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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. In the year 2000, how many children did not have health insurance?
(a) 20 million children did not have health insurance.
(b) 1 million children did not have health insurance.
(c) 11 million children did not have health insurance.
(d) 40 million children did not have health insurance.

2. Who argued that "teachers can be aided in the difficult matter of moral choice if they can adopt an ethic of caring"?
(a) Hannah Arendt.
(b) Maxine Greene.
(c) Nel Noddings.
(d) William Ayers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayers state is part of the intellectual challenge of teaching, in addition to knowing students?

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

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

4. What was the average annual cost to house an inmate in 1999?

5. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what did Ayers have children research for an assignment?

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