Exam 17: Education

Apply the functionalist perspective to explain why free public education became widespread in the United States in the mid-1800s.

Who was the educator from Massachusetts, who, in 1837, proposed the "common school" to be supported through tax dollars and established throughout the state?

Which of the following statements is least accurate based on the results sociologists discovered while researching school violence?

Providing childcare is an example of a manifest function of the public school system.

Explain what a credential society is and why it develops.

What is the ultimate goal of the education system in the United States based upon the view of classical conflict theorists who subscribe to the correspondence principle?

What do studies demonstrate in regard to the level of social skills home schooled students develop?

What is the concept that some jobs require few skills and can be performed by people of less intelligence?

The Rosenthal-Jacobsen experiment confirms that regardless of their ability, students who are expected to do better generally do.

At Harvard University 90 percent of the students graduate with honors. The faculty recommend to counter this honors inflation limiting the percentage of students who could graduate with honors in any one class. This is an example of __________.

What is the most popular way to accomplish gatekeeping?

Higher grades given for the same work or a general rise in student grades without a corresponding increase in learning is known as __________.

Name two major problems facing education today.

What social worker suggested the dice question for IQ tests?

Tracking is a form of gatekeeping in which students are sorted by their perceived abilities rather than their achieved abilities.

Children who are home schooled become socially challenged when they encounter real world experiences.

Home schooling is new to the education scene, becoming popular due to the dissatisfaction of parents over the quality of public education.

Explain how a positive stereotype such as "Asian students are smart" can become a self-fulfilling prophecy similar to what Rist viewed in teacher expectations of students based on their social class.

Who developed the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy that explains why originally false assumptions become true because the outcome was predicted?

Based on the author's assessment, what are two major solutions that will increase the success of education?