Explain the purposes and results of tracking systems
What will be an ideal response?
Tracking programs propose to give children educational opportunities more suited to their perceived abilities--enriched programs for the gifted, and remedial vocational programs for others. The result has been decreased self-esteem for those in lower tracks and increased educational inequalities. It has also been found that socio-economic factors, rather than ability differences, are key in group assignment.
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A. speak clearly about your feelings B. ask your partner if he/she loves you C. learn to listen without judgment D. none of the above; all are means for developing and maintaining intimacy
Sociologist Emily Kane interviewed 42 parents about how they go about gender socialization. She learned that
a. all parents raise children to meet gender expectations. b. most parents encourage non-normative behavior. c. most, if not all, parents think long and hard about how to turn children into "girls" or "boys." d. there are a variety of parenting styles.
At what time in the family life cycle is the wife/mother most likely to be employed?
a. when the child enters the first grade b. just after the birth of the child since the expenses are the highest c. from age 2 till kindergarten d. when the child/children are 14-17 years old
If we state that children raised in single-parent families are at high risk of being single parents themselves, we have constructed a(n)_____ of family life
a. approach b. precept c. concept d. theory