Test Your Understanding
Which of the following involve (or not) education and why (why not) (refer to specific
knowledge and purpose involved)?
8 Introducton and Overview
1. a. Learning to repair the compressor on a refrigerator.
b. Moving a nonfunctioning refrigerator to a garbage collection site.
c. Learning about the Jornado Mogollon people who lived around Hueco Tanks,
Texas.
d. Reading about the conversion of gypsum into dry wall used in construction.
e. Memorizing common phrases in a foreign language prior to visiting a country
where that language is spoken.
2. a. Getting a driver’s license.
b. Obtaining a high school diploma.
c. Having a transcript from a four-year university.
d. Getting an award for outstanding performance in sports.
e. Winning a prize in a school-sponsored raffle.
3. a. Sorting items into ascending alphabetical order.
b. Determining the standard deviation of a set of scores.
c. Developing a blueprint for a digital design studio.
d. Drawing replicas of the pictographs and petroglyphs at Hueco Tanks, Texas.
e. Searching the Internet for a restaurant that serves fresh fish.
