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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Mystery of Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What allows teachers to see what students are up to while asking them to do the work themselves?
(a) Homework.
(b) Classroom practice work.
(c) Standardized testing.
(d) Project-based learning.

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

3. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," what did John struggle with?
(a) Abused at home.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Job loss.

4. What did Ayers say "cramped choices and strangled life chances for the children of the poor"?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Schools.
(c) Parents.
(d) Inequalities.

5. Who asked how race relations were going in Chicago?
(a) Duke.
(b) Jose.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Irene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What exists less than a half-mile from the University of Illinois-Chicago?

2. Ayers suggests that what happens when teacher's begin to value a child's opinions and experiences?

3. In Ayers classroom, what dominated the window sills and counter tops?

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

5. Who argued that good teachers incorporated all kinds of instructional strategies and are vigilant for "what works"?

(see the answer key)

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