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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Creating an Environment for Learning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ayers, what tells us what to do?
(a) Our teachers.
(b) Our environments.
(c) Our principals.
(d) Our parents.

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

3. Who was the subject used in a study by Davide Carroll?
(a) Pat.
(b) Jose.
(c) Sid.
(d) Chesa.

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

5. Ayers believed that ____________ integrate and give meaning to other aspects of school and curriculum, along with engaging and focusing children's energy.
(a) Portfolios.
(b) Videos.
(c) Projects.
(d) Homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object did Ayers compare teaching to in Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching"?

2. What does Ayers say the message should be to the children in youth?

3. Which child's father was active in the civil rights movement?

4. What was the center of the approach used at Prospect School?

5. When Ayers took children to the airport concourse, what did they do?

(see the answer key)

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