Exam 13: Education

A) Admissions decisions to colleges and universities include preferential treatment for race,ethnicity,and gender,but not other characteristics such as unusual backgrounds,leadership experiences,or having grown up in a rural area.
B) Affirmative action has significantly decreased the number of white male students attending the more selective colleges and universities.
C) Affirmative action programs at colleges and universities are designed to provide opportunities to historically underrepresented groups and to increase diversity on campuses.
D) When black and Hispanic students attend the more selective colleges and universities,they have a lower chance of graduating.

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Race and social class variables are high...

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A) functionally illiterate.
B) innumerate.
C) unschooled.
D) functionally literate.

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A) fall behind and should be moved into a classroom where he has the highest scores.
B) succeed and make academic gains when he is in the classes with other high achievers.
C) become frustrated and decide to leave school before completing his degree.
D) make stronger academic gains if he is tracked into a class with lower-achieving students.

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A) it is difficult to identify characteristics that will make effective teachers because these characteristics are hard to quantify.
B) teachers with higher levels of education and degrees from more competitive colleges are more effective classroom leaders.
C) experience,measured by years in the classroom,is a key predictor of teachers' effectiveness.
D) teachers are most effective when they are teaching a standardized curriculum.

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A) Schools with smaller class sizes do not benefit students more than schools with larger classes.
B) Short-term and long-term benefits of smaller classrooms are stronger for minority and low-income students.
C) Students who have been in small classes are more likely to have discipline problems when they are subsequently placed in regular-sized classes.
D) Class size in elementary school does not predict educational achievement as long as the classroom is composed of students of the same intelligence levels.

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A) when upper-class students went to school with fewer lower-class students,their grades fell.
B) when lower-class students went to school with more upper-status students,they did better academically.
C) when males and females were separated in classes,both groups' grades improved.
D) when all students were on vacation during the summer,they all lost ground with regard to knowledge.

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A) Their IQs are higher.
B) They are less likely to actually take the test multiple times.
C) They develop strong peer support,studying together for the SATs.
D) Their parents are better able to obtain help for them,as in SAT prep courses and extra tutoring if they are doing poorly in school.

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A) Catholic; secular private and public
B) secular private; Catholic and public
C) public; secular private and Catholic
D) secular private; public and Catholic

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A) Asian Americans are biologically and genetically smarter than whites.
B) All Asian American groups are more socioeconomically advantaged; therefore,social class does not work against these groups.
C) Asian Americans have not faced a history of discrimination and prejudice.
D) There is a high degree of social capital in Asian American communities,and the community reinforces norms regarding education and parenting.

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A) Siblings who weighed less at birth exhibit lower educational attainment than their heavier siblings.
B) Children who are born heavier are more likely to be bullied in school.
C) Children with low birth weight tend to exhibit signs of attention problems,but only through preschool age.
D) Lower birth weight predicts fewer missed days of school due to health complications.

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A) to protect them from war.
B) to socialize them to become "civilized" Americans.
C) because Native American parents were extremely physically abusive.
D) because their parents no longer wanted them after they were assimilated into "American" culture.

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A) promote to higher grades students who have not completed the academic requirements needed to pass to the next grade level.
B) guarantee college admission to black and Hispanic applicants.
C) encourage minority recruitment on college campuses.
D) grant preferential treatment to the disadvantaged within a population.

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A) increasingly more employers are not asking for educational accomplishments at job interviews.
B) parents are attempting to have their children accepted at the "right" day care,sometimes even before they are born.
C) increasingly fewer boys are graduating from high school.
D) fewer people are able to perform their actual jobs.

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A) less-expensive private; very expensive private
B) public; Catholic
C) non-Catholic private; Catholic
D) Catholic; non-Catholic private

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A) credentialism.
B) overeducation.
C) educationalism.
D) college bias.

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A) using more directives and teaching children to be more obedient than inquisitive
B) asking children many questions and reasoning with them
C) free-range parenting,with no structure or rules
D) strict parenting that teaches children to be "seen,not heard"

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