The marketing technique that involves selling things in unconventional and unexpected
places is known as _____.
A.aspirational marketing.
B.global marketing
C.guerrilla marketing.
D.relationship marketing
Students who embrace an incremental view of intelligence are most likely to:
A.have a fixed mindset.
B.blame their lack of intelligence when faced with a difficult situation.
C.explore inventive strategies to solve a problem.
D.rate low on emotional intelligence.
The influence of the business community in America’s schools can best be characterized
as _____.
A.diminishing
B.irrelevant
C.extensive
D.illegal
Which principle of special education implies that educational goals designed for a child
must align with his or her learning needs?
A.Zero reject principle
B.Individualized education program
C.Nondiscriminatory education
D.Procedural due process
Which of the following is one of the seven goals for high school identified by the report
Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education?
A.Command of fundamental academic skills
B.Economic prosperity
C.Excellence in sports
D.Proficiency of foreign language
One of the primary reasons that the No Child Left Behind Act was revamped was that:
A.the law had become too expensive to implement due to the high costs of standardized
tests.
B.there was a political movement to eliminate the culture of testing that had developed
in schools.
C.there was a push to return schools to the control of the taxpayers in their local
districts and reduce the role of the federal government in schools.
D.there was little consistency in student performance from state to state.
Which of the following is a recommended teaching strategy that can help children from
low-income homes achieve academic success?
A.Teachers should avoid lowering their expectations from students belonging to this
group.
B.Teachers should encourage them to study at home and spend lesser time at school.
C.Teachers should lower their academic expectations for such children.
D.Teachers should ask them to avoid taking difficult subjects like mathematics.
A scientific theory, such as the theory of evolution, is:
A.a scientific guess or hunch.
B.often a political position not related to science.
C.a well-founded scientific explanation.
D.a hypothesis likely to change.
When a teacher is breaking down (or “chunking”) information to explain the concept
more effectively to students, he is engaged in:
A.scaffolding.
B.transition.
C.review.
D.clarification.
To get “board certified” by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, a
teacher:
A.takes written tests and the teacher’s lesson plans are examined.
B.must be certified by the American Federation of Teachers.
C.has to appear for an interview, but written tests are not required.
D.should serve as an apprentice to a master teacher.
A key assumption of multicultural education is that:
A.students should go through home schooling to improve their performance.
B.the language of instruction should be English.
C.the curriculum should have an Afro-centric focus.
D.effective teachers recognize that students learn in different ways.
What was the new concern that arose as women came to dominate teaching, and the
gender tables turned in the twentieth century?
A.Female teachers were not receiving the same salaries as male teachers.
B.The fear that boys were being discriminated against did the rounds.
C.Male teachers were not being recruited by the school districts.
D.The fear that female teachers were “feminizing” boys went around.
You have just been assigned to teach a class that has several management problems. A
good strategy to reduce or eliminate these problems would be to:
A.keep teaching materials and supplies locked up, so that students call on you when
they need assistance.
B.actively teach procedures, routines, and rules along with the academic curriculum.
C.avoid eye contact with the students while teaching so that all students feel
comfortable.
D.place student desks near the supply cabinets so that students do not need to move
around for supplies.
Which of the following is true of children living in low-income homes?
A.Their families do not encourage them to study harder or perform well in school.
B.They have many adults with professional careers who can serve as role models.
C.Their neighborhood reality is often filled with crime and drugs.
D.They may not get admitted to public schools due to their financial status.
One of the fundamental provisions of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
which ensures that students with disabilities should be assessed fairly, by the use of
tests that are free from cultural bias and are in the students’ native language, is the
provision of:
A.appropriate education.
B.procedural due process.
C.nondiscriminatory education.
D.individualized education program.
The act that calls for standards and annual testing of math, reading, and science is called
the _____.
A.National Defense Education Act
B.Elementary and Secondary Education Act
C.No Child Left Behind Act
D.Bilingual Education Act
In Alice’s classroom, the great majority of her students do well academically. When she
is asked about why she feels she is such a successful teacher, she says that she
structures her instruction in such a way that her students can do well either way,
working with her directly or on their own. She says that her students often do even
better working on their own than with her. Alice’s classroom best exemplifies:
A.engaged time.
B.allotted time.
C.flexible instructional time.
D.academic learning time.
Research shows that teachers skilled in pedagogy:
A.outperform teachers with superior subject area knowledge.
B.give more importance to subject knowledge than teaching methods.
C.lack effective instructional skills.
D.do not employ effective teaching strategies.
The Supreme Court Case Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools was important
because it:
A.extended the reach of Title IX, so that students could sue a school district for
monetary damages if they were sexually harassed.
B.made it more difficult for students to collect monetary damages from schools in cases
of sexual harassment.
C.established the standard of “deliberate indifference” in determining whether or not
sexual harassment took place.
D.characterized sexual harassment as quid pro quo and hostile environment sexual
harassment.
Andy was teaching a unit on Tennyson in his British Literature class, and he came
across an essay about the poet that would really “bring the man to life.” He made copies
of the essay and distributed them to the students. Based on the information presented
here, did Andy violate copyright laws?
A.Yes, because he violated the cumulative effect criterion of the fair use policy.
B.Yes, because he violated the spontaneity criterion of the fair use policy.
C.No, because he can do so under the fair use policy for up to nine instances per class
per semester.
D.No, because essays are exempt from copyright laws and are considered to be in the
public domain.
_____ organizes schools around the concerns, curiosity, and real-world experiences of
students.
A.Perennialism
B.Essentialism
C.Progressivism
D.Behaviorism
Which of the following provided funds for teacher training and program development
in vocational education at the high school level?
A.Elementary and Secondary Education Act
B.Bilingual Education Act
C.Morrill Land Grant College Acts
D.Smith-Hughes Act
In an essay that she wrote for her sociology course, Eve argued that one of the reasons
that minorities struggled academically while in school was genetic deficiencies that
made them incapable of learning at the same pace as their white counterparts. Eve’s
views are indicative of the _____.
A.deficit theory
B.cultural difference theory
C.expectation theory
D.multiple intelligence theory
Which of the following is true of adequate educational guarantees, the educational
clauses present in the constitution of different states?
A.They guarantee that every student is entitled to either an equal education or equal
funding.
B.They require that states implement a uniform testing system in all school districts.
C.They guarantee that every student receives an efficient, sound or thorough education.
D.They ensure children with disabilities are excluded from schools.
Title IX of the Education Amendments (1972):
A.expands educational opportunities to persons with disabilities.
B.bars discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin.
C.prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.
D.protects the right to due process and equal protection.
The most frequent teacher reaction is:
A.acceptance.
B.criticism.
C.praise.
D.remediation.
When asked to identify the one best thing about their high school, _____ usually ranks
at the top of the list of students.
A.academics
B.cultural activities
C.friends
D.sporting events
Influential teacher organizations are cautiously supportive of a merit pay plan. Provided
that certain conditions are met, they would be more likely to support it. Which of the
following is one of those conditions?
A.The plan should be objective and based solely on student test scores.
B.Local teachers should be involved in planning.
C.Senior tenured teachers must be excluded from the merit pay plan.
D.The plan should be fair and also penalize teachers in under-resourced schools.
One of the recommendations to strengthen the Teach for America (TFA) program is to:
A.increase the pay for TFA teachers if students’ test scores improve.
B.recruit a more diverse group of participants.
C.add incentives to make more students want to join TFA.
D.increase classroom support for TFA participants as they teach.
In the context of Professor Andrew Hacker’s parable about race, which of the following
is true of his views?
A.He feels that the very effort to combat racial prejudice worsens the problem by
bringing attention to it.
B.He believes that most racial injustices can be solved through an infusion of funding to
level the playing field.
C.He considers the idea of racial privilege or discrimination to have faded to a degree
that it is now mostly a myth.
D.He considers white privilege so commonplace that most people are no longer able to
‘see” it.
Imagine that you are a teacher in a middle school. The new principal has outlined his
vision for the school and the changes that he would like to make to improve the school
experience for students, parents, and teachers. He has asked each teacher to effectively
communicate to the parents about what is happening in the school. How would you go
about informing parents about the school’s vision? Be sure to provide specific
examples.
Researcher Linda Darling-Hammond recommends investing more in teacher training, in
order to reform education. What are your views on effective teacher training? Be sure to
provide specific examples to support your arguments.
Answer:
Answers will vary.
Imagine that you are the principal of a school. You realize that the teachers in your
school mainly remain busy gatekeeping, and much of their day is spent on determining
who gets to speak, when to line up for lunch, how the class will work when broken into
groups, and so on. How can you ensure that your teachers spend more time on teaching
and not on gatekeeping? What sort of changes would you make?
Why do the authors feel that existentialism is perhaps the most challenging of the
philosophies for many readers? What are the core goals of existentialism?
Imagine that you are a teacher who has a racially and ethnically diverse class. You have
an African American student who is very bright but has consistent bad grades. You call
him for a discussion wherein he states, “I like your class, but I get hassled by my
friends if I do well. They tell me to stop acting white.'” Why do you think that a student
could be accused of acting white? As a teacher, what can you do to help him overcome
this social pressure and perform according to his potential?
Describe Bloom’s original taxonomy and the revised taxonomy and highlight the
differences. Does one version seem more meaningful or useful to you than the other?
Why do you think the authors of the revised versions made the changes that they did?
What do you see as the key difference, other than the change from nouns to verb,
between the two lowest-order levels (levels I and II) in the original taxonomy and their
counterparts in the revised taxonomy?
Imagine that there is an English-only lobby in your state, and they are trying to
introduce a law on the next election ballot to make English the sole language of
instruction in schools. What do you think is the motivation behind this English-only
group? What arguments could you make to counter this group’s effort to get such a law
passed?
What are some of the obstacles in creating an adequate education system for students?
What are steps that policymakers can take to overcome these obstacles? Include
specific examples in your discussion.
Discuss the five common patterns identified by Jacob Kounin that can disrupt
classroom management during times of transitions. Provide examples of each. How can
teachers minimize disruption?
In the chapter, the authors discuss moving beyond punishment to use consequences.
What do you think they meant by this observation? What is the difference between a
punishment and a consequence? What do you think some examples of a
consequence-based set of rules might resemble? Be sure to provide specific examples
for your analysis.
Answer:
Answers will vary.
Do you ever foresee a time when technology minimizes the value of human teachersor
even makes them obsolete? Why or why not? What can teachers do to keep something
like this from happening? Be sure to support your answers with specific examples.
Answer:
Answers will vary.
Schools create their own cultures, replete with their own norms, rituals, and routines.
Using experiences from your elementary, middle, or secondary schooling, describe the
norms, rituals, and routines that you experienced. What made them rituals? How did
these contribute to the overall culture of the school? Be sure to provide specific
examples to support your position.
Answer:
Answers will vary.
In the movie, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Mr. Chipping is warned that teaching “calls for
something more than a university degree.” What attributes beyond a university degree
do you feel that successful teachers must possess? Be sure to explain your response,
providing specific examples where appropriate.
Answer:
Answers will vary.
Some supporters of school reform see school choice as a way to rescue a failing public
education system and providing better educational options to students. Others view it as
an attack on a fundamental component of U.S. education: the neighborhood school.
What is your opinion about the different kinds of schools?
Answer:
Answers will vary.
Imagine that you have been hired by a school that utilizes site-based management. How
do you think the school would be run? What do you think your responsibilities might
be? Would you like to be in a school where teachers have a say in running the school?
Why or why not?
Answer:
Answers will vary.
Describe how you believe educators could use Gardner’s “five minds” in the classroom.
What would instruction look like if teachers incorporated these “minds”? Be sure to
provide specific examples to support your position.
Answer:
Answers will vary.
Imagine that you are a new high school teacher. You want to do the best job possible of
helping your students get the most out of their opportunities. In order to do so, what are
some aspects of adolescent struggles that you would need to familiarize with? Keeping
these adolescent struggles in mind, how would you create a classroom that would help
your students perform well in high school?
A growing number of researchers now do not view intelligence as a fixed and
predetermined entity, but as something that can be changed by efforts. How would you
define intelligence? What would be your opinion of IQ (intelligence quotient) scores as
a measure of intelligence?
Answer:
Answers will vary.