Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach, 4/e

Kenneth H. Cushner, Kent State University, Kent
Averil McClelland, Kent State University, Kent
Philip Safford, Case Western Reserve University

Developing Learning Communities: Language and Learning Style

True or False


1	Preparing students for participation in a democracy is a primary rationale for creating a learning community classroom.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Traditional roles for students and teachers remain much the same in a learning community classroom.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	There is little use for paper and pencil tests in a learning community classroom.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	In the family, language objectifies, interprets, and justifies reality for the child.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Black English, sometimes called Ebonics, is entirely derived from American English.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Proxemics is a term that refers to vocalizations that are not words (e.g., sighs, laughter, crying).
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Howard Gardner's notion of multiple intelligences states that individuals have preferred ways of expressing intellectual ability, and thus, of thinking.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Most bilingual education programs in place in the early part of the twentieth century remained in place despite nativist fears during World War I.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Those who oppose bilingual education programs today often do so on the grounds that American education has always provided for upward mobility for those "willing to work."
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Submersion bilingual education programs are those in which LEP students have all their instruction in their native language.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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