The MOST Significant Education Policy Developed by the Federal Government

question 109

Multiple Choice

The MOST significant education policy developed by the federal government in the nineteenth century was the

• A)creation of compulsory elementary school education.
• B)establishment of land-grant colleges.
• C)creation of the GI Bill.
• D)development of a standard national elementary school curriculum.

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Definitions:

Conservation

In cognitive development, the understanding that an object's or substance's quantity remains the same despite changes in its shape or form.

Appearance-Reality

A cognitive development concept referring to the ability to differentiate between what something appears to be and what it actually is.

Sociocultural Theory

Vygotsky’s theory that individuals acquire culturally relevant ways of thinking through social interactions with members of their culture.

Collaborating

The act of working together with one or more people to achieve a common goal or complete a task.