Exam 17: Education

From a functionalist perspective, what is the teaching of knowledge and skills which reinforces positive consequences in students?

What do less rigorous teaching, dummied down textbooks and less reading have in common with watching television, and playing video and computer games?

Provide reasons why home-schooled children score as highly as they do on a standardized test?

According to a study of 15,000 students in public and Catholic schools, the superior test performance of students in Catholic schools in comparison to public schools was due to ________.

In Japan, a philosophy based on cooperation and group effort ensures virtually every student qualifies for admission to college.

Although cooperation is a core value in Japan, Japanese students are admitted to college only on the basis of intense competition. This is an example of a ________.

Why is the United States becoming more and more of a credential society?

Social integration promotes a student's dedication to a national identity.

Once it began as a formal institution in the early city-states, education continually progressed throughout history to its present level.

What two reasons were offered by the research of Coleman and Hoffer why Catholic school students did better scholastically than public school students?

Based on the research of sociologist George Farkas, which two groups of students were most successful in signaling their teachers they were good students?

How does the author propose we inspire teachers to be more accountable in motivating their students to achieve higher standards?

Prior to a formal system of education that included schools, teachers, and diplomas how was the manifest function of education accomplished?

Why did two-year colleges change their name from junior college to community college?

Renee has difficulty in reading and writing. However, despite her problem with reading and writing, she has been passed into the next grade every year. This is an example of ________.

When employers use diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for jobs, even through the diploma or degree may be irrelevant to the actual work, it becomes a ________ society.

What is the correspondence principle?

Compare the similarities and differences between education in the most industrialized, industrializing, and least industrialized nations.

All U.S. states have mandatory education laws requiring children to attend school.

What was the requirement for fulfilling mandatory education laws in 1918?