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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Keeping Track.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what did Ayers have children research for an assignment?
(a) The child's family's geneology.
(b) The child's first name.
(c) The area the child lived.
(d) The child's last name.

2. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?
(a) The parents.
(b) Teachers.
(c) The student.
(d) Doctors.

3. What model is curriculum built on based on Ayers's research?
(a) The deficit model.
(b) The teacher-centered model.
(c) The surplus model.
(d) The student-centered model.

4. Which culture required that each boy kill a lion and be circumcised in order to become a man?
(a) Sioux.
(b) Aborigini.
(c) African.
(d) Zulu.

5. Who underlined the importance of identity and broadening group affiliation with adolescents?
(a) Abraham Maslow.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Erik Erikson.
(d) Jean Piaget.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assigns numbers to textbooks linking books to "grade-level"?

2. How old was Zayd when the transformation of child to adult began?

3. In Chapter 6, "Keeping Track," what is the process of narrowing, punishing, and controlling from the outside that too often passed for assessment?

4. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what is the often underutilized source of knowledge about youngsters?

5. What does Ayers state is part of the intellectual challenge of teaching, in addition to knowing students?

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