Which of the following was considered a landmark event in modern American
educational history?
A. IDEA
B. NCLB
C. Goals 2000
D. A National at Risk
True or False. Unique syntax, accent, and the unique use of lexicon are what make
dialects different from one another.
a. True
b. False
Adolescent Needs and Curricular responses include:
A. Understanding physical changes and new health units
B. Increasing levels of cognitive development and inclusion of concrete and abstract
learning
C. Moral development and service learning
D. Nonthreatening environment and more cooperative learning and less competition
The revised national curriculum standards for the social studies are centered around
which of the following themes?
(A) culture, armed conflicts, civic ideals, and power/governance
B. culture, people/places/environment, individual development, and governance
C. culture, time/change, governance, global connections
D. culture, governance, American history, World history
Schooling in low-performing schools is frequently dominated by
A. Large number of new teachers
B. Emphasis on memorization
C. Insufficient number of supervisors and administrators
D. Excessive interference by parents
True or False. A developer’s choice of images and metaphors is not related to their
belief system.
a. true
b. false
True or False. Jerome Brunner was more concerned with the structure of academic
disciplines while Joseph Schwab was also concerned about the processes of instruction.
a. true
b. false
True or False: equity is another term for diversity.
a. true
b. false
The main focus of Head Start includes all but which of the following?
a. Student matriculation into Kindergarten
b. Student development of social and emotional skills
c. Enhanced opportunities for staff development
d. Provides opportunities to develop curriculum so it threads into the district
curriculum.
True or False. The future and the curriculum will be impacted with new laws limiting
immigration.
a. True
b. False
Community participation should include the following people:
A. Lions club members, teachers, parents, students.
B. Higher education professors, administrators, parents, students only.
C. Political, religious, commercial leaders, social service persons, administrators,
teachers, students, and parent.
D. Teachers, parents, administrators, and appropriate students.
Below are four actual school-based events. Which one is not consistent with aspects of
the hidden curriculum which most people consider inherent in the concept?
a. In a New Jersey middle school, the civics class establishes a class government based
on the type of government used in the community.
b. In an Illinois high school, an alternative education program is established whereby
students operate a second hand store, set prices, and distribute profits.
c. In a California middle school, after the events of September 11, 2001, students were
required to dress as Muslims and follow Muslim customs.
d. In Louisiana, the state legislature mandated a course in Free Enterprise so all students
understood the capitalistic system.
Survey of Perceptions of Alignment Project should not include
A. Standardized test
B. Technology-based applications
C. Yearly planning matrix
D. Unit-planning guides
Of the theorists below, with respect to definitions of curriculum, which is most strongly
focuses on actual delivery of curriculum?
a. Tyler
b. Dewey
c. Ragan
d. Ebert, Ebert, & Bentley
With respect to “instructional rounds”
A. They help in developing the summative evaluation
B. They are numerous in nature
C. They are used to highlight problems
D. They are used to develop staff development programs
One contemporary educator who is very interested in Differentiated Instruction and
Understanding by Design is
a. Linda Darling-Hammond
b. Caron Ann Tomlinson
c. Michael Fullen
d. Joseph Renzulli
Bridging the knowledge gap between research and practice, the authors identified all
but which of the following?
A. John Hattie
B. Robert Marzano
C. New Zealand Ministry of Education’s Best Evidence Synthesis
D. National Academy of Education
You have been appointed principal of Oak Forest elementary school. Which of the
following is a curriculum related task you are least likely to have responsibility for?
A. Develop and monitor practices for materials selection and evaluation
B. Select instructional materials
C. Supervise teachers with respect to curriculum implementation
D. Assist teachers develop lesson plans based on curriculum guides
Which statement below does not belong with the other three?
A. To develop quality leadership and planning for effective teaching strategies must
receive considerable attention.
B. To enhance global understanding
C. To build student competency in using technology to access and process curriculum
information.
D. To stay abreast of new curricula developments
Below are various foci for mathematics education. Which one does not belong with the
other three?
A. Numbers and operations
B. Geometry
C. Measurement
D. Algebra
True or False. Maintenance stage means provisions are made to reinforce learning
outcomes and authentic tasks.
a. True
b. False
Federal and/or state courts have been active in all of the situations below except
A. Desegregation plans
B. Equitable financing of public schools
C. Curriculum offerings
D. Enforcement of education laws
A technique now being used in English classrooms to combat the reduction of reading
for pleasure is
A. Critical literacy
B. Differentiated roles
C. Literature circles
D. Critical analysis
By the 1980s vouchers were allowed, in one form of another, in
a. Alabama
b. Delaware
c. Louisiana
d. New Jersey
In the naturalistic approach to curriculum development the concept of staking out the
territory is most similar to:
A. Course parameters
B. Course prospectus
C. Course goals
D. Course content: knowledge
True or False. One of the benefits of involving students in the development of the
curriculum is increased engagement in the topics studied.
a. true
b. false
True or False. Experts have concluded that all students should be taught from a phonics
perspective.
a. True
b. False
In an analysis of Doll’s curriculum development process the progression was
a. Cyclic
b. Linear
c. Reciprocal
d. Mosaic
True or False. A comparison of the lesson designs between Hunter’s Model and Farrell’s
Model can be branded as forward and backward.
a. True
b. False
The Curriculum of Identity for gifted learners is designed to do which of the following:
A. Guide students in understanding their own strengths, preferences, values, and
commitments
B. Follows the discipline of a given field
C. Makes connections across times, cultures, places, and disciplines
D. Guides understanding and application of facts, methodologies, and principles of a
discipline
Which of the following does not belong with the other three?
a. Learned curriculum
b. Perceived curriculum
c. Recommended curriculum
d. Tested curriculum
Curriculum theory can provide conceptual tools for all but which of the following?
a. Analyzing curriculum proposals
b. Reviewing theory
c. illuminating practice
d. guiding reform
The Inverse Design Process is most like:
A. Curriculum mapping
B. Technological model
C. Distance learning
D. Backward design process
The two contrasting processes for developing new courses are _____________ and
___________________.
Describe the process of organizing g for planning using the Goal-Based Curriculum
Planning Model.
When the context of a curriculum is evaluated there is a question as to the nature of the
student body. Within the question are five areas where information is requested; identify
four of the five.
Schools today frequently have students who are poor and overweight. Given this
situation, why is physical education important in the schools and how much should be
provided?
During the “Romantic Radicalism” movement what was the effect at the secondary
school level, especially with respect to electives.
Assuming there is the written curriculum, the supported curriculum, the taught
curriculum, and the tested curriculum, we can assume one should lead to the other to
maximize the effectiveness. Suppose things do not go as well as one would like and
assuming competent people, which of the types of curricula is probably the cause and
why.
Relationship building with expertise and integrity is the cornerstone for movement into
a successful evaluation process. Therefore, the principal must establish his credibility as
an instructional leader by knowing the indicators of effective teaching, explain the
components a principal needs to understand and apply.
John Goodlad suggested there were five different types of curriculum. Construct an
essay in which you identify the five types and either support or criticize the approach.
Home schooling is increasing in the United States at a significant rate. While in the past
some states did not allow home schooling, now all do and it is being taken advantage
of. What reasons do proponents give for doing home schooling and are there any
disadvantages?
Is thinking skills more usefully perceived as a set of general processes that transcend
the disciplines or as content-specific skills that should be anchored in a discipline? Give
your opinion and support it with information from the book
Differentiate between formal and informal staff development.
What makes Eisner’s perspective on curriculum unique and what are the three aspects of
his approach? Explain.
The curriculum theorist who maintained a purpose of curriculum theory was to provide
educators with a critical perspective on the society and its schools was
___________________________.
Construct a well-structured essay in which you explain the effective way to use the
yearly matrix.
Identify Mark Smith’s four categories for understanding curriculum development.
We frequently hear terms such as rating, informal, formal, summative, formative, and
walk-through. How should these terms relate in the ultimate decision to retain or release
a teacher?