Introduction to Education Review

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a testing challenge?

Accepted Answer

teaching to the mastery of standards

Question 2

What is a new approach that compares change in test scores of the same student over time?

Accepted Answer

growth model

Question 3

What is the Age of Reason?

Accepted Answer

Modern period of education, great thinkers emerged

Question 4

Which eastern way of knowing recognizes the significance of the natural world as absolute?

Accepted Answer

Japanese thought

Question 5

What program meets the needs of a child eligible for special education services?

Accepted Answer

individualized education plan

Question 6

What is the indication of whether assessment items measure what they are intended to measure?

Accepted Answer

validity

Question 7

What is it called when a teacher groups students who are alike in ability and interests?

Accepted Answer

homogeneous groups

Question 8

What branch of philosophy examines questions about how and what we know?

Accepted Answer

epistemology

Question 9

Who was the secretary of the state board of education from 1820-1860 in Massachusetts?

Accepted Answer

Horace Mann

Question 10

Who is responsible for being informed about the state standards and benchmarks?

Accepted Answer

teacher

Question 11

What branch of philosophy is concerned with questions about nature of reality and the world?

Accepted Answer

metaphysics

Question 12

Which of the following in NOT required to earn a state teacher certification?

Accepted Answer

Complete one of teaching at an accredited school

Question 13

What should be included in an educational philosophy?

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All answer choices

Question 14

Who formalized scholasticism, the logical and philosophical beliefs of the church?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Aquinas

Question 15

What type of discipline focuses on the process of teaching students how to solve problems?

Accepted Answer

Conflict Resolution

Question 16

What educational strategy values diversity, social justice, and equality to all students?

Accepted Answer

multicultural education

Question 17

What is one danger that youth face by the behavior of students who establish dominance?

Accepted Answer

bullying

Question 18

Teaching units and lessons should be planned in detail.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

What is a tiered screening system that allows teachers to determine if students are learning?

Accepted Answer

response to intervention

Question 20

What do educators consider a statement of desired outcomes - a description of student learning?

Accepted Answer

standards

Question 21

What was a normal school?

Accepted Answer

A school that focused on teacher training.

Question 22

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the increase in students and teachers?

Accepted Answer

Students were turned away from being enrolled.

Question 23

Which of the following was a goal of the No Child Left Behind Act?

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All answer choices

Question 24

What type of assessment is done to determine if students have learned and to provide feedback?

Accepted Answer

formative assessments

Question 25

To be professional, what do teachers need to know?

Accepted Answer

How to manage a classroom and develop lesson plans

Question 26

Teacher voice reflects their own values, principles, opinions, and perspectives.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

Who pressures educators to access student learning?

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All answer choices

Question 28

Which statement is NOT true about private education in America?

Accepted Answer

Private education was not very important in the USA.

Question 29

Individuals who do manual work for a living are considered in what economic level?

Accepted Answer

blue collar class

Question 30

What is the effective teaching movement based on?

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All answer choices

Question 31

Which statement does NOT demonstrate the importance of teachers to society?

Accepted Answer

Teaching character education and appropriate behaviors

Question 32

What school of philosophy holds that reality, knowledge, and value exist independently?

Accepted Answer

realism

Question 33

Why did congress pass the National Defense Education Act (NDEA)?

Accepted Answer

Provide funds in science, math, engineering, and languages.

Question 34

Collecting material for an educational portfolio in not that important.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

Education students should take every opportunity to observe activities in education.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

What is an educational philosophy?

Accepted Answer

Mixture of ideas about learning theories and relationships.

Question 37

What is the process that prevents members of a specific group from participating in society?

Accepted Answer

discrimination

Question 38

What is using a variety of teaching methods to accommodate the different levels of learning?

Accepted Answer

differentiated instruction

Question 39

Which Native American way of thinking follows a path of peace which is a pure path of humans?

Accepted Answer

Hopi thought

Question 40

According to the US Conference of Mayors, what is the major cause of homelessness?

Accepted Answer

unemployment

Question 41

Which of the following is NOT considered an analytical way of thinking in philosophy?

Accepted Answer

hope

Question 42

Practicing equity in the classroom, then students will learn to respect differences.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

Whose educational aim was to discover and develop each individual's abilities to serve society?

Accepted Answer

Plato

Question 44

What was the most common teaching device in early colonial schools?

Accepted Answer

The Hornbook

Question 45

What type of strategy is being implemented if the teacher provides a lot of support at first?

Accepted Answer

scaffolding strategies

Question 46

What is the conscious or unconscious belief that men are superior to women?

Accepted Answer

sexism

Question 47

What are the statements of expected learning for each lesson called?

Accepted Answer

objectives

Question 48

What is the program that provides funding to schools with large numbers of low income students?

Accepted Answer

Title 1

Question 49

Which of the following is NOT an example of behaviorism?

Accepted Answer

Focuses on core content and skills.

Question 50

Which theorist created a theory of mental or cognitive development?

Accepted Answer

Piaget

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