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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Mystery of Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the subject used in a study by Davide Carroll?
(a) Sid.
(b) Pat.
(c) Jose.
(d) Chesa.

2. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," how did one learn how to work well with youngsters?
(a) Reading books about youngsters.
(b) Watching videos of children interacting.
(c) Practice.
(d) Watching others interact with children.

3. What was the center of the approach used at Prospect School?
(a) Administrative review.
(b) Staff review.
(c) Student review.
(d) Assessment.

4. Ayers suggests that what is built on a base of knowledge about students?
(a) Outstanding schools.
(b) Outstanding teaching.
(c) Outstanding learning.
(d) Outstanding parents.

5. What is a sophisticated and complex cognitive process as suggested in Chapter 5, "Liberating the Curriculum"?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Learning.
(c) Writing.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayers, what consumes millions and millions of education dollars?

2. Who asked how race relations were going in Chicago?

3. What allows teachers to see what students are up to while asking them to do the work themselves?

4. Who founded the Workshop Center at City College in New York?

5. Who described a student as "ordinarily expressive and lively when talking about ideas and information"?

(see the answer key)

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