Education 2100 final

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."

The principle of nondiscriminatory education is based on:

"due process" rights of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution

Which of the following statements is true about bullying?

Both boys and girls are likely to cyber-bully.

The phenomenon represented by the test-tampering scandal in Atlanta, Georgia, is most closely associated with:

Campbell's law.

___ asserts that knowledge cannot be handed from one person to another (from a teacher to a learner) but must be constructed by each learner through interpreting and reinterpreting a constant flow of information.

Constructivism

In the context of emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) and intelligence quotient (IQ), psychologist Daniel Goleman argues that:

EQ may be a better predictor of life success than IQ.

_____ strives to teach students the accumulated knowledge of human civilization through core courses in the traditional academic disciplines.

Essentialism

____ asserts that the purpose of education is to help children find the meaning and direction in their lives, and it rejects the notion that adults should or could direct meaningful learning for children.

Existentialism

In the context of Professor Andrew Hacker's parable about race, which of the following is true of his views?

He considers white privilege so commonplace that most people are no longer able to "see" it.

Critics of middle school education argue that they should be replaced by _____.

K-8 schools

Which of the following is true about gifted students?

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

According to _____, the human soul has three parts: intellect, spirit, and appetite.

Plato

Which of the following statements is true about the effect of patterns of classroom interactions on both teachers and students?

Roughly two-thirds of classroom time is taken up by talk and two-thirds of that talk is by the teacher.

In the context of the education system in the United States, which of the following is one of the most important discoveries made by Jeannie Oakes?

She found that in the tracking system, race, far more than ability, determines which students are placed in which tracks.

____ is the idea that society is an ingenious "sorting" system, one in which the more talented rise to the top, while those less deserving find themselves at the bottom of the social and economic pecking order.

Social Darwinism

Which of the following statements about stereotyping is true?

Stereotypes are impervious to contradictory information.

According to Goodlad, which statement is true regarding the patterns of classroom interactions?

Students are typically restrained in a relatively small space during a period in which much of the activity is about maintaining order.

identify an accurate statement about bullying in schools.

Teachers accept the common myths surrounding bullying

Which of the following is a recommended teaching strategy that can help children from low-income homes achieve academic success?

Teachers should avoid lowering their expectations for students belonging to this group.

Marie, a middle-school teacher, believes that all children can learn if given the right support. However, Tina, her coworker, thinks that it is a waste of time and effort to work with students from certain racial and ethnic groups. Which of the following theories suggests that the academic performance of the students from these groups is likely to suffer due to Tina's attitude?

The expectation theory

Identify an accurate statement about the approaches to assessment.

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

Which of the following statements is true about empiricists?

They assert that people experience the external world by sensory perception and conceptualize ideas that help them interpret that world through reflection.

Which of the following statements is true about standardized tests?

They can be rapidly implemented.

Why did social reconstructionists split from progressivists?

They grew impatient with the slow pace of change in schools and in society.

Which of the following statements is true about standardized tests?

They require all test takers to answer the same questions, so that student and teacher performance can be compared.

In the context of the social challenges that students face in school, which of the following statements is true about poor children entering school?

They typically receive less adult attention

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

White

In the context of tracking, students are sorted based on _____.

ability

Mastery learning is based on the premise that:

all students can learn—if given the right tools and the opportunity to work at their own pace.

Lisa, Paul, and Jay were given an assignment at the end of their first unit in Spanish I. They were asked to prepare and act out a skit where they had to assume the roles of students visiting Argentina during Spring Break. They were to enter into a restaurant, order a meal, and pay for the meal, all in Spanish. The students knew they were being evaluated on how they performed these tasks, so they made an effort to do a good job. This sort of task is an example of:

authentic assessment.

A teacher should ask lower-order questions when students are _____.

being introduced to new information

According to James Banks, multicultural education often begins with the _____, in which the study of ethnic heroes (for example, Sacagawea, Rosa Parks, or Booker T. Washington) is included in the curriculum.

contributions approach

A least-restrictive environment:

creates an atmosphere in which students with disabilities are not inappropriately segregated.

According to Bloom's revised taxonomy, the highest level of questions is:

creating

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 an essay that Eve wrote for her sociology course, she argued that one of the reasons that minorities struggled academically in school was genetic deficiencies that made them incapable of learning at the same pace as their white counterparts. Eve's views are indicative of the _____.

deficit theory

By making it clear why a specific piece of information is interesting and important, a teacher is trying to _____.

demonstrate enthusiasm

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

developmental approach

Participation in extracurricular activities is correlated with _____.

enriched student life and learning

During classroom discussions, Juan never names a student before asking a question. He always asks a question first and then names the student whom he wants to answer the question. According to Kounin, this is an example of:

group alerting

After having attended a workshop on problem-based learning, you decide to try it out. You realize that a key teacher role in this approach is to:

identify activities that fuel a student's interest.

In the first step of the pedagogical cycle, a teacher:

introduces the topics

According to educator Hilda Taba, learning in school is different from learning in life because the former:

is formally organized.

One of the fundamental provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which ensures that students with disabilities should be assessed fairly by the use of tests that are free from cultural bias and are in the students' native language, is the provision of:

nondiscriminatory education.

When a person or group decides that some topic is unimportant, inappropriate, too controversial, or not worth the time, that topic is never taught and becomes part of the _____.

null curriculum

Differentiated instruction:

offers multiple options for instruction and assessment.

As a teacher, Richard wants his students to think rationally and rigorously. He feels that he should prepare his brightest students for future leadership and responsibility, while providing vocational training to the rest of the students. Richard's approach to education is indicative of _____.

perennialism

Procedural due process refers to the:

principle that upholds the right of students with disabilities to protest a school's decisions about their education.

in the cooperative learning model of effective instruction, _____.

rewards and recognition are based upon student performance

A textbook portrays all African Americans as athletes, Mexican Americans as laborers, and women only in relation to their families. This is an example of a form of bias known as ____.

stereotyping

The principle of nondiscriminatory education:

supports the ban on tests that are culturally biased.

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.

Direct teaching model of effective instruction is:

teacher presentation of new material followed by student practice and feedback.

Helena believes that her main goal as a teacher is to transfer the knowledge and values that her students will need to do well in society. She strives to have her students learn to be academically proficient. She also tries to instill her students with values such as respect, diligence, and practicality. Helena is most likely to rely on:

teacher-centered philosophies.

According to Jeannie Oakes, tracking persists in schools largely because _____.

teachers expect little from the low-track students and they do little to improve student performance

Ethnocentrism is the _____.

tendency to view one's own culture as superior to others

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.

As a student in college, Luisa was shocked at some of the things she was learning in her Survey of American History course. Although she had studied American history before, her teachers had completely omitted many of the things that she was learning for the first time. Luisa's experiences most closely reflect the effects of:

the null curriculum.

A textbook covers twentieth-century U.S. history without mentioning the continuing struggle for civil rights; and pictures throughout the text portray only harmonious relations between the races. This is an example of a form of bias known as:

unreality.