Question 1

TRUE OR FALSE:
Our teaching workforce has failed to keep up with the increasing number of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

TRUE OR FALSE:
The teaching workforce wishes to imply that students with cultural diversity should be taught  exclusively by teachers from traditionally from traditionally underrepresented groups.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

TRUE OR FALSE:
Teachers from minority groups play a critical role in the education, but especially  for pupils from minority populations acting as "cultural translators" and "cultural mediators".

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Metaphorically speaking, the United States  was seen as a huge _______________?

Accepted Answer

Melting Pot

Question 5

The notion of the Unites States as a melting pot society has gradually given way to _____________ wherein cultural and ethnic differences are appreciated and respected.

Accepted Answer

Cultural Pluralism

Question 6

Diversity is seen as a ___________ rather than a _____________.

Accepted Answer

1.strength
2.weakness

Question 7

___________ is defined as the attitudes, values, belief systems, norms, and traditions shared by a particular group of people that collectively form their heritage.

Accepted Answer

Culture

Question 8

TRUE OR FALSE:
Even though all members of a groups may share distinctively similar group characteristics, each and every person is different.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

We live in a multiculturalism society where multiculturalism refers to more than one culture. Multiculturalism provides us with a foundation for understanding ________________.

Accepted Answer

Multicultural Education

Question 10

What is multicultural education?

Accepted Answer

An educational strategy wherein the cultural background of each pupil is valued, viewed positively, and used to develop effective instruction.

Question 11

A term that is often associated with multicultural education is ______________.

Accepted Answer

Bilingual Education

Question 12

What is bilingual education?

Accepted Answer

An educational strategy whereby students whose first language is not English are instructed primarily through their native language while developing their competency and proficiency in English.

Question 13

What are the five distinct racial groups the U.S. government officially recognizes?

Accepted Answer

1.American Indian or Alaskan Native
2.Asian or Pacific Islander
3.Hispanic
4.Black(not of Hispanic origin)
5.White(not of Hispanic origin)

Question 14

Teacher's assumption that behaviors, beliefs, and actions of their particular cultural group are the correct or only way of doing something is reflected as _______________.

Accepted Answer

ethnocentrism

Question 15

At the heart of the society is a corer national culture, identified as the _____________, which represents a shared culture.

Accepted Answer

macroculture

Question 16

Within the this larger culture are several _____________, which, while sharing attributes of the macroculture, maintain their own distinct values, norms, and behaviors.

Accepted Answer

microcultures

Question 17

What is a major goal of multicultural education?

Accepted Answer

For pupils to acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to function effectively in each cultural setting.

Question 18

When students are culturally and linguistically diverse and disabled, they truly need an instructional model known as __________________________.

Accepted Answer

bilingual special education

Question 19

The fact that greater numbers of children from minority groups are placed in special education programs that could be anticipated based on their proportion of the general school population is known as _______________.

Accepted Answer

overrepresentation

Question 20

A situation in which fewer children from niority groups are placed in special education programs than would be expected based on the proportion of pupils in the general school population is known as ______________.

Accepted Answer

underrepresentation

Question 21

TRUE OR FALSE:
Faulty identification procedures, ineffective prereferral strategies, test bias, and inappropriate assessment techniques may also account for some of the overrepresentation.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

American pupils, tend to be ___________________ learners who approach learning intuitively rather than analytically and logically.

Accepted Answer

field dependent/sensitive

Question 23

_______________ learners thrive in competitive settings where achievement and individual accomplishment are prized.

Accepted Answer

Field independent

Question 24

TRUE OR FALSE:
The over- and underenrollment of racial and ethnic minorities in some special education programs often leads to unequal educational opportunities.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

TRUE OR FALSE:
The educational experiences of racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse pupils often put them at risk for under achievement and dropping out of school leading them to be unemployed adolescents.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

TRUE OR FALSE:
Assessment is NOT considered to be a dynamic, multifaceted, multipurpose decision-making process whose primary goal is to evaluate the the academic and behavioral progress of a student.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

TRUE OR FALSE:
Standardized testing has NEVER been criticized even though it doesn't consider the cultural and experiential background of culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

What are the two assessment challenges that stop the goal of achieving meaningful and valid assessments of students who are culturally and linguistically diverse?

Accepted Answer

1.the lack of measurement tools
2.the issue of bias in the assessment process

Question 29

To obtain an accurate profile of an individual's strengths and weaknesses, the framers of IDEA mandated _________________.

Accepted Answer

nondiscriminatory testing

Question 30

Gardner argues for the concept of ____________, which is an alternative perspective on intelligence suggesting that there are many different kinds of intelligence.

Accepted Answer

multiple intelligences

Question 31

What are the eight different, though somewhat related and interactive, intelligences in Gardner's theory?

Accepted Answer

1.Verbal/linguistic
2.Musical/rhythmic
3.Bodily/kinesthetic
4.Interpersonal
5.Logical/mathematical
6.Visual/spatial
7.Intrapersonal
8.Naturalist

Question 32

One particularly promising practice is the movement toward more authentic, performance-based assessment strategies such as ___________.

Accepted Answer

Portfolio assessment

Question 33

TRUE OR FALSE:
Portfolio assessment is uniquely intriguing because it emphasizes the instructional environment and focuses on student performance and the outcomes of learning.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

TRUE OR FALSE:
Portfolios are able to document, in a tangible way, a student's developmental progress.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

TRUE OR FALSE:
Effectively instruction students with exceptionalities who are also culturally and linguistically diverse DON'T require teachers to provide experiences that are culturally appropriate and pertinent.

Accepted Answer

False

Special Education

Ch. 3 Cultural & Linguistic Diversity and Exceptionality

Question	Answer
TRUE OR FALSE: Our teaching workforce has failed to keep up with the increasing number of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds?	True
TRUE OR FALSE: The teaching workforce wishes to imply that students with cultural diversity should be taught exclusively by teachers from traditionally from traditionally underrepresented groups.	False
TRUE OR FALSE: Teachers from minority groups play a critical role in the education, but especially for pupils from minority populations acting as "cultural translators" and "cultural mediators".	True
Metaphorically speaking, the United States was seen as a huge _______________?	Melting Pot
The notion of the Unites States as a melting pot society has gradually given way to _____________ wherein cultural and ethnic differences are appreciated and respected.	Cultural Pluralism
Diversity is seen as a ___________ rather than a _____________.	1.strength 2.weakness
___________ is defined as the attitudes, values, belief systems, norms, and traditions shared by a particular group of people that collectively form their heritage.	Culture
TRUE OR FALSE: Even though all members of a groups may share distinctively similar group characteristics, each and every person is different.	True
We live in a multiculturalism society where multiculturalism refers to more than one culture. Multiculturalism provides us with a foundation for understanding ________________.	Multicultural Education
What is multicultural education?	An educational strategy wherein the cultural background of each pupil is valued, viewed positively, and used to develop effective instruction.
A term that is often associated with multicultural education is ______________.	Bilingual Education
What is bilingual education?	An educational strategy whereby students whose first language is not English are instructed primarily through their native language while developing their competency and proficiency in English.
What are the five distinct racial groups the U.S. government officially recognizes?	1.American Indian or Alaskan Native 2.Asian or Pacific Islander 3.Hispanic 4.Black(not of Hispanic origin) 5.White(not of Hispanic origin)
Teacher's assumption that behaviors, beliefs, and actions of their particular cultural group are the correct or only way of doing something is reflected as _______________.	ethnocentrism
At the heart of the society is a corer national culture, identified as the _____________, which represents a shared culture.	macroculture
Within the this larger culture are several _____________, which, while sharing attributes of the macroculture, maintain their own distinct values, norms, and behaviors.	microcultures
What is a major goal of multicultural education?	For pupils to acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to function effectively in each cultural setting.
When students are culturally and linguistically diverse and disabled, they truly need an instructional model known as __________________________.	bilingual special education
The fact that greater numbers of children from minority groups are placed in special education programs that could be anticipated based on their proportion of the general school population is known as _______________.	overrepresentation
A situation in which fewer children from niority groups are placed in special education programs than would be expected based on the proportion of pupils in the general school population is known as ______________.	underrepresentation
TRUE OR FALSE: Faulty identification procedures, ineffective prereferral strategies, test bias, and inappropriate assessment techniques may also account for some of the overrepresentation.	True
American pupils, tend to be ___________________ learners who approach learning intuitively rather than analytically and logically.	field dependent/sensitive
_______________ learners thrive in competitive settings where achievement and individual accomplishment are prized.	Field independent
TRUE OR FALSE: The over- and underenrollment of racial and ethnic minorities in some special education programs often leads to unequal educational opportunities.	True
TRUE OR FALSE: The educational experiences of racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse pupils often put them at risk for under achievement and dropping out of school leading them to be unemployed adolescents.	True
TRUE OR FALSE: Assessment is NOT considered to be a dynamic, multifaceted, multipurpose decision-making process whose primary goal is to evaluate the the academic and behavioral progress of a student.	False
TRUE OR FALSE: Standardized testing has NEVER been criticized even though it doesn't consider the cultural and experiential background of culturally and linguistically diverse students.	False
What are the two assessment challenges that stop the goal of achieving meaningful and valid assessments of students who are culturally and linguistically diverse?	1.the lack of measurement tools 2.the issue of bias in the assessment process
To obtain an accurate profile of an individual's strengths and weaknesses, the framers of IDEA mandated _________________.	nondiscriminatory testing
Gardner argues for the concept of ____________, which is an alternative perspective on intelligence suggesting that there are many different kinds of intelligence.	multiple intelligences
What are the eight different, though somewhat related and interactive, intelligences in Gardner's theory?	1.Verbal/linguistic 2.Musical/rhythmic 3.Bodily/kinesthetic 4.Interpersonal 5.Logical/mathematical 6.Visual/spatial 7.Intrapersonal 8.Naturalist
One particularly promising practice is the movement toward more authentic, performance-based assessment strategies such as ___________.	Portfolio assessment
TRUE OR FALSE: Portfolio assessment is uniquely intriguing because it emphasizes the instructional environment and focuses on student performance and the outcomes of learning.	True
TRUE OR FALSE: Portfolios are able to document, in a tangible way, a student's developmental progress.	True
TRUE OR FALSE: Effectively instruction students with exceptionalities who are also culturally and linguistically diverse DON'T require teachers to provide experiences that are culturally appropriate and pertinent.	False

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