Exam 3: Multicultural and Bilingual Perspectives

The preferred strategy for reaching the English proficiency standard is:

Cultural elements held in great esteem or considered to be important by a society are:

Cognitive styles that reflect a holistic approach to processing information are referred to as:

Which phase of a process that involves asking parents to identify goals they have for collaborative relationships and activities that may be used productively to accomplish these goals helps to answer questions such as these: Are we following through with our plan? Is our plan doing a good job of addressing our needs?

Which of the following is an example of factors beyond the direct influence of educators that can adversely affect interactions with culturally diverse families?

An alternative to the current system for assessment of young children is

Mr.Izquierdo is a seventh-grade social studies teacher.He asked his neighbors,Mr.and Mrs.Matsuda,to visit his class to discuss Japanese culture.He was utilizing:

Behavioral differences most frequenlty stem from each of the following EXCEPT:

Describe the equity issues discussed in regard to urban education.

Showing favoritism toward a particular group that occurs at multiple levels within a society or institution is called

The term that refers to groups that have distinguishing characteristics with respect to cultural aspects such as language,values,and behaviors is/are:

The way in which a particular framework is used to develop,approve,and disseminate new information is called:

In the case of culturally diverse learners,a number of authors have suggested that during the traditional prereferral process or response to intervention (RTI)procedures,the team should carefully examine factors in the student's environment that:

Kazuko is a 14-year-old highly organized student who tends to be very analytical in processing information.She is demonstrating what kind of cognitive style?

When teachers attempt to "teach down" to students who have disability labels,it can lead to a ___________________________________,or the idea that students will do or become what is expected of them.

______________________________ is a term often used to refer to an individual's educational and income levels,and it may define some microcultures (e.g. ,working class or middle class).

An empowering school culture focuses on eradicating systematic factors such as:

Praxis Style Questions -Ms.Smith is an ESL teacher at Friendly Elementary School.When she taught her students the vocabulary for fruits and vegetables,she brought in examples for them to handle.Ms.Smith used which instructional approach?

How can school professionals positively influence interactions with family members who may find school an intimidating place?

How does culture affect the learning process? In what ways has culture influenced your dealings with individuals of different cultures?