QUESTION 1: The next major growth area in technology-enabled education appears to be:
hybrid or blended courses delivered neither completely online nor entirely face-to-face.
completely virtual school courses for all students.
podcasting lectures and discussions.
the use of social networking sites such as Facebook as effective instructional tools.
QUESTION 2: Identify an advantage of being a textbook adoption state.
It provides for a common statewide curriculum.
It reduces the ability of states to influence publishers.
It ensures greater freedom for teachers to choose texts.
It saves time and work for teachers at the local level.
QUESTION 3: Participation in the extracurricular activities has been connected with:
higher instances of null curriculum.
lower grades.
higher student self-esteem.
weak race relations.
QUESTION 4: Identify an accurate statement about the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
Annual testing for reading, math, and science was not required for grades 3-8.
Underperforming schools were granted additional financial support.
A high-stakes testing culture was created.
States created uniform standardized testing standards.
QUESTION 5: The phenomenon represented by the test-tampering scandal in Atlanta, Georgia, is most closely associated with:
Campbell's law.
the Hawthorne effect.
testing psychosis.
Noyes's law.
QUESTION 6: Which of the following represents a way in which a teacher might informally influence curriculum?
Mindy is an elementary school teacher who is selected to be on a textbook adoption committee for her school.
Millicent is a middle school teacher who has been selected as part of a writing team for a nationally distributed math teaching and learning program.
Paula decides to include literature from the African continent in her high school English class apart from the prescribed texts from American literature.
Stephen is selected to advise the school district in its efforts to change the local requirements for middle grades science.
QUESTION 7: A scientific theory, such as the theory of evolution, is:
a scientific guess or hunch.
often a political position not related to science.
a well-founded scientific explanation.
a hypothesis likely to change.
QUESTION 8: On the subject of teaching creationism, evolution, or intelligent design in schools, a large segment of the public feels that:
evolution should be taught in schools as the best and most rational explanation of origin of life.
intelligent design is the best compromise and should be taught in schools, evolution should be considered merely as a theory, not fact.
the teaching of creationism should supersede all other theories about the origin of life.
students should be exposed to competing theories in schools.
QUESTION 9: In response to an informal complaint, a school librarian quietly removes a book from the library shelf and pretends that the book is out of stock. This is an example of:
state censorship.
standard censorship.
fair censorship.
self-censorship.
QUESTION 10: According to educator Hilda Taba, learning in school is different than learning in life because the former:
deals with critical socialization skills.
stresses on the hidden lessons in life.
teaches skills that are needed for work and the professions.
is formally organized.