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To establish equality, major changes must take place

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In society

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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

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Assimilation

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Acculturation is determined by

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Both A and B

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Values influence the importance of

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Family,Honor, Status (All of these)

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Religious differences raise a number of challenges for educators such as

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Curricular content, Effective discipline for students in your class, Appropriate dress codes (All of the above)

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

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True

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

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Both Puerto Rican and American Indian

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The No Child Left Behind Act

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Requires standardized testing of students to determine how effective a school is in helping students learn

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Culture

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Helps define who we are, Provides a blueprint that determines the way we think, feel, and behave in society, Influences our knowledge, beliefs, and values

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

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Enculturation and socialization

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Enculturation and socialization are processes initiated when?

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At birth

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Culture is shared.

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True

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Culture is an adaptation that

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Accommodates environmental conditions and available natural and technological resources

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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.

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True

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Culture can manifest itself in nonverbal communication patterns such as

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Gesturing and Shaking hands

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Ethnocentrism is

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The inability to view other cultures as equally viable alternatives

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

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Cultural relativism

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

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Cultural identity

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Acculturation is

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The process of adopting the dominant group's cultural patterns

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Meritocracy can be best defined as

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A system that is based on the belief that an individual's achievements are decided by an individual's own personal merits and hard work

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

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The ability to influence the lives of young people

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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

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Protection from arbitrary dismissal

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Normal schools were important because they

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Represented the earliest form of professional teacher education

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To demonstrate their expertise, teachers undergoing NBPTS certification must

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Demonstrate understanding of the most effective teaching methods.

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Unlike traditional teacher preparation programs, alternative teaching programs

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Focus on apprenticeships and on-the-job training

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

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Assess and certify highly competent teachers.

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Compared to resumes, portfolios

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Take a more creative approach to highlighting a candidate's skills

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Horace Mann helped establish the first

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State-supported normal school

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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

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Evaluative observations

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

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Survival

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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

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teacher-centered philosophies.

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An essentialist would argue that essentialism

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is an effective way to help develop a common culture among Americans.

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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

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perennialism.

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Progressivism's foremost educational advocate was

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John Dewey.

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

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acting as facilitators for their students.

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

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behaviorists

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

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behaviorism.

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The Socratic method involves

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questioning the student to draw out answers.

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A key aspect of teaching in a constructivist classroom is

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understanding each student's prior knowledge and understanding

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

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move from their geographic homelands

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Race is a concept that was developed to describe the

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ethnicity of people

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

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Civil rights movement

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

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Filipinos, Chinese, and Japanese

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

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Devastating political hardship and devastating economic

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Nativism was designed to

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restrict immigration

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The majority of undocumented immigrants settle in which state

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Texas, California, and Illnois

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The 1964 civil rights acts did what

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gave voting rights to African American

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

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Latino

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

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Asian American

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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

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true

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Between the ages two and five children become aware of

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ethnicity, race, and gender

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

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ethnicity

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What is the most basic definition of ethic group

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focus on an individuals national orgin

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Ethic communication undergo constant change in

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occupations, population characteristics, and locations

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

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whether or not the family members recognize ethnicity as an important part of their identity

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

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families with origins other than Europe, families who are neither Christians nor conservative Christians, and immigrant families

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Children are less likely to maintain such strong ethnic identity because

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their primary relationships are with members of other ethnic groups

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Class determines

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The community in which you live, Restaurants you eat in, The schools students attend

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Class can be defined as

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A distinction based on one's social or economic status

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Social stratification ranks individuals and families on the basis of

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Wealth, Education, Income

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Many people accept and follow socially defined behavior based on their

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Class

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

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Civil rights organizations

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Inequality results from

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Differentiated rankings within the division of labor

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One's assignment to groups at birth is known as

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Ascribed status

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

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Wealth, Educational attainment, Occupation

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Income is

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The amount of money earned in wages or salaries

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

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Socioeconomic status

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A family's SES is

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Usually observable

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The net worth of a family is determined by

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Wealth

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For most families, family wealth comes from

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The residual value of household goods and The equity value of homes

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One's job indicates

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One's income, One's socioeconomic status, One's education

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The best predictor of occupational prestige is

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Education

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

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True

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Many Americans identify themselves as

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Middle class

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

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McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

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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?

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Poverty

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Homophobia is

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The irrational fear of or aversion to homosexuals

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Heterosexuality is

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The valued sexual orientation

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Homosexuals may not be able to

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Find jobs, Find housing, Be admitted to "straight" clubs

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

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Disgust, Anger, and Anxiety

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Most researchers agree that sexual orientation is established

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Early in life

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

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Retaliation and Rejection

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Many homosexuals suffer loneliness and alienation because they

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Do not acknowledge their homosexuality

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

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Losing their jobs

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

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Feel safer in schools, have higher GPAs, and are more likely to attend college

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By the age of 2 years, children

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Begin to learn expected behaviors and Realize they are either boys or girls

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Appropriate gender behavior is reinforced

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On television, In play with peers, In magazines

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

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Socialization

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

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Superior

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Differences between sexes have often prevented

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Equality

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The attitudes and values about appropriate gender roles are embedded in

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The curriculum

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Patriarchal arrangements in society have made women

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Subordinate to men

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

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Society has different expectations for different behaviors

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Gender is defined as

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The characteristics of feminity and masculinity as determined by culture

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

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Differences in wages earned by men and women, Economic rewards for housework and childbearing, and Prestige of different jobs held by men and women

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Girls, according to Gurian, tend to be

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Inductive thinkers

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Gurian reports that boys are more likely to be

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Deductive thinkers

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Masculinity is measured by a man's

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Assertiveness, Leadership, and Independence

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

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Men give orders and women take orders in the workplace

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Research shows that boys have not been encouraged to

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Be emotionally literate

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Who was John Goodlad?

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the author of A Place Called School, a study examining the purposes of schooling

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

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vocational, personal, academic, and social and civic goals were all rated "very important."

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Educators such as Arthur Bestor and Ernest Boyer have concluded that

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U.S. schools have taken responsibility for too many policies and goals.

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

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reducing electives and increasing courses required for graduation from high school.

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

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preparing adults for their life roles.

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The neighborhood public school is

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in competition with magnet schools, charter schools, and even for-profit schools.

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Charter schools typically enjoy

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permission to operate for a fixed length of time.

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What principle do Educational Maintenance Organizations follow?

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Profits can be realized by investing in education.

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

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become more accepting of individual differences.

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Engaged time is

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time students are actively involved with academic subject matter.

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One downside of computers is

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they impose a potential health risk.

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

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few and fair.

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Teachers who demonstrate "withitness" are

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aware of all students' behavior in the classroom at all times.

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Group alerting is a technique designed to

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keep students' attention by addressing questions to the class, then naming the student to respond.

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

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structure, question, respond, react.

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

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one second or less.

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The most frequent teacher reaction is

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acceptance.

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Direct teaching is

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teacher presentation of new material, followed by directed practice and feedback.

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How does differentiated instruction organize instructional activities?

answer

through concentrated tutorials designed to bring about mastery of a few key concepts

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

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White, able-bodied men

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

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Socioeconomic status (SES)

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

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False

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One way to examine the continuum of income is to use

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The median income of the United States

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

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True

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

answer

medical professions

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

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age

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

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Corporal punishment is legal in some states and prohibited in others

question

School teachers who participate in strikes

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are prohibited in over half of states, but in practice are rarely prosecuted

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

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has both an ethical responsibility and a legal responsibility to report the suspected abuse

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

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the teacher has an inspiration to use a work but no time to receive permission

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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

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whether there is substantial disruption of the educational process

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

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is known as academic freedom

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

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a zero-tolerance policy

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

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parents and guardians

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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

answer

academic freedom

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

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Developmental disabilities

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

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False

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Students who have extraordinary abilities are

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Gifted and talented

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Mental retardation and emotional disturbance is often linked to

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Lower socioeconomic status

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Public Law 94-142 is the

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Education for All Handicapped Children Act

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An Individualized Education Program is

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Designed to meet the unique needs of a student with disabilities

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Society has a mindset that people with disabilities are

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Children or childlike and have severe physical and mental disabilities

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As we stereotype individuals with disabilities we deny them

answer

Social value, worth, and a rightful place in society

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

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Individuals with visual imparities and individuals with hearing imparities

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

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Social equality and economic equality

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________ in special education is a major problem in education.

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Overrepresentation

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

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True

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

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Access to the general education curriculum, Obtaining a high school diploma, and Access to quality programs

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

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False

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

answer

Latino, African American, American Indian

question

Lead poisoning can create problems for children such as

answer

Behavior problems, Lowered IQ, and Learning disabilities

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

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Students receiving overreferrals to special education

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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?

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True

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Acceptance implies

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A freedom for the exceptional child to grow

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Person with disabilities have been

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Rejected by society

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

answer

the formal curriculum or explicit curriculum

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

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since Title IX, high school boys and girls have participated in varsity sports in equal numbers.

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A major difference between the formal and the hidden curriculum is

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the hidden curriculum arises spontaneously from interactions between students and their environments

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

answer

religion and reading

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In the 1960s, the curriculum emphasized

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social issues

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

answer

although a popular idea, the jury is still out on the effectiveness of computers in schools

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

answer

incorporating demanding programs that meet the interests of students

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

answer

a curriculum that details the facts and concepts that every educated American should know

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Research on the effectiveness of computers in education shows that

answer

although a popular idea, the jury is still out on the effectiveness of computers in schools

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Teachers shape the curriculum by

answer

supplementing an official curriculum with other materials and objectives

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The state government influences curriculum by

answer

sponsoring standards and standardized testing

question

Textbook adoption states

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are common in the South

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

answer

more options for teachers at the local level

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

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Texas and California

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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

answer

unreality

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

answer

linguistic bias

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Proposed content standards were quite controversial in which content area

answer

history

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The push for more testing

answer

concerns those who protest the use of class time for test preparation

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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?

answer

Offering low-cost after-school tutoring to students in underperforming schools

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High-stakes testing has been criticized for

answer

failing to consistently correlate with other measures of student learning

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

answer

a thoroughly tested belief unlikely to change

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Intelligent design

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credits an unnamed intelligence for aspects of nature unexplained by science

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The main point of The Saber Tooth Curriculum is that

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slavish devotion to the content of past times can result in a curriculum obsolete for contemporary realities

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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

answer

flip phenomenon

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

answer

test

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Standardized tests are popular for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

answer

reflects actual student talents and performance

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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

answer

Positive results with increased percentile points for 2nd grade English Language Learner (ELL) students

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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

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The increases were due to the statistical phenomenon referred to as the "regression to the mean", California had just implemented class size reduction at the inception of Proposition 227, and Other districts, which had maintained various forms of bilingual education, had made similar gains. (All of the above)

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

answer

Lau v. Nichols

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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.

answer

5

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The opponents of Proposition 227 argue against the initiative primarily because

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It is not based on any scientific research data

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U. S. society has strong

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Eurocentric roots

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In the Lau v. Nichols decision, the Supreme Court

answer

None of the above

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

answer

Argot

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

answer

Subtractive bilingualism

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Social dialects generally differ from one another in the use of

answer

Consonants

question

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

answer

People in positions of status and People in positions of power

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

answer

Vernacular Black English. Black English, Ebonics, and African American Vernacular English (All of the above)

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

answer

African Americans had the lowest grade point average in the district and African Americans comprised a disproportionately high percentage of placements in special education classes

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

answer

Asians

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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?

answer

Southeast Asians

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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).

answer

5 to 7

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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

answer

Within 1 to 2 years

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

answer

Had been adopted as statutes or state constitutional amendments by over half the states

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

answer

Ending bilingual education in the state

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

answer

Teachers who fail to implement the law as prescribed may be sued, Parents may seek waivers to continue in bilingual education, and All language minority students will be educated in sheltered English immersion programs not normally exceeding one year. (All of the above)

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Sternberg describes gifted and talented students as

answer

having wisdom.

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

answer

Appropriate Education

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

answer

cognitive, affective , and physiological

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

answer

the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

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Learning styles can best be characterized as

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unique to the individual.

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

answer

Girls' science and math genes are developed in single sex schools.

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Research shows that the gifted

answer

suffer from feelings of isolation.

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How might you characterize the changing understanding of intelligence?

answer

We are broadening our understanding of intelligence beyond traditional language and mathematical-logical factors

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The Lab School of Washington builds its curriculum around

answer

the arts.

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

answer

autism

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Philip Jackson calls teachers gatekeepers because

answer

they direct the flow of classroom interaction.

question

Soft bias refers to

answer

the lowering of teachers' academic expectations for poor children.

question

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

answer

visitors to a foreign land and culture.

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

answer

about 25 percent

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

answer

social status system.

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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?

answer

ability grouping

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

answer

The general incidence of suicide has fallen, but has grown for those between the ages of 15 and 24.

question

John Goodlad found that teachers

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vary considerably in how efficiently they use time.

question

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

answer

Tracking by class (socioeconomic status) is one of the oldest of school traditions.

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Raphaela Best's study of peer groups revealed that

answer

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

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The unremarked revolution refers to

answer

the detracking movement.

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In Life in Classrooms, Philip Jackson characterizes school life as

answer

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

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Philip Jackson researched teacher interactions in the classroom and concluded

answer

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

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

answer

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

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

answer

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

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Which of the following statements is true?

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Up to a half of America's children report being bullied at least once a month.

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

answer

focus on language skills

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Latchkey children

answer

are generally from educated families.

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

answer

are information-driven in middle-class families.

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As educators we

answer

Have a right to our own religious convictions

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

answer

Judaism

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

answer

The geographic region of the United States

question

A 1963 Supreme Court decision removed

answer

Prayer from school

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Fundamentalists are

answer

Conservatives

question

Secular humanism

answer

De-emphasizes God and is respect for human beings

question

Religious misunderstandings between teachers and the community can affect

answer

Instruction

question

Many religions are ________.

answer

Particularistic

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Particularistic means

answer

The belief that your own religion is legitimate, the belief that your own religion is uniquely true, and the belief that all other religions are false

question

Religion appears to influence patterns of

answer

Political attitudes, marriage, and sex roles

question

Religious behavior is

answer

Learned

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

answer

Protestants

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

answer

True

question

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

answer

Roman Catholic

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

answer

Public

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

answer

Cult

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

answer

Religious right

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Public schools are supposed to be free of religious ________.

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Perspective and doctrine

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

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Trie

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Religious groups can influence

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Curriculum, textbooks, and the election of school board members

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Local communities raise most of their educational revenues through

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property tax

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

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has increased dramatically

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What was the importance of Edgewood v. Kirby?

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A state supreme court found that gross differences in per-pupil expenditures violated the state constitution.

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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?

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Serrano v. Priest

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An "adequate education"

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focuses on educational outcomes

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State governments typically do NOT

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hire school personnel

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The bond method of financing

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creates a government loan for infrastructure needs.

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

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less than 10 percent

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What are the biggest sources of state funding for schools?

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sales and personal income taxes

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

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the then-current finance system did not violate the U.S. Constitution.

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

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uniform statewide test scores.

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

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states with the most innovative plans for improving their schools

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

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be closed and reopened with significant changes, a new principal, and new teachers.

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A call for accountability in schools means that people want

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evidence that increased financial support results in educational progress.

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Individual states retain responsibility for education due to the

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Tenth Amendment.

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The chief state school officer manages

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implementation of the policies of the board of education.

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Local school board members tend to be

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white, male, and middle or upper class.

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A school superintendent

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is the most powerful education officer in the district.

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

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extensive and growing.

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

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View films and television programs with actors from different ethnic groups.

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

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Only male students waiting in the vice principals office for discipline, individuals of color in custodial and clerical positions and dominant group indivduals in administrative positions, football team comprised almost exclusively of American American and the chess club primarily of white students

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Multicultural education should be emphasized primarily for

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Student of color, majority group students, and majority group students

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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)

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Emphasizing lectures over dialogue

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Cultural responsive teaching

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Views the cultures and experiences of students as strengths, affirms the cultures of the students, and reflects the students culture in the teaching process

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

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Life goals of students

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In teaching academic subjects multiculturally

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Students from diverse background can learn about lifestyles based on other cultural backgrounds, as long as they are not the only ones to which are exposed, students who dont see representations of themselves and their families in the curriculum will have difficulty seeing the relevance of the academic, and teachers must understands the students cultured to develop instructional strategies that can be related to the students life experiences

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

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The students usually tend to meet the expectations no matter what their abilities are.

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Expectations for minority students academically

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Varies by racial/ethnic group

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When there are no differences in ability, academic tracks reflect

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Class differences, gender differences, and race differences

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Which of the following statement is not correct regarding student tracking

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Homogeneous grouping is more helpful in improving achievement for students from low income and oppressed groups

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

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Belief that every one is capable of equal opportunity to achieve

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Which of the following statement is incorrect

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Multicultural teaching requires students to acknowledge their own racist behavior

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For students to achieve academically

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The should be able to maintain their own cultural identities inside and outside the school

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

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The majority of students felts that there was equitable treatment for students across income and color lines

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

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Teachers are intimidated by the cultural differences and are hesitant in their interactions with these parents

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

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Cooperative learning

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In analyzing poverty in the classroom

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Families and indiviudals are often blamed for their own poverty, teachers can hep students to understand the contributions of the labor class as well as the rich and powerful, and it is difficult for those who are advantaged to acknowledge that our economic systems does not provide equitably for all white and individuals of color

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Which of the following statements is incorrect

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Addressing racism in the classroom can be highly violate and should be left to teachers who specialize in multicultural issues to address

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Most students

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Accept the information written in their textbooks as the absolute truth

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Which of the following statements is incorrect

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Multicultural teaching requires students to acknowledge their own racist behaviors

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

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Belief that every one is capable of equal opportunity to achieve

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