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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. What is considered by Ayers an epidemic in our schools known as a toxic habit with no limits?
(a) Stereotyping.
(b) Labeling.
(c) Flu.
(d) Prejudice.

2. What does Ayers say the message should be to the children in youth?
(a) You are here for an education.
(b) Do your best.
(c) You are a valuable person.
(d) Focus on other students.

3. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?
(a) Hannah Arendt.
(b) Nel Noddings.
(c) William Ayers.
(d) Maxine Greene.

4. What model is curriculum built on based on Ayers's research?
(a) The teacher-centered model.
(b) The student-centered model.
(c) The surplus model.
(d) The deficit model.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What became a helpful guide to teaching for Ayers and other teachers?

3. Who was the teaching assistant that pitched baseballs to a student everyday?

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

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

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