Describe the history of the American education system.

What will be an ideal response?


The ideal answer should include:
1. Formal versus informal education
2. In early America boys and girls leaned at home or on the farm; schooling not required
3. Schooling primarily for wealthy boys
4. After Revolutionary War textbooks created to standardized spelling and pronunciation, unify
5. Mid 1800s calls for free and compulsory education

Sociology

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Of the world's 20 largest countries, the one that uses the most fossil fuel per capita, 5-6 times the global average, is __________

Fill in the blank with correct word

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Social movements are more likely to develop in industrial societies than in preindustrialized societies

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Professor Rumpler found a relationship between age at marriage and marital happiness. Rumpler introduced sex, race, number of years married, and income as test variables. In all partials, the relationship between age at marriage and marital happiness held. Rumpler probably

a. concluded that the relationship between age and marital happiness was most likely a genuine one. b. decided that replication had increased his confidence that there was a relationship between age and marital happiness. c. now knew why age and marital happiness were related. d. decided that it was a spurious relationship between age and marital happiness. e. concluded that the relationship between age and marital happiness was most likely a genuine one and that replication increased his confidence that there was a relationship between age and marital happiness.

Sociology

When a person puts communication into a sendable form, they are ____________ the message

a. channeling. b. negotiation. c. decoding. d. encoding.

Sociology