Lesson 3.4

3.4 Factors affecting social class educational achievement Quiz: WJEC Eduqas Sociology, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. What do material factors affecting educational achievement refer to?

    • Economic resources
    • Personal attitudes
    • Peer pressure
    • Teacher accents

  2. Which sociologist is associated with research on class-based inequalities and material factors in education?

    • Halsey
    • Durkheim
    • Oakley
    • Parsons

  3. Which is a cultural factor often linked to working-class educational achievement?

    • Daily lunch menu
    • Sports kit design
    • Parents' education experience
    • School building colour

  4. What is meant by a school catchment area?

    • Rainwater drainage system
    • Sports playing field
    • Detention capacity limit
    • Geographical admission zone

  5. How do affluent catchment areas typically affect school resources and results?

    • Lower funding
    • Higher resources
    • Weaker results
    • Fewer teachers

  6. Which sociologist’s work is associated with streaming, choice and competition between schools?

    • Stephen Ball
    • Talcott Parsons
    • Becky Francis
    • Paul Willis

  7. Which term describes pupil groups that actively reject school values?

    • Streaming
    • Counter school culture
    • Cultural capital
    • Material factor

  8. What is a likely consequence of negative teacher labelling for pupils?

    • Better motivation
    • Increased funding
    • Higher attainment
    • Lower expectations

  9. What school-level factor involves dividing pupils by perceived ability?

    • Home language
    • Material deprivation
    • Catchment area
    • Streaming

  10. Which of the following is classed as a material factor?

    • Housing overcrowding
    • Parental values
    • Teacher labelling
    • Speech codes

  11. What type of factor is reflected in parental encouragement and educational aspirations?

    • Catchment factor
    • Cultural factor
    • Physical resource
    • Material factor

  12. Which factor links limited local jobs to reduced educational motivation?

    • Low aspirations
    • Cultural capital
    • Peer pressure
    • Material wealth

  13. What do material factors primarily focus on regarding educational inequality?

    • Expectations
    • Values
    • Attitudes
    • Economic resources

  14. High staff turnover in deprived schools is an example of which type of factor?

    • Cultural factor
    • Speech code
    • Material factor
    • Parental value

  15. Which internal school process often places working-class pupils in lower sets?

    • Home socialisation
    • Catchment zoning
    • Ability grouping
    • Material funding

  16. How can school catchment policies impact social class inequality?

    • Class integration
    • Equal funding
    • Mixed intakes
    • Class segregation

  17. What factor causes pre-school class achievement gaps through early socialisation?

    • Cultural differences
    • School funding
    • Teacher streaming
    • Exam boards

  18. Parents feeling unable to help with homework due to their own schooling is an example of what?

    • School catchment
    • Cultural barrier
    • Material barrier
    • Physical poverty

  19. What key study condition is directly hindered by overcrowded housing?

    • Peer discussion
    • Quiet space
    • School attendance
    • Teacher support

  20. Whose work focuses on middle-class knowledge and habits valued by schools?

    • Ball
    • Bourdieu
    • Halsey
    • Willis

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