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Question 1 4 pts
To become certified in his state, Bill had to pass a test that included reading, writing, and mathematics. What is the reasoning that is most likely to have led to this requirement?
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Question 2 4 pts
When considering the average salary range of teachers, __________ can be expected.
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Question 3 4 pts
The growing trend towards caring for students with special needs is increasing. The practice of ________ in a regular classroom is a growing trend for full inclusion.
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Question 4 4 pts
Which of the following presents the greatest obstacle to teachers’ gaining the kind of autonomy suggested by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards?
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Question 5 4 pts
In recent measures of occupational prestige, teachers rank
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Question 7 4 pts
During the Reformation, Protestant religious educators sought to
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Question 8 4 pts
Katherine, an elementary school teacher, believes that children are by nature prone to mean and unruly behavior and that part of a teacher’s job is to be a firm disciplinarian to help children overcome these tendencies. Katherine’s ideas are most similar to which of the following?
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Question 9 4 pts
Jean Piaget’s principles of learning are based primarily on
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Question 10 4 pts
The education pioneer who suggested that teachers should design their classrooms as learning centers stocked with materials that engage children’s curiosity and stimulate their explorations was
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Question 11 4 pts
When Thomas Jefferson tried to establish public education in Virginia, his primary purpose was to
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Question 12 4 pts
Thomas Jefferson’s Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge is an important benchmark in the history of public education because it
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Question 13 4 pts
The elementary school that was open to the children of all social and economic classes was the
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Question 14 4 pts
Pragmatists such as Dewey see the school as a local community of _______________ connected to the larger society.
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Question 16 4 pts
Karen sees the world and everything in it as a laboratory for learning. She believes her students learn best when she poses problems they have to solve by interacting with a real-world setting. Which of the following views is closest to Karen’s beliefs?
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Question 18 4 pts
Teachers need to be familiar with the legal principle of fair use when
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Question 19 4 pts
Before school officials can search a student, there must be
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Question 20 4 pts
You know a tenured teacher who was recently fired for insubordination. She is suing her district for damages, claiming that she was not insubordinate and that the district’s action has done irreparable damage to her good name, reputation, and integrity. This case is most likely to focus on
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Question 21 4 pts
Sidney Greidanus sets forth all of the following ideas except
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Question 22 4 pts
The Bible teaches clearly through the biblical doctrines of the creation, fall, and redemption all of the following except
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Question 23 4 pts
In 1983 the famous report, ______________, triggered the reform movement of the 1980s and 1990s by pointing to many shortcomings in our schools.
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Question 25 4 pts
According to your Graham text, we are made in the image of a God God who is______.