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WorksheetsF205 Practice
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
Since colonial times in this country, formal education of some kind has almost always been available to
immigrants from various countries.
middle-class and upper-class white males.
immigrants from England.
white males and females of any class.
How were “dame schools” organized?
An unmarried woman would travel from village to village conducting lessons in reading, writing, and religion.
Several women joined to form a cooperative school that taught reading, writing, and arithmetic.
A housewife would teach children basic literacy and household skills in her home.
Female teachers taught young women in a boarding school domestic arts, French, music, and art to prepare them for marriage.
During the colonial period, which type of formal education was most typical in New England?
Secular public schools attended in large part by one ethnic type
Individual tutors hired to work with one or two families in a home
Private religious schools supported by tuition
Public schools with a religious orientation
Why did Massachusetts's colonists pass the Old Deluder Satan Act?
They wanted to ensure that all children would learn how to read and be able to understand the teachings of the Bible.
They wanted to eradicate all signs of satanic influence from the colony.
They wanted to ensure that religion would be taught in all schools so that children would not be tempted into doing the devil's work.
They wanted to guarantee the religious education of non-Christians so they would convert to Puritanism.
Overseeing the administration of teacher licensure requirements, organizing programs of study, supervising elementary and secondary education program assessment, and applying school finance laws are all tasks of (a) .
Which of the following people is most representative of the typical school board member?
John Baster, a white, fifty-one-years old, who has an M.B.A. and is an executive at a computer software company
Loretta Padovani, a white, sixty-eight-year-old retired bookkeeper with grandchildren in the public schools
Carla Wilson, an African American, forty-year-old, with a master's degree in nursing, who is a nurse practitioner at a large hospital
Joe Eichler, a white, forty-four-year old high school graduate, who works in a tool and die factory
The agency that administers and distributes state and federal funds, certifies or licenses teachers, and accredits professional training programs is the _____.
state board of education.
office of the state superintendent.
state department of education.
local school board.
Which of these bodies makes law and is considered the most influential in setting up educational policy?
(a)
Which of the following is not listed as a key element of true school reform as defined by Ryan and Cooper?
Active learning
Lifelong learning
A sense of community
School choice
Portfolio assessment allows the teacher to determine a student's progress toward certain learning goals or standards. Still, concerns about authentic assessment remain, in particular
the feasibility of quantifying scores from authentic assessments.
the reliability and validity of the assessments from site to site and evaluator to evaluator.
the ability of the students to complete the portfolio on time.
the interest of teachers in authentic assessment.
Ryan and Cooper contend that the “Tools for Learning,” a set of academic learning skills, ought to be a major component of school reform because these skills
can train students' thinking so as to make them more efficient learners.
provide job training to make high school students more marketable.
keep students from mixing up facts.
help students do better on standardized tests.
In a constructivist approach to learning, learners _____.
learn new facts and knowledge without questioning them.
question all new information.
actively make their own meaning from new knowledge.
believe that there are no universal truths since all truths are relative.
