Exam 14: Education and American Minority Groups

Black English has no standards or rules.

Which perspective holds that education provides a source of social mobility in society?

Studies suggest that all of the following improves the ability of minority students in the classroom EXCEPT:

All of the following factors are known to influence I.Q.test scores EXCEPT:

Black English has a verb tense called the habitual tense that is not present in standard English.Which of the following phrases represents the habitual tense?

Q.tests are supposed to test:

Compensatory educational programs involve:

An example of a social studies multicultural curriculum would include all of the following EXCEPT:

Educational tracking is the practice where:

The Coleman report found that underachieving students tended to all the following EXCEPT:

Most Hispanic children attend schools with a majority of the students from which racial or ethnic group?

Schools are mainly funded with:

Multiculturalism is a(n)_______ approach to education.

Schools with students from primarily the lower classes mainly stress conformity and obedience.

According to Conflict theorists the cause of lower achievement among minorities can be found in the characteristics of those groups.

Describe how teacher expectations and tracking work together to disadvantage minority students.

How are linguistic differences an issue in the classroom for minority students? What can teachers do to address these issues and help minority students achieve?

How are cultural deficiency and cultural bias used in discussing low achieving students and which major sociological theory does each tie into?

In a study by Harvey and Slatin (1975),teachers were given pictures of children and asked to evaluate their chances of success.They said:

According to the Coleman report,_____________ was the most important factor in student achievement.