CHAPTER 12 ASSESSMENTS
FOUR GREAT RESOURCES
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE (CHOOSE THE BEST RESPONSE.)
1. To learn social studies students need:
a. Non-fiction texts.
b. Access to technology.
c. Multiple sources of information.
d. Primary resources.
2. What do teachers need to keep uppermost in their minds when selecting an instructional
resource?
a. Student learning styles.
b. The objectives to be achieved.
c. Utilization of technology.
d. Integration with other disciplines.
3. What strategy does the author suggest students and teachers use to become familiar with the
school library (resource/multimedia center)?
a. Orienteering.
b. Inquiry.
c. Concept formation.
d. Exploration.
4. Which of the following is true about elementary textbook programs?
a. Most contain only textbooks.
b. They usually include only primary documents.
c. They usually include only charts and maps.
d. They are a resource of resources.
5. Teachers use community resources to bring some portion of the community into the
classroom. They may also use community resources to:
a. Take the place of instructional objectives.
b. Take students on field trips or engage them in “fieldwork.”
c. Provide a break from normal social studies instruction.
d. Help students understand the world of work.
6. As a matter of principle it is advisable to take elementary students into the community only
when:
a. The field trip is of little or no cost.
b. The field trip is an extension of previous field trips.
c. The field trip provides for experiences that cannot be duplicated in the classroom.
d. The field trip challenges students physically.
7. When using technology in social studies lessons and units the teacher is challenged to:
a. Adapt the use of the technology to the ongoing instructional goals of the classroom.
b. Allow the technology to dictate the instructional goals of the classroom.
c. Use only technology that students find highly interesting.
d. Teach only technology skills.
8. A technologist is quoted who laments the overuse of classroom computers for what kinds of
tasks?
a. Learning.
b. Skills application.
c. Communication.
d. Presentations.
9. A WebQuest template is available for:
a. Avoiding lawsuits from other users.
b. Properly crediting sources used in developing the quest.
c. Using quests exactly as one finds them at the WebQuest site.
d. Structuring the design of the quest and students’ learning.
10. A WebQuest is:
a. a teacher-created inquiry using the Internet.
b. a student-created inquiry using the Internet.
c. a kind of concept-formation that omits classifying.
d. a routine for teaching the skills of searching the Internet.
II. DATA-ORGANIZATION CHART
Compare and contrast these three community resources:
Purpose
Advantages
Disadvantages
Actual Field Trip
Virtual Field Trip
Guest Speaker
III. SHORT ANSWER
Are there any good reasons why students who are learning the inquiry process (Chapter 9)
should search for data on the Internet rather than relying on print materials located in the
classroom and school library?
V. DISCUSSION
Discuss the following quote from the text author with a group of classmates. What does it mean?
Do you agree with it? Then, use one of the rubrics found in Chapter 3 to assess your
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