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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. Who documented her classroom experiences through an impressive series of books?
(a) Kevin Sweeney.
(b) Maxine Greene.
(c) Vivian Gussin Paley.
(d) Hannah Arendt.

2. How many inhabitants spoke English as the native tongue in 1988, according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) 333,746,000
(b) 3,746,000
(c) 333,000,000
(d) 33,746,000

3. Who argued that good teachers incorporated all kinds of instructional strategies and are vigilant for "what works"?
(a) John Holt.
(b) Gilbert Ryle.
(c) June Jordan.
(d) Lisa Delpit.

4. According to Ayers, what were many of Ayers's students when he began teaching?
(a) Culturally deprived.
(b) At Risk.
(c) Savages.
(d) Barbarians.

5. What is a great motivator for student ceremonies according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) The other students.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The audience.
(d) The parents.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ayers stated that ________________________ is more dogmatic and insistent than any religion or political ideology.

3. Ayers suggests that what is built on a base of knowledge about students?

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

5. What was the center of the approach used at Prospect School?

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