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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. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?
(a) The parents.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Teachers.
(d) The student.

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

3. Ayers believes that learning is what?
(a) Boring.
(b) Easy.
(c) Not linear.
(d) Hard.

4. Ayers suggests that what happens when teacher's begin to value a child's opinions and experiences?
(a) Children became more shy.
(b) Children began to think more openly.
(c) Children became close-minded.
(d) Children disobeyed authority figures.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayers, what is built when there is an engaged and active citizenry?

2. What does Ayers say "allowed us to glimpse into something of the depth of this enterprise and to unearth the intellectual and ethical implications"?

3. Who was the subject used in a study by Davide Carroll?

4. Ayers believed that ____________ integrate and give meaning to other aspects of school and curriculum, along with engaging and focusing children's energy.

5. Ayers claims that what type of school tends be mechanistic and managerial, hierarchical, and bureaucratic?

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