QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
constructivist approach - CORRECT ANSWER learner centered
direct student approach - CORRECT ANSWER Structured, teacher-centered approach
that is characterized by:
Teacher direction and control.
High teacher expectations for students' progress.
Maximum time spent by students on academic tasks is much higher.
Efforts by the teacher to keep negative affect to a minimum.
An important goal is maximizing student learning time.
Common Core State Standards Initiative - CORRECT ANSWER endorsed by the
National Governors Association in 2009 in an effort to implement more rigorous state
guidelines for educating students. ( even more efforts to control the results of teachers in
teaching students)
In the last half of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century, U.S. high school
dropout rates - CORRECT ANSWER declined
Highest dropouts by Latinos; males more than females.
Higher in _____ cities. - CORRECT ANSWER urban
authoritative strategy - CORRECT ANSWER This strategy encourages students to be
independent thinkers and doers but still involves effective monitoring.
The authoritative strategy contrasts with two ineffective strategies:
Authoritarian strategy of classroom management: Restrictive and punitive, with the focus
mainly on keeping order rather than on instruction and learning.
, Permissive strategy of classroom management: Offers students considerable autonomy but
provides them with little support for developing skills or managing their behavior. ( lack of
discipline and encouragement of critical thinking)
Some of the negative psychological changes associated with adolescent development might
result from a mismatch between the needs of developing adolescents and the opportunities
afforded them by the schools they attend. - CORRECT ANSWER
argues that a lack of fit between the middle/junior high environment and the needs of young
adolescents produces increasingly negative self-evaluations and attitudes toward school. -
CORRECT ANSWER Eccles
Eva Pomerantz - CORRECT ANSWER recently offered the following
recommendations for parents who want their children and adolescents to do well in school:
Keep in mind that ability is not fixed and can change.
Be involved.
Support autonomy and self-initiative. (encouraging kids to do activities on their own)
Be positive.
Understand that each child or adolescent is different.
- CORRECT ANSWER Engaging in bullying during middle school is linked to an
increased likelihood of antisocial and criminal behavior later in adolescence and adulthood .
A dramatic increase in cyberbullying has occurred recently.
Almost ------ of all African American and Latino students attend schools in which 90% or
more of the students are from minority groups. - CORRECT ANSWER 1/3
The high school graduation rate for ------ lags behind that for any other ethnic minority group,
except Native Americans. - CORRECT ANSWER latinas
The United States and Australia are among the few countries in the world in which sports are
an integral part of the public school system. - CORRECT ANSWER