Schools and Social Context MCQs
Schools and Social Context MCQs
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1: Which of the following is an example of a deficit ideology?
A. Belief that some groups of students are less capable of academic achievement
B. Disaggregating standardized test scores into subgroups
C. Incorporating a multicultural curriculum into social studies lessons
D. Closing school for all religious holidays
2: The National Education Goals of 2000 set a goal of increasing the high school graduation rate to which percentage?
A. 75%
B. 80%
C. 90%
D. 100%
3: Children who live in poverty and who read below grade level by third grade are ______ times as likely not to graduate from high school as students who were born into families with incomes above the poverty level.
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
4: Schools that rely on harsh forms of discipline for infractions that do not jeopardize safety are said to contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline.
A. True
B. False
5: Which statement about zero-tolerance policies is accurate?
A. Research indicates that zero tolerance has not created safer schools or been effective in changing behavior.
B. Research indicates that zero tolerance has created safer schools and has been effective in changing behavior.
C. Not enough research has been conducted to draw any conclusions.
D. Much research has been conducted, but the findings are not conclusive.
6: In the United States, the focus of the curricula has largely been, and remains, the ______.
A. Core academics
B. Western canon
C. Experiences of diverse populations
D. Emphasis on non-Western heritage
7: All states require LGBTQ identity and issues to be taught in a positive way.
A. True
B. False
8: Which of the following is an example of embracing multicultural education practices?
A. Calendars with holidays written in
B. Following traditional history focusing on the Founding Fathers
C. Teaching cross-cultural communication skills
D. Expanding a deficit ideology
9: Culturally responsive teachers examine their practices to ensure they do not unwittingly favor the culturally influenced behaviors of some students over others. Which of the following examples is a culturally influenced behavior that may influence your students’ learning?
A. Economic diversity
B. Willingness to babysit siblings
C. Clothing choice
D. Fear of academic failure
10: Which factor is an example of a social context that affects student learning?
A. Family home ownership
B. Low socioeconomic status
C. Access to public transportation
D. Access to grandparents for child care
11: You decide to incorporate physical activity into your lessons each day because you know that childhood obesity has more than tripled over the past 30 years, from 5% to 17%.
A. True
B. False
12: All states require students to learn the same content in their high school sexual education classes.
A. True
B. False
13: Suicide is the leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds.
A. True
B. False
14: As a teacher, you keep an eye out for signs of maltreatment in your students, including child abuse (crimes of commission) and child neglect (crimes of omission).
A. True
B. False
15: What is the most popular addictive drug among teenagers?
A. Alcohol
B. Cocaine
C. Heroin
D. Marijuana
16: An act that occurs when a student or group of students intimidate or harass another student is called
A. Bullying
B. Cyber bullying
C. Canon
D. Phrase gap
17: The books, values, and principles that are widely accepted for the education of children and youth is called
A. Bullying
B. Cyber bullying
C. Canon
D. Phrase gap
18: Common Core State Standards (CCSS) explains the standards in ______ .
A. And English language arts for each grade level that were written jointly by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers and have been adopted in whole or in part by most states.
B. Mathematics
C. Urdu
D. Arabic
E. History
19: Harassment of children, young people, and adults through posts on social media such as texting and Facebook is called
A. Bullying
B. Cyber bullying
C. Canon
D. Phrase gap
20: Blaming oppressed people for their own economic disparities and/or considering them intellectually and culturally inferior to the dominant group is called
A. Deficit ideology
B. Dominant ideology
C. Mindfulness
D. Model minority
21: A social group that holds cultural prominence and power in terms of the values, images, and norms perpetuated by a society is called
A. Recessive social groups
B. Dominant social groups
C. Societal pressure groups
D. None of these
22: High-needs students is at risk of educational failure or otherwise in need of special assistance and support.
A. True
B. False
23: Schools in which more than three-fourths of students are from low-income families is called
A. Low-poverty schools
B. High-poverty schools
C. Middle income schools
D. None of these
24: Awareness of or familiarity with information, facts, concepts, and ideas about someone or a topic that has been learned through education or lived experience is called
A. Education
B. Knowledge
C. Mindfulness
D. Ideology
25: A mental state in which we pay attention to our thoughts, feelings, and body sensations in a given moment without judging them is called
A. Education
B. Knowledge
C. Mindfulness
D. Ideology
26: ______ is a group that is stereotypically characterized as academically and economically successful because of the group’s norms or culture.
A. Multicultural model
B. Model minority
C. Model majority
D. All of these
27: Multicultural curriculum explains that incorporates the history, culture, contributions, and experiences of multiple ethnic, socioeconomic, language, and religious groups as well as females, males, and students with exceptionalities. A multicultural curriculum also addresses issues of power, discrimination, and inequality.
A. True
B. False
28: Views from people or groups of people whose histories and experiences provide different ways of looking at current or past events, policies, research, and practices in the world is called
A. Multiple perspectives
B. Single perspectives
C. Positive perspectives
D. Stereotype perspectives
29: An approach to school discipline that focuses on defining and modeling positive behaviors by students and school personnel is called
A. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
B. Partial Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
C. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Systems (PBIS)
D. Positive Baseline Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
30: ______ is an approach to student discipline that focuses on repairing the harm caused by the offender through building cooperative relationships with victims and the community as a whole.
A. Restorative justice
B. Social justice
C. Religion justice
D. None of these
31: Policies and practices in schools that lead to students being arrested for minor and more serious offenses in schools that place them in the juvenile justice system is called
A. School -to-perspective pipeline
B. School -to-prison pipeline
C. School -to-prison Interventions
D. School -to-prison discipline
32: Caring for and supporting people who are less advantaged than you is called
A. Physical justice
B. Social justice
C. Emotional justice
D. None of above
33: Stereotype ______ in which describes the common stereotypes about a group influence how people in that group see themselves.
A. Ways
B. Threats
C. People
D. Justice
34: Schools that use their understanding of the impact of traumatic events on a student’s learning and social and emotional behavior to provide safe and supportive educational environments for all students is called
A. Trauma-sensitive schools
B. Trauma-in sensitive schools
C. Whole child approach
D. Zero tolerance approach
35: An approach to education that emphasizes the need to address a child’s physical, social, and emotional well-being, as well as cognitive development is called
A. Trauma-sensitive schools
B. Trauma-in sensitive schools
C. Whole child approach
D. Zero tolerance approach
36: School policies that call for punishing any infraction of a rule is called
A. Trauma-sensitive schools
B. Trauma-in sensitive policies
C. Whole child policies
D. Zero tolerance policies
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