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To establish equality, major changes must take place

A group's distinctive cultural patterns either become part of the dominant culture or disappear as the group adopts the dominant culture. This is called

Acculturation is determined by

Values influence the importance of

Religious differences raise a number of challenges for educators such as

Multicultural education can be defined as an educational strategy in which students' cultural backgrounds are used to develop effective classroom instruction and school environments.

Which group of students tends to score below European American students on national standardized tests?

The No Child Left Behind Act

Culture

Which two processes interact as one learns how to act in society?

Enculturation and socialization are processes initiated when?

Culture is shared.

Culture is an adaptation that

The meaning of morality, the use of punishment and reward, and the need for higher education are determined by the value system of the culture.

Culture can manifest itself in nonverbal communication patterns such as

Ethnocentrism is

To see a culture as if you are a member of the culture is

What is based on traits and values learned as part of our ethnicity, religion, gender, age, and socioeconomic status?

Acculturation is

Meritocracy can be best defined as

Which of the following is generally considered a positive aspect of the teaching profession?

Alice is a teacher who has just finished her fourth year of teaching. At the end of that year, Alice was informed that she would be granted tenure. From this point, Alice can expect

Normal schools were important because they

To demonstrate their expertise, teachers undergoing NBPTS certification must

Unlike traditional teacher preparation programs, alternative teaching programs

The goal of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to

Compared to resumes, portfolios

Horace Mann helped establish the first

Jean is a new teacher at the end of her second year. When she meets with her principal to discuss her performance for the year and her assignment for the following school year, the principal will probably rely on Jean's

When teachers initially enter the classroom environment, their primary focus tends to be

Helena believes that her main goal as a teacher is to transfer the knowledge and values that her students will need to do well when they graduate and move into society. She strives to have her students learn to be academically proficient and to instill her students with values such as respect, diligence, and practicality. Based on what you have learned, Helena would rely on

An essentialist would argue that essentialism

As a teacher, Richard wants his students to develop rational thought and think rigorously. He feels that he should prepare his brightest students for future leadership and responsibility, and he wants to prepare his other students to be good at whatever jobs they do after graduation. For his college-bound students, he urges them to choose liberal arts schools that allow students to pursue truth, beauty, and wisdom as opposed to "simply getting a piece of paper that leads to a job." Based on what you have learned, Richard's views represent

Progressivism's foremost educational advocate was

John Dewey founded a famous experimental school to test his ideas. That school was

If you were to walk into a progressivist classroom, you would find teachers

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

The use of a system of positive reinforcement to encourage desired behavior is based on

The Socratic method involves

A key aspect of teaching in a constructivist classroom is

Most first Americans were forcibly segregated from the dominant group and forced to

Race is a concept that was developed to describe the

Which movement in the 1960s reduced barriers that prevented many African Americans from enjoying advantages of the middle class

Which group of immigrants were recruited to provide labor on the West Coast

Which were immigrants from Eastern and Southern European countries enticed to move and accept jobs in Midwestern and Eastern US cites

Nativism was designed to

The majority of undocumented immigrants settle in which state

The 1964 civil rights acts did what

Which group of students is the most segregated minority group in US schools

Which students are the most integrated group in the nation's public schools

The goal of desegregation has changed from the physical integration of students within a school building to the achivement of equal learning opportunites are outcomes for all students

Between the ages two and five children become aware of

Factors other then physical characteristics must be used to determine a students

What is the most basic definition of ethic group

Ethic communication undergo constant change in

An individuals degree of ethic identity is influenced early in that persons life by

Which group of people fight the assimilative group aspects of schooling such as dress, language, music, and values

Children are less likely to maintain such strong ethnic identity because

Class determines

Class can be defined as

Social stratification ranks individuals and families on the basis of

Many people accept and follow socially defined behavior based on their

Who tries to combat the institutionalized acceptance and expectation of unequal status across cultural groups?

Inequality results from

One's assignment to groups at birth is known as

SES serves as a composite of the economic status of a family or unrelated individuals on the basis of

Income is

Educators use observations of student dress, language, and eligibility for free or reduced lunch to determine students'

A family's SES is

The net worth of a family is determined by

For most families, family wealth comes from

One's job indicates

The best predictor of occupational prestige is

Powerless groups continually obtain fewer of society's benefits because they lack accessibility to sources of power. True or false?

Many Americans identify themselves as

Which act requires public schools to provide educational rights and protections for homeless children and youth?

What is most likely to be a condition of the young, persons of color, women, full-time workers in low status jobs, and the illiterate?

Homophobia is

Heterosexuality is

Homosexuals may not be able to

Many people have little knowledge about homosexuality, which leads to feelings of

Most researchers agree that sexual orientation is established

Prior to the 1970s most lesbians and gays hid their homosexuality out of fear of

Many homosexuals suffer loneliness and alienation because they

Gay and lesbian educators are often forced to separate their personal and professional lives for fear of

When school officials and teachers are supportive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, these students

By the age of 2 years, children

Appropriate gender behavior is reinforced

What is the process called when children develop social skills and a sense of self?

At the beginning of the twentieth century, some scientists thought men were intellectually

Differences between sexes have often prevented

The attitudes and values about appropriate gender roles are embedded in

Patriarchal arrangements in society have made women

It is difficult to determine how many gender differences are biological because

Gender is defined as

The superior status of men is reflected in the inequities that exist in

Girls, according to Gurian, tend to be

Gurian reports that boys are more likely to be

Masculinity is measured by a man's

The scientists at the beginning of the 20th century also believed that women's nature made it imperative that

Research shows that boys have not been encouraged to

Who was John Goodlad?

When students, parents, and teachers were asked to rate school goals in a study

Educators such as Arthur Bestor and Ernest Boyer have concluded that

Immediately after the release of A Nation at Risk, most school reformers focused on

In a 1918 school reform study by the NEA Committee of Ten, members focused on

The neighborhood public school is

Charter schools typically enjoy

What principle do Educational Maintenance Organizations follow?

In Lemon v. Kurtzman, the Supreme Court established criteria to

All of the following are goal areas in John Goodlad's definition of the purpose of school EXCEPT to

Engaged time is

One downside of computers is

In order to promote more efficient use of classroom time, classroom rules should be

Teachers who demonstrate "withitness" are

Group alerting is a technique designed to

Arno Bellack's pedagogical cycle features these "moves":

The amount of time a teacher typically waits to call on a student after asking a question is

The most frequent teacher reaction is

Direct teaching is

How does differentiated instruction organize instructional activities?

Which group of people is overrepresented at the highest levels of the social stratification system?

The socioeconomic condition of persons and groups can be measured with a criterion called

Many people view income inequity as a natural outcome of the American Way.

One way to examine the continuum of income is to use

Class consciousness is very pronounced in the United States because of an overall improvement in the standard of living.

Between now and 2014 most of the ten fastest growing occupations are in

It is illegal for prospective employers to question an applicant's

Which statement best describes the use of corporal punishment in U.S. education?

School teachers who participate in strikes

A teacher who suspects a child is the victim of child abuse

The principle of spontaneity can protect a teacher who uses a published work as a teaching tool if

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

The principle protecting a teacher's right to teach without coercion, censorship, or other restrictive interference

A child who is expelled for bringing nail clippers to school is probably feeling the consequence of

The Buckley Amendment ensures the rights of ________ to access educational records

A teacher being fired for creating timely lesson plans about ethnic and religious differences would most likely be able to regain his or her job based on

What is it called when a person suffers from severe delays in the acquisition of cognitive, language, motor, and social skills?

Least-restrictive environment means that children with disabilities are to be separated from nondisabled children whenever possible. True or false?

Students who have extraordinary abilities are

Mental retardation and emotional disturbance is often linked to

Public Law 94-142 is the

An Individualized Education Program is

Society has a mindset that people with disabilities are

As we stereotype individuals with disabilities we deny them

Which group of individuals are most likely to form their own cultural group?

Failure to provide adequate educational and vocational opportunities for individuals with disabilities may preclude the possibility of

________ in special education is a major problem in education.

Some special education classes to some extent have become a dumping ground for many culturally and linguistically diverse children. True or false?

Overrepresentation in special education placements can be a problem if special education limits their opportunities for

Minorities of color are less likely to be placed in special education classes. True or false?

Which group of students are underrepresented in classes for the gifted and talented?

Lead poisoning can create problems for children such as

Male, African American, and lower socioeconomic backgrounds are characteristics of

Special education overrepresentation often mirrors the overrepresentation seen in other areas such as dropouts, low-track placements, corporal punishment, suspensions, and involvement in the juvenile justice system. True or false?

Acceptance implies

Person with disabilities have been

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

All of the following statements about the extra-curriculum are true EXCEPT

A major difference between the formal and the hidden curriculum is

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

In the 1960s, the curriculum emphasized

The strong emphasis on the basics and academics during the 1980s was due to

Which of the following would be LEAST supported by the back-to-basics movement

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

Research on the effectiveness of computers in education shows that

Teachers shape the curriculum by

The state government influences curriculum by

Textbook adoption states

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

The two states that are most influential in the state adoption process are

A textbook covers 20th century U.S. history without mentioning the continuing struggle for civil rights, and pictures throughout the text portray only harmonious race relations. This is an example of bias called

A textbook uses "he" and "mankind" to refer to all people. This is an example of bias called

Proposed content standards were quite controversial in which content area

The push for more testing

Your school is changing some policies to meet the demands of No Child Left Behind. Which of the following would NOT meet federal NCLB requirements?

High-stakes testing has been criticized for

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

Intelligent design

The main point of The Saber Tooth Curriculum is that

One of the criticisms of the textbook industry is the tendency to include a great deal of content in a superficial way. This is known as the

In the era of No Child Left Behind, evidence shows that for many schools, teaching is being redefined as ____________ preparation?

Standardized tests are popular for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

The initial results of the effects of Proposition 227 for the school years 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 showed that SAT-9 Achievement test scores in a district (Oceanside Unified School District) which had faithfully implemented the mandates of the proposition, found

Hakuta and his research associates at Stanford University negate the claims of victory by Proposition 227 supporters with the increases in achievement test scores because they suggest that

Which of the following suits was not one of the class action suits brought against school boards or districts because of discriminatory IQ tests?

By the age of ________, most children have learned the syntax of their native language and know that the words in different arrangements mean different things.

The opponents of Proposition 227 argue against the initiative primarily because

U. S. society has strong

In the Lau v. Nichols decision, the Supreme Court

The more or less secret vocabulary of a co-culture (e.g., prisoners, gang members, etc.) is referred to by linguists as

When a second language replaces the first, this is referred to as

Social dialects generally differ from one another in the use of

The determination of what is and what is not standard English is made by

The English dialect spoken by the vast majority of African Americans is

At issue in the Oakland Unified School District Ebonics controversy was the fact that in 1996

Which of the following would likely maintain a more distant physical space in a normal conversation than the other groups listed?

Of the following groups, a child of which should a teacher avoid patting on the head as a supportive gesture because the family may consider it offensive?

Research by Cummins found that while two years is adequate for most language minority students to develop basic communication skills (BICS) for conversational English, it takes ________ years of school training to develop higher levels of proficiency for structured academic settings (CALP).

U. S. English, which is sometimes referred to as the "English Only" or "Official English," favors the transition of bilingual education into mainstream English usage

By 2004, the "English as the Official Language" movement

California's Proposition 227 was a ballot initiative passed in 1998 with the intended purpose of

Which of the following is a part of California's Proposition 227 requirements?

Sternberg describes gifted and talented students as

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

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

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

Learning styles can best be characterized as

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

Research shows that the gifted

How might you characterize the changing understanding of intelligence?

The Lab School of Washington builds its curriculum around

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

Philip Jackson calls teachers gatekeepers because

Soft bias refers to

The metaphor that best captures David Owen's study of high school life compares the adolescent experience to

Research indicates that because of noninstructional demands (discipline problems, attendance, etc.) teachers lose what percentage of instructional time?

When people remember their high school experiences, they are most likely to recall issues concerning the

To avoid the stigma of the label "tracking," which of the following terms is being used by schools for the system by which students are assigned to a position within an academic range or level?

Which of the following statements about trends in suicide are true?

John Goodlad found that teachers

Which of the following claims about tracking is supported by research?

Raphaela Best's study of peer groups revealed that

The unremarked revolution refers to

In Life in Classrooms, Philip Jackson characterizes school life as

Philip Jackson researched teacher interactions in the classroom and concluded

Sociologist Talcott Parsons's investigation of the tracking system led to the conclusion that tracking is

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

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following is a recommended teaching strategy found to be particularly appropriate for students living in poverty?

Latchkey children

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

As educators we

________ is one of the oldest religions known to humanity and provides the historical roots of both Catholicism and Protestantism.

The religious pluralism of the school in which one teaches will be determined by

A 1963 Supreme Court decision removed

Fundamentalists are

Secular humanism

Religious misunderstandings between teachers and the community can affect

Many religions are ________.

Particularistic means

Religion appears to influence patterns of

Religious behavior is

Which religious group is in the majority in the United States?

The political leadership in the country often reflects the influence of various religious groups.

The ________ religion in the United States has developed the largest private educational system in the world.

The vast majority of Muslim students in the United States attend ________ schools.

________ is defined as a minority religion characteristically centered on a charismatic leader who requires strict adherence to beliefs and practices.

The ________ is a very conservative and politically active group of Christians.

Public schools are supposed to be free of religious ________.

The public would be outraged if total separation of church and state were imposed.

Religious groups can influence

Local communities raise most of their educational revenues through

Which of the following best describes the system of funding U.S. schools?

In the last fifty years or so, state funding for schools

What was the importance of Edgewood v. Kirby?

Which of the following declared education a fundamental right under California state law and led to a wave of reform in state funding of schools?

An "adequate education"

State governments typically do NOT

The bond method of financing

How much of the cost of public education does the federal government typically fund?

What are the biggest sources of state funding for schools?

In San Antonio v. Rodriguez, the Supreme Court decided that

State constitutions guarantee the right to an "adequate education" including all the following characteristics EXCEPT

What does Education Secretary Arne Duncan's "Race to the Top" competition set aside funding for?

Under the American Recovery and Revitalization Act, a failing school that is "reconstituted" would

A call for accountability in schools means that people want

Individual states retain responsibility for education due to the

The chief state school officer manages

Local school board members tend to be

A school superintendent

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

Which of the following is not one of the text's suggested means to learn other cultures?

Which of the following is inducative of a school climate that does not reflect a commitment to multicultural education?

Multicultural education should be emphasized primarily for

Which of the following is not one of the standards suggested as critical to improving learning for diverse students by the Center for Research on Education Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE)

Cultural responsive teaching

Which of the following is not one of the basic components of a multicultural curriculum?

In teaching academic subjects multiculturally

When teachers hold low or negative expectations for academic achievement by students of color

Expectations for minority students academically

When there are no differences in ability, academic tracks reflect

Which of the following statement is not correct regarding student tracking

Which of the following is not a requirement for teaching for social justice?

Which of the following statement is incorrect

For students to achieve academically

Which of the following was not one of the results of the results of the Metropolitan Life Insurance (1996) survey

Which of the following is not among the reasons cited as to why parents from diverse backgrounds may not feel welcome in the school

The stratergy which groups students to work together on a project to support and learn from each other is referred to as

In analyzing poverty in the classroom

Which of the following statements is incorrect

Most students

Which of the following statements is incorrect

Which of the following is not a requirement for teaching for social justice