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

a.Have a poor self-image

b.Be uninterested in school

c.Believe they could not control their environment

d.Were likely to come from schools that were under funded

12.Essentially the findings of the Coleman report on education were consistent with the:

a.Conflict perspective

b.Functionalist perspective

c.Symbolic interactionist perspective

d.Social-psychological perspective

13.Which of the following is reflective of the conflict perspective on education?

a.The low achievement among minority children is due to cultural deprivation

b.Schools encourage diversity among students

c.Schools punish students who do not conform to dominant values, attitudes, and habits

d.Schools provide a source of social mobility in society

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

a.Ban discussion about problematic issues such as race or religion

b.Bring problematic issues such as race or religion to the forefront

c.Increase emphasis on history and geography

d.Use a narrative approach to history rather than memorization of names and dates

15.The theory that our beliefs about ourselves are based on the messages we get from others is called:

a.Interactionist approach

b.Looking-glass self

c.Conflict approach

d.Micro theory

16.Rosenthal and Jacobson’s book, Pygmalion in the Classroom illustrated the power of:

a.I.Q. tests

b.Cultural deprivation

c.De facto segregation

d.Self-fulfilling prophecy

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

a.Any of these children could succeed

b.They were concerned about children who were shorter than average

c.They had much higher expectations for white students

d.They had much higher expectations for black students

18.Educational tracking is the practice where:

a.Students believed to be similar in ability are grouped together in separate classes with different curricula

b.The educational attainment of minority students is improved

c.Students are ranked based on their abilities in track and field

d.Initial assignment to a particular track is rather inconsequential for a student

19.Which of the following is false about tracking?

a.Placement in tracks is influenced by race, Hispanic origin, and especially class

b.Even when test scores are the same as middle-class students, lowersocioeconomic status students are placed in lower tracks

c.Most students in low tracks move out of them within a year or two

d.Students in low tracks are often denied the opportunities to take the courses they need to enter and succeed in college

20.Research on detracking (eliminating tracking) has shown all the following

a.It has had little impact on the achievement of students formerly in low tracks

b.It raises the achievement of students formerly in low tracks

c.Overall achievement in detracked schools is at least as high as tracked schools

d.At detracked schools the achievement of the top students may be less