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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 was one of the goals of the Prospect School?
(a) Supported students rights.
(b) Higher pay for teachers.
(c) Supported teacher's efforts to create a learning culture.
(d) Less structured curriculum.

2. Who believed that "young children's thinking is concrete and immediate compared to the thinking of older children"?
(a) Jean Piaget.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Abraham Maslow.
(d) Erik Erikson.

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

4. Ayers suggests that _____________ tears down walls?
(a) Learning.
(b) Good speaking.
(c) Education.
(d) Teaching.

5. How many intercom interruptions occurred in the first four hours at P.S. 269?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Ayers's space have "lots and lots" of?

3. What do kids see that school is linked by more than anything else?

4. Which group of people are naturally curious about their world they inhabit?

5. Who was Chesa's teacher that admired Chesa's strengths instead of focusing on his weaknesses?

(see the answer key)

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