The PA emphasizes all of the following EXCEPT:
a. PA involves work in a meaningful context.
b. In project work children are active and intrinsically motivated.
c. In PA work teachers act as consultants, guides, and facilitators.
d. Learners are more passive recipients of teachers' information.
Question 2...What did the Perry Preschool Study bottom line cost-benefit analysis reveal?
a. That there are no concrete benefits to the public of this kind of intervention programming.
b. While there are benefits to the program participants, the public benefit is too minimal to be compelling (a 3 return on each 1 invested in the program).
c. The dollar amount return on the public's investment in the program equals nearly 13 for every 1 invested.
d. A cost-benefit analysis was not included as part of the recent research reports.
Question 3...The most common form of privately sponsored child care in the United States is home-based care.
a. True
b. False
Question 4...What specific effects on program participants' lives were reported by the Perry Preschool Study?
a. Fewer years of schooling attained, more parental involvement, lower crime rates.
b. Lower crime rates, fewer special education services needed, higher paying jobs.
c. Higher paying jobs, fewer pregnancies out of marriage, lower high school graduation rate.
d. More parental involvement, less likely to own a home, more reliance on welfare services.
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