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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. Whose house does Ayers say "invited one to pray"?
(a) Coretta's house.
(b) Harriet and Efrem's house.
(c) Malcolm and Sue's house.
(d) BJ's house.

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

3. What does Ayers identify as a time of invention, discovery, and surprise?
(a) Adulthood.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Daycare.
(d) School.

4. What does Ayers cite is the main reason students drop out?
(a) No adult cared if they stayed.
(b) Saw no value in educaiton.
(c) Not enough homework.
(d) Too much homework.

5. According to Ayers, it is important for all teachers to be what?
(a) Fair.
(b) Student-centered.
(c) Teacher-centered.
(d) School Centered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?

2. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," how did a staff review session end?

3. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?

4. According to Ayers, what were many of Ayers's students when he began teaching?

5. Who was an amazing teacher that argued that the essence of cognitive development was "having wonderful ideas"?

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