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EDF 2005 Chapter 4,5,6,&7 Test study guide Chapter 4 2. Which of the following was the influential report that focused the nation's attention on the need for education reform, and set in motion the first of three waves of reform that have been buffeting American schools since the 1980s? 3. Immediately after the release of A Nation at Risk most school reformers focused on 4. In a second wave of school reform, educators such as Theodore Sizer, John Goodlad, and Ernest Boyer called for such things as 5.
An examination of the history of school reform movements in the 6. Open enrollment is the term given to 7. Edison Schools 8. Home schooled students 9.
Tom and Susan Ranew home
schooled all of their children. They created 10. All the following are
reasons for home schooling except 11. The Ranew family considers
the _________ their classroom. 12.
Susan Ranew believes that as
teachers we should 13. The negative side of home
schooling appears in some college students. 14. Tom Ranew stated that
“before 1830 everybody was Chapter
5 15. In Life in Classrooms, Philip Jackson characterizes school life as 16. John Goodlad found that teachers 17. Philip Jackson calls teachers gatekeepers because 18. The “rule of two-thirds,” uncovered by Ned Flanders, indicates that 19. Sociologist Talcott Parsons’s investigation of the tracking system led to the conclusion that tracking is 20. Which of the following best describes a characteristic of adolescent culture in school? 21. When people remember their high school experiences, they are most likely to recall issues concerning the 22. Research on effective school leaders suggests that such leaders do all of the following EXCEPT 23. 23.Pygmalion in the Classroom, a 1969 publication by Rosenthal and Jacobson, supports the premise that student achievement can be increased when teachers Chapter 6 24. The sequence of planned learning experiences described in course guides and syllabi is called 25. A major difference between the formal and the hidden curriculum is 26. The formal curriculum of the 17th century was primarily concerned with 27. Literacy and vocational competence became important school goals in the 19th century due to the forces of 28.
When immigrants flocked to the 29. The “romantic” critics of the later 1960s believed that the curriculum should be 30. In an open classroom, children are encouraged to 31. The reform report that places the most stringent emphasis on core requirements is 32. The whole language movement focuses on Chapter 7 33. Teachers shape the curriculum by 34. The federal government influences curriculum by 35. Colleges and universities shape elementary and secondary school curriculum by 36. Scanning several pages of a textbook to assess typical sentence length and word difficulty is most associated with: 37. A textbook uses “he” and “mankind” to refer to all people. This is an example of bias called 38. Academic subjects considered sensitive from a religious context include 39. Textbooks do not include more extensive coverage of religion because 40. The main point of The Saber Tooth Curriculum is that Fill in the blank and short answer questions below need to be answered on your own paper. The number in parenthesis is the amount of points possible for that question. (2) 1. Schools reflect and promote __________ __________. (10) 2. What were the four broad goals for schools enumerated by John Goodlad? List at least five specific additional goals that the public expects schools to meet. (10) 3. Describe the three waves of educational reform outlined in the text. In your opinion, why has one of these waves been so dominant? (10) 4 . Characterize the verbal interaction in a typical classroom. Who talks, how much, for what reason? (10) 5. Sketch the differences between tracking and ability grouping. Why is there a popular movement to "detrack"? Do you believe that the detracking movement is working? (10) 6. Should we demand uniforms in all schools? Why or why not? (10) 7. What makes a school effective? (2) 8. If students are to succeed in school they must be able to cope with continual _______ as a standard __________ __________. (10) 9. What does Robert Slavin mean by saying “education is like fashion and design”? Do you agree? Why or why not? (10) 10. Give an example of a lesson a student might learn from each of the following: the formal curriculum, the extracurriculum, the hidden curriculum. (10) 11. Which of the following do you feel most strongly about – positively or negatively – and why? Teaching critical thinking skills; the “back-to-basics” movement; the extracurriculum. (10) 12. What are the contemporary subject matter trends and tension points? (14) 13. Name seven forms of bias found in textbooks and curricular materials and give an explanation of each. (10)
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Briefly describe content standards, performance standards, and
opportunity-to-learn standards. (10)
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Do you agree with Kohn that standardized testing undermines learning? In
the next decade do you think schools in the MATCHING QUESTIONS ch 4 Match the
description in column B with the term in column A.
Chapter 5 Life in Schools MATCHING QUESTIONS Match the
description in column B with the term in column A.
Taught in Schools Chapter 6 Match the
description in column B with the term in column A.
Controversy Over Who Controls the Curriculum Match
the description in column B with the term in column A.
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