WorksheetsThe Evolution of the Education & Training Industry
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 20mins
Education during colonial America was NOT determined by which of the following?
Class
Race
Academic performance
Gender
Children from lower classes and minorities usually participated in which of the following?
Apprenticeships
Classes
Universities
Farming
Which of the following terms indicates working one-on-one or in small groups with a teacher?
Teaching
Tutoring
Coaching
Lecturing
Which of the following was the first public school opened in the United States?
Hopkins School
Harvard University
Philips Andover Academy
Boston Latin School
When was the Harvard University established?
1635
1636
1678
1681
When did the Progressive Education Movement start?
1830s
1860s
1890s
1930s
What percentage of young adults had earned a high school diploma by 1940?
20 percent
30 percent
40 percent
50 percent
Who is considered to be one of the main founders of progressive education?
John Dewey
William Wirt
Book T. Washington
Horace Mann
According to the Child-Centered Approach, which of the following roles should a teacher play in the classroom?
Instructor
Tutor
Facilitator
Lecturer
When was the National Education Association founded?
1887
1917
1937
1957
A person who learns a skilled trade by watching and helping an expert in that trade.
dame school
apprentice
career and technical education
Hornbook
A Colonial school in which both boys and girls were taught by women in their own homes. Parents paid a fee for their children to attend.
dame school
career and technical education
Montessori Method
Normal School
A teacher-training school that prepared men and women with the necessary skills to become teachers.
normal school
Hornbook
apprentice
McGuffey's Reader
The first widely used textbook series published during the American Common School Period. The books included moral lessons along with science, grammar, and other subjects.
McGuffey Reader
Apprentice
Montessori Method
dame school
The first public state-supported schools that gave the same education to people from different levels of society and educational institutions which include students of all ages in one classroom with one teacher
common school
normal school
Monstoressi Method
apprentice
The teaching principles developed by Maria Montessori, an Italian doctor, emphasizing self-directed learning through sensory experiences; considers all of a child’s needs, not just intellectual needs.
dame school
Montessori Method
hornbook
apprentice
A type of education that prepared (and still prepares) students for many career opportunities in specific trades and occupations where skilled workers were needed; formerly called vocational education.
common school
tutoring
Dame School
Career and Technical Education
A flat wooden board with a handle on which a sheet of paper—usually containing the alphabet, a prayer or two, and Roman numerals—was pasted on the board.
hornbook
McGuffey's Reader
textbook
Notebook
Working one-on-one or in a small group with a teacher is?
learning
tutoring
apprenticing
Unable to read and write.
national standards
Charter school
educational standards
illiterate
Performance standards for knowledge and skills students should master in specific subject areas.
program of study
charter standards
national standards
bilingual education
Rigorous sequences of career and technical and academic courses to prepare students for successful transition from high school to postsecondary education/credentialing and employment.
competency-based education
standardized test
back-to- basic movement
program of study
A federal government program designed to help preschool children from economically disadvantaged families develop the skills they need for success in kindergarten and beyond.
national standards
program of study
Project Head Start
standardized test
A reform movement which emphasized the need for more reading, writing, and math in schools for students to succeed in a complex world.
program of study
competency based education
illiterate
back to basic movement
A public school that operates with the freedom from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools; often uses innovative teaching practices.
Project Head Start
charter school
competency based education
back to basic movement
Tests designed to give a measure of students’ performance compared with that of a very large number of other students.
educational standards
program of study
national standards
standardized test
Guidelines defining what students at various levels should know and be able to do.
bilingual education
program of study
competency based education
educational standards
Educational approach advocated by John Dewey, indicated education must place the emphasis of learning on the needs and interests of the child
bilingual education
Child-Centered Approach
Competency-based education
When was the Boston Latin School established?
1622
1635
1711
1779
Which of the following was likely to be taught in an early public school?
Statistics
Journalism
Bible study
Photography
Which of the following was the first higher education institution in America?
Yale University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
Who is considered to be father of American education?
John Dewey
William Wirt
Book T. Washington
Horace Mann
When was the Compulsory Attendance Law in Connecticut established?
1775
1792
1842
1842
Which of the following educational approaches was advocated by John Dewey?
Child-centered approach
School-centered approach
Content-centered approach
Teacher-centered approach
When was the National School Lunch Program enacted?
1925
1936
1946
1956
Which of the following laws called for an end to segregation in schools?
No Child Left Behind Act
Higher Education Act
Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974
The Civil Rights Act of 1954
Which of the following laws provides financial assistance to schools with high percentages of children from low-income families?
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Services Act
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
Elementary & Secondary Education Act
Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974
When was the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act enacted?
1990
2000
2010
2013
