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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Building Bridges.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which Greek God did Ayers compare outstanding teachers to?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Homer.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Achilles.

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

4. How did deficiencies make Ayers feel?
(a) Ready for the challenge of learning.
(b) Inadequate.
(c) Happy.
(d) Fine.

5. What kind of teachers did Ayers suggest were needed now more than ever?
(a) Tired teachers.
(b) Crusading teachers.
(c) Experienced teachers.
(d) Kind teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country's children did Gellhorn write about?

2. Ayers believes that learning is what?

3. According to Ayers, what is the educational system?

4. What model is curriculum built on based on Ayers's research?

5. Who believed that "young children's thinking is concrete and immediate compared to the thinking of older children"?

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