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WGU C272 Pre/Post Quizzes 1.The historical figure most often spoken of as the father of American education was ANS Horace Mann 2.Dame schools are best described as ANS schools run by women for the purpose of teaching reading and writing
3.True or False: Horace Mann believed that the country was too diverse
to reasonably teach a common set of beliefs and moral values ANS False 4.The "Eight-Year Study" conducted in the US in 1930 determined that ANS the progressive approach produced more intellectual curiosity and higher levels of critical thinking 5.True or False: Philosophy raises questions: it does not solve them ANS True 6.Essentialism as a philosophy can best be defined as education based on 1 / 2
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the principle that ANS students should learn the basic facts regarding the social and physical world 7.Progressivism as a philosophy can best be defined as education based on the principle that ANS all learning is active and that curriculum should begin with the child's interests and experiences 8.Behaviorists like B.F. Skinner hypothesized that learning is ANS a function of change in the way one behaves
9.True or False: The first colonial schools were developed to assure that
the new generation would sustain its religious beliefs ANS True
10.True or False: A hallmark of a progressive classroom is the purposeful
activity of pupils who may be engaged in research and inquiry with groups and alone ANS True 11.The Socratic Method is a way of teaching that centers on the use of questions by the teacher to lead students to a certain conclusion ANS True
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