FDED Midterm (retake)

all of the following are ways teachers keep up on current educational trends except

(A) reviewing IEPS of current students

All of the following statements about John Chavis are true except

(A) he founded a school for slaves in Virginia

The first type of American institution devoted exclusively to teacher training was

(B) normal school

Myra Kovach believes that as a teacher she best serves her students by using role models of great heroes to pass on the cultural heritage and unchanging content of education from the past. Myra's philosophy is rooted in

(C) idealism

Marianna Merrill is a fourth grade teacher at Silver Creek Elementary school. When her students do on a test she distributes marbles which they place in personal jars. When she "catches them doing something good" they also receive marbles. After the students have collected enough marbles, they may use them to purchase various small items such as candy or school supplies. Marianne tries to ignore students who disobey or act out because she believes that the lack of rewards will extinguish the undesirable actions. The system used by Marianne is based on

(B) behaviorism

True or False. Lowering the student-to-teacher ratio by just one student does not create a demand for more teachers

false

Prospective teachers are expected to possess a set of values, commitments, and professional ethics that are demonstrated in the way they perform. These characteristics are known collectively as

dispositions

True or False. Jean- Jacques Rousseau's belief that children were born good and degenerated at the hands of society were readily accepted by the educators of his day

false

If you were a potential immigrant in colonial times, living in Holland or Sweden, and were looking for the opportunity to learn a trade through apprenticeship, you would most likely plan on settling in the

middle colonies

true or false. Darius McHugh breaks his math lessons into small, easily grasped components to assist his students to learn. This approach is consistent with the research that has uncovered effective teaching approaches

true

The first teacher training institutions in the United States were modeled after those that existed in Europe and were called

normal schools

true or false. The more than four hundred native North American tribes all exhibit uniform ways of knowing

false

Plato uses the allegory of the cave to explain his views that reality exists only in the form of ideas. This branch of philosophy is called

epistemology

true or false. Lars Johansen teacher his mathematics students by demonstrating skills and having them repeat the newly presented informations. las us demonstrating a constructivist approach in his teaching

false

teachers who believe that their role is to transmit a cultural heritage that should be understood and accepted by all, are adherents of the educational theory known as

essentialism

Janelle Bailey is facing her class on the first day of the school year. She shares with them a set of rules that she has prepared. The first one is that no student will be allowed to interfere with the teacher's lessons or the right of other students to learn. Janelle's discipline practices indicates the she has adopted the approach known as

assertive discipline

In order to truly learn something students must actively frame personal meaning. This idea is central to the educational theory known as

constructivism

true or false. Simon reihzma made the following comment in the staff lounge. "I guarantee that I can teach any student anything as long as I have enough time and resources." This is the type of statement that would be made by those who accept educational theories with a student-centered locus of control

false

true or false. The role of the student in teacher-centered locus of control educational theories is to attempt ti master and follow directions of teacher who have the experience and authority to direct them

true

The ancient Chinese philosopher who believed tea people need standards for all of life's situations and who developed rules for a wide range of activities is known as

Confucius

when Nicki Romanick asks her students to search for the meaning of their lives, she is engaging them in the branch of philosophy known as

existentialism

true or false. Philosopher's attempt to clarify "real" problems as opposed to surface issues

true

true or false. The impact realist thinkers on education can be seen in standardized tests, serialized textbooks, and the division of the cirruciulm into separate areas of investigations

true

the committee of ten established a unit to be awarded for successful completion of a courses that met for four or five days a week during the entire school year. This unit is called a

Carnegie

Jarmila Karbriel is very careful to provide instruction that includes step-by-step presentations with a large number of probing questions. She provides plenty of corrective feedback to her students when needed. Jarmila is practicing an approach known as

effective teaching

true or false. The finance of the federal government on education has been decreasing since the beginning of the 20th century

false

true or false. Many individuals become teachers in colonial times because teaching was considered as a prestigious occupation

false

Descartes and Voltaire were largely responsible for the beginning of the modern period of educational thought by introducing a period in European thought known as the

age of reason

The school book published around 1800 by Noah Webster, that became the third best-selling book the world has ever known, was known as the

American spelling book

true or false. Although the western world's first philosophers came from Athens, many of them obtained their education through the eastern civilization of Egypt

true

true or false. Heather is a student wig has come to you to ask advice about the type of college education she should consider. Since she has a wide range of interests and is not certain of the area in which she might concentrate, she asks if she should consider enrolling in a liberal arts program. Based on her expressed interest in many different areas, should should indicate that this would be an appropriate choice for her

true

The fastest growing ethnic group of students in the country at the present time is the population of

hispanics

as assessment procedure that uses real-world situations to demonstrate that a student can encounter those situations successfully is referred to as an ____ assessment

authentic

true or false. A board of education is an agent of the state and must implement a salary determined by the state department of education

false

true or false. A mentor is an experienced professional who helps a less experienced colleague

true

One day while discussing current events, the students in Marcus Robinson's class indicated a concern about the depletion of the aquifers in the western states. Several of them were quite upset about the ramifications of a decline in freshwater supplies. When they heard about the Sparkle Fresh Water Company building a new pumping station to extract water that can be bottled and sold, they were enraged. As a humanist teacher, Marcus would most likely

(A) ask the students what they think should be done and then support whatever action they choose

the assertive discipline plan includes all of the following except

(C) taking time to determine why rules are broken

Behaviorist teachers believe that when they ignore undesirable behavior

(D) the bad behavior will be extinguished

According to the constructivist theory of education

(B) students develop personalized understandings

You are visiting a school in the week before classes are to begin. Most of the teachers have already set up their rooms for the students who will soon arrive. You look through the open doorway into one room and notice that there are open areas, with small groups of chairs arranged around tables in a number of separate areas. Off to one side there is an area with two computers and in a corner there is a circular rug with a small, but colorful and attractive collection of books. From your observation, you re able to predict that the teacher in that room perceives learners to be ____

(D) active

A thinking strategy that focuses on questions of the "what seems to be" type is___

(C) analytic thinking

eastern ways of knowing emphasize all of the following EXCEPT

(A) individuality

A curriculum based on the philosophy of realism is best described as

(B) student-centered

All of the following ways of knowing are common to Native North American views EXCEPT

(A) loyalty to a single human chieftain or leader

The prophetic teacher will do all of the following EXCEPT

(C) plan for the common goal of each student

The number of school districts in the United State is approximately

(A) 14,000

The legislation that resulted in improvements in special education programs, including new requirements for teachers trained to work with students with visual or hearing impairments

(C) PL 94-142

The total number of public school students in the United States has

(C) doubled in the past 50 years

According to Benjamin Bloom, all of the following factors can predict learning outcomes EXCEPT

(B) scores on standardized tests

Inga is writing a paper comparing the curriculum taught in schools in the United States today, as opposed to 1940. Her research will show that compared to today, the curriculum in 1940 was

(A) narrow and designed for students entering college

A medieval curriculum that consisted of the trivium and the quadrivium was

(C) seven liberal arts

All of the following statements about Ella Flagg Young are true EXCEPT

(D) she established the Chicago female seminary

all of the following statements about Frederick Douglass are true EXCEPT

(C) he believed African Americans would benefit from a liberal education

Education centered on ideals such as courage, patriotism, obedience, cunning and physical strength was indicative of

(B) Sparta

The belief that education must be a natural process and that children and children are inherently good are tents of

(D) naturalism

Which of the following is considered to be one the major teaching shortage areas?

(B) ESL teachers

A series of examinations that are designed to assess the knowledge and skills required to be an effective educator are

(D) PRAXIS tests

Standards established by national agencies that provide assurance to the public that graduates of programs are qualified and competent to practice are

(B) accreditation programs

The current age in which information and its management are critical to education and societal advancement is

(C) the Information Age

the supply of teachers depends on all of the following EXCEPT

(A) job openings