The National PTA Standards for Family Involvement are built on which of the following frameworks?
a. Moll's
b. Coleman's
c. Cochran's
d. Epstein's
Question 2One caveat from research on home visiting is that
a. precise practices for best results are not yet known.
b. it is only effective when teachers have extensive training.
c. families generally find the practice to be too intrusive.
d. it is only effective with families of the same ethnicity and culture as the teacher.
Question 3Research by Sweet and Applebaum found that when families participated in programs with home visitation
a. children demonstrated better socioemotional outcomes, but cognitive outcomes were not affected.
b. children demonstrated better cognitive and socioemotional outcomes.
c. children demonstrated better cognitive outcomes, but socioemotional outcomes were not affected.
d. no differences in child outcomes were noted.
Question 4The notion in the U.S. that parents have legal rights and responsibilities in regard to their children is known as
a. family influences on children.
b. constitutional interpretation.
c. doctrine of parental rights
d. continuity.
Question 5The role that Head Start parents have in decision-making is
a. collaborative.
b. decisive.
c. standardized.
d. second tier.
Question 6Luis Moll describes a critical concept of his framework based on the notion that families have abundant knowledge that schools are not aware of and therefore, did not apply such information in their curriculum planning. He refers to this as:
a. funds of knowledge.
b. information station.
c. knowledge trusts.
d. content assets.
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