teaches skills that are needed for work and the professions.
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stresses on the hidden lessons in life.
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deals with critical socialization skills.
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is formally organized.
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According to educator Hilda Taba, learning in school is different from learning in life because the
former:
Learning that is not always intended but emerges as students are shaped by the school culture,
including the attitudes and behaviors of teachers, is known as the .
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• null curriculum
When a person or group decides that some topic is unimportant, inappropriate, too controversial, or
not worth the time, that topic is never taught and becomes part of the .
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A textbook portrays all African Americans as athletes, Mexican Americans as laborers, and women
only in relation to their families. This is an example of a form of bias known as .
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stereotyping
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unreality
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fragmentation
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explicit curriculum
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formal curriculum
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hidden curriculum
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implicit curriculum
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formal curriculum
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explicit curriculum
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null curriculum
As a student in college, Luisa was shocked at some of the things she was learning in her Survey of
American History course. Although she had studied American history before, her teachers had
completely omitted many of the things that she was learning for the first time. Luisa’s experiences
most closely reflect the effects of:
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the hidden curriculum.
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the rhetorical curriculum.
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the null curriculum.
• the saber-tooth curriculum.
Participation in the extracurricular activities has been connected with:
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higher instances of null curriculum.
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lower grades.
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higher student self-esteem.
• weak race relations.
Participation in extracurricular activities is correlated with .
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The role of state governments in curricular decisions has:
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increased through state standards and tests, and frameworks for all schools to follow.
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invisibility
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enriched student life and learning
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impaired race relations
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lower grades and SAT scores
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more conformity to gender stereotypes
The development of common core state standards that have been adopted in most states reflects the
influence of:
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A textbook covers twentieth-century U.S. history without mentioning the continuing struggle for civil
rights; and pictures throughout the text portray only harmonious relations between the races. This is
an example of a form of bias known as:
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Andrew is a student in the class Rebecca teaches. While Andrew is not in the lowest percentile of the
class, he isn’t in the highest, either. In fact, Andrew could go either way in terms of passing or failing.
Rebecca will spend:
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a moderate amount of time on him, but will focus more on the talented students because that
will increase the average scores of the class.
decreased due to the emphasis on local control of schools mandated in the No Child Left Behind Act.
been minimized due to reductions in state education budgets.
has been restricted to merely providing funds and financial support.
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education commissions and committees.
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professional organizations.
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special interest groups.
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publishers.
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unreality.
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fragmentation.
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imbalance.
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stereotyping.
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the most amount of time on him because he is a “bubble kid.”
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the least amount of time on him and more on the weakest students in the class in the hope that she
can get more of them to pass.
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the most amount of time on him because he is a “triage kid.”
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the Hawthorne effect.
testing psychosis.
Which of the following statements is true about standardized tests?
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They are more likely to create havoc and hurt than to solve problems.
Identify an accurate statement about using a student’s test score to assess the teacher.
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Test scores reflect students’ understanding of the curriculum, hence are an effective and time-tested
way of assessing teachers.
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In order to evaluate a teacher effectively, at least 50 percent of the evaluation must be based upon test
scores.
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This a flawed approach because one test score is an inadequate measure of student growth.
• This represents an almost perfect and practical application of the value-added concept.
The phenomenon represented by the test-tampering scandal in Atlanta, Georgia, is most closely
associated with:
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Campbell’s law.
Lisa, Paul, and Jay were given an assignment at the end of their first unit in Spanish I. They were
asked to prepare and act out a skit where they had to assume the roles of students visiting Argentina
during Spring Break. They were to enter into a restaurant, order a meal, and pay for the meal, all in
Spanish. The students knew they were being evaluated on how they performed these tasks, so they
made an effort to do a good job. This sort of task is an example of:
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They are used to make important decisions about students, educators, schools, or districts.
They are used to determine punishments (like reduced school funding), accolades, or salary increases.
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They require all test takers to answer the same questions, so that student and teacher performance can
be compared.
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Noyes’s law.
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active assessment.
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multimodal assessment.
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authentic assessment.
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standard assessment.
Which of the following statements is true about standardized tests?
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They are more expensive than other assessments.
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They can be rapidly implemented.
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They encourage students to produce and reflect on their own work.
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They produce ambiguous results.
On the subject of teaching creationism, evolution, or intelligent design in schools, a large segment of
the public feels that:
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Which of the following statements is true about intelligent design?
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A scientific theory, such as the theory of evolution, is:
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evolution should be taught in schools as the best and most rational explanation of origin of life.
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intelligent design is the best compromise and should be taught in schools, evolution should be
considered merely as a theory, not fact.
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the teaching of creationism should supersede all other theories about the origin of life.
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students should be exposed to competing theories in schools.
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It competes with the theory of evolution, and most people believe that ideas that contradict evolution
have no place in a classroom.
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It offers a clear scientific position that is devoid of political or religious beliefs.
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It supports the ideas of creationism, but directly contradicts evolution.
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It credits an unnamed intelligence for aspects of nature unexplained by science.
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a scientific guess or hunch.
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often a political position not related to science.
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a well-founded scientific explanation.
• a hypothesis likely to change.
In response to an informal complaint, a school librarian quietly removes a book from the library shelf
and pretends that the book is out of stock. This is an example of:
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state censorship.
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standard censorship.
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fair censorship.
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self-censorship.
