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Mid-Term Review - EDTE 1000

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Supreme Court case where the court ruled that racial segregation of schools violated the Constitution, segregated schools were unequal.
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Desegregation
c)
Lau v. Nichols
d)
Civil Rights Act
2.
Education in the south was controlled or run by which group of people? 
a)
Local School Board
b)
Local Pastor
c)
Wealthy Landowner 
d)
Wealthy Mayor 
3.

Upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – known as "separate but equal".

a)

National Defense Education Act

b)

Plessy v Ferguson

c)

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

d)

Brown v Ferguson

4.

_______________________________played a major role in establishing the current American educational system

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Maria Montessorri

c)

Normal Schools

d)

McGuffey Readers

5.

______________ are teacher training schools. This school reflected the hope that through teacher training, all schools would become "normalized" or similar to each other to improve the quality of education.

a)

common schools

b)

normal schools

c)

dame schools

6.

In all colonies, who was more likely to receive educational opportunities?

a)

Girls

b)

Slaves

c)

Boys

d)

Witches

7.

Which group of colonies does this describe?


Pockets of people settled together, bringing their diverse culture, language and religion. Families created parochial schools and taught students in their native language.

a)

Northern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

8.

What was the name of the act that required towns in Massachusetts to hire a teacher if they had at least 50 households?

a)

Land Grant Act

b)

Old Deluder Satan Act

c)

Tenth Amendment

9.

Designed to help preschool students from low-income families develop skills they need for success in kindergarten and beyond.

a)

Head Start

b)

Department of Family and Children Services

c)

Elementary School

d)

A Nation at Risk

10.

Federal court ruled that the school system violated the rights of non-English speaking students by not teaching them in their native language.

a)

Lau v. Nichols

b)

Bilingual Education Act

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Education for All Handicapped Children Act

11.

Secondary schools consist of two programs:

a)

secondary education and further education

b)

grammar schools and comprehensive schools

c)

“middle school”/“junior high school” and high school

d)

grammar schools and selective schools

12.

Which colonies required public education? Why?

a)

New England Colonies; Puritans believed that all needed to read the Bible

b)

Southern Colonies; Southerners wanted to educate slaves to further their job skills

c)

Middle Colonies; the Quaker belief in equality made this possible

13.

Which of the following "Titles" directs federal funding to students in poverty?

a)

Title I

b)

Title II

c)

Title III

d)

Title IV

14.

_____________ is socializing people to accept society's dominant social norms/patterns of behavior.

a)

dame schools

b)

assimilation

c)

discrimination

d)

de jure segregation

15.

The first _____________ was established in Columbus, Ohio, in 1909.

a)

elementary school

b)

high school

c)

junior high

d)

charter school

16.

This person worked to develop public education in the form of tax-payer supported schools for all students.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

John Dewey

d)

Horace Mann

17.

This time period in American history focused on the country's need for an informed citizenry to participate in politics and contribute to the nation's economy.

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Age of the Common Man

c)

The Renaissance

d)

None of the above

18.

The Establishment Clause prohibits what?

a)

Education of immigrants

b)

An official religion of the country

c)

Opening of new colleges without prior approval of governor

d)

Busing of students to other schools

19.

What was the first colony in America and also the location of the first school?

a)

Plymouth

b)

Jamestown

c)

Boston

d)

Jacksonville

20.

Inequality in schools can be traced back to what time period in American history?

a)

Colonial Period

b)

Early National Period

c)

Age of the Common Man

d)

The Modern Era

21.

The modern educational reform movement was spurred into action by this 1983 study:

a)

Race to the Top

b)

A Nation at Risk

c)

Every Student Succeeds Act

d)

The National Assessment of Educational Progress

22.

Common core standards have their roots in what decade?

a)

1950s

b)

1970s

c)

1980s

d)

2000s

23.

Standards are:

a)

Statements that indicate student achievement levels

b)

Statements that specify what students should know and be able to do after study

c)

Statements that indicate teaching goals to teachers

d)

None of the above

24.

Adequate yearly progress is used to determine student ______________from test scores.

a)

Achievement

b)

Special Needs

c)

Growth

d)

Teacher relationships

25.

This study said that American students were getting a mediocre education:

a)

No Child Left Behind

b)

Race to the Top

c)

Title I

d)

A Nation at Risk

26.

This federal program tied federal funding to the adoption of the Common Core standards and testing:

a)

A Nation at Risk

b)

No Child Left Behind

c)

Race to the Top

d)

None of the above

27.

More often than any other, the reason cited for a failure of students to achieve is

a)

Teachers

b)

funding

c)

Parents

d)

Testing

28.

Common core standards were developed in an attempt to create a common curriculums for the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Every child is entitle to FAPE, but what is it?

a)

Fair And Public Education

b)

Forum on Academic Peer Education

c)

Free Appropriate Public Education

d)

Focus on Appropriate Pupil Education

30.
The law regarding special education services that each state must follow is IDEA.  What does this stand for?
a)
Individuals with Disabilities Act
b)
Individuals Dealing with Education Assignments
c)
Individuals with Disorders Act
d)
Individuals with Disorders Education
31.

Every student who qualifies for Special Education services must have an IEP. What does this stand for?

a)

Independent Education Placement

b)

Individualized Education Plan

c)

Individualized Education Program

d)

Individualized Education Period

32.

Similar to HIPPA, FERPA protects individuals information in school. FERPA is......

a)

family educational rights & privacy act

b)

full educational readiness privacy act

c)

full educational rights & privacy act

33.
MAINSTREAMING
a)
PLACING A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD WITH TYPICAL PEERS FOR ONGOING ACTIVITIES
b)
GIVING THE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD TOTAL FREEDOM
c)
100% INCLUSION
d)
NONE OF THESE
34.
INCLUSION
a)
SENDING SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS TO LOOSELY STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES WITHOUT SUPPORT
b)
ALLOWING SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS TO VISIT GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSES 
c)
TOTAL INTEGRATION OF SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS INTO GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSES WITH SUPPORT
d)
NONE OF THESE
35.
Developing of philosophy of teaching _____.
a)
is very easy to do
b)
is not necessary until you begin interviewing for teaching positions
c)
helps you to think seriously about your beliefs and values
d)
should not change despite your experiences
36.
Teachers play this role, they create situations that help students learn by actively involving students in learning, rather then just presenting information
a)
Lifelong Learners
b)
Ethics
c)
Mediator
d)
Facilitator 
37.

A protection for teachers from being dismissed without due cause.

a)

licensure

b)

tenure

c)

ethics

d)

collective bargaining

38.

Negotiation by an organization to improve working conditions.

a)

licensure

b)

tenure

c)

ethics

d)

collective bargaining

39.

Policies which specify limitations in the use of copyrighted material for educational purposes.

a)

Establishment Clause

b)

Copyright law

c)

Teachers Pay Teachers

d)

fair use guidelines

40.

RIF means

a)

reduction in form

b)

reduction in force

c)

Reductio en formatio

d)

None of these answers

41.

As a teacher, you have to report any knowledge of abuse or suspected abuse. This is because you are a ...

a)

Public employee

b)

Liable teacher

c)

Mandated reporter

d)

Academic freedom

42.

The right to choose content and teaching methods based on your professional judgment

a)

Copyright laws

b)

professional ethics

c)

professional liability

d)

academic freedom

43.

In place of the parents...requires a teacher to use the same judgment and care fo parents in protecting the children under their supervision.

a)

In loco parentis

b)

En loco parents

c)

Too loco parents

d)

None of these

44.

Free exercise clause allows

a)

schools to offer prayer

b)

students to pray at school

c)

schools to give a moment of silence for prayer

d)

schools to allow prayer if students vote for it

45.

Notoriety is...

a)

getting lots of likes on social media.

b)

a teacher's failure to exercise sufficient care in protecting kids from injury

c)

unmarried teachers

d)

the extent to which a teacher's behavior becomes known and is controversial

46.

A statement of learning goals that describe what students should be able to do or know...

a)

extracurricular

b)

course of study

c)

standard

d)

null curriculum

47.

Learning that is not covered or avoided is called...

a)

global awareness

b)

critical thinking skills

c)

implicit curriculum

d)

null curriculum

48.

Unstated and sometimes unintended lessons - how we treat our students, unstated values and priorities, growth mindset, character education, service...

a)

Implicit (hidden) curriculum

b)

Explicit curriculum

c)

Null Curriculum

d)

Core Curriculum

49.

A classroom that is safe, orderly, and focused on both academic and social-emotional learning...

a)

learner community

b)

productive learning environment

c)

classroom management

d)

effective teaching

50.

Process by which we gather information about our students' achievement and make decisions about their learning progress...

a)

assessments

b)

essential teaching skills

c)

procedures

d)

questioning

51.

Assessments that form instruction

a)

summative

b)

instructional alignment

c)

formative

d)

performance based

52.

Which of these is not a reason that teachers are professionals?

a)

content knowledge

b)

autonomy

c)

curriculum

d)

pedagogy

53.

To say that a classroom is in a fishbowl means...

a)

that it is secluded from the rest of the school

b)

that there are a lot of people struggling for control

c)

that there are a lot of people on the outside looking in

d)

all of the answers

54.

The Old Deluder Satan Act was passed to do what?

a)

establish schools in Vermont

b)

establish schools to educate kids in math and science

c)

establish schools in Massachussets

d)

Put a Bible in every classroom

55.

This case upheld a student's freedom of expression...

a)

DeRolph v. Ohio

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Lau v. Nichols

d)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

e)

Lemon v. Kurtzman

56.

Court ruled that students had a right to learn in their own language

a)

Plessy v. Fergusen

b)

Brown v. Topeka

c)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

d)

Lau v. Nichols

57.

Case which said that the state could not compel an Amish family to send a child to school beyond 8th grade...

a)

San Antonio v. Rodriguez

b)

DeRolph v. Ohio

c)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

d)

Plyer v. Doe

58.

ETR

a)

Elementary Team Recess

b)

Evaluation Tied Response

c)

Evaluative Team Report

d)

Evaluation Team Response

59.

RTI

a)

Respond to Invitation

b)

Response to Intervention

c)

Regulation toward Integration

d)

Really Tired Individual

60.

The Scopes Monkey Trial addressed the issue of

a)

student free expression

b)

teacher tenure

c)

English as a second language

d)

teaching evolution in schools

61.

He encouraged play-based education.

a)

John Locke

b)

Montessouri

c)

Piaget

d)

Rousseau

62.

Believed that concrete experiences were best for preschool students...

a)

Montessouri

b)

Mann

c)

Piaget

d)

Rousseau

63.
Conduct based on moral principles 
a)
Mixed Message
b)
Chain of Command
c)
Ethics
d)
Mediation
64.
What approach does essentialism believe in?
a)
back-to-basics
b)
pragmatism
c)
scaffolding
d)
behaviorism
65.
Which philosophy recommends that students learn from the Great Books? 
a)
Progressivism
b)
Existentialism
c)
Essentialism
d)
Perennialism
66.
Organizes around the concerns, curiosity, and real-world experiences of students.
a)
existentialism
b)
social reconstructionism
c)
essentialisn
d)
progressivism
67.
Uses lessons that both intellectually and emotionsally stir students about the inequities that surround them.
a)
Social Reconstructionist
b)
Essentialist
c)
Perennialist
d)
Progressivist
68.
Which philosophy does the Unites States school system most resemble.
a)
Progressivism
b)
Perennialism
c)
Existentialism
d)
Essentialism
69.

If your students appear to be more interested in a topic outside your planned lesson for the day, you set aside your lesson plan for that day and take the opportunity to discuss the topic of particular interest to your students. strike the iron while it is hot! Which philosophy governs your action?

a)

EXISTENTIALISM

b)

PERENNIALISM

c)

PROGRESSIVISM

d)

ESSENTIALISM

70.

Schools should go back to the basics, they should teach the 3 R’s.

a)

ESSENTIALISM

b)

SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONISM

c)

PROGRESSIVISM

d)

PERENNIALISM

71.

Schools should develop in the students’ appreciation of the humanities. This way, they become highly rational and moral.

a)

ESSENTIALISM

b)

PROGRESSIVISM

c)

PERENNIALISM

d)

SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONISM

72.

SITUATION

In a faculty development program, teachers were asked what school should do to help develop the learners. The responses of the teachers could be grouped into five:


Group 1- School should be back to the basic; they should teach the 3 R’s.

Group 2- Schools should develop in the student’s appreciation of the humanities. This way, they become highly rational and moral.

Group 3 - School they become enlightened and intelligent citizens of a democratic society.

Group 4- School should teach students to make responsible choices and be made accountable for such choices.

Group 5 – School should develop in the students the ability to adapt to a changing world.


QUESTION

To which educational philosophy is Group 3 oriented?

a)

Essentialism

b)

Behaviorism

c)

Progressivism

d)

Existentialism

73.

SITUATION

In a faculty meeting, the principal told his teachers: We need to improve our school performance in the National Achievement Test. What should we do? The teachers gave varied answer as follows:

1. Let’s give incentives and reward to students who get a rating of 85%.

2. Let’s teach them to accept complete responsibility for their performance.

3. Let’s make the school environment conducive for learning.

4. Let’s make the use of the experiential method of teaching.


QUESTION

If you lean toward a progressivist philosophy, with which response do you agree?

a)

#4

b)

#2

c)

#1

d)

#3

74.

SITUATION

How a teacher related to his/her pupils depends on his/her concept about him/her. In a faculty recollection, the teachers were asked to share their thoughts of the learner, their primary customer. What follows are the gists of what were shared:

Teacher Edwin- The learner is a product of his environment. Sometimes he has no choice. He is determined by his environment.

Teacher Jose- The learner choose what he can become despite his environment.

Teacher Bernard- The learner is a social being who learns well through an active interplay with others.

Teacher James- The learner is a rational being. Schools should develop the learner’s rational and more powers.


QUESTION

If you agree with Teacher Bernard, you are more of a/an ___________.

a)

Progressivist

b)

Perennialist

c)

Existentialist

d)

Rationalist

75.

believe that the focus of education should be the ideas that have lasted over centuries. They believe the ideas are as relevant and meaningful today as when they were written. They recommend that students learn from reading and analyzing the works by history's finest thinkers and writers.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Axiology

d)

Perennialism

e)

Essentialism

76.

offers this approach of educating the “whole child.” This student-centered approach to learning applies learning in a social manner and allows students to apply what they are learning to real life. This type of learning is much more meaningful than rote learning

a)

Progressivism

b)

Existentialism

c)

Social Reconstructionism

d)

Nominalism

e)

Feminisms

77.

a philosophy that emphasizes the addressing of social questions and a quest to create a better society and worldwide democracy

a)

Progressivism

b)

Existentialism

c)

Social Reconstructionism

d)

Nominalism

e)

Feminisms

78.

Justice in education includes :

a)

Fair treatment

b)

Equal Treatment

c)

Appropriate treatment

d)

Provisions of special schools

79.

The goal of this Philosophy is to teach students how to think not what to think.

a)

Perennialism

b)

Essentialism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Progressivism

80.

The role of the teacher in this Philosophy is to pass on accumulated wisdom from the past to the next generation

a)

Perennialism

b)

Essentialism

c)

Romantisicm

d)

Progressivism