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Principals listed the evaluation and supervision of teachers as the second most difficult
task they faced in Lortie's study.
a. True
b. False
Baker and LeTendre describe public schooling for large numbers of children as:
a. Deschooling
b. Mass schooling
c. Selective schooling
d. Global schooling
e. None of the above
The example of Miguel Morales talked about his stern father, this was used to illustrate:
a. Human capital
b. Selective acculturation
c. Tough discipline
d. The role of significant others
e. None of the above
Industrialists were most involved in the creation of new colleges prior to the Civil War.
a. True
b. False
According to Barr and Dreeben, labor in school systems is:
a. Divided
b. Differentiated by task
c. Hierarchical
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
The study of sociology of education is primarily concerned with:
a. Interactions between people
b. Structures that provide recurring organizations
c. Processes that bring the structures such as schools alive through teaching, learning,
and communicating
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
One problem with current school reform efforts, according to Anyon is that they are:
a. Too narrow in scope
b. Too often limited to neighborhoods only
c. Too negative in nature
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Among the factors that are included in the context of schooling is:
a. families
b. government
c. the general public
d. religion
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
High school is the most critical time for intervention against low-level violence.
a. True
b. False
According to Cohen, Bloom, Malin and Curry, the economic benefits of universal
primary and secondary education are:
a. Greater investments in big business
b. More people employed in technology
c. A reduction in fertility and mortality rates
d. All of the above
In their study, Allan and Madden explained quantitative methods employed to study
behaviors may fail to produce valid results because:
a. Errors in survey design can cause skewed results
b. Certain behaviors studied go unnoticed because they are normally socially accepted
c. Researchers often code their quantitative data differently
d. They have increased reliability
e. None of the above
_____________ efforts have historically focused on integrating Black and White
students.
a. Segregation
b. Desegregation
c. Resegregation
d. None of the above
___________ theorists focus on the interpersonal dynamics of the situation and assume
that individuals socially construct their lives based on the environments in which they
find themselves.
a. Feminist
b. Functional
c. Conflict
d. Symbolic Interaction
e. Rational choice
One thing Lewis and Lockheed suggested that countries can do to change policies that
discriminate against girls attending school such as:
a. Require separate schools for boys and girls
b. Enforce the right of all children to an education
c. Require students to study in the language of the country, not their native tongue
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of educating girls:
a. Higher wages
b. Female empowerment
c. Improved family ties
d. Economy development
e. None of the above
Students that are from socially-oriented affluent families typically do better in easier
majors that require internships.
a. True
b. False
Diehl and Daniel found that:
a. There's a strong relationship between temporality and classroom order
b. Most of the variance in stability and concord occur within classroom contexts
c. Activities often dictate the overall levels of stability and concord
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Ideologies are used to get students to think creatively.
a. True
b. False
According to Downey and Gibbs, a student's academic achievement is closely tied with:
a. Their school's location
b. The experience level of their teachers
c. Their parents socioeconomic status
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Public education curriculum tends to favor:
a. Middle-class
b. Lower-class
c. Women
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
Historically, which factor has been a cause of white flight?
a. Racial inequality
b. Racial identity
c. Racial integration
d. Racial domination
e. None of the above
Progressive attempts to make educational success more widely available to
disadvantaged groups through progressive 'culturalist' reforms often are seen as:
a. Lowering of standards and the undermining of traditional values.
b. Leveling the playing fields between different ethnic groups
c. Being elitist in nature
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
According to Illich, teaching basic skills:
a. Is not necessary
b. Could be done by anyone with a little training
c. Would be difficult to accomplish in a deschooled society
d. Would require regular schools for short periods of time
e. None of the above
Virtual schools also have appeal in rural areas.
a. True
b. False
___________________ includes the taste, confidence, and familiarity that allows the
culturally advantaged to reap a higher return on cultural investments than those with
less.
a. Economic capital
b. Social capital
c. Cultural capital
d. Human capital
e. None of the above
VDP stands for:
a. Vocational Diploma Program
b. Voluntary Desegregation Program
c. Veterans for Decision and Policy
d. None of the above
Baker and LeTendre's discussion of national school systems argues that such systems
are uniquely different and affected by global forces only slightly.
a. True
b. False
Minority males typically are able to socially integrate easier than minority females.
a. True
b. False
Dworkin and Tobe describe school reform efforts that impacted teacher burnout as
beginning with:
a. No Child Left Behind
b. Goals 2000
c. America 2000
d. A Nation at Risk
e. None of the above
Researchers from the schools-as-communities perspective also state that attachment to
different actors at school and the school itself impedes school deviancy.
a. True
b. False
If a researcher collects observational data in natural settings this research is:
a. Qualitative
b. Quantitative
c. Hierarchical
d. Equitable
e. None of the above
Knowledge is socially constructed by people in power and those with authority.
a. True
b. False
Countries that score poorly in early rounds of international testing typically:
a. Continue to participate in international testing
b. Drop out of testing
c. Drop out of testing but use national assessments
d. A and C only
e. None of the above
Academic achievement of Blacks is more likely to be influenced by the racial
composition of the school/community than is academic achievement for Whites.
a. True
b. False
According to Mickelson, males continue to outnumber women in ___________
programs.
a. English
b. Nursing
c. Engineering
d. Sociology
e. None of the above
