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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Building Bridges.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ayers say is required to teach from a solid base of knowing students?
(a) Vision.
(b) Support.
(c) Hope.
(d) Patience.

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

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

4. What was one of the goals of the Prospect School?
(a) Supported teacher's efforts to create a learning culture.
(b) Supported students rights.
(c) Less structured curriculum.
(d) Higher pay for teachers.

5. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what did Ayers have children research for an assignment?
(a) The child's first name.
(b) The child's last name.
(c) The child's family's geneology.
(d) The area the child lived.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ayers suggests that what is built on a base of knowledge about students?

3. Who was Chesa's teacher that admired Chesa's strengths instead of focusing on his weaknesses?

4. What is a great motivator for student ceremonies according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?

5. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?

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