Chapter Overview

Major Section	Study Guide Features

Introduction

I. Secondary Education in America	Multiple choice questions: 1, 15, 26
	Fill in the blank questions: 2

A. The origins of compulsory education	Learning Objective: 1
	Multiple choice questions: 2, 30, 31 Matching questions: 18

B. The rise of the comprehensive	Learning Objective: 2
	high schoolImportant terms: comprehensive high school Multiple choice questions: 27, 32 Matching questions: 3

II. School Reform: Past and Present	Learning Objective: 2
	Important terms: higher order thinking Multiple choice questions: 3, 16, 28, 33 Fill in the blank questions: 3 Matching questions: 11

A. Education in the inner cities	Learning Objective: 3
	Multiple choice questions: 22 Fill in the blank questions: 5

B. Characteristics of good schools	Learning Objective: 3
	Multiple choice questions: 4, 29

III. The Social Organization of Schools	Learning Objective: 3

A. School size and class size	Learning Objective: 3
	Multiple choice questions: 5, 23 Matching questions: 10

B. Age grouping and school transitions	Learning Objective: 3
	Important terms: junior high school, middle school Multiple choice questions: 6, 7, 17, 20 Fill in the blank questions: 6 Matching questions: 1, 6, 19

C. Tracking	Learning Objective: 4
	Important terms: tracking, gifted students, learning disability, mainstreaming Multiple choice questions: 18, 34 Fill in the blank questions: 7, 10-12 Matching questions: 2, 7, 13, 17

1. The sexes: Ability grouping,	Multiple choice questions: 8
coeducation, and sex differences in	Fill in the blank questions: 8-9
mathematics education

D. School desegregation	Learning Objective: 5
	Multiple choice questions: 19 Fill in the blank questions: 13-14 Matching questions: 16

E. Public schools versus private schools	Important terms: education vouchers,
	charter schools, social capital Multiple choice questions: 9, 24 Fill in the blank questions: 4, 15-17 Matching questions: 20

F. The importance of school climate	Learning Objective: 6
	Important terms: school climate, self-fulfilling prophecy Multiple choice questions: 10, 25, 35 Fill in the blank questions: 18 Matching questions: 4-5

G. Teacher expectations and student performance	Learning Objective: 6
	Important terms: student engagement Multiple choice questions: 11 Fill in the blank questions: 19-20 Matching questions: 8, 12, 15

IV. Beyond High School	Learning Objective: 7
	Fill in the blank questions: 1

A. The college bound	Learning Objective: 7
	Multiple choice questions: 13, 14, 21

B. The "forgotten half"	Learning Objective: 7
	Important terms: forgotten half Multiple choice questions: 12Matching questions: 9

V. Schools and Adolescent
Development

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