Deck 3: Teaching Culturally Diverse Learners

Question 1

Personal space refers to the distance individuals like to maintain between

A)themselves and other people.
B)episodes of personal revelation during conversations.
C)different categories of personal belongings.
D)all of these.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

An attitude of understanding and appreciation of cultural and language differences among the nation's people is called cultural

A)pluralism.
B)separatism.
C)assimilationism.
D)singularism.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

List at least three aspects of culture that present potential sources of misunderstandings in intercultural communication.

Answer 3

Answer should include at least three of the following: verbal communication, nonverbal communication, time orientation, social values, instructional formats and learning processes.

Question 4

What is the goal of culturally responsive teaching?

Question 5

In what way do the majority of American teachers' styles differ from those of most other cultures?

Question 6

Multicultural education programs have been demonstrated to improve students'

A)academic achievement.
B)self images.
C)racial attitudes.
D)all of these.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT cited as a dominant American social value?

A)competition.
B)independence.
C)a "time is money" attitude.
D)community outreach.

Question 8

Additive approaches to multicultural education are those that

A)transform an existing curriculum to fully integrate multicultural content.
B)aim to bring about social change by addressing cultural concerns as a key element of the curriculum.
C)add multicultural content to the existing curriculum.
D)do all of these.

Question 9

In some non-Western cultures, eye contact is considered

A)a sign of respect in a hierarchical relationship.
B)a sign of disrespect in a hierarchical relationship
C)evidence of truthfulness in the speaker's message.
D)evidence of dishonesty in the speaker's message

Question 10

Ms.Ashmont was surprised to see Miranda upset after she had said to her, "Good work on your presentation.What might explain Miranda's reaction?

A)Different connotations for the word "good."
B)Different expectations for good work.
C)Similar denotations for the word "good."
D)Similar connotations for good work.