Although students from different cultures have varying attitudes and values, these variations have little impact on student learning.
What is False, Students' attitudes and values have a powerful effect on student learning.
100
Females are generally more extroverted, anxious, and trusting.
What is True.
100
The different cultures encountered in classrooms and how these cultural differences influence learning.
What is Cultural diversity.
100
Women aren't good at math.
What is Opinion/Stereotype.
200
Culturally sensitive teachers treat all students the same way.
What is False, Effective teachers adapt their instruction in response to students' cultural background.
200
Boys generally get better grades in school than girls.
What is False, Girls generally do better than boys on a number of academic measures, with grades being one of the most obvious.
200
Language programs that emphasize a rapid transition to English.
What is immersion programs.
200
Men are generally taller than women.
What is Fact.
300
Both students and their parents benefit from building on students' cultural backgrounds.
What is True.
300
Most differences between boys and girls are due to heredity.
What is False, genetics predisposes each sex to certain types of behaviors, but the environment is important in determining how these predispositions are shaped.
300
Differences in expectations and beliefs about appropriate roles and behaviors of the two sexes.
What is Gender-role identity.
300
Men don't make good nurses or teachers.
What is Opinion/Stereotype.
400
A general term that describes a variety of strategies schools use to accommodate cultural differences in teaching and learning.
What is Multicultural education.
400
Students form different cultures may learn differently.
What is Fact.
500
Students whose first language is not English and who need help in learning to speak, read, and write in English.