EDCI TEST 1 EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
The commitment to public schooling of the Massachusetts Bay colony was driven in party by -
ANS All these answers are correct
Failure of teachers to understand the broader social and cultural contexts that surround their
schools and classrooms - ANS impairs their ability to interpret school and classroom events
The authors believe that - ANS regardless of a teacher's motivation, it is necessary to have a
theory of impact to develop clear goals
the notion that a key purpose of education would be to "inform" and make society "safe" stems
from the idea that - ANS the lower classes were intellectually unready for the responsibility
of voting, and that the Irish Catholics were more loyal to the Pope than to independent self-
government
Mann's belief that women would make better teachers than men reflects - ANS all these
answers are correct
According to the authors, in the absence of good instruction, which of the following is the best
predictor of student achievement in school? - ANS socioeconomic status
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A theory of impact is an explanation - ANS of how teacher's practices will lead to their goals
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, The authors believe that if teachers want to see schools that serve the learning needs of all
children, then - ANS they must work collectively and strategically with others
Brownson's opposition to Mann's normal school concept stemmed from his - ANS advocacy
of democratic localism
The idea that schools could create wealth, thus relieving the plight of the poor without cost to
the rich, is reflective of - ANS human capital theory
In today's schooling climate, Brownson would be most likely to support - ANS local parent
councils to participate in school governance
For Athenians, living in accord with the notions of virtue and reason - ANS all these answers
are correct
The "hidden curriculum" - ANS teaches students powerful lessons about the functions and
expectations of society
Resistance to Mann's "common elements" approach came from - ANS all these answers are
correct
The influx of Irish immigrants, as a group, was considered problematic because - ANS they
were uneducated and unskilled, and they were Catholic
A major goal of teaching is to - ANS all those answers are correct
To the early settlers, literacy was important because - ANS it would combat Satan's attempts
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to recruit followers from ranks of the uneducated
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AND ANSWERS
The commitment to public schooling of the Massachusetts Bay colony was driven in party by -
ANS All these answers are correct
Failure of teachers to understand the broader social and cultural contexts that surround their
schools and classrooms - ANS impairs their ability to interpret school and classroom events
The authors believe that - ANS regardless of a teacher's motivation, it is necessary to have a
theory of impact to develop clear goals
the notion that a key purpose of education would be to "inform" and make society "safe" stems
from the idea that - ANS the lower classes were intellectually unready for the responsibility
of voting, and that the Irish Catholics were more loyal to the Pope than to independent self-
government
Mann's belief that women would make better teachers than men reflects - ANS all these
answers are correct
According to the authors, in the absence of good instruction, which of the following is the best
predictor of student achievement in school? - ANS socioeconomic status
1
A theory of impact is an explanation - ANS of how teacher's practices will lead to their goals
Page
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, The authors believe that if teachers want to see schools that serve the learning needs of all
children, then - ANS they must work collectively and strategically with others
Brownson's opposition to Mann's normal school concept stemmed from his - ANS advocacy
of democratic localism
The idea that schools could create wealth, thus relieving the plight of the poor without cost to
the rich, is reflective of - ANS human capital theory
In today's schooling climate, Brownson would be most likely to support - ANS local parent
councils to participate in school governance
For Athenians, living in accord with the notions of virtue and reason - ANS all these answers
are correct
The "hidden curriculum" - ANS teaches students powerful lessons about the functions and
expectations of society
Resistance to Mann's "common elements" approach came from - ANS all these answers are
correct
The influx of Irish immigrants, as a group, was considered problematic because - ANS they
were uneducated and unskilled, and they were Catholic
A major goal of teaching is to - ANS all those answers are correct
To the early settlers, literacy was important because - ANS it would combat Satan's attempts
2
to recruit followers from ranks of the uneducated
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