Biology Forums - Study Force

Studies show that when working-class students accept academically oriented school norms, they
 
  a. are sometimes ridiculed by peers.
  b. continue to misbehave in class.
  c. experience problems with self-esteem.
  d. participate in extracurricular activities.

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[Ques. 2] Homogeneous grouping of low achievers has some drawbacks because teachers often
 
  a. are too permissive in controlling student behavior.
  b. maintain low expectations for student achievement.
  c. provide excessive support materials, which lead to student confusion.
  d. spend a disproportionate amount of time with the students.

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[Ques. 3] Middle-class teachers may have difficulty understanding and motivating low-income minority students because of
 
  a. a lack of parental support.
  b. language and cultural differences.
  c. the curriculum.
  d. the students' high absenteeism rate.

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[Ques. 4] Efforts to improve the academic performance of working-class students in the primary grades should focus on
 
  a. homogeneous grouping.
  b. individualized instruction.
  c. large-class instruction.
  d. remediating basic skills.

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[Ques. 5] The _______________________ are often the third or fourth generation to live in poverty and depend on public assistance.
 
  a. underclass
  b. upper class
  c. middle class
  d. lower class

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[Ques. 6] Research that supports environment more strongly than heredity as a factor in student achievement most consistently emphasizes that
 
  a. conclusions supporting heredity are based more in the bias of the researcher than in the evidence of the research.
  b. heredity has never been accepted as the most influential factor in determining human intelligence.
  c. in situations where the environment for achievement was positively altered, achievement for groups in such situations improved over time.
  d. we have no knowledge about intelligence as a genetically determined trait.

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[Ques. 7] Environmentalists maintain that differences in IQ test scores by African Americans and Euro-Americans are due to
 
  a. genetic differences.
  b. inadequate test questions.
  c. systematic discrimination.
  d. biological factors.

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[Ques. 8] The new working class is best identified as _________________.
 
  a. middle class
  b. lower class
  c. upper class
  d. wealthy

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[Ques. 9] Educators who adopt the environmentalist position concerning the development of intelligence would probably support
 
  a. compensatory education.
  b. segregated schools.
  c. physical punishment.
  d. use of IQ tests in program placements.

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[Ques. 10] To understand the causes of low school achievement, it is important to consider the home environment of children from lower- or working-class families, because
 
  a. their parents often mimic many of the behaviors teachers use, thus reinforcing messages at home that children receive at school.
  b. although it may be difficult to remedy learning deficits, schools must strive to develop programs that can counter the effects of environmental disadvantages.
  c. children from the middle and upper classes spend much more time away from home than do children from working-class homes.
  d. parents from working-class families too often feed children misinformation and inaccurate knowledge when trying to help their children with schoolwork.

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