Which of the following factors is least significant to secondary teachers’ classroom
planning?
A. Teacher’s knowledge of subject
B. Teaching experience
C. District curriculum guide
D. Perceptions of their students
With respect to faculty, the curriculum database contains
A. Age
B. Years of experience
C. Institution where the degree was earned
D. Special interests
Curriculum pacing guides do not attempt to cover which of the following?
A. Sequencing,
B. Content, skills, assessments within grade levels,
C. Overview of vertical alignment
D. Organized information.
True or False. During much of the 1980s the work of Hunter dominated supervision
strategies.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following “developmental tasks” does not fit below with the other three?
a. Learning to distinguish right from wrong
b. Learning physical skills necessary for games
c. Learning appropriate gender roles
d. Learning to get along with age-mates
With respect to technology in the schools:
A. Every classroom should be a digitally-based learning environment
B. Teachers should be required to use computers every day
C. Technology is excellent for lower order, but not higher order skills
D. Very high costs make technology use unrealistic
True or False. In surveying courses to see where curriculum goals are addressed, only
required courses are considered.
a. True
b. False
With respect to time allocations at the upper elementary grades there should be
A. language arts, 1.5 hours a day
B. mathematics 1.5 hours a day
C. social studies, 1 hour a day
D. science, 1 hour a day
The Educational Policies Commission of 1952 suggested a ninth grade student should
spend
A. Two periods a day for learning about personal interests
B. Two periods a day for health and physical education
C. One period a day for language arts
D. One period a day for mathematics
True or False. The Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education was the first official
support for curriculum tracking in American Education.
a. true
b. false
True or False. Technology is not used in the Snyder approach to curriculum
development.
a. True
b. False
In establishing project parameters there are four questions that are asked; which one
below is not one of the questions?
A. What grade levels will be included?
B. How large should the team be?
C. Who will direct the improvement project?
D. How much time will be needed?
Any use of the internet by teachers and students, including Web quests:
A. Involve unrestricted use to maximize learning opportunities
B. Revolve around actual needs of students
C. Be restricted to using it at school
D. Involve only one or two sites
According to the text, design criteria for assessments include which of the following?
A. Validity, reliability, and aligned to Common Core Standards
B. Validity, reliability, sufficiency, and feasibility only
C. Validity and reliability only
D. Validity, reliability, sufficiency, authenticity, feasibility, and friendliness
True or False. According to Wise, Darling-Hammond, McLaughlin, and Bernstein, the
evaluation system must be seen to have utility, even if it does not appear to be cost
effective
a. True
b. False
True or False. Most important curricula decisions are made at the federal level.
a. True
b. False
Structured learning has four characteristics. Which of the characteristics is not one of
the four?
a. Measurable outcomes
b. Planning
c. Sequencing
d. Student determined content
True or False. There is frequently a great deal of lobbying with respect to education at
both the national and state levels.
a. True
b. False
Professional development for classroom teachers includes all but which of the
following?
A. Using assessment reports to plan instruction and monitor progress
B. Using alignment to plan instruction for special needs students
C. Requesting instructional materials
D. Teaching for mastery objectives
True or False. Curriculum tracking is cited within research as an effective way to
respond to individual differences.
a. true
b. false
True or False. The first important step in organizing the alignment project is
establishing a schedule.
a. True
b. False
In the naturalistic approach to curriculum, once it is decided to develop a new course it
is logical to have the planning team do all of the following except
A. Appoint a curriculum specialist to coordinate
B. Consider the students for whom the course is intended
C. Make an initial determination about the schedule
D. Tentatively identify the coverage of the course
Interestingly enough, the new standards coincidentally overlap with the Common Core
State Standards (CCSS) used in the United States. Similar to CCSS, the new Russian
standards specify all but which of the following?
A. Goals of education at every key stage;
B. Core content of the main educational programs;
C. Minimum workload (lessons per week);
D. Main educational outcomes of each key stage
True or False. 65% of a student’s day is spent listening.
a. True
b. False
True or False. Assessing the context of a field of student should result in calling
attention to the salient aspects affecting the field of study and identifies special needs of
learners.
a. True
b. False
True or False. Both the technological and naturalistic models of curriculum
development utilize a curriculum specialist.
a. True
b. False
Classroom needs assessment might include answering four questions. Which of the
questions below is not one of the questions?
A. Do I have just-right learning targets?
B. Do I know the content I need to teach?
C. Do I use a functional planning schema?
D. Do I vary assessment to elicit useful data?
True or False. It is critical that state and federal efforts to recognize success and remedy
failure be based on thought, educationally sound means for identify schools that are
successful.
a. True
b. False
With respect to assessments developed by the curriculum specialist:
A. Deals only with written tests
B. Deals only with summative instruments
C. May include formative assessment
D. Should be norm referenced
True or False. A principal or building leaders has one role during the change process.
a. True
b. False
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides significant support to the need
for physical education and health education by identifying problem areas that can be a
major source of health problems. The center points to all of the items below except
A. Students experimenting with over-the-counter drugs
B. Lack of physical activity
C. Poor nutrition
D. Unintended pregnancy
In Hunter’s original elements of lesson design she included
A. Homework
B. Input
C. Assessment
D. Inquiry
One school district was interested in establishing an elective course in the theoretical
aspects of flying an aircraft because it addressed meteorology, physics, mathematics,
and map skills. In order to determine the objectives the curriculum expert used the
objectives listed at the start of each chapter in a book. Was this good practice? Why or
why not? If it is not good practice, how should the objectives be determined?
Elliot Eisner, perhaps to his background in art, developed an evaluation
called________________.
As a leader you have a situation where priority of the district would require six new
staff members and a budget of $4,000 for appropriate implementation while the next
priority would not require new staff and cost only $1,000. In tight budget times you
only have $1,500 left. What would you do?
Research indicates there is a significant correlation between the use of technology and
the classroom teacher’s ability to address ________________________ in the
classroom.
Construct an essay and state and evaluate the staff development model by Duff and
Kear.
Historically, lesson design carried the unintended implication that all lessons should
contain all ______________ of lesson design.
The text states: “The Materials Adoption Committee should be representative-large
enough to include broad representation and small enough to work efficiently.” It also
states: “At a minimum the committee should be composed of .one teacher from each
school who will be using the text” Can you think of any circumstances where the two
statements are contradictory? If you can, identify the circumstances and a possible
solution.
Some people say that No Child Left Behind could be re-written as “no test maker left
behind.” Construct an essay in which you support or refute that statement.
The direction of leadership and development of school-wide instructional change is
from__________ to _________
The final major step in the naturalistic approach to curriculum development is
“developing the learning scenarios.” Identify the seven major steps that go before.
____________________assists gifted learners to avoid having to review material
already mastered and provide opportunities for academic challenge.
Highly successful principals have an ability to create and reinforce cultures of high
expectations for student learning and behavior. Research backs this up by noting that
with the development of a consistent school-wide approach to behavior, higher
expectations can lead to increased student achievement levels (Goodwin 2012). But, as
middle managers, principals are often caught in the middle of many internal and
external situations that have political implications. Construct an essay describing the
political implications and why these are pressures for principals
The final level on needs in Maslow’s hierarchy is __________________.
__________________ is a process of ensuring that the written, the taught, and the
tested curriculum are closely congruent.
In this modern-day world with exit exams and other high-stakes tests, is it better to use
Tyler’s approach to curriculum evaluation or that of Stufflebeam? Explain.
The written and _____________________ curricula should be more congruent.
Differentiate between a planning team and a curriculum specialist.
Evanston Township High School had a class called “combined studies” where one
teacher taught English and social studies in a two-period block. Northport high school
had a course called “the city” whereby students went to New York once a week and
learned about various aspects of the city. Design a course that is interdisciplinary in
nature, provide a rationale for the grouping of disciplines, and describe what the course
may look like.