EDF1005 final mdc

Which of the following is a characteristic of charter schools?

Charter schools can be closed down if they do not meet expectations.

Which of the following is one of the seven goals for high school identified by the report Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education?

Command of functional academic skills.

According to _____, the way to determine if an idea has merit is simple: Test it. If the idea works in the real world, then it has merit.

John Dewey

When Ovando's family first emigrated from Latin America, 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 led to a landmark court case, Lau v. Nichols.

Aaron is a young man in his early twenties. He just returned home after serving in the U.S. Army for 3 years. Now he hopes to go to college at his state university to become an engineer. Which of the following federal acts would help Aaron to do so?

Servicemen's Readjustment Act

In the context of the education system in the U.S., 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.

According to the Fourteenth Amendment, which of the following is an accurate statement in case of suspension of a student for indiscipline or misbehavior?

The student is entitled to tell his side of the story in self-defense.

Which of the following is true of children living in low-income homes?

Their neighborhood reality is often filled with crime and drugs.

Which of the following is true of adequate educational guarantees, the educational clauses present in the constitution of different states?

They guarantee that every student receives an efficient, sound or thorough education

Which of the following is true regarding working women in the U.S.?

Women still do not receive the same pay as men do.

Which of the following actions of teachers is most likely 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

The most widespread form of substance abuse is _____.

alcohol

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 researching poverty, Shirley Brice Heath found that interactions between adults and children _____.

are fewer in lower-class families and more information driven

Value added refers to:

assessing and rewarding the value a teacher adds to a student's education

Unlike existentialists, ______ believe that free will is an illusion and that human nature is shaped by the environment.

behaviorists

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

common

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 she wrote for her sociology course, Eve argued that one of the reasons that minorities struggled academically while 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

As gatekeepers, teachers must:

determine which student will talk when.

One of the reasons that teachers feel uncertain about educating special needs students is that they:

do not feel that they have the resources to work with special needs students.

The Supreme Court Case Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools was important because it:

extended the reach of Title IX, so that students could sue a school district for monetary damages if they were sexually harassed.

In terms of professional status, many feel teaching:

falls somewhere between professional and semiprofessional in status.

Demonstrating strong existential intelligence indicates that a person has the ability to:

formulate questions about life, death, and who we are.

A key aspect of teaching in a constructivist classroom is _____.

gauging a student's prior knowledge and understanding

If Barbara, a teacher, follows the principles of behaviorism, she believes that _____.

positive reinforcement can be used to promote desired learning

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

private, tuition-charging

Title IX of the Education Amendments (1972):

prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.

For teachers involved in gifted education programs, one of the key tasks to accomplish is:

reducing the students' anxieties and sense of alienation.

Full-service schools:

remain open most of the day and 11 months a year.

As an economic reconstructionist, Paulo Freire claimed that:

schools often miseducate and oppress the poor.

With the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision, _____ became a legally sanctioned part of the American way of life.

segregation

Least-restrictive environment refers to:

students with disabilities are educated with non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.

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.

In terms of deciding which approach to bilingual education is most effective, research has indicated that _____.

there is no single approach that is most effective

When a teacher's private life is called into question by the courts, a governing principle that determines whether or not the teacher may be dismissed is often based on whether:

there is substantial disruption of the educational process.

Generally, courts have ruled that teachers may be fired for:

using profanity and abusive language toward students.

When the Progressive Education Association released their Eight-Year Study, they reported that students who graduated from progressive schools:

were judged to be more objective and more precise thinkers.

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

white

Which statement would most likely be made by a critic of schools' efforts to transmit culture?

"When schools transmit culture, they tend to transmit a narrow perspective about other cultures and chauvinistic feeling of cultural superiority."

Which of the following statements best reflects the beliefs of James Coleman?

"When we carefully analyze private schools, we can clearly see that they do a better job than public schools. Perhaps private schools are the way to fix education."

Which of the following is an accurate statement with reference to the term in loco parentis?

A school official can search a student's locker if there is reasonable suspicion that it contains something illegal and dangerous.

Which of the following books would likely be included in the "Great Books" favored by perennialists?

A theology book written by a classical author

According to demographic forecasting, what proportion of the school population will be from non-European ethnic groups by 2030?

About a third of the population.

_____ promoted the doctrine of the Golden Mean, or the notion that virtue lies in a middle ground between two extremes.

Aristotle

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

Asian Americans

School boards are often criticized for:

Being in the backseat when it comes to educational change and reform

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

Boys are more likely to receive special educational services than girls

_____ 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

Research shows that teachers skilled in pedagogy:

Correct outperform teachers with superior subject area knowledge.

Which of the following is a reason that influences individuals to choose teaching as a profession

Desire to work with young people

Identify a reason why teacher education students are considered less talented than other college majors.

Education majors are less likely to score in the top 25 percent on the SATs.

The Abbott cases in New Jersey contributed to a new line of litigation focusing on _____.

Educational outcome

_____ examines the nature and the origin of human knowledge.

Epistemology

The influence of the business community in America's schools can best be characterized as _____.

Extensive

Which of the following statements is true?

Females are three times more likely to attempt suicide than males

Which of the following statements is true

Females are three times more likely to attempt suicide than males.

States have used different programs to try to equalize funding. In the _____ program, the state provides funds to ensure that each student receives a minimal level of educational services.

Foundation

Cases such as Goss v. Lopez that deal with the proper procedures involving the disciplining and suspension of students would fall under the:

Fourteenth Amendment

Which of the following conclusions is a teacher reading the work of Janet Hyde, likely to reach about the students in his class?

I really need to consider what I should do to academically support my students who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds

What is the evidence that U.S. students are actually doing quite well in their educational performance?

In recent years SAT reading and mathematics scores have reached an all-time high.

In 1896, John Dewey founded the Laboratory School, a famous experimental school, to test his educational ideas. Which of the following statements about this school is accurate?

It had only one classroom but several facilities for experiential learning.

Which of the following statements is true regarding merit pay?

It links students' performance to teachers salary.

What was the significance of the Serrano v. Priest (1971) ruling of the California Supreme Court?

It struck down the state's financial system as unconstitutional

Why have many courts rejected educational malpractice lawsuits?

Many factors affect learning and the school system cannot be solely blamed for failure to learn.

Which of the following is true about gifted students?

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

The state with perhaps the purest example of adequate education approach is _____.

Maryland

The Old Deluder Satan Law of 1647 required that:

Massachusetts provide education for young people.

Which of the following is true of today's families in the U.S.?

Only two-thirds of children live in two-parent households.

A teacher's right to freedom of speech as a citizen, regarding matters of public concern is protected due to the holding in the

Pickering v. Board of Education case.

Commercialism promotes _____.

Self-gratification

_____ 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

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 open enrollment.

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

Elaine has been a fifth grade teacher since 1998. Elaine's decisions are grounded not only in the literature but also in her experiences. She serves as a role model for her students, and she exemplifies virtues such as honesty and fairness that she seeks to inspire in them. Which of the core propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards do Elaine's actions most closely reflect

Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.

Identify an accurate statement in reference to teaching during the early 1900s.

Teaching was becoming an increasingly female occupation.

Many people are unaware that the responsibility for educating Americans is not even mentioned in the Constitution. Under the _____ Amendment, any area not specifically stated in the Constitution as a federal responsibility is automatically assigned to the states

Tenth

Which of the following was an outcome of the San Antonio v. Rodriguez (1973) ruling of the Supreme Court?

The court stated that preserving local control was a legitimate reason to use the property tax system

Which of these is NOT a reason for the furor surrounding the quality of U.S. education?

The idea that schools are underfunded and need more federal funding.

Which of the following statements about Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is true?

The law is rarely enforced, and ignorance of the law is widespread.

In the context of the report from the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, titled The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools, identify an accurate statement.

The nation's gross domestic product would be $1.3 to $2.3 trillion higher if achievement gaps did not exist

In the context of approaches to assessment, identify the accurate statement.

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

A call for accountability in financing of schools means that _____.

The public wants to see academic progress for their tax dollars

Han, an Asian student in elementary school, speaks very little English. Although Han is a bright student, he struggles in class as all instructions are in English. His teacher makes no effort to modify the instruction to help Han keep up with the class. Han's experience most closely reflects the _____ approach to education.

language submersion

The principle of nondiscriminatory education:

mandates that children with disabilities be fairly assessed so that they can be protected from inappropriate classification and tracking.

During elementary school, there is _____.

more communication between races

Paul Pratfall was a young teacher who meant well, but could be easily led off task—especially, when it came to afternoon hall duty. When the school dismissal bell rang, Paul's job was to make sure that the children walked safely and in a disciplined manner from the classrooms on his hall to the waiting school buses just beyond the front entrance. During Friday's duty, one of Paul's colleagues called out to him. "Hey, Paulie, come in here and check out the article in the paper about the big game tonight. You gotta see it!" At first, Paul hesitated, since he was on duty. Then, he went into his friend's classroom to read the article. After all, he figured that he would only be a minute or two. Paul had just begun to read the article when he heard a loud crash and an anguished cry. He and his colleague ran into the hall to find little Jeannie lying on the floor with her leg obviously broken. Based on this scenario, Paul would most likely be guilty of:

nonfeasance.

Compared to resumes, portfolios:

offer a more comprehensive reflection of a candidate's skills.