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Worksheets5.2 Scientific Management Theory and the Cardinal Principles Rep
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Why was curriculum reevaluated in the late 1800s
and early 1900s?
In the North, African American children were attending separate, segregated schools due to segregated neighborhoods
Southern law largely closed public education to students of color
Vocational high schools were becoming common in larger cities, sorting students along class and gender lines
All of the above
Fill in the blanks: In _____, less than _____% of U.S. student-age population attended high school.
1900s, 7
1890s, 5
1910s, 3
1870s, 10
True or False: The few individuals that attended high school in the 1890s did NOT go on to graduate and attend college.
True
False
True or False: A common high-status high school curriculum was believed to ensure that all prospective college students had an appropriate academic background.
True
False
In 1893, the National Education Association (NEA) appointed a Committee of how many to establish a standard high school curriculum for prospective college students?
10
15
9
12
What were some of the liberal arts studies that the Committee of Ten's final report advanced for high school curriculum and was required for all students to take?
Grammar, arithmetic, literature, spelling
Sewing, cooking, cleaning, woodwork
Latin, English literature, geometry, chemistry
Drawing, music, physical exercise, orchestra
Fill in the blank: The NEA formed a Committee of Fifteen to address ________________ education.
early childhood
elementary
secondary
higher
True or False: In 1895, the Committee of Fifteen endorsed the traditional subject centered courses (grammar, literature, arithmetic, geography, history) and urged that academics be correlated with the arts (music, drawing, PE, hygiene).
True
False
True or False: For 7th and 8th grade boys, training in agricultural was recommended and for girls, manual training was recommended.
True
False
Fill in the blanks: In 1890 to 1930, public high school enrollments virtually ________ every decade and high schools began allowing students to study different subjects within the same school. This led to the NEA sponsoring the ___________ ____________ report.
doubled, Cardinal Principles
tripled, Scientific
doubled, Educational
None of the above
Why was the Cardinal Report of 1918 one of the twentieth century's most influential education documents?
It called for expanded and differentiated high school programs
Recommended that high schools adopt a more comprehensive approach
Advocated for a common core of knowledge and courses that related to students' perceived abilities
All of the above
How did the Cardinal Principles report affect high schools?
Created a unifying learning experience
Students could follow their own academic or vocational interests
Guidance counseling programs became a integral part of education
All of the above
True or False: Scientific Management is a process for decreasing institutional competence, weaken quality, and individualize school outcomes.
True
False
Who developed the concept of scientific management theory?
John Dewey
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Taylor
G. Stanley Hall
Check all of the answers that apply: How did scientific management impact schools?
Schools developed tracking methods, placing students in programs like college preparatory or vocational, based on assumed intelligence.
Students who learned well received nothing, whereas students who did not learn as readily received rewards
Students saw themselves as either intelligent, superior, and worthy of a promising future or as not intelligent and unworthy.
Children entered school and moved through grades with their age-peers, changing classes at predetermined intervals to ringing bells
Fill in the blanks: Common schools thrived in ______ and ______ America, where a resemblance of race, class, and religion already exist.
West, East
North, South
North, West
South, East
Check off all answers that apply: What were the three trends that undermined the idea of common schools in the South and large cities?
Residential segregation did NOT separate students by social class on a geographical basis
Members of the Eastern upper classes often sent their children to private schools
Newly freed African Americans in the South were systematically barred from access to common schools
Some parents would not forgo their own sacred doctrine for that of another group or for schools' secular needs
