Amina believes that bright children learn more quickly and effectively in a group of others who are equally able and that clever students are held back if placed in mixed groups. Her view most closely resembles which of the following studies?
a. sociological studies of tracking and "within school effects"
b. Jonathan Kozol's Savage Inequalities
c. James Coleman's studies on "between school effects"
d. Randall Collins's studies of credentialism
Answer: a. sociological studies of tracking and "within school effects"
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a. scale. b. index. c. typology d. equation. e. survey.
The habitus is
a. classificatory schemes of perception and appreciation that mediate the relationship between the social structure and the motives/position taking of actors. b. network of shared meanings and understandings that individuals draw from to construct identities, negotiate situational definitions, and create social solidarity or social integration. c. ideas, aspirations, and objectives, that by their content, transcend the established universe of discourse and action are either repelled or reduced to terms of this universe. d. the perception and appreciation of the upper classes, those in power, by the lower classes
The major institutions in American society today:
a. struggle with absorbing aspects of diverse ethnic cultures. b. are still entrenched in Anglo-conformity ideology. c. make it more difficult to retain one's ethnicity. d. are more accepting of multicultural or pluralist ideas and policies.
Conflict theorists argue that schools sort students primarily according to which of the following criteria?