Question 1

Research suggests that there are many benefits of attending ______ schools,including greater interest in school activities,higher achievement levels,and more social equality.

Accepted Answer

A)  charter
B)  middle-class
C)  small
D)  Montessori C

Question 2

Community schools are designed to improve at-risk neighborhoods and emphasize a sense of collective efficacy that will benefit everyone within a community.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

As a consequence of state legal reforms efforts,______ states now have financing plans in which schools in low-income districts receive an average of ______ more funding than higher-income districts.

Accepted Answer

A)  31;10%
B)  27;8%
C)  16;5%
D)  20;7% B

Question 4

According to Basil Bernstein,what is the difference between the communication codes of working- and middle-class children? Give an example to support your answer.How do differences in codes affect children's performance in school?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Which school of thought is most likely to focus on how schools socialize students with the appropriate values and sort and select them according to their abilities?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalism
B)  conflict theory
C)  symbolic interaction
D)  reproduction theory

Question 6

Discuss the general approach and assumptions a conflict theorist may take when studying the educational system.Then explain Randall Collins's theory of credentialism.How does this theory illustrate the conflict perspective?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the general approach and assumptions a...

Question 7

The theory that the rise in credentials is a result of status competition among groups battling over scarce rewards is most closely associated with ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx and Max Weber
B)  Randall Collins
C)  Willard Waller
D)  Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

Question 8

According to Pierre Bourdieu,personal connections and relationships to other people are examples of ______ capital.

Accepted Answer

A)  economic
B)  social
C)  cultural
D)  symbolic

Question 9

According to David Baker and Gerald LeTendre (2005),all of the following beliefs have influenced the development of mass schooling EXCEPT that ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  children should be educated
B)  nations should invest in schooling
C)  education is not required to benefit the collective good of society
D)  children should receive early and ongoing schooling

Question 10

The idea that schooling corresponds to society's dominant interests and upper- and middle-class values is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  code theory
B)  cultural deprivation theory
C)  the institutional theory
D)  cultural capital

Question 11

Seventy-one percent of female high school graduates enroll in colleges or universities,while only 61% of male graduates do so.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which sociologist theorized that education established a modern system of meritocracy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Émile Durkheim
B)  Talcott Parsons
C)  Karl Marx
D)  Randall Collins

Question 13

Current research seems to indicate that the education system in ______ focuses too much on memorization and test-taking skills and not enough on critical thinking and creativity skills.

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany
B)  the United States
C)  Finland
D)  Japan

Question 14

Institutional theorists argue that mass universal education benefits individuals but not societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In his research on language,Basil Bernstein found that working-class children used primarily ______ in stories,while middle-class children used more ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  descriptive nouns;pronouns
B)  pronouns;descriptive nouns
C)  compound sentences;fragments
D)  fragments;pronouns

Question 16

Conflict theory stresses the need to base education policies on a longitudinal examination of the processes that occur inside schools and classrooms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Empirical research indicates that low educational performance among some groups in the United States is due to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural bias of IQ test questions
B)  genetic differences
C)  the quality of the school administering standardized tests
D)  flaws within the test questions

Question 18

The belief that schools function to reproduce rather than eliminate inequality is most closely associated with ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalism
B)  conflict theory
C)  institutional theory
D)  symbolic interaction

Question 19

Geoffrey Canada's programs use a "cradle to college" approach to improve students' academic outcomes by utilizing all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  tracking the child to provide the best academic outcome
B)  teaching parents how to provide children with a healthy home environment
C)  teaching acceptable forms of discipline
D)  distributing household items that promote health and well-being

Question 20

Conflict theorists suggest that tracking is a mechanism for reproducing inequalities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 7: Education

Research suggests that there are many benefits of attending ______ schools,including greater interest in school activities,higher achievement levels,and more social equality.

Community schools are designed to improve at-risk neighborhoods and emphasize a sense of collective efficacy that will benefit everyone within a community.

As a consequence of state legal reforms efforts, states now have financing plans in which schools in low-income districts receive an average of more funding than higher-income districts.

According to Basil Bernstein,what is the difference between the communication codes of working- and middle-class children? Give an example to support your answer.How do differences in codes affect children's performance in school?

Which school of thought is most likely to focus on how schools socialize students with the appropriate values and sort and select them according to their abilities?

Discuss the general approach and assumptions a conflict theorist may take when studying the educational system.Then explain Randall Collins's theory of credentialism.How does this theory illustrate the conflict perspective?

The theory that the rise in credentials is a result of status competition among groups battling over scarce rewards is most closely associated with ______.

According to Pierre Bourdieu,personal connections and relationships to other people are examples of ______ capital.

According to David Baker and Gerald LeTendre (2005) ,all of the following beliefs have influenced the development of mass schooling EXCEPT that ______.

The idea that schooling corresponds to society's dominant interests and upper- and middle-class values is known as ______.

Seventy-one percent of female high school graduates enroll in colleges or universities,while only 61% of male graduates do so.

Which sociologist theorized that education established a modern system of meritocracy?

Current research seems to indicate that the education system in ______ focuses too much on memorization and test-taking skills and not enough on critical thinking and creativity skills.

Institutional theorists argue that mass universal education benefits individuals but not societies.

In his research on language,Basil Bernstein found that working-class children used primarily in stories,while middle-class children used more .

Conflict theory stresses the need to base education policies on a longitudinal examination of the processes that occur inside schools and classrooms.

Empirical research indicates that low educational performance among some groups in the United States is due to ______.

The belief that schools function to reproduce rather than eliminate inequality is most closely associated with ______.

Geoffrey Canada's programs use a "cradle to college" approach to improve students' academic outcomes by utilizing all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Conflict theorists suggest that tracking is a mechanism for reproducing inequalities.