EDUC 1301

Fall 2019
Exam Review
Chapter 1
1. (p. 4) Which of the following is generally considered a positive aspect of the teaching
profession?
A. the ability to influence the lives of young people
B. high prestige and status
C. minimal amounts of paperwork
D. excellent salaries
2. (p. 8) 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
A. "iron clad" job security, no matter what.
B. protection from arbitrary dismissal.
C. recognition as a competent teacher.
D. accelerated salary increases.
3. (p. 9) In terms of professional status, many consider teaching to be
A. somewhere between a full profession and a semiprofession.
B. a full profession on the level of doctors, lawyers, and clergy.
C. an occupation, such as a bank teller or dental hygienist.
D. a skilled occupation such as a computer programmer or an accountant.
4. (p. 10) Edward lives in Maryland during the colonial period. When it comes time to choose a
trade, he decides he wishes to become a teacher. How would he prepare to teach children during
this time in American history?
A. He would attend a normal school.
B. He would attend secondary school and some college.
C. He would pass a test to measure his knowledge of important subjects.
D. He would receive virtually no formal training at all.
5. (p. 11) Horace Mann helped establish the first
A. state-supported normal school.
B. undergraduate teaching program.
C. post-graduate teaching program.
D. private normal school.
Chapter 2
1. (p. 42) Which principle of special education implies that children have the right to an education
involving accurate diagnosis of individual needs?
A. zero reject
B. IEP
C. nondiscriminatory education
D. procedural due process
2. (p. 40) The principle of the IDEA that states that no child with disabilities may be denied a free,
appropriate education is
A. zero tolerance.
B. zero reject.
C. accommodation.
D. inclusion.
3. (p. 40-41) The concepts in the IDEA that students should be assessed fairly by the use of tests that
are free from cultural biases and are in the students' native languages would be covered by which
provision?
A. appropriate education
B. procedural due process
C. non-discriminatory education
D. individualized education program
4. (p. 40) The case against segregating children with disabilities was made in part because of the
findings of
A. the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
B. the Lau v. Nichols decision.
C. the Equal Educational Opportunities Act.
D. the Bilingual Education Act.
5. (p. 42) "Least-restrictive environment" refers to
A. placing students with disabilities into open, accessible classrooms to better accommodate their
needs and equipment.
B. allowing students with disabilities to be educated by their parents at home so that they do not
have to encounter transportation barriers.
C. integrating students with disabilities into classrooms with non-disabled students whenever
possible.
D. providing students with disabilities with specially trained teachers, assistive technologies, and
access to other appropriate resources.
Chapter 3
1. (p. 52) Mercedes, a young Hispanic female, is excited because she is about to celebrate her
fifteenth birthday, the quincea–era, which is considered to be a rite of passage into adulthood.
Such celebrations are an important part of Mercedes's
A. race.
B. culture.
C. ethnicity.
D. birthright.
2. (p. 61) The "Lau Remedies" were important because they
A. forbid bilingual instruction in public schools.
B. required students to be English-proficient in order to attend schools.
C. required all teachers in states with large numbers of language minority students to be certified
in bilingual education.
D. required schools to take positive steps to eliminate language barriers to learning.
3. (p. 61) Han is an elementary school student in a rural district. Han's family arrived from Laos,
and he speaks very little English. Although Han really wants to do well at school, he struggles,
because the instruction is in English only and his teachers make no effort to modify instruction
so that he can understand what is going on. Han's experience most closely reflects
A. immersion
B. the transitional approach.
C. language submersion.
D. English as a Second Language.
4. (p. 68) A major assumption of multicultural education is that
A. bilingual education should be implemented in every school.
B. the school is a melting pot and should assimilate students.
C. the curriculum should have an Afro-centric focus.
D. students should develop positive attitudes toward different cultures.
5. (p. 68) Multicultural educators that follow the approach called "teaching the culturally different"
primarily advocate
A. creating close links between school and home so that minority children can succeed
academically.
B. the promotion of different perspectives based on race, class, and culture.
C. the promotion of cultural and racial understanding among different groups.
D. the mobilization of students to actively address and work to remedy social problems.
Chapter 4
1. (p. 104) Paula is an elementary school teacher who often feels more like the last thing in the
world she gets to do is teach her students. She feels as though much of her day is taken up with
determining who gets to speak, when to line up for lunch, how the class will work when broken
into groups, and so forth. Based on these actions, Paula occupies the role of
A. organizer.
B. gatekeeper.
C. tracker.
D. administrator.
2. (p. 107) According to Jeannie Oakes, tracking persists in schools largely because
A. administrators believe that it is the most cost effective way to educate children,
B. teachers think it is best way to improve test scores among their students.
C. educators don't really believe that they can change their students' educational capabilities.
D. educators believe it is the fairest way to treat their students so that all may learn.
3. (p. 109) If detracking is to be successful, schools must
A. support students so that they do well on academic tests.
B. rely on ability grouping as a way to sort students.
C. avoid signs of de facto tracking.
D. provide careful planning and training for teachers to operate in a detracked environment.
Chapter 6
1. (p. 167-168) The main point of the "saber-tooth curriculum" is that
A. unless students have a key role in curriculum development, the curriculum cannot meet
contemporary needs.
B. unless teachers have a key role in curriculum development, the curriculum cannot meet
contemporary needs.
C. slavish devotion to the content of past times can result in a curriculum obsolete in the face of
contemporary realities.
D. as long as the basal reader dominates the curriculum, a truly individualized curriculum can
never become a reality
Chapter 7
1. (p. 225) Among the impacts of the Supreme Court holding in Plessy v. Ferguson was
A. the reinforcement of the idea that de jure segregation was acceptable.
B. the development of second-generation segregation.
C. the elimination of de facto segregation, especially in the North.
D. an increased federal presence in education and civil rights.

2. (p. 226) During the 1960s and 1970s, the Supreme Court
A. rejected arguments for busing and for racial quotas, stating that it was now up to states and
local school districts to ensure racial balance in schools.
B. focused on efforts to eradicate de facto segregation, mainly in the South.
C. was a factor in getting schools to provide a range of options to eliminate de facto segregation
in schools.
D. continued efforts to eradicate de jure segregation in the North and in the South.
3. (p. 236) Which of the following statements about Title IX is NOT true?
A. Title IX protects male students against gender discrimination.
B. Title IX protects teachers against gender discrimination.
C. Title IX ensures that health benefits are not gender biased.
D. Title IX has eliminated most sexist behaviors from schools.
Chapter 8
1. (p. 250) 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
A. teacher-centered philosophies.
B. student-centered philosophies.
C. blended philosophies.
D. holistic philosophies.
2. (p. 252) 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
A. progressivism.
B. perennialism.
C. existentialism.
D. constructivism
3. (p. 264) The use of a system of positive reinforcement to encourage desired behavior is based on
A. essentialism.
B. behaviorism.
C. existentialism.
D. progressivism.
Chapter 9
1. (p. 275) In the last fifty years or so, state funding for schools
A. has decreased dramatically.
B. has increased dramatically.
C. has stayed about the same.
D. was roughly half the level of federal funding of schools.
2. (p. 293) The school superintendent
A. is protected by liberal tenure laws.
B. is the most powerful education officer in the district.
C. mainly represents teachers' interests in improving working conditions and salaries.
D. focuses on administrative matters and is not involved with political matters.
Chapter 10
1. (p. 314) Cases such as Goss v. Lopez that deal with the proper procedures involving the
disciplining and suspension of students would fall under the
A. First Amendment.
B. Fourth Amendment.
C. Fourteenth Amendment.
D. Fifteenth Amendment.
2. (p. 306) 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
A. whether there is substantial disruption of the educational process.
B. whether the teacher has kept careful notes of the offending behavior.
C. whether the teacher's actions in his or her private life are considered in poor taste.
D. both whether there is substantial disruption of the educational process, and whether the
teacher's actions in his or her private life are considered in poor taste.
3. (p. 307) Generally courts have ruled that teachers may be fired for which of the following?
A. adultery
B. using profanity towards students
C. use of profanity outside of school
D. unwed cohabitation
4. (p. 312) The Buckley Amendment ensures the rights of ________ to access educational records.
A. parents and guardians
B. professional personnel from other districts
C. students between 12 and 16 years of age
D. physicians
Chapter 11
1. (p. 342) 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 so that her students can do well either working with her directly 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.
2. (p. 348) 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. establish predictable routines and rules to offer a sense of stability.
C. create a "private" area in the room, where you can work and plan undisturbed by unruly
students.
D. draw attention to misbehaving students in order to set an example.
3. (p. 350) By beginning a lesson with a riddle or an anecdote, a teacher is trying to establish
A. clear objectives.
B. motivation.
C. clarification.
D. scaffolding.
4. (p. 352) Higher-order questions are most effectively used during
A. a discussion of student opinions.
B. a review of previously learned information.
C. the introduction of new information.
D. student practice drills.
5. (p. 352-353) A teacher asks a student to grade her own research paper—and to justify her grade.
Identify the level of this task on Bloom's taxonomy.
A. analysis
B. comprehension
C. evaluation
D. synthesis
6. (p. 357-258) Statements such as "Great job" or "Well done" are
A. effective forms of praise because they indicate the student has exceeded the teacher's
expectations.
B. ineffective forms of praise because they do not seem to be sincere.
C. effective forms of praise because of their positive and enthusiastic nature.
D. ineffective forms of praise because they are generic.

Essay Questions

Chapter 1. What are the steps that you can take at this point in your teacher education program to
begin preparing for a teaching position? Briefly describe what each step might look as you
continue your development into a teacher. Be sure to give specific examples.

Chapter 2. Imagine that you are a teacher. You have been informed that in the coming year you
will be teaching in an "inclusion classroom"? As an educator, what benefits do you see from
inclusion? What concerns would you have about teaching in an inclusion class? How might you
prepare yourself for teaching in an inclusion environment? Be sure to provide specific examples
to support your arguments.

Chapter 3. Do you agree that the United States is a "melting pot"? If so, why? If you don't agree,
explain why. Do you have a better metaphor with which to describe the United States?
Chapter 4. What myths surrounding bullying are often accepted by teachers? What realities of
bullying in schools run counter to those myths? In what ways are teachers well placed to combat
bullying among students?

Chapter 8. What is your educational philosophy, and how do you think it will shape your
teaching style? Be sure to provide specific examples to support your discussion.

Chapter 9. To the question, "Does money matter?", the authors respond, "Trick question: It
depends on how it is spent." How do you think school districts should spend their money so it
matters most? Be sure to provide specific examples in your discussion.

Chapter 10. 28. What are some of the questions that employers are not allowed to ask during the
course of a job interview? If you were to be asked one or more of these questions during an
interview for a position that you truly wanted, how would you handle the matter?