True & False: Mark A if true and B if false
14. Genetics plays an important part in Darwinian Theory suggesting environment is the primary force in a childÕs
development.
15. In colonial times the family was the major force for educating children.
16. The first parent education program was held in Boston, Massachusetts.
17. The zone of Proximal Development is part of BronfenbrennerÕs social Ð cultural context theory.
18. PL 94-142 had no real effect on the rights of parents to be involved in their childÕs education, evaluation, and placement.
19. Programs such as Head Start and Follow Through focused on the importance of parents as an educating force.
20. NCLB legislation gives total power to parents in selecting schools for their children.
Multiple Choice
21. What historical figure is credited with establishing the first kindergarten in the United States?
a. Hall
b. Peabody
c. McMillan
d. Froebel
22. Why was the Head Start program developed?
a. To provide comprehensive services, opportunities, and educational experiences to children born into poverty.
b. To help middle class children achieve better in school.
c. To eliminate all poverty in the United States.
d. To instruct parents in proper childrearing practices.
23. When was the ÒGoals 2000: Educate America ActÓ signed into law?
a. 1965
b. 1984
c. 1994
d. 1996
24. In NCLB legislation which component(s) reflect the nature of the law?
a. A parent with a child in a chronically underachieving school has the right to select another school.
b. Approved educational support programs must provide language arts, reading, and math instruction.
c. Faith based organizations are eligible to apply to provide supplemental services to children in Title 1 schools.
d. Local, state and federal agencies are responsible for providing better opportunities for children in Title 1 schools.
25. Which of the following characterizes the approach used by schools of the 1800Õs to educate minority children?
a. Place equal value on the customs, rituals, and traditions of different cultures.
b. Acculturate minority children about Anglo European culture.
c. Provide equal educational opportunities for all children regardless of race, color, or national origin.
d. Provide bilingual education whenever possible.
26. Good multicultural education can best be described as programs that:
a. Include teaching a second language.
b. Include memorizing facts about other cultures.
c. Help all children understand, accept, and respect people from other cultures as well as their own cultures.
d. Are implemented to compensate for cultural deprivation.
27. Early kindergartens and child care centers were established in order to:
a. Influence immigrant families to read children according to the beliefs of mainline society.
b. Educate children about different cultures.
c. Provide nurturance for children whose mothers worked.
d. Provide enrichment programs for all young children.
28. One of the earliest models of parent involvement in schools where parents had decision making powers, as well as opportunities for education was:
a. Parent Teacher Association
b. Project Head Start
c. Parent Cooperatives
d. Education Partnership Program
29. Through all minority groups in America have suffered from negative attitudes, unequal treatment, and discrimination by mainline society, which group has generally been more academically and economically successful?
a. Asian Americans
b. African Americans
c. Hispanic Americans
d. Arab Americans
30. Which of the following authorities are stage development theorists?
a. Skinner
b. Piaget
c. Bronfenbrenner
d. Freud
31. If you prefer a teaching style that emphasizes modeling desired behaviors, providing children with specific but important information, then giving them points for correct responses, your basic tenet for child learning is closer to:
a. Nativist view
b. Behaviorist view
c. Interactionist view
d. Social-cultural context view