward humanist social attempts to better treatment and education of the disabled?

World War II

The educational approach that best fits an emphasis on cultural literacy as advanced by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., is

a curriculum that details the facts and concepts that every educated American should know

A scientific "theory," such as the theory of evolution, is

a hypothesis likely to change

The Supreme Court ruled in Meyer v. State of Nebraska that

a state could not force bilingual students to speak only English on school property

By the year 2023, "minority" students will make up approx. what proportion of the school population?

about half

When a teacher spends only a week of class time talking about important female inventors he is taking the _____________ approach to multicultural education.

additive

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

Textbook adoption states

are common in the South

Howard Gardner's "theory of multiple intelligences refers to

at least six areas of intelligence in addition to mathematics and verbal intelligence

Which form of special need has increased tenfold in only two decades?

autism

A major assumption of multicultural education is that

bilingual education should be implemented in every school

Learning styles are affected by the __________ abilities of the students.

cognitive affective physiological

Which of the following is of the five elements of giftedness identified by the National Association for Gifted Children?

creative talents academic abilities leadership skills

"Intelligent design"

credits an unnamed intelligence for aspects of nature explained by science

Hispanic students who attended bilingual schools from the 1970s to the 1990s

dropped out less frequently than those who attended "English-only classes"

Rosenthal and Jacobsen's study on school performance is an example of

expectation theory

Which of the following has NOT been given as a reason for single-sex schools?

girls' science and math genes are developed in single-sex schools

Sternberg describes gifted and talented students as

having wisdom

Which of the following is true of Professor Hacker's views based on his parable about race?

he considers white privilege so commonplace that most of us are no longer able to see it

Lessons delivered in a "sheltered" or simplified English vocabulary are using the ___________ approach to bilingual education.

immersion

The neighborhood public school is

in competition with magnet schools, charter schools, and even for-profit schools

"Least-restrictive environment" refers to

integrating students with disabilities into the classroom with non-disabled students whenever possible

Knowledge of one's feelings, needs, strengths, and weaknesses relates to which of Gardner's intelligences?

intrapersonal

Proposed content standards were quite controversial in which content area?

math history science

The multicultural recontructionist approach is most closely associated with

mobilizing students to bring change to their communities through social justice

Advantages of the statewide textbook adoption process include all of the following benefits EXCEPT

more options for teachers at the local level

The state government influences curriculum by

providing incentives for school to use certain books endorsed by the state Departments of Education (although the final decision as to which book to use still remains a local choice).

A state established "standards" that students must meet in order to graduate. The state is most likely focusing on which broad educational goal?

reconstructing society

The formal curriculum of the 17th century was primarily concerned with

religion and reading

The foundation of one's emotional intelligence is

self-awareness

In the 1960s and 1970s, the curriculum emphasized

social issues

Which of the following groups of students is most likely to go undetected as special needs?

students of color

Which of the following is true of the teaching of financial literacy in current curriculums?

studies have found that small amounts of classroom instructions in financial literacy (less than 20 hours) leads to no real change in student spending and saving habits

Research show that the gifted

suffer from feelings of isolation

Which of the following has NOT been linked to effective schooling?

technology

Children from low-income families

tend to have a smaller vocabulary when they start school

The case against segregating children with disabilities was made in part because of the findings of

the Brown v. Board of Education decision

Which of Gardner's "five minds" is already a part of today's school curriculum?

the disciplined mind

Open enrollment is the term given to

the elimination of the requirement that students attend the closest public school

A major difference between the formal and the hidden curriculum is

the formal curriculum produces the same learning outcomes for everyone, and the effects of the hidden curriculum vary widely

Which of the following represents the thinking of a nefarious branch of deficit theory?

the genetic and IQ deficiencies of certain groups are the root cause of academic underachievement

Multicultural educators that follow the approach called "teaching the culturally different primarly advocate

the promotion of cultural and racial understanding among different groups

"Procedural due process" refers to

the rights of children with disabilities and their parents to have access to and input on school decisions

Learning Styles can best be characterized as

unique to the individual

Bilingual maintenance programs emphasize

using the native language as a bridge to English-language instruction

Which of the following is NOT one of the five elements of giftedness identified by the National Association for Gifted Children?

wisdom

Which principle of special education implies that children have the right to an education involving accurate diagnosis of individual needs?

zero reject

"Locus of control" refers to

factors to which a student attributes success or failure

Special-education law states that an individualized education program (IEP) must

include lint-term goals and short-term objectives

Today, about __________ percent of the public school student population is special-needs.

recent studies suggest that almost half of of all students have significant learning disabilities

The Lab School of Washington builds it curriculum around

the arts

The sequence of planned learning experiences described in course guides and syllabi is called

the formal curriculum or explicit curriculum

Which of the following could be considered a teaching tip specific to the kinethestic learning style?

use skits and role-plays to help make instructional points