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EDU2013 Quiz #4

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The most successful middle schools include all of the following EXCEPT
emphasis on standardized testing.
Which of the following would object the most strongly to a proposal to institute a voucher system that would include access to private and religious schools?
teacher unions
Civics and government courses generally focus on encouraging
the desire to give, assist others through volunteering.
Which of the following is an example of a school tradition?
high school marching band.
The knowledge and ideas required to maintain or gain status and power in society is
cultural capital
Saying the Pledge of Allegiance in class is an example of which purpose of school?
citizenship
Cajun culture includes the use of French language and phrases that have continued to be spoken by the original people who moved as Acadians from Nova Scotia to Louisiana after the fall of New France. Because of the nature of culture and how it is maintained and transmitted, which of the following best describes modern Cajun culture and its relationship to culture in France and Canada?
Cajun and Parisian language and culture are so alike they are virtually interchangeable.

Cajun and Acadian cultures in Canada are interchangeable because of origins but differ from that of France.

Cajun culture today has no apparent connection to its roots in France and Canada.
One's philosophical and political perspectives determine how one views the roles of schools. In the United States, all of the following are considered viable goals for schools by some individuals EXCEPT
schools should support finding one's natural place in society.
The Civil Rights struggles of the 1960s and 1970s are examples that illustrate that in the United States,
the majority has the right to set the pattern for everyone in society.
The mayors of cities, such as Washington D.C. and New York City, have taken control of the management of the public school systems with the stated aim of
reforming schools and improving student learning.
A higher level of achievement on tests and a higher percentage of students attending college is found in
Suburbs
Helga Brenders knows that she can learn more about the cultural identities of her students in all of the following ways, EXCEPT
Correct volunteering to sponsor the chess team at the school.
The overall poverty rate is highest among those living in
cities
Specialized teachers who work in a regular classroom with students who have special needs related to reading, mathematics, English, or a disability are
resource teachers
A teacher may do all of the following to help prevent miscommunications based on cultural cues EXCEPT
insist that students stop using their own cultural cues.
To eliminate confusion about the common culture of the United States among students newly arrived from a different background, the school must carefully
align the formal and hidden curricula to reinforce national values and rules.
A school with a pluralistic approach will
value cultural differences and integrate them into the curriculum
The Common Culture of the United States is derived from that of
white, middle-class Protestants from Western Europe.
Parents who are in the upper middle class more frequently tend to do all of the following EXCEPT
volunteer to help in school breakfast programs.
Katrina is a student at a Montessori School. She began school at age two and a half and will soon be turning seven. Which of the following statements describes her education so far?
She has had the same teacher during the whole time she has been there.
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