chapter 4 education quiz.docx - Question 1 Which of the...

Question 1
Which of the following ranked highest with girls in describing their peer culture in middle
school?
a. student-teacher camaraderie
b. relational aggression
c. worries about poverty
d. gender clashes
Question 2
Research indicates that because of noninstructional demands (discipline problems, attendance,
etc.) teachers lose what percentage of instructional time?
a. between 10 and 15 percent
b. between 25 percent and 50 percent
c. between 50 and 75 percent
d. more than 75 percent
Question 3
In Life in Classrooms , Philip W. Jackson characterizes school life as
a. extremely organized and structured.
b. an active process in which both students and teachers are engaged in the learning
process.
c. a passive process in which students do little more than sit and wait.
d. hostile, with teachers who feel like students are a distraction from the demands placed
upon them by an administration.
Question 4
Bullying has been an accepted school tradition for so long because
a. teachers accept the common myths surrounding bullying.
b. teachers have difficulty defining what constitutes bullying.
c. teachers are frequently intimidated by bullies, especially in the upper grades.
d. teachers realize that there are often no disciplinary consequences for bullies.
Question 5

Members of which demographic group are at the greatest risk for committing suicide?
a. African American males
b. white females
c. Hispanic females
d. Native American males
Question 6
Which of the following is true of today's families in the U.S.?
a. Most families are headed by a working father and a stay-at-home mother.
b. Less than half of American families are remarried or recoupled.
c. Only two-thirds of children live in two-parent households.
d. The percentage of married women with children who work outside the home has fallen
from 78 percent to just over 60 percent.
Question 7
Paula is an elementary school teacher who often feels more like the last thing in the world she
gets to do is teach her students. She feels as though much of her day is taken up with determining
who gets to speak, when to line up for lunch, how the class will work when broken into groups,
and so forth. Based on these actions, Paula occupies the role of
a. organizer.