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Chapter 16: Education

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Chapter 16: Education

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16-1 §16.1 source ↗

What are the major factors that affect education systems throughout the world?
  1. a.
    Resources and money
  2. b.
    Student interest
  3. c.
    Teacher interest
  4. d.
    Transportation

Answer

A. Resources and money

16-3 §16.1 source ↗

Informal education _________________.
  1. a.
    describes when students teach their peers
  2. b.
    refers to the learning of cultural norms
  3. c.
    only takes place at home
  4. d.
    relies on a planned instructional process

Answer

B. refers to the learning of cultural norms

16-5 §16.1 source ↗

The 1972 case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia set a precedent for __________.
  1. a.
    access to education
  2. b.
    average spending on students
  3. c.
    desegregation of schools
  4. d.
    teacher salary

Answer

A. access to education

16-7 §16.2 source ↗

Because she plans on achieving success in marketing, Tammie is taking courses on managing social media. This is an example of ________.
  1. a.
    cultural innovation
  2. b.
    social control
  3. c.
    social placement
  4. d.
    socialization

Answer

C. social placement

16-9 §16.2 source ↗

Which theory of education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?
  1. a.
    Conflict theory
  2. b.
    Feminist theory
  3. c.
    Functionalist theory
  4. d.
    Symbolic interactionism

Answer

D. Symbolic interactionism

16-11 §16.2 source ↗

Functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of _________.
  1. a.
    families
  2. b.
    society
  3. c.
    the individual
  4. d.
    all of the above

Answer

D. all of the above

16-13 §16.2 source ↗

What term describes the separation of students based on merit?
  1. a.
    Cultural transmission
  2. b.
    Social control
  3. c.
    Sorting
  4. d.
    Hidden curriculum

Answer

C. Sorting

16-15 §16.2 source ↗

Conflict theorists see IQ tests as being biased. Why?
  1. a.
    They are scored in a way that is subject to human error.
  2. b.
    They do not give children with learning disabilities a fair chance to demonstrate their true intelligence.
  3. c.
    They don’t involve enough test items to cover multiple intelligences.
  4. d.
    They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upper-class culture.

Answer

D. They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upper-class culture.

16-17 §16.3 source ↗

Public schools must guarantee that ___________.
  1. a.
    all students graduate from high school
  2. b.
    all students receive an equal education
  3. c.
    per-student spending is equitable
  4. d.
    the amount spent on each student is equal to that spent regionally

Answer

C. per-student spending is equitable

16-19 §16.3 source ↗

Allowing a student to move to the next grade regardless of whether or not they have met the requirements for that grade is called ____________.
  1. a.
    affirmative action
  2. b.
    social control
  3. c.
    social promotion
  4. d.
    socialization

Answer

C. social promotion

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