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Based on the content of the chapter "Gender, Sexuality, and Education", here are 30 self-assessment questions (could be used as graded quiz).
1. The term "gender" differs from "sex" in that:
a) They are identical and interchangeable terms
b) Gender arises from cultural conventions while sex is based on anatomical and physiological traits
c) Gender is biological while sex is cultural
d) Neither term has any meaningful definition
2. During the colonial period, the Iroquois gender system:
a) Showed signs of relative sexual equality with women involved in governance
b) Was identical to European colonial systems
c) Completely excluded women from all decision-making
d) Had no notable characteristics
3. Education for Black people during slavery was:
a) Widely encouraged and supported
b) A "fugitive project" that was outlawed and considered criminal behavior
c) Identical to education for White people
d) Not desired by the Black community
4. The "cult of true womanhood" (1820-1860) portrayed women as:
a) Equal partners with men in all spheres
b) Domestic, submissive, pliable, and pious
c) Natural leaders in business and politics
d) Encouraged to pursue higher education
5. The philosophy of "race uplift" in the Black community:
a) Discouraged education for Black people
b) Expected women, in particular, to use education as a tool for racial improvement
c) Was identical to the cult of true womanhood
d) Only applied to men
6. "Sentimental womanhood" in the common school movement reflected the belief that:
a) Women were inferior teachers
b) Female teachers would provide superior morality and maternal influence
c) Only men should teach in schools
d) Gender made no difference in teaching
7. In the 1840s and 1850s, female teachers were paid:
a) The same as male teachers
b) More than male teachers
c) About one-third of what male teachers were paid
d) Only in non-monetary compensation
8. Emma Hart Willard founded the Troy Female Seminary in 1821 based on the argument that:
a) Women deserved no education
b) Women deserved education designed specifically for their needs to enhance their role as mothers
c) Women should receive identical education to men
d) Education for women was unnecessary
9. Fanny Jackson Coppin was significant because she:
a) Became the first Black woman to lead an institution of higher learning in the U.S. (1869)
b) Founded Harvard College
c) Opposed education for women
d) Only taught White students
10. By 1890, women in the teaching profession:
a) Had completely disappeared
b) Held a predominant numerical role at the elementary level
c) Were limited to twenty percent of all teachers
d) Were only allowed to teach in the South
11. The 15th Amendment (1860) granted voting rights to:
a) All women
b) Only White women
c) All men, regardless of race, but not women
d) Everyone equally
12. The National Association of Colored Women (NACW) was formed in:
a) 1776
b) 1865
c) 1896
d) 1920
13. The 19th Amendment, added to the U.S. Constitution in 1920:
a) Prohibited alcohol
b) Gave women the right to vote
c) Established public schools
d) Ended slavery
14. Jane Addams founded Hull House to:
a) Exclude immigrants from society
b) Help poor immigrants adjust to American industrial society
c) Promote women's subordination
d) Oppose social reform
15. The Combahee River Collective Statement (1977) was significant because it:
a) Opposed all forms of feminism
b) Articulated Black feminists' struggle against both racism and sexism
c) Supported only White women's rights
d) Had no impact on feminist thought
Contemporary Issues
16. Research on gendered approaches to learning found that:
a) There are no differences in how people learn
b) Women often use voice metaphors while men use visual metaphors for intellectual development
c) Only men can learn mathematics
d) Gender has no relationship with learning
17. Carol Gilligan's research on moral reasoning argued that:
a) Women are less moral than men
b) Kohlberg's stage theory was based on male samples and ignored female developmental experiences
c) Men and women reason identically
d) Moral development is unrelated to gender
18. Nel Noddings developed the concept of an "ethic of care" which:
a) Applies only to women
b) Can work alongside justice in educational policy and practice
c) Replaces all other forms of ethics
d) Has no relevance to education
19. Rates of mental health disorders among youth:
a) Have remained stable over decades
b) Rose significantly before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
c) Only affect boys
d) Are unrelated to social media use
20. Research on LGBTQ+ youth shows they:
a) Face no challenges in schools
b) Experience disproportionate rates of bullying and are significantly overrepresented among unhoused youth
c) Have identical experiences to all other students
d) Are protected equally in all states
21. Which term refers to how anti-LGBTQ+ stigma, prejudice and discrimination creates hostile environments that undermine mental health?
a) minority stress
b) homosexuality
c) heterosexuality
d) pluralistic thinking
22. As of the 2020-21 school year, what percentage of elementary school teachers identified as male?
a) 50%
b) 36%
c) 11%
d) 75%
23. Research on the "math brain" myth has shown that:
a) Men are naturally better at mathematics
b) There are no innate cognitive biological differences between women and men in math ability
c) Women cannot learn advanced mathematics
d) Gender has no relationship to math performance
24. The gender gap in math performance in elementary school:
a) Is consistent across all schools
b) Is only evident in higher-income, predominantly White schools
c) Does not exist
d) Only affects boys
25. Research on eating disorders shows that:
a) Only girls suffer from eating disorders
b) Both girls and boys suffer from eating disorders, though they manifest differently
c) Eating disorders are not influenced by peer culture
d) Athletes are not at risk for eating disorders
26. In terms of high school academic achievement:
a) Boys consistently outperform girls in all subjects
b) Female graduates earn more credits and higher GPAs, though boys tend to outperform in math and science
c) There are no gender differences in achievement
d) Girls only excel in home economics
27. Women's representation in STEM fields:
a) Is equal to men's representation
b) Remains significant, particularly for women of color
c) Exceeds men's representation
d) Is unaffected by stereotypes or lack of role models
28. As of 2022, women's earnings were on average what percentage of men's earnings?
a) 50%
b) 67%
c) 83%
d) 100%
29. Title IX, passed in 1972:
a) Only applies to athletics
b) Outlaws sex-based discrimination in educational settings supported by federal funds
c) Has been repealed
d) Only protects male students
30. Research on single-sex education shows that:
a) It definitively improves all students' achievement
b) Results are mixed with no unequivocal relationship to academic achievement
c) It eliminates all gender bias
d) It is required in all states
Answer Key
Historical Background
1. b: Gender arises from cultural conventions while sex is based on anatomical and physiological traits
2. a: Showed signs of relative sexual equality with women involved in governance
3. b: A "fugitive project" that was outlawed and considered criminal behavior
4. b: Domestic, submissive, pliable, and pious
5. b: Expected women, in particular, to use education as a tool for racial improvement
6. b: Female teachers would provide superior morality and maternal influence
7. c: About one-third of what male teachers were paid
8. b: Women deserved education designed specifically for their needs to enhance their role as mothers
9. a: Became the first Black woman to lead an institution of higher learning in the U.S. (1869)
10. b: Held a predominant numerical role at the elementary level
11. c: All men, regardless of race, but not women
12. c: 1896
13. b: Gave women the right to vote
14. b: Help poor immigrants adjust to American industrial society
15. b: Articulated Black feminists' struggle against both racism and sexism
Contemporary Issues
16. b: Women often use voice metaphors while men use visual metaphors for intellectual development
17. b: Kohlberg's stage theory was based on male samples and ignored female developmental experiences
18. b: Can work alongside justice in educational policy and practice
19. b: Rose significantly before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
20. b: Experience disproportionate rates of bullying and are significantly overrepresented among unhoused youth
21. b: How anti-LGBTQ+ stigma, prejudice and discrimination create hostile environments that undermine mental health
22. c: 11%
23. b: There are no innate cognitive biological differences between women and men in math ability
24. b: Is only evident in higher-income, predominantly White schools
25. b: Both girls and boys suffer from eating disorders, though they manifest differently
26. b: Female graduates earn more credits and higher GPAs, though boys tend to outperform in math and science
27. b: Remains significantly underrepresented, particularly women of color
28. c: 83%
29. b: Outlaws sex-based discrimination in educational settings supported by federal funds
30. b: Results are mixed with no unequivocal relationship to academic achievement
