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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. What does Ayers state is part of the intellectual challenge of teaching, in addition to knowing students?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Self-reflection.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Self-awareness.

2. What does Ayers say lesson plans typically begin with?
(a) With state and national standards.
(b) With an anticipatory set.
(c) With lesson objectives.
(d) With behavioral objectives.

3. Who argued that standardized achievement tests are problematic due to their "exaggerated importance"?
(a) Herb Zimiles.
(b) John Holt.
(c) Lillian Weber.
(d) William Ayers.

4. What was the most recent standardized test Ayers took?
(a) ACT.
(b) PSAE.
(c) Basic Skills Test.
(d) GRE.

5. Who believed that "human beings spent their lives weaving webs of significance"?
(a) Lisa Delpit.
(b) Gilbert Ryle.
(c) Gomer Pyle.
(d) June Jordan.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayers, what are standardized tests?

2. Who described a student as "ordinarily expressive and lively when talking about ideas and information"?

3. How old was Chesa when Ayers began caring for him?

4. What allows teachers to see what students are up to while asking them to do the work themselves?

5. What is the root word for evaluation discussed in Chapter 6, "Keeping Track"?

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