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Even before you entered teaching, you believed that all students can learn, now that you are a teacher you strive to make what you teach accessible to all the students in your class. You take your students differences into account and adjust your teaching methods to provide equitable instruction so that all students have the chance to be successful. Finally, you always make sure that your teaching fosters students' self-esteem, motivation, and character. You are most closely modeling how...

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Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.

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The normal school established in 1823, in Concord Vermont,

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Provided elementary school graduates with formal training in teaching.

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The public believes that which of the following should be central to teacher education?

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It should emphasize pragmatic issues necessary to running a classroom, such as managing time, effective attendance procedures, and preparing lesson plans.

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In colonial times, some teachers learned in an apprentice system, while others were indentured servants.

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True.

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The "normal schools" of yesterday have evolved into some the today's colleges and universities.

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True.

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Teachers with a strong subject matter background need not concern themselves with methods or other pedagogy courses, for their love and command of the subject will propel them into excellence.

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False.

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In surveys by the National Education Association and the Department of Education, the vast majority of teachers reported they were satisfied with their jobs.

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True.

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Reform reports in the 1980s urged higher standards and increased professionalism for teachers.

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True.

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Which is NOT a factor that contributes to individual learning styles?

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Neuroplasticity.

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Some students in a class seem to learn best visually, while others are more kinesthically inclined. These differences cant be attributed to

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Cognitive domain.

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James had always struggled in math, but at the end of the first grading period he had earned a "B".When his parents praised him on his improvement, he said. "Of course I got a great grade. Mrs. Adams thinks I'm great!" James statement would seem to indicate

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External locus of control.

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In investigating the differences in learning styles between boys and girls, Janet Hyde found out that

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Boys were more competitive then girls.

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Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence's refers to

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The interactive effects of intellectual and emotional intelligence's.

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Kinesthetic learners learn best by

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Physical movement and participation.

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Paula always had demonstrated a love of the outdoors. She always looked forward to fall days when her teacher would take the class on walks in the woods near the trees, rocks, and animals. Moreover, the outdoors always seemed to be a part of her writing. In the opinion of Paula's teacher, Paula

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Had naturalistic intelligence.

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Currently, Gardner and his colleagues are researching a possible ninth intelligence:

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Existential.

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The largest population of special needs students are students identified as having

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Learning disabilities.

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The 5 principles of special education law were encompassed in

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Public Law 94-142.

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"Least-restrictive environment" refers to

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Protecting children with disabilities from being inappropriately segregated from their age-group peers.

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Special-education law states that an Individualized Education Program(IEP) must

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Long term goals and short term objectives.

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Which statement best describes the history of bilingual education in the United States?

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Bilingual education, originally begun in the 1800s, is now a well accepted part of schooling in the united states.

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Bilingual maintenance programs exercise

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Keeping up proficiency in the native language while learning English.

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Based on the author's discussion, all of the following statements are true for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender(LGBT) students EXCEPT

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Increased zero-tolerance school safety policies have been effective in reducing harassment of LGBT students.

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The theory that some children do poorly because their teachers do not expect much from kids from certain racial and ethnic groups is

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Expectation Theory.

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Bilingual education experienced a rebirth in the 1960s due, in large part, to

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The Supreme Court holding in Lau v. Nichols.

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Single-group studies is a method of multicultural education that focuses on

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The teaching of Black Studies, Hispanic Studies, and Women's Studies.

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Generalizations

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Recognize that there are trends over large numbers of people.

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When a teacher spends a week of time talking about important female inventors during "Women's History Month," he is most likely taking the _______ approach to multicultural education.

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Additive.

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A major assumption of multicultural education is that

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The school is a melting pot and should assimilate students.

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Which of the following does NOT counter the effects of stereotype threats among students:

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Explaining that stereotype threat actually impacts relatively few students.

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

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Between 25-50%.

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Allen had always dreamed of going to college. However, most of his education had been in the "non-college prep" track, where he made good grades. During his 10th grade year, Allen and his parents had an appointment with his counselor to request a change to the more challenging "college prep" track. According to research on tracking, the answer Allen would most like get from the counselor would be...

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"The coursework in college prep classes can be demanding, but with support I think you can succeed. I will recommend transferring you, but only if you agree to extra tutoring until you are up to speed."

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Student perceptions about gender identities and roles tend to take shape by

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the expense of academic rigor.

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In surveys designed to measure friendship patterns, roughly ______% of students emerge as not being anybody's friend.

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Ten.

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Critics of the middle school concept argue all of the following EXCEPT

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K-8 will not overemphasize self-esteem at the expense of academic rigor.

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Which of the following most accurately describes high school students?

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They are extremely concerned about peer relationships and status.

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Latchkey Children

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are left alone, on average, four hours per day.

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What percentage of students do not graduate from high school?

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One-third.

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The most widespread form of substance abuse is

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Alcohol use.

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Surveys on bullying reveal that_____% of students have admitted to bullying a classmate.

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more than 40

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In early colonial times, education was aimed at

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Saving souls through religious instruction.

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The Old Deluder Satan Law of 1647 required that

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Massachusetts provide education for young people so that they would be able to read scriptures and prepare for universities.

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Allen was a young boy growing up in the colonial period. Where he lived, business, and commerce were critical to economic success. When it can to education, Allen's parents were debating whether to arrange an apprenticeship for Allen with the local banker or send him to a private school to be taught a "useful" trade. It is likely Allen is being educated in

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The location cannot be determined because colonial education was relayively reform.

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Which one of the following features of U.S. education today CANNOT be traced to colonial times?

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Teacher competency tests.

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The first real textbook used in eighteenth-century schools, promoting not only mastery of the alphabet, but also religious morality, was the

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New England Primer.

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The Supreme Court established the doctrine of "separate but equal" in the court case

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Plessy v. Ferguson.

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In the school that you teach, you notice that most of the African American students seem to be in remedial and vocational classes, whereas the honors and gifted classes seem to be overwhelmingly white. You notice that this demographic pattern even hold for the PE classes, where some are almost all white, while others seemed to be almost all black. What are you witnessing at your school?

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Secondary segregation.

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Citizens enjoy a federally guaranteed right to education due to the

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14th Amendment.

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Initially, the public was opposed to the creation of free high schools because

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They did not want to pay for it.

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Hispanics in the United States

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Have the youngest and fastest growing school-age population.

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

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The Laboratory School.

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A teacher who believes in the existentialist philosophy of education believes schooling should

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Help students accept themselves as unique, responsible individuals.

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

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Behaviorism.

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Which of the following best describes informal education?

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Children learn from adults and older children through observing, helping, and imitating.

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As a teacher, you believe that you cannot simply transfer knowledge to your students. Instead, you believe that your students are constantly trying to make sense out of the world and their place in it. You feel that the best way to help them do this is to teach them how to interpret and reinterpret information so that they can challenge old assumptions and gain new insights. To accomplish this, you carefully gauge what they already know and use questions, cue, and activities that help your students link prior knowledge to new information. Based on this description, you are most likely demonstrating

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Progressivism.

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Which of these statements would an advocate of a teacher-centered educational philosophy be most likely to make?

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"Education should transmit the values and knowledge that have survived through time."

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A teacher at your school believes children should be made to reason deductively; another teacher favors lots of hands-on learning activities. These teachers appear to hold different views of

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Epistemology.

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The Socrates method involves

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Questioning the student to draw out answers.

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To deal with an ever changing world, Dewey believed that students should

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Scientific Method.

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Before beginning a new unit on the water cycle, a teacher asks hers students what experiences they've had with water in nature (rain, rivers, oceans, etc.). The teacher is most likely using

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Scaffolding.

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

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Very decentralized, with local and state governments bearing most of the costs.

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Currently state and local governments are responsible for approximately what percentage of public school funding?

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92-94%.

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

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Education was not a fundamental right.

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What was the importance of Edgewood v. Kirby?

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A state Supreme Court found that the gross difference in per-pupil expenditures violated the state constitution.

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One of the major impacts of the Serrano v. Priest decision was

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It encouraged efforts by "Robin Hood" reformers to help poor districts by taking money from the wealthier ones.

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An "adequate question"

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Remedies differences in grades due to discrimination on the basis of race and class.

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Proponents of making funding formulas less reliant on sales taxes argue that

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The tax is regressive, because it taxes nearly all purchases made by the poor.

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As a member of the school board, you have been informed that, as a result of the continued economic difficulties your state is experiencing, the amount of educational revenues for the district will be cut by another 8 to 10%. When is it time to meet with your colleagues on the board to discuss the budget, you are likely to recommend all of the following EXCEPT

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Requiring further justification from the superintendent on his proposal for establishing a year-round school calendar.

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State governments typically do NOT

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Hire school personal.

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

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Extensive and growing.

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You apply for a teaching job in a school district and are directed to send in a photograph along with your application. You recognize that this violates your rights under

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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act(1964).

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What was the U.S. Supreme Court decision that protected teachers freedom of speech to publicly express themselves as long as the statements are not malicious or intentionally inaccurate and do not disclose confidential material or hamper teaching performance?

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Pickering v. Board of Education

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

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A zero tolerance policy.

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According to the Supreme Court,

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Teachers may neither promote nor suppress student prayer.

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You are teaching in a school that has recently established a computer repair program. You notice that all the students in the program are male. You find out that the school has done nothing to attract females into the computer repair training, and in fact, the teacher in charge is hostile to teaching females, explaining that "they will get married, have kids, and never use what I teach them." What federal legislation is being violated?

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Title IX of the Education Amendments.

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A state establishes "standard" that students must meet in order to graduate. The state is most likely focusing on which board educational goal?

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Transmitting society's knowledge and values.

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Advocates of acculturation would most likely adopt which metaphor to describe what American education should be?

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A melting pot.

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Which one is NOT a characteristic of charter schools?

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They may create admissions tests to select the best students.

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

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Determine the legality of government funds used in religious schools.

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Research on effective school leaders suggests that such leaders

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Create a safe and positive school climate.

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State influence of curriculum has been

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Increasing.

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The 2 states that are most influential in the textbook adoption process are

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Texas and California.

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

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Linguistic Bias.

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"itellegent design"

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Credits an unnamed intelligence for aspects of nature unexplained by science.

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The major point of The Saber Tooth Curriculum is that

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Unless teachers have a key role in curriculum development, the curriculum cannot meet contemporary needs.

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When disciplining students, teachers

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Tend to be aware that subtle gender and race favoritism can exist in a classroom.

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Which of the following describes Blooms Taxonomy?

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System for determining the intellectual level of questions.

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Lower order questions

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Can be answered through memory and recall.

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Teachers' questions are usually

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About equally divided between higher and lower order.

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Direct teaching is

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Teacher presentation of new material, followed by directed prectice and feedback.

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Cultural literacy

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C. Fundamental knowledge shared by most of society

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Critical thinking skills

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G. Focus in the curriculum in which students respond to higher order questions

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Metacognition

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F. Thinking about the process of ones own thinking

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Hidden curriculum

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j. The incidental learning that results from interactions between students and their envirnments

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Highly qualified

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E. The stipulation that teachers have to be licensed in their major to teach

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Authentic assessment

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I. Evaluation that represents actual performance and integrates students' learning processes

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Extracurriculum

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A. Student activities such as sports, newspaper, and band

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Null curriculum

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H. The material not taught in school

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Standards-based educations

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B. Specifies precisely what students should learn, focuses instruction on meeting standards, and provides continual assessment

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Digital divide

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D. A gap between technology haves and have nots

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