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Simulations are learning activities that present problems and duplicate reality. - correct answer True Research skills (finding and analyzing data) are generally not appropriate as a focus for elementary students - correct answer False "Twenty questions' approaches to learning are cited in the text as being ineffective, and best avoided when content learning is the objective of the activity - correct answer False Social studies instruction needs to address patriotism, although there are considerable differences in terms of how to accomplish this - correct answer True Current events can include many approaches, from newspapers (reading and creating them), to using web based sites, to media and speaking with community members - all focusing on ways in which to deal with issues of importance (developmentally appropriate) - correct answer True Bullying is defined as persistent teasing, name-calling, or social exclusion - correct answer True Which one of the following is not a conception of the term 'good citizen'? - correct answer Self centered citizen Jigsaw is a cooperative approach in which students must memorize information in paris in order to do well on the test - correct answer False The text identifies classroom meetings, with a process for everything from signaling to speak to voting on real choices with follow through to honor the vote, as inauthentic, and counter productive - correct answer False The term civic education has been largely replaced by the term global citizenship. - correct answer False Primary grade teachers may have some trouble finding commercial simulations they like, but teachers can design their own to have students demonstrate a wide range of competencies - correct answer True - absolutely - the text cites simulations based in post offices, hospitals, and other community institutions Which of the following are critical civic education goals for students? - correct answer To understand the system of government- underlying values, rights and responsibilities To gain intellectual and participatory skills, as well as the dispositions to participate as a citizen An interdisciplinary unit, and interdisicplinary lessons, demonstrate ways to integrate several subjects (content, skills, dispositions) into one unit of study - correct answer True While simulation, role playing, drama, and cooperative learning are all successful activities, Chapin recommends direct instruction as the best way to teach social studies content - correct answer False Making rules and practicing the use of authority help children learn about justice and fairness - correct answer True The citizen actor selects information from the social sciences, evaluates it and reflects on possible courses of actions and consequences, then acts in a way to promote the ends valued - correct answer True The text identifies several challenges in the k-12 typical social studies curriculum. These include: - correct answer US History is addressed at 3 grade levels with frequent repetition & the World History topic is addressed three times, twice along with geography The textbook author suggests that teachers carefully read and follow publsihers lesson plans designed to supplement the books - correct answer False While you have been (or are about to be) introduced to Seton Hall's planning model (based on CAEP standards), the text makes it evident that planning is an essential teacher skill for instruction and assessment - correct answer True The text provides evidence that national and state standards are strongly influenced by politics, large corporate entities, and well funded private foundations - correct answer True Knowledge is not enough in today s world; students must also have skills, develop attitudes and values, and act on them in developmentally appropriate ways. - correct answer True One benefit of the method of science is that information is accepted because it is based on what those in authority proclaim to be true - correct answer False The Partnership for 21st century Skills advocates for an infusion of information, media and and technology skills into school curricula - correct answer True Chapin contends that schools should not, and largely do not, promote values and moral development - correct answer False The text identifies which of the following as approaches to teaching civic education? - correct answer citizenship transmission & social sciences (including history) & reflective inquiry and social justice Chapin suggests that teachers consider which of the following when planning? - correct answer differentiated instruction;also, making use of scaffolding & culturally relevant instruction, also, considering backward design We reviewed the ways of knowing something to be true in class, and I suggested that tenacity is the preferred method of knowing,or attaining knowledge - correct answer False Which statements about textbooks does the author suggest are accurate? - correct answer ALL; the textbook, along with corporate free materials provided by publishers, have become the social studies curriculum for many elementary teachers & Textbooks now have more primary and secondary sources embedded within them that can promote alternative perspectives & Textbook publishers focus on meeting the needs of large textbook adoption states such as California and Texas The Collapsed Community model is the dominant plan used in social studies instruction today - correct answer False As leaders in a multicultural society, teachers in elementary schools should not seek to promote a commitment to democratic and humane values, but teach students to accept all values. - correct answer False The social studies has a primary responsibility to prepare students for participation in civic life. - correct answer True Content standards are the same as performance standards, with teachers expected to perform according to the standards - correct answer False Scope refers to when topics are taught, and sequence refers to the order in which those topics are taught - correct answer True Norm-referenced testing: - correct answer compares students' results with a national norm (making them inappropriate for assessing progress towards state standards The text suggests that if a young student reports an incident of name calling, bullying or sexual harassment, because of their age, the reported incident is likely to b