Deck 10: Education

Question 1

The movement to make social institutions unbiased with respect to all ethnic groups is called the:

A) Prejudiced Revival Movement.
B) Institutional Movement.
C) Unitary Movement.
D) Multiculturalism Movement.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Historically, in the U.S. education is paid for largely by:

A) foreign trade taxes.
B) property taxes.
C) special student taxes.
D) private donations.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Charter schools are an alternative to private and public schools. The percent of charter schools run by businesses is about:

A) 77 percent.
B) 90 percent.
C) 10 percent.
D) 46 percent.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The freedom of students and teachers to pursue, discuss and teach knowledge without hindrance or censorship is called:

A) objectivity.
B) neutrality.
C) academic freedom.
D) cultural conformity.

Question 5

Of the 53 million school-aged children in the U.S., about what percent are either home-schooled or attend independent schools?

A) 8%
B) 14%
C) 20%
D) 25%

Question 6

In 2012, U.S. education cost over:

A) 1 billion dollars.
B) 10 billion dollars.
C) 700 billion dollars.
D) 1.1 trillion dollars.

Question 7

In Germany, schools are divided into:

A) five categories by age groups.
B) three categories-grammar, technical and vocational.
C) four categories by geography.
D) two tiers.

Question 8

Peggy McIntosh argues that the current educational system:

A) does not provide a collaborative learning environment.
B) does not stress a "winner-killer" competitive environment.
C) does not encourage biased thinking.
D) is very careful to consider the diverse cultural backgrounds of students.

Question 9

Scores on the 2011 SAT:

A) rose sharply.
B) fell in all subject areas.
C) remained the same as the previous 10 years.
D) were lowered by 45 points to help students achieve.

Question 10

In the U.S. in the late nineteenth century we developed a so-called:

A) dual school system.
B) unitary school system.
C) multiple system of education.
D) six part system of education.

Question 11

Uri Treisman's research work with black college math majors showed:

A) the unimportance of institutional structure in the math program.
B) the important role of ability in math program success.
C) the importance of collaborative learning in increasing the percentage of black math majors.
D) that there were many more black math majors at the University of Texas than any other group of people.

Question 12

The methods of teaching and what needs to be taught:

A) remain unchanged forever.
B) is the same in all societies.
C) changes when technology changes.
D) is not part of culture.

Question 13

The dual thrust of U.S. education includes the development of both individuality and student:

A) graduation.
B) socialization.
C) processing.
D) validating.

Question 14

Many argue that there has been a(n) _____________ in the effectiveness of education over the past decades.

A) decline
B) increase
C) maintenance
D) marked increase

Question 15

The most striking expansion of education in the twentieth century has been in the:

A) colleges and universities.
B) public schools.
C) high schools.
D) elementary schools.

Question 16

Which group has the highest dropout rate?

A) Blacks
B) Whites
C) Hispanics
D) All are about equal

Question 17

The federal program that seeks to enhance the social and intellectual development of students as young as three-years-old is:

A) the 8-4-4 system.
B) the 5-3-4-4 system.
C) Head Start.
D) the middle school.

Question 18

Which of the following countries will pay for 90% of the cost of dissatisfied parents setting up their own school?

A) United States
B) Denmark
C) Japan
D) France

Question 19

U.S. public education is designed to teach citizens to be literate so people can learn about politics and public policy to:

A) lose a sense of heritage by all knowing the same history.
B) dislike other people.
C) vote more intelligently and to choose leaders more wisely.
D) make uninformed choices.

Question 20

Accountability of charter schools is achieved by:

A) performance tests.
B) arbitrary factors.
C) accountants.
D) random selection.

Question 21

Ideally U.S. education is a fundamental building block of U.S. democracy.

Question 22

In modern society there is less to learn so that more of the total amount of knowledge can be acquired.

Question 23

Community colleges are no longer regarded primarily as institutions preparing students to enter four- year colleges.

Question 24

Most subjects in social science can be isolated for purposes of study:

A) because social topics are by nature isolated.
B) because human behavior is not patterned.
C) because social science research strongly supports this method.
D) but in reality they are not isolated.

Question 25

Today, almost 100 percent of children from the ages of five to seventeen are in school at least some days every school year.

Question 26

Credentializing is a positive term for excellence in education.

Question 27

After World War II the number of two-year colleges rose rapidly.

Question 28

American interest in education goes back to earliest colonial times.

Question 29

College programs that are intended to broaden the intellectual horizon of students are called:

A) technical education.
B) specialized education.
C) humanities education.
D) general education.

Question 30

What is true of some state funding of public schools in the past decade?

A) Statewide taxation is used to fund schools.
B) Only local property taxes fund schools.
C) Federal taxes fund most public schools.
D) Private institutions are funding public schools.

Question 31

Research has found that attending independent schools leads children towards isolation, narrow interests, and poor socialization.

Question 32

The school structure of the U.S. is quite different from what is traditional in most countries.

Question 33

U.S. educational institutions are:

A) a product of their history.
B) without problems.
C) not a subject of current debate.
D) currently all alike.

Question 34

Local financing of schools has no effect on the quality of schools.

Question 35

According to Harriet Bernstein the word "because" does not appear in most U.S. textbooks before the eighth grade.

Question 36

There are about 45 million U.S. students at all levels of the educational ladder.

Question 37

30% of all schoolchildren in the U.S. attend private schools.

Question 38

In 1994, this act was passed, designed to ban discrimination against girls in school.

A) "Project Education for the Student Act."
B) "Future Schools Act."
C) "Gender Equity in Education Act."
D) "Voluntary Education."

Question 39

Britain has a national curriculum, tested by national exams.

Question 40

By 2012 the number of students in colleges and universities had increased more than eight times, to more than 60 million.

Question 41

A high dropout rate is a problem for the individual and the entire community.

Question 42

There is no correlation between the amount of schooling received by children and the income status of their families.

Question 43

An important reason why our educational system is not equal is the methods used to fund it.

Question 44

The percentage of the U.S. population receiving a high school and college education has decreased since 1960.

Question 45

The unemployment rate among high school dropouts is roughly the same as for high school graduates.

Question 46

Why is the history of U.S. education important in understanding educational problems and possible solutions today?

Question 47

The expression "liberal education" is associated with the attempt to give students a narrow specialized education.

Question 48

The tendency to pass students from grade to grade on the basis of little or no achievement is strengthened by a policy of social promotion.

Question 49

People learn in different ways and various groups respond differently to alternative learning environments.

Question 50

The college curriculum has evolved from an elective system to a rigid system.

Question 51

What is the dual nature of the U.S. educational system? How does the educational system attempt to accomplish both objectives?

Question 52

Today, slightly less than half of the students who entered college as first-year students failed to get degrees.

Question 53

What are the reasons why the U.S. educational system is not equal? In what ways is the U.S. educational system unequal?

Question 54

As it relates to public school systems, what is meant by "5-3-4-4", which was common for most communities in the early 2000s?

Question 55

There are four reasons why education serves as a fundamental building block of U.S. democracy. Identify and describe two of them.