Deck 11: Partners in Building a Post-Secondary Education Going Culture

Question 1

The value of a high school diploma has gradually diminished in recent years.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

_______________ can be strengthened by increasing protective factors for students.

A) school connectedness
B) school readiness
C) school success
D) school commitment

Answer 2

A

Question 3

______________ occurs when students believe that adults and peers in their schools care about them as individuals as much as their acquisition of knowledge.

A) school commitment
B) school connectedness
C) school readiness
D) school success

Answer 3

B

Question 4

__________is defined as being prepared to succeed in entry-level post-secondary general education courses.

A) academic achievement
B) college persistence
C) college readiness
D) post-secondary attainment

Question 5

An appropriate way to respond to the challenges of creating a post-secondary education culture in K-12 education is to involve collaboration among:

A) all professional school personnel
B) communities
C) families
D) all of the above

Question 6

School bonding is a multidimensional construct consisting of:

A) school commitment
B) school success
C) school readiness
D) all of the above

Question 7

When students feel connected to or have strong bonds with their schools they are more likely to experience:

A) high self-concept
B) positive peer interactions
C) academic success
D) career success

Question 8

Which of the following was not identified as a factor in the Career and College Readiness Inventory?

A) positive personal characteristics
B) career aspirations
C) potential to achieve future goals
D) academic competence

Question 9

The core properties of human agency include each of the following except:

A) intuition
B) forethought
C) intentionality
D) self-reactiveness

Question 10

_________ believed that individuals experienced stages of career development and that success associated with coping with the intra-individual and environmental demands of each stage depended upon readiness to cope with the demands

A) Holland
B) Savickas
C) Super
D) Bandura

Question 11

A common underlying element in the definition of college readiness is an emphasis on:

A) career exploration
B) personal dispositions
C) career knowledge
D) academic competence

Question 12

The self-efficacy construct is a component of Bandura's career-cognitive theory.

Question 13

Savickas developed career construction theory.

Question 14

The College Readiness Assessment tool that emphasizes acquisition of English, mathematics, reading, science, and writing competence as important pathways to readiness was developed by the SAT.

Question 15

The _______________ guidance movement in the early part of the 20th century included an emphasis on vocational guidance devoted to helping youths find meaningful work by having access to dependable information about vocations.

A) technical career
B) post-secondary
C) career
D) vocational