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Education, Science, and Technology
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1 .       Automation refers to the automatically controlled operation of machines by mechanical or electronic devices. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       The interactionist perspective believes that schools become a problem when the elite feel that they are not getting what they deserve from the schools. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       The danger with tracking in schools is that students and teachers might use the tracking "label" to determine how they should behave. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       The clearest determinant of whether or not a student will attend college is their academic ability. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       Schools in the United States tend to be well integrated among racial and economic groups. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       Voters in California in 1998 abandoned their bilingual education program in favor of a rapid immersion program. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       The U.S. Patriot Act of 2001 makes it more difficult for the government to intrude on people's privacy. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       The United States education system is much more decentralized than that of France, Sweden, and Japan. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       Charter schools appear to be a good solution to improving test scores of inner city children. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       Futurists believe that the foundation of the United States in the future will be information, communication, and knowledge. [Hint]

 
 






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