Major publications of the Scholarly Structuralism did not include:
a. The Conant Report
b. PSSC Physics
c. The Coleman Report
d. The American High School
Districts developing speaking curricula should involve all but one of the following:
A. Address the communication needs of students that arise from everyday situations
B. Include all communication contexts (e.g., intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, public,
and mass communication)
C. Be integrated with the teaching of all the other communication arts strands
D. Teacher help students improve and refine their speaking skills
The authors suggest that the key to a successful integration of technology and the
curriculum is:
A. Innovative Teachers
B. Wide array of multimedia formats
C. Frequent video conferencing
D. Quality staff development
With respect to effective schools research, which of the following does not belong with
the other three?
a. Leadership and staff of a school have significant autonomy
b. Elementary curriculum focuses on basic and complex skills
c. Principal is an active instructional leader
d. There are collaborative planning and collegial relationships
In the Snyder model it is important to have filters in determining assessments such as
three of the four terms below. Which one is not a filters?
A. Friendliness
B. Validity
C. Cost
D. Reliability
True or False. When questioning students in class only higher order questions should be
used.
a. True
b. False
True or False. The MBE model can be applied in four or more areas.
a. true
b. false
Technology planning goals should include all except:
A. Develop teacher and student interest
B. Ensure every child has a computer
C. Transform every classroom into a digital classroom
D. Implement technologies to support a safe learning environment
A planning calendar should be based upon:
A. District’s academic calendar
B. Consensus of all people working on the project
C. School boards desire
D. Leaders assessment of organizational priorities
Which of the following group processing techniques is characterized by being able to
reach consensus without fact-to-face contact?
A. Dialogue technique
B. Fishbowl technique
C. Nominal group technique
D. Delphi technique
True or False. Even today teachers can more or less dictate their curriculum.
a. True
b. False
Global Education is of paramount importance considering recent technological
advances. Which of the following is not a component of global education?
a. Creating versus consuming
b. Trial and error versus risk avoidance
c. Individual achievement
d. Intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation
The school district should control
a. Enrichment curriculum
b. Mastery curriculum
c. Organic curriculum
d. Individualized curriculum
The text identified an 18-step planning guide for a curriculum alignment project. The
four items below are all among the 18 steps, which one is out of sequence?
A. Determine alignment with standards
B. Orient school administrators
C. Orient students and parents
D. Orient teachers
No Child Left Behind Act (2001) supported changes in education. Which one of the
items below is not one of items?
A. All teacher must be qualified for courses they teach
B. Charter schools be publicly supported and privately run
C. Teachers and students need to be networked and tightly monitored
D. Vouchers provided school choice
True or False. A field of study is an organized and clearly demarcated set of learning
experiences typically offered over a multiyear period.
a. true
b. false
The “rule of three,” with respect to staff development, suggests
A. Always provide three exposures for teachers to new curriculum
B. Always have at least three people presenting at sessions
C. Always ask three people before asking an administrator
D. Always send at least three faculty members to conferences
Below are four questions that need to be answered. Which one is not an appropriate
question?
A. Why do we want to commit a great deal of time and money to a curriculum
initiative?
B. Who is the best person to lead the curriculum we are considering?
C. What are neighboring districts doing?
D. What is required to make the improvements we wish to see in the student-centered
learning environment
True or False. The committee for the Reorganization of Secondary Education
essentially freed high schools from the domination of colleges.
a. true
b. false
The text outlined many factors that shape curricula decisions. All of the following are
significant factors except
a. Developers values
b. Parents’ values
c. Teachers’ values
d. Students’ values
True or False. Research from the National Education Association has shown that a class
size of 15 or less is most efficient at the primary level.
a. true
b. false
Self-paced learning typically includes which of the following components:
A. Strict sequence of curriculum components
B. Requires assessment to place student appropriately in curriculum
C. Provisions for monitoring and feedback
D. All of the above
Regarding the new Indian education standards adopted by the South Dakota Board of
Education, Governor Dennis Daugaardspeaking in favor of the standards before the
boardsaid: “Students are more engaged when they find the curriculum relevant.” What
was the focus of this comment?
a. Diversity Education
b. NCLB
c. Race to the Top
d. Romantic Radicalism to Modern Conservatism
True or False. Frederick Taylor is associated with Romantic Radicalism.
a. true
b. false
Toward the end of the scholarly structuralism period
A. Content was fairly universally accepted as appropriate
B. Curriculum had been smoothly integrated
C. Some people were concerned over what appeared to be liberal values
D. Too much attention was being paid to computational skills
True or False. With respect to knowledge-centered curricula there have been three
major attempts to reform curriculum based on a knowledge base.
a. true
b. false
With respect to curriculum design the preferred model is:
A. Design up, deliver down
B. Design down, deliver up
C. Design and deliver up
D. Design and deliver down
In using a goal-based curriculum, there are four questions usually asked at the
beginning of the process. Which of the following is not one of those questions?
A. What is the mission of my school?
B. What should students be learning?
C. What role does activity-based learning play in the curriculum?
D. What is our neighboring districts doing?
True or False. The various types of processes for professional development do not
interrelate
a. True
b. False
When it comes to allocating school resources there are four major questions to consider
including:
A. Evenly divided among all departments or grad levels
B. Divided based upon the number of students
C. Divided based on educational priorities
D. Divided based on size of department
A major trend in the study of reading continues to be a renewed interest in brain
research and how the brain functions. Psychologist Gerald Coles believes this research
should address which of the following questions?
A. How do different aspects of reading interact in certain tasks and what kinds of brain
activity do the interactions produce?
B. How does the left hemisphere interact with certain types of literature?
C. How does the brain react to reading different genres?
D. What areas of the brain are most active when reading?
The Standards-based expectations for many schools still seem to mandate a
______________ approach to education.
Identify five of the seven groups that should be represented on a district curriculum
advisory council.
A school district elects to extend to school year to 190 days, even though the state
department of education indicates a school year is 180 days. A citizens group maintains
that the board acted illegally and must have a 180-day school year. Who would you
support and why?
As a curriculum leader you conduct a survey of where various curriculum goals are
addressed. This results in a matrix. How can that matrix be used appropriately?
Explain what is meant by dynamic knowledge.
There are four organizing elements within the category of curriculum elements. Identify
and explain the importance of the four organizing elements.
What are some of the key factors in early intervention for teaching all children how to
read according to Taylor?
According to Wise, Darling-Hammond, McLaughlin, and Bernstein, the evaluation
system must be seen to have utility: It is cost effective, fair, valid, and
______________.
Many people believe that today’s emphasis on standards and high-stakes tests make
education a “cookie-cutter” process with all students learning the same things in the
same way, regardless of ability. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
In differentiated instruction, items to which students respond may be differentiated so
that different students can _________________ or _____________ their knowledge
and _____________________ in different ways.
_______________ stated “Critical thinking is the skillful application of a repertoire of
validated general techniques for deciding the level of confidence you should have in a
proposition in the light of the available evidence.”
A high school teacher of mathematics learns that a sixth grade teacher expects students
to theorize on principles of mathematics. The high school teacher is concerned. Based
on the work of Piaget do you agree or disagree with the high school teacher and why.
Statistical evidence provides a strong warrant that how we ___________ and
_________ schools has a major effect on the instructional exchanges in classrooms.
Construct an essay in which you stake out the territory for a course you may want to see
developed.
Considering Havinghurst’s developmental tasks, the task of achieving socially
responsible behavior during ________________.
Who suggested that gifted education should consider a focus beyond just cognitive
development and address social constructive issues?
Differentiate between vertical curriculum continuity and horizontal curriculum
continuity.