CEP 240 Quiz 2

The attitudes, values, belief systems, norms, and traditions by a particular group of people

culture

What type of program? English language is the exclusive medium of instruction; first language and culture are not incorporated. A “sink or swim” philosophy".

Immersion program

True or false: Even though U.S. society is the most racially and ethnically diverse in history, over 80% of the teachers are white and female.

True

What does Portfolio Assessment involve?

• Documentation of a student’s developmental progress

• Contains samples of work products collected over time

• Emphasizes the instructional environment and student performance

  • Allows a student to have some choice about artifacts they want to include

Cultural pluralism

When schools value the richness that diversity brings to the classroom, appreciating and respecting ethnic and cultural differences

Ethnocentrism

When a teacher assumes the behaviors, beliefs, and actions of their particular cultural group are the correct and only way of doing something

A teacher in an urban community in the Southwetern United States collects data on his school’s langage use. He learns that 44% of the students have arrived from Mexico in the past two years. These students speak Spanish as their first, and often only language. He is a strong believer that students should e taught primarily in their native language (spanish), and then gradually learn the dominant language (English) of the new culture over time. This is an exmple of what teaching philosophy?

Billingual education

An english Learner who has an IEP as a student with a disability may recieve this type of special education services to capitalize oln their culture and home language.

Billingual Special Education

This condition occurs when the number of minority students in a particular group exceeds that of what is expected, given the percentage of students in society.

Overrepresentation

A requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): “A federal mandate that assessments be conducted in a culturally responsive fashion”.

Nondiscriminatory Testing