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