Research suggests that students learn best within cohesive and competitive learning communities.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 2] Students need sufficient opportunities to practice and apply what they are learning and to receive improvement-oriented feedback.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 3] Social studies curriculum standards identify content and expected student learning, and describe the curriculum elements including learning activities.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 4] Given time constraints, Brophy, Alleman, and Halvorsen suggest that instruction should be limited to whole-class.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 5] Brophy, Alleman, and Halvorsen encourage teachers to plan home assignments that promote memorization to ensure students do well on standardized tests.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 6] Brophy, Alleman, and Halvorsen encourage teachers to go beyond the content and skills allocated to their grade level in an effort to provide meaningful context and enrichment to social studies units.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 7] High stakes testing has enriched and expanded the social studies curriculum.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 8] Brophy, Alleman, and Halvorsen believe that learning is:
a. grade level specific.
b. easily measured.
c. absolute and lasting.
d. continuous and lifelong.
[Ques. 9] Assigning students to watch a specific television show as homework:
a. could be useful when structured appropriately and tied into school goals.
b. would be considered as a waste of time even under the best conditions.
c. would be considered fluff and as a distractor to in-school learning.
d. could be useful if a follow-up quiz were administered at school.
[Ques. 10] Data gathered from family members can enhance students appreciation of:
a. ethnocentric views of social studies content.
b. sympathetic views associated with learning deficits.
c. diverse perspectives on social studies content.
d. diverse perspective on learner deficits.
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