SOC chp 17 [Sociology of Education] – Flashcards
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In earlier societies, education was ________
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The same as acculturation
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In the U.S., universal schooling was an idea of ________
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Thomas Jefferson
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By 1918, mandatory education laws required able-bodied children to attend school until age ________ or until they completed the ________ grade
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16; 8th
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Today, ________ of eight Americans have not finished high school
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1
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About ________ of all Americans today are college graduates
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1/3
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Of the following states, which has the lowest percentage of high school dropouts?
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Wyoming
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Whether community colleges should prepare high school graduates to enter four-year colleges, or prepare the students for vocational work, ________
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Has always been a matter of dispute
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In grade schools in Japan, all children in a class ________
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Study the same page from the same textbook at the same time
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Essentially, all governments use their institution of education to _______
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All of the above
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Today, employers use diplomas and degrees as _______
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All of the above
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On average, people who complete college live ________ than high school dropouts
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At least 10 years longer
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Part of the hidden curriculum, according to conflict theorists, is ________
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Obedience to any authority
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Intelligence tests ________
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Help to keep the social class intact
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From a conflict perspective, school funding ________
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Shows its true colors by being based on property taxes
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In 2014, Michigan K-12 spending, per pupil, averaged ________
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$10,354
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In 2014, New York K-12 spending, per pupil, averaged ________
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$19,649
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The states that have the highest per-pupil spending rates cluster mainly in the
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Northeast
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Regardless of whether children have high or low ability, they are more likely to go to college if their parents _______
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Have high income
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________ are the most likely group to attend private colleges
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African Americans
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Of those who complete high school, _______ are the most likely group to attend college
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European Americans
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If you throw two dice and "7" is showing, what is facing down?
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7
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Through _______, a student may influence teacher perceptions and receive higher grades
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Signaling
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In a self-fulfilling prophecy, the assertion was originally ________, and becomes _______
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False; True
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The Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) experiment and others like it, confirms that _______
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Children who are expected to do better generally do better
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Researchers found that from kindergarten to fifth grade, when children have equal test scores, ________ receive higher grades
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Girls
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From the 1960s to the present, verbal scores in the SAT have ________
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Declined
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In recent years, to accommodate today's students, those who develop the SAT have _______
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Made it easier
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________ refers to higher grades given for the same work
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Grade inflation
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With _______, students get passed from one grade to the next despite failing to learn the basic materials
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Social promotion
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________ refers to high school graduates who have never mastered things they should have learned in grade school
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Functional illiteracy
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If rigorous teaching is done and high standards are used to measure performance, this means that some students used to low standards will not graduate. This upsets ________
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Parents and students
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In 2014, the highest starting salaries for U.S. graduates with a BA or BS degree were found in _______
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Engineering
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In 2014, the second lowest starting salaries for U.S. graduates with a BA or Bs degree were found in ________
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Education
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High school administrators across the nation have faked their graduation rates in order to _______
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Not lose funding
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Of the students who take MOOCs, ________
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10% complete them
