Edu: Chapter 1-7
Approximately ______ percent of the population of public school teachers in the United States are members of minority groups
18%
"Separate but equal" was legal justifiation for the educational segregation of Black children until _______
1954
Of the total population, the percentage of students identified as gifted and talented is about ____________
3% to 5%
Research tells us that teachers may make up to _____ low-level decisions in a school day
3,000
Teaching is the largest profession in the United States with Kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, secondary school teachers, and special education teachers totaling about ____________________ teachers.
3.8 million
According to a 2016 survey of 5,700 middle and high school students, approximately ________ percent of Internet-using adolescents revealed that they had experienced cyber bullying.
35
Approximately one in ______ girls will be pregnant at least once before the age of 20
4
The National Education Association (2018) reported that the average teacher's salary was approximately __________
60,500$
Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools in the United States during 2020 was approximately ________.
667$ billion
In 2011-12, state department of education ratings of virtual schools' academic performance showed that more than ________ were academically unacceptable.
70%
According to national surveys (includiing the American Association of University Women), the percentage of students affected by sexual harassment in school is ________.
80%
Which element of school infrastructure needed to successfully integrate technology into teaching would address the ability for all students to experience opportunities to use technology?
Accessibility
Schools can help divert the school-to-prison pipeline by utilizing which of the following methods:
All of these
Most cases of tort liabilty are the result of negligence in the following form:
All of these.
___________________ schools are independent public schools, often founded by teachers that are given permission to operate by a school district or by state or national governments; they are accountable for meeting predetermined outcomes.
Charter
By the end of the ______________, all states had free elementary education
Common era
________ is the way of life common to a group of people consisting of their values, attitudes, and beliefs.
Culture
_______________ is when teachers modify their teaching in ways that facilitate the academic achievement of students from diverse backgrounds.
Equity pedagogy
True or false: Textbooks are the same across the country.
False
An influential and extensive federal education program signed into law by President Roosevelt in 1944 is the ________.
G.I. Bill of Rights
According to education data, the ethnic group that consistently has the lowest high school completion rate is ____________
Hispanic
______________ is not a dimension of multicultural education.
Immersion programs
________ is one of the teacher's most time-consuming non-teaching tasks
Keeping paperwork including detailed records of students' academic progress, attendance, and other required documents
The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers includes assessments of all the following except
Leadership skills
What is the test used to determine if separation of church and state is adequately upheld in public schools?
Lemon Test - Lemon v Kurtzman (1971)
In 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children law went into effect, mandating free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment. This is also known as ______________
Mainstreaming
Students' developmental levels vary according to how well their biological and psychological needs have been satisfied. This is the basic premise of a theory developed by _________________.
Maslow
_______ is a set of beliefs based on the importance of seeing the world from different cultural frames of reference and on recognizing and valuing the rich array of cultures within our nation and global community.
Multiculturalism
_____ of the nation's public school teachers "moonlight" or hold a second job to increase their earnings
One-fourth
Which technology is the most available technology in classrooms?
Personal computer (PC)
Which of the following are not among the three non-cognitive factors that contribute to academic achievement?
Psychosocial Resources
An approach to school restructuring where power is turned over to teachers, parents, principals, community members, and students at the local level is called ______________.
School based management
________ conveys to students certain expectations about the way boys and girls are "supposed" to act.
Sex role socialization
________ refers to differences among students in regard to gender, race, ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic status
Student Diversity
A policy that provides teachers with job security is known as ________________.
Tenure.
Dame schools provided __________________
The only schooling for girls
A federally funded program established in 1965 to improve the basic skills of low-ability students from low-income families is called _______________
Title I
Thomas Jefferson believed that __________________
a country that wished to remain free had to provide an education for the people
For a person to receive a license to teach, all states require successful completion of ________.
a teacher education program with a bachelor's degree
Students who have a positive view of the self as a learner, belief that ability can grow with effort, and positive relationships at school also have what might be called a/an ________
academic mindset
How can teachers use Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences in the classroom?
all of these
Progressivism refers to the idea that __________________
all of these
Relationships with students should be based on
all of these
Who shapes educational policy?
all of these
All of the following are true about home schooling except ________.
all states require regulation of home schooling
When schools face budget cutbacks or increased pressure to prepare students for high-stakes tests, often _____________ teaching positions are eliminated.
art and music
Expectations of sex roles begin _______________
at birth
Which of these refers to the way the room is organized to allow for enhanced learning and movement about the room?
attention to physical environment
Teachers are using forms of ________, which involves the combination of online and face-to-face instruction.
blended learning
For a teacher's certificate to be revoked, the reason must ________.
clearly hinder the teacher's ability to perform satisfactorily
The process through which school boards negotiate contracts with teacher organizations is known as ________.
collective bargaining
The Massachusetts Act of 1642 was significant in that it made education a responsibility of the _______________
colony
Horace Mann is probably best known as a promoter of the ______________
common school movement
All are examples of active use of technology except________
completing a digital worksheet
Education in colonial America reflected a ____________
concern for religious objectives
Psychological orientations to teaching are concerned primarily with understanding the ____________________
conditions associated with effective learning
_______________________ thinking can lead a teacher to have lower expectations for students from cultural backgrounds that differ from the more affluent dominant culture
deficit
Glasser's choice theory describes one way to create a(n) ____________
democratic classroom
Licensure requirements are _____ from state to state, and they are _____ modified
differently, frequently
The inequitable opportunities to use technology is the ________.
digital use divide
Willpower in the face of distractions and the ability to get past temporary discomfort is known as:
effortful control
An awareness of and ability to manage feelings, talent in terms of interpersonal relations, and natural leadership abilities are examples of ________
emotional intelligence
Teachers often find it necessary to take action in situations in which all the facts are not known or for which no single course of action can be called right or wrong. These situations are often referred to as ________.
ethical dilemmas
A(n) ________ is made up of individuals within a larger culture who share a self-defined racial or cultural identity and a set of beliefs, attitudes, and values.
ethnic group
Classroom assessment provides information to teachers do the following except________.
evaluate the effectiveness of textbooks
Children who require special education services to realize their full potential are referred to as ________
exceptional learners
The curriculum that refers to what a school intends to teach students is called the ________
explicit curriculum
A example of blended learning where students first learn content through online video lectures at home, then apply what they learned in the classroom is called a ________.
flipped classroom
Glasser's "basic need" of ______________ is related to being able to make choices and be independent.
freedom
The behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge of the culture of the school is known as
hidden curriculum
All of the following may be early indicators of students with learning disabilities except ______________________
highly developed social skills
The most definitive description of the Socratic method can be said to consist of ____________________
holding philosophical conversations
When teachers within a specific grade level coordinate instruction across disciplines and examine their school's curriculum to ensure that course content and instruction mesh across and/or within subject areas, they are said to be concerned with ________.
horizontal alignment
Erikson's stage of _______________ occurs in adolescence and is marked by the need to use newly acquired skills, strength, and knowledge to achieve success.
identity vs role confusion
Research on cooperative learning suggests that ________.
it has a positive effect on the academic achievement of students of color
Epistemological questions focus on ________________
knowledge
Because the majority of decision-making power is reserved for boards of education, teachers have had little of no say over what they teach, when they teach, whom they teach, and, in extreme instances, how they teach. This is an example of _____________________.
lack of participation in professional governance
For Erik Erikson's stage of industry vs inferiority, the psychosocial crisis is ______________________
learning to believe in their abilities
A student must be mainstreamed into a general education classroom whenever such integration is feasible and appropriate. This is called ________________
least restrictive environment
Compared to the 1970s, today's teachers are _____________________.
more educated
A national survey of the characteristics of school board members revealed all of the following except ________.
most members were poorer than the general population
Free web-based content that are in the public domain are ________
open educational resources
________________________ is the joint product of wisdom about teaching, learning, students, and content
pedagogical expertise
A ________ is when teachers develop a professional based network of people selected by him/her to pursue learning needs and share knowledge and experiences in technology use.
personal learning network (PLN)
The key to successful classroom management is ________.
preventing problems before they occur
The fact that only lawyers may practice law, only physicians may practice medicine, and only licensed teachers may teach in the public schools are examples of how _______________________.
professionals institutionalize a "monopoly" of essential knowledge and services
At the local level, most funding for schools comes from ________.
property taxes
John Dewey (1859-1952) believed that __________________
public school curriculum should derive from students' interests and needs
__________ is a subjective, culturally constructed concept used to distinguish people by biological traits.
race
In regard to reporting child abuse, teachers are ________.
required by law to report any suspected child abuse
The component of an infrastructure that supports transformational learning experiences for all students by stressing digital citizenship is/are ________.
responsible use policies
Schools that are often the focal point for community life and reflect values and beliefs that tend to be fairly conservative are typically _______________
rural schools
When a teacher provides clues, encouragement, and suggestions, to guide learning, this is known as
scaffolding
The membership of the National Education Association is open to all of the following groups except ___________________.
school board members
In Maslow's model of a hierarchy of needs, the highest level of need is ________________
self-actualization
According to research, ________ contributes most strongly to students' achievement in school.
socioeconomic status
The highest educational agency in a state is the ________.
state board of education
The body that establishes and maintains public schools, and determines educational policies is the _________________.
state legislature
The majority of funding for schools is provided by the ________.
states
Without a doubt, your relationship with ___________________ will be the most important and complex you will have as a teacher.
students
All of the following are true of female and male involvement in suicide except __________________
students in grade 12 are the most likely to attempt suicide
A perennialistic curriculum should stress ___________________
students intellectual growth in the arts and sciences
The constructivist view of teaching includes all of the following except _______________
students learn through basic skills mastery
The curriculum that places primary emphasis on the logical order of the discipline students are to study is called the ________.
subject-centered curriculum
All of the following are influences on the culture of school except ______
tax-based programs
All of the following statements about teacher's salaries are true except that
teacher salaries vary little by states or regions
In recent years the education system has emphasized higher standards to hold ________ accountable for learning.
teachers
Mastery learning is
the belief that all students can learn in time
Webster's Speller was ____________
the first curriculum guide for elementary grades
All of the following criteria are generally adhered to in expulsion cases except ________.
the right to a hearing by a jury
Jacob Kounin points out that how a teacher handles an instance of misbehavior or good behavior through models communicates the teacher's conduct expectations to the rest of the class. This is known as ________
the ripple effect.
What teachers believe about students is partly based on _____________
their unique life experiences
The primary purpose of having quality relationships with students is ___________________________
to ensure students learn as much as possible
The original purpose of Kindergarten was ________________________
to teach through play, stories, music, and language
Students who are expected to have a commitment to their subject matter and mastery over their content have a teacher who subscribes to the ________________
transmission perspective
Currently, more than ______________ of the states have passed some type of collective bargaining laws that apply to teachers; however, there is little uniformity among these laws.
two-thirds
An approach whereby parents are given money by the state to enroll their children in the school of their choice is called a(n) ________.
voucher system
According to a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) survey, middle and high school students reported that it was "very easy" or "fairly easy" to obtain _____________________
weed
Schools are places where the young learn to participate intelligently and constructively in American society emphasizing education for ___________
work or further education
To create classrooms that are truly multicultural, teachers must select instructional materials that are all of the following except ________.
written in several different languages
