According to research examining the benefits of home-school cooperation, which of the following are ways in which students benefit from parental involvement in their children's schooling?
1. Higher academic achievement
2. More positive attitudes toward school
3. More acceptable student behavior
4. Better attendance rates
5. Greater willingness to do homework
a. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 b. 2, 3, 4, 5 c. 1, 2, 3, 4
d. 1, 3,
4, 5
Research examining home-school cooperation has identified several barriers to parental involvement in school activities. Which of the following are most commonly identified as these barriers?
1. Economic barriers, such as parents holding more than one job, and lacking resources such as child care or transportation to and from school
2. Attitude barriers, such as parents feeling home-school cooperation is unnecessary, because home is the place
where students spend most of their time.
3. Cultural barriers, such as parents having attended schools that were very different from the ones their children are now attending.
4. Language barriers, such as children coming from homes where the first language is not English.
a. 1, 2, 3, 4 b. 2, 3, 4 c. 1, 3, 4 d. 1, 2, 4 e. 1, 2, 3
Research indicates that teachers treat students for whom they have high expectations differently than those for
whom they have low expectations. In which of the following areas do these differences exist?
1. Questioning: Teachers tend to call on perceived low achievers more often, because lower achievers are less likely to volunteer responses on their own.
2. Teacher effort: Teachers give perceived high achievers more thorough explanations, their instruction is more enthusiastic, and they require more complete and accurate student answers than they do from perceived low achievers.
3.
Feedback: Teachers praise perceived high achievers more and criticize them less. They also offer perceived high achievers lengthier and more complete feedback.
4. Emotional support: Teachers interact more with perceived high achievers, make more eye contact, stand closer, and orient their bodies more directly toward these students, because high achievers are more responsive to teacher efforts.
a. 1, 2, 3, 4 b. 1, 3 c. 2, 3, 4
d. 1