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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

Education in a Changing Society

Multiple Choice


1	Which of the following changes characterizes the institution of economics?
		A)	new forms of the family
		B)	the rise of fundamentalism
		C)	globalization
		D)	new alignment of nations


2	Which of the following is not one of the fastest-growing religious affiliations in the United States?
		A)	Islam
		B)	Judaism
		C)	Fundamentalist movements
		D)	None of the above


3	With respect to demographics and language, the following statements are true, except:
		A)	The majority of students with limited English proficiency speak Spanish as their primary language.
		B)	The United States is the fifth largest Spanish-speaking country in the world.
		C)	More that 50 percent of students with limited English proficiency are in grades 7 to 9.
		D)	A majority of students with limited English proficiency are from poor backgrounds.


4	Most teachers in the United States:
		A)	come from a heterogeneous group
		B)	are of European descent
		C)	are males
		D)	are from the upper classes


5	Which of the following shifts characterizes schools in transition?
		A)	a shift from teaching to learning
		B)	a shift from small size to large size
		C)	a shift from educating everyone to educating an elite
		D)	a shift from critical thinking to rote learning


6	The factory is sometimes used as an example of Second Wave schools because:
		A)	Teachers can work in varied settings.
		B)	Schooling is seen as a lifelong activity, like a job or a career.
		C)	The emphasis is on moving students through the system in standardized ways.
		D)	Students can collaborate with their peers.


7	A classroom in which synchronization is emphasized will have all of the following characteristics, except:
		A)	class periods of equal length
		B)	class periods of varied (and sometimes unpredictable) lengths
		C)	a regularly scheduled school day and year
		D)	subject-area courses taught every day


8	Which of the following characterizes a collaborative classroom?
		A)	teachers making lesson plans individually
		B)	parents and community members working in the classroom
		C)	students competing for individual grades
		D)	students opposed to having history teachers grade for appropriate use of language in writing


9	All of the following characterize schools in which small scale is an emphasis, except:
		A)	students working with a variety of adults
		B)	classes of less than 20
		C)	students feeling "lost" among the school's population
		D)	an emphasis on creating learning communities


10	Developing a multicultural perspective requires, among other things, that:
		A)	one is able to recognize social and cultural change
		B)	one learns to understand culture and the culture-learning process
		C)	one knows how to improve intergroup and intragroup interactions
		D)	all of the above

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