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Children from low-income families a. tend to have a smaller vocabulary when they start school. b. are more likely to be children of color. c. are actually stronger academically than wealthy children. d. are not as bright as other children.
What is a.tend to have a smaller vocabulary when they start school.
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Enclave communities such as Chinatown and Little Italy best demonstrate a. assimilation. b. exclusion. c. enculturation. d. cultural pluralism.
What is d. cultural pluralism.
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The multicultural reconstructionist approach is most closely associated with a.creating close links between home and school for ethnically diverse children. b.mobilizing students to bring change to their communities through social justice. c.black and Hispanic studies programs. d.the idea of promoting Eastern perspectives in the classroom.
What is b.mobilizing students to bring change to their communities through social justice.
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In diverse classrooms, teachers can use generalizations about students from different cultural groups but should avoid stereotypes. Which of the following is a stereotype? a.African American students tend to communicate orally. c.Female students often personalize knowledge. d.Native American students often prefer cooperative learning.
What is b.Asian American students are highly competitive.
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Hispanic students who attended bilingual schools from the 1970s to the 1990s a.had a higher graduation rate than those who attended “English-only” classes. b.dropped out less frequently than those who attended “English-only” classes. c.earned less money than those who attended “English-only” classes. d.None of these answers is correct.
What is c.earned less money than those who attended “English-only” classes.
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Rosenthal and Jacobsen’s study on school performance is an example of a. deficit theory. b. expectation theory. c. cultural difference theory. d. enculturation.
What is b. expectation theory.
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The Supreme Court ruled in Meyer v. State of Nebraska that a.a state could not prohibit the teaching of any foreign language. b.a state could not force bilingual students to speak only English on school property. c.states could not force English-only speakers to learn a foreign language. d.states could not separate non-English speakers from the larger student body and place them in lesser facilities.
What is a. a state could not prohibit the teaching of any foreign language.
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A major assumption of multicultural education is that a.bilingual education should be implemented in every school. b.the school is a melting pot and should assimilate students. c.the curriculum should have an Afrocentric focus. d.students should develop positive attitudes toward different cultures.
What is d.students should develop positive attitudes toward different cultures.
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Culturally responsive teaching proponent Gloria Ladson-Billings would most likely support all of the following EXCEPT a.students working at a community health clinic. b.encouraging students to rewrite out-of-date textbooks for the classroom. c.using one learning style to avoid student confusion. d.inviting an Indian storyteller to class to share Native mythology.
What is c.using one learning style to avoid student confusion.
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Which of the following was a part of the “Lau remedies”? a. Language minority students were to be considered special needs students and separated from regular classrooms until they were fluent in English. b. Language minority students were to be taught in their primary language until they could benefit from English language instruction. c. Language minority students were to be moved to English-only classrooms for fast-track learning of English. d. Language minority students would be taught only instruction in the English language, not basic academic subjects, until they were fluent enough to rejoin regular classes.
What is b. Language minority students were to be taught in their primary language until they could benefit from English language instruction.
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Deficit theory teaches us that a.some students’ experiences do not mesh with mainstream school culture. b.some schools are simply funded at too low a level to function well. c.western culture now has the answers we need in a modern world. d.certain groups of people have genetic differences.
What is a.some students’ experiences do not mesh with mainstream school culture.
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Lessons delivered in a “sheltered” or simplified English vocabulary are using the ________ approach to bilingual education. a. immersion b. maintenance c. slow d. cultural assimilation
What is a. immersion
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A teacher who focuses on celebrating the heroes of other cultures is practicing what approach to multicultural education? a. the contributions approach b. the additive approach c. the transformation approach d. the social action approach
What is a. the contributions approach
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What message do the authors intend to impart by quoting John Kennedy’s 1963 commencement speech at American University? a.We are all part of the human family. b.Teaching is the most important task for ensuring the future of our nation. c.It is important to point out the cultural traditions of others and try to praise them. d.When students fail, it is the fault of the community and not the fault of the student.
What is a.We are all part of the human family.
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Which of the following represents the thinking of a nefarious branch of deficit theory? a. If educators study the cultural gap and cultural background of their diverse students, they will lose focus on the core academic subjects they should focus on. b. Teachers are right to expect less from certain student groups based on generalizations about their cultures and psychology. c. The genetic and IQ deficiencies of certain groups are the root cause of academic underachievement. d. Teachers who focus on studying the cultural differences of diverse students will magnify their differences for the classroom instead of incorporating them.
What is c. The genetic and IQ deficiencies of certain groups are the root cause of academic underachievement.
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By the year 2023, “minority” students will make up approximately what proportion of the school population? a. fewer than 1 in 10 b. fewer than one-third c. about half d. an overwhelming majority
What is c. about half
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Bilingual maintenance programs emphasize a.teaching only in English so that students quickly acquire the language. b.using the native language as a bridge to English-language instruction. c.keeping up proficiency in the native language while learning English. d.maintaining the native language with English as a “linguistic option.”
What is c.keeping up proficiency in the native language while learning English.
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When a teacher spends only a week of class time talking about important female inventors he is taking the ________ approach to multicultural education. a. additive b. contributions c. transformative d. social action
What is a. additive
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Mrs. Michael's favorite type of cultural food is . . .
What is Thai food?
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The Bilingual Education Act a. took over the duties of No Child Left Behind in funding bilingual education. b. expired in 2002 and has not been renewed. c. mostly failed to actually bring about any increase in bilingual education. d. was designed to quickly teach English to ELL students in special classes and then turn them over to regular instruction.
What is b. expired in 2002 and has not been renewed.
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Which of the following is true of Professor Hacker’s views based on his parable about race? a.He feels that the very efforts to combat racial prejudice exacerbate the problem by bringing attention to it. b.He believes that most racial injustices can be solved through an infusion of funding to level the playing field. c.He considers the idea of racial privilege or discrimination to have faded to a degree that it is now mostly myth. d. He considers white privilege so commonplace that most of us are no longer able to see it.
What is d. He considers white privilege so commonplace that most of us are no longer able to see it.
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Which statement best describes the history of bilingual education in the U.S.? a.Bilingual education, originally begun in the 1800s, is now a well-accepted part of schooling in the U.S. b.Once the Bilingual Education Act was passed in 1968, bilingual education became a standardized, well-funded part of schooling nationwide. c.Only recently has bilingual education become controversial, with the growth of the English-only movement. d.Bilingual education has gone through cycles of acceptance and rejection in the U.S., often in response to wars and changes in immigration patterns.
What is d.Bilingual education has gone through cycles of acceptance and rejection in the U.S., often in response to wars and changes in immigration patterns.
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Multicultural educators that follow the approach called “teaching the culturally different” primarily advocate a. creating close links between school and home so that minority children can succeed academically. b.the promotion of different perspectives based on race, class, and culture. c.the promotion of cultural and racial understanding among different groups. d.the mobilization of students to actively address and work to remedy social problems.
What is a. creating close links between school and home so that minority children can succeed academically.
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When Carlos Ovando’s family first emigrated from Nicaragua, school was difficult for him because of his limited English proficiency and because he was not allowed to speak Spanish at school. His experience was MOST similar to that of a.Kinney Lau, whose difficulty in school led to a landmark court case, Lau v. Nichols. b.Karen Killilea, whose mother penned the influential book Karen. c.the children whose struggles resulted in Public Law 94-142. d.gifted students who are not placed in accelerated programs.
What is a.Kinney Lau, whose difficulty in school led to a landmark court case, Lau v. Nichols.
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Imagine that you are assigned to teach in a class with some students who come from different cultural backgrounds, and a few students who have been diagnosed as special-needs learners. Perhaps the most effective approach to teaching these diverse students would be a. to realize that students learn better early in the day, and to plan the most challenging lessons for the morning and the less demanding lessons for the afternoon. b. to emphasize verbal instruction and storytelling, sometimes called informal education, since special-needs students and diverse cultures all share a common thread: learning by listening. c. to avoid direct eye contact with students, which will show your cultural sensitivity while not pressuring your special-needs students. d. to invest time in individualizing instruction, since no single strategy will likely meet all these needs.
What is d. to invest time in individualizing instruction, since no single strategy will likely meet all these needs.