Question 1

A middle school that divides students into three different \"houses\" to promote closer student-teacher connections is enacting one of the reforms urged in

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Turning Points

Question 2

In Life in Classrooms, Philip Jackson characterizes school life as

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busy teachers working with students often forced to delay or deny their needs.

Question 3

John Goodlad found that teachers

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vary considerably in how efficiently they use time.

Question 4

Latchkey children

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generally from educated families

Question 5

One of the problem areas cited in the text, within the area of classroom interaction, indicated

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that two-thirds of classroom time is talk, and two-thirds of that time teachers are doing the talking.

Question 6

Philip Jackson calls teachers gatekeepers because

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they direct the flow of classroom interaction.

Question 7

Philip Jackson researched teacher interactions in the classroom and concluded

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the high number of teacher-student interactions that occur in class underscores the rapid pace of classroom discourse.

Question 8

Raphaela Best\'s study of peer groups revealed that

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the boys who are rejected from the dominant male peer group exhibit social, emotional, and academic problems.

Question 9

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

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about 25 percent

Question 10

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

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a system that molds educational and career paths of children at a very early age.

Question 11

The best definition of tracking is

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placing student in static homogeneous groupings

Question 12

The most widespread form of substance abuse is

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alcohol abuse

Question 13

The system by which students are assigned to a position within an academic range or level is known as

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tracking/ability grouping

Question 14

What percentage of students do not graduate from high school?

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1/3rd

Question 15

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

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social status system

Question 16

Which of the following best describes a characteristic of adolescent culture in school?

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preoccupation with physical attractiveness and peer popularity

Question 17

Which of the following claims about tracking is true?

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August Hollingshead discovered that approximately two-thirds of the students from the two upper social classes but less than 15 percent from the lower classes were in the college preparatory program.

Question 18

Which of the following is false? A child who is homeless

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may be prohibited from participating in extracurricular activities if such participation might prove embarrassing to the child or to the peers of that child.

Question 19

Which of the following is true of today\'s families in the United States?

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Approximately 13 million childrenâmore than one in fiveâlive in single-parent families.

Question 20

Which of the following statements is true?

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One-third to half of all students report being bullied at least once.

Question 21

Which statement is false?

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Impulsivity is a trigger for about 9 out of 10 suicides.

Question 22

In which century did English grammar schools first appear in our nation\'s history?

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18th

Question 23

In which century did academies first appear in our nation\'s history?

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18th

Question 24

John Dewey advocated for

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progressive education

Question 25

Maria Montessori is best known in education for

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creating innovative methods for early childhood education

Question 26

In early colonial times, education was aimed at

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saving souls through religious instruction.

Question 27

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.

Question 28

Only 15 years after arriving in America, the Puritans established the

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latin grammar school

Question 29

(More Challenging, Higher Order Question) In the colonial period, which area offered the most structured, formal education?

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northern colonies

Question 30

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

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teacher competency tests

Question 31

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

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American Spelling Book

Question 32

Benjamin Franklin\'s Academy upheld all of the following principles regarding education EXCEPT

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education should be available to all children regardless of economic class.

Question 33

The common school movement represented

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the effort to establish public elementary schooling.

Question 34

The name most closely associated with the common school movement is

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Horacce Man

Question 35

Which of the following best describes the \"gendered\" nature of teaching in the United States

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Males and females both have at various times both been considered \"unnatural\" for choosing a career in teaching.

Question 36

The importance of the 1874 Kalamazoo, Michigan, court case was that it legally validated public funds for support of

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secondary schools

Question 37

Early school reform reports such as the recommendations of the Committee of Ten and the Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education show

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a split between forces pushing for academic rigor and forces pushing for more student-centered education.

Question 38

The recommendations of the Committee of Ten are MOST SIMILAR to those of

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A Nation At Risk

Question 39

The name most closely associated with progressive education is

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John Dewey

Question 40

The decision outlawing racial segregation in schools was

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Brown vs Board

Question 41

Which of the following BEST describes the influence of the federal government on education?

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Although the Constitution prescribes no clear role for the federal government in education, federal influence is strong and growing.

Question 42

Supporters of categorical grants believe that federal funding should

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promote specific programs or assist specific populations.

Question 43

All of the following actively advocated child-centered education EXCEPT

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B.F.Skinner

Question 44

All of the following worked to make equal educational opportunity a reality EXCEPT

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Jean Piaget

Question 45

Which statement is TRUE?

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Most Native American children are educated in public schools.

Question 46

Prior to the Civil War, laws denying slaves the opportunity for education were called

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compulsory ignorance

Question 47

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

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plessy vs ferguson

Question 48

De jure segregation refers to

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a dual system based on race and sanctioned by law.

Question 49

The court case concluding that in public education separate is inherently unequal is

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Brown vs Board

Question 50

The 1964 Civil Rights Act

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authorized legal and financial force to fight segregation.

Question 51

Over the past two decades

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firm racial set-asides for college and law school admissions were eliminated.

Question 52

Hispanics in the U.S.

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have the youngest and fastest-growing school-age population.

Question 53

The most culturally diverse group to enter the United States legally since the 1970s is

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asian/pacific

Question 54

Discrimination against Asian-Americans has taken the following forms EXCEPT

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compulsory ignorance laws

Question 55

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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Most Arab-Americans living in the United States are Christian.

Question 56

Females in the United States

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have in the past been banned from many schools and still encounter differential treatment in class., receive lower report card grades than males do and are more likely to be reprimanded, two tangible signs that gender bias still exists.

Question 57

In Sex in Education, Dr. Edward Clarke argued

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that women should be provided with a less demanding education.

Question 58

The law that prohibits sex discrimination in any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance is

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Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972.

Question 59

In which century did colleges and universities first appear in our nation\'s history?

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17th

Question 60

In which century did common schools first appear in our nation\'s history?

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19th

Question 61

In which century did dame schools first appear in our nation\'s history?

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17th

Question 62

In which century did high schools first appear in our nation\'s history?

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19th

Question 63

In which century did home schooling first appear in our nation\'s history?

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17th

Question 64

In which century did junior high schools first appear in our nation\'s history?

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20th

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