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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seeing the Student.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Compared to 0 dollars spent on school construction, how much did Illinois spend on prison construction in 1999?
(a) 2 million.
(b) $400 million.
(c) $200 million.
(d) 4 million.

2. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?
(a) Administration centered.
(b) Teacher centered.
(c) Student-centered.
(d) Profit-driven.

3. How did Ayers stay alive as a teacher?
(a) Ayers closed his mind to others.
(b) Ayers did not let things bother him.
(c) Ayers knew it all.
(d) Ayers stayed open to mystery.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which publication did Martha Gellhorn write a piece about loving our children?

2. According to Ayers, how many Americans were incarcerated in the year 2000?

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

4. Who documented her classroom experiences through an impressive series of books?

5. Who argued that "the teacher who wishes to be more functionary cannot escape the value problem or the difficult matter of moral choice"?

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