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One of the most significant outcomes of the GI Bill, according to the authors, was |
| | A) | the number of returning soldiers who went into white-collar jobs rather than blue-collar as a result of their schooling |
| | B) | how social analysts and educators ignored the success of the GIs |
| | C) | that the success of the GIs in school argued against meritocratic ideology |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following was not a finding of the Coleman Report of the mid-1960s? |
| | A) | The differences in school resources did not seem to have an effect on students' performance on standardized tests. |
| | B) | Minority students entered schools with lower achievement scores and remained behind through their schooling. |
| | C) | The "quality of peers" and "family socioeconomic background" both seemed to affect educational achievement. |
| | D) | most African American students and white students attended different schools. |
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Christopher Jencks's Inequality suggested that economic success as an adult was largely due to |
| | A) | achievement in school |
| | B) | family background |
| | C) | luck |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Henry Levin disputed Jencks's conclusions in Inequality by arguing |
| | A) | that too many studies of intergenerational mobility had shown that the effect of family background was significant |
| | B) | that using "luck" as a variable was not scientific |
| | C) | that the definition of a "small" effect on income was too subjective |
| | D) | a and c above |
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"Race" and "ethnicity" |
| | A) | are both socially constructed terms |
| | B) | both have a strong basis in social science |
| | C) | both have a biological basis |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The American Anthropological Association's statement on race declares that |
| | A) | all normal human beings have the capacity to learn any cultural behavior |
| | B) | while there is great variation between racial groups, they still share the same genetic material |
| | C) | the concept of race is based primarily on perceived physical characteristics |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Andrew Hacker found that African American males with college degrees |
| | A) | have declined in number from ten years ago |
| | B) | still struggle to achieve income equality with white male college graduates |
| | C) | have higher unemployment rates than white male college graduates |
| | D) | b and c above |
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Today, the majority of children living in single-parent households are |
| | A) | African American |
| | B) | Hispanic |
| | C) | White non-Hispanic |
| | D) | in urban areas |
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Which of the following criteria does not contribute to the designation called "socioeconomic class"? |
| | A) | Income |
| | B) | occupational responsibility |
| | C) | cultural identity |
| | D) | level of education |
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The commonalities of those who make up the "power elite," according to C. Wright Mills, is (are) |
| | A) | similar ideological, political, and economic interests |
| | B) | an investment in competition with each other |
| | C) | satisfaction with the status quo |
| | D) | all of the above |
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SAT and ACT scores do not correlate with |
| | A) | intelligence |
| | B) | economic background |
| | C) | gender |
| | D) | ethnicity |
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Asian Americans are unique among American minorities because |
| | A) | different subcultures are lumped together as Asian Americans |
| | B) | they are the "model" minority but still subject to prejudice |
| | C) | they tend to be academically successful |
| | D) | Asian American males earn almost as much as white males |
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The trend of increasing numbers of students being identified as "learning disabled" is due to |
| | A) | the difficulty of defining "learning disabled," or the vagueness of the term |
| | B) | the financial incentive to get additional funding for each identified LD child |
| | C) | the separating out of LD test scores when a school test's scores are averaged |
| | D) | all of the above |
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A social construction of reality is demonstrated with the following example(s) |
| | A) | the concept of race |
| | B) | the belief many white southerners held that slaves were happy and satisfied |
| | C) | the belief that women face a "glass ceiling" |
| | D) | a and b above |
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The option of teen romance novels as reading material for high school girls with low reading ability |
| | A) | is an example of how schools tend to give up on demanding more of such students |
| | B) | helps to reinforce an image of beauty and passivity that is socially sanctioned and remains unchallenged |
| | C) | increases reading scores |
| | D) | a and b above |
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Studies by Coleman, Jencks, and Moynihan are referred to as "cultural deprivation studies" because |
| | A) | they concluded that significant deficiencies in a student's environment were the reasons behind school failure |
| | B) | the children they studied tended not to have any exposure to museums, libraries, zoos, art, and the like |
| | C) | culture as a variable did not enter into analysis of the data |
| | D) | they found that schools that did not recognize the unique qualities of a given child's background did not serve the child as well as schools that did |
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The teacher education texts used in teacher preparation programs |
| | A) | tend to include useful lesson plans on how to combat gender bias in the classroom |
| | B) | are potentially one of the most important avenues of fighting gender bias in the classroom |
| | C) | are important sources of gender equity information |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following is not an example of sensitivity in teaching, according to the authors? |
| | A) | recognizing and rewarding certain characteristics of females and minorities that are traditionally overlooked |
| | B) | being vigilant for any possible sign of discomfort among minority students |
| | C) | understanding when gender, race or ethnicity is a significant variable and when it is not |
| | D) | noticing when forces of the dominant culture are interfering with a student's learning potential |
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"An Indian Father's Plea" is provided as a Primary Source Reading in order to have the reader consider |
| | A) | the kinds of effects the minimalization of a student's cultural heritage can have on a student |
| | B) | the ways that students can learn to adapt to situations in order to fit in |
| | C) | the value of Indian culture |
| | D) | the importance of parent-teacher relationships |
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Which of the following best describes what "meritocracy" means? |
| | A) | a country which is run by a powerful elite |
| | B) | the division of students into tracks, or ability grouping |
| | C) | talent and hard work will lead to success |
| | D) | all of the above |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education