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

2. When Ayers took children to the airport concourse, what did they do?
(a) The children watched people.
(b) The children ate.
(c) The children sat down.
(d) The children ran.

3. What sport was Jose La Luz involved in?
(a) Football.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Skateboarding.
(d) Running.

4. What high school did Ayers's brother teach English?
(a) Los Angeles High School.
(b) Berkeley High School.
(c) Bismarck High School.
(d) North Campton High School.

5. Who was an amazing teacher that argued that the essence of cognitive development was "having wonderful ideas"?
(a) Eleanor Duckworth.
(b) Mara Sapon-Shevin.
(c) Pat Carini.
(d) Jose Vega.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Ayers, it is important for all teachers to be what?

3. Ayers believes that what sets up schools as institutional forms for re-creation of specific values and norms, dispositions, and assumptions?

4. According to Ayers, what is in charge at the schools that limited individuality?

5. According to Ayers, what should the larger goal of education be?

(see the answer key)

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