True or False. Self-managed learning is involved in the effective schools process.
a. True
b. False
True or False. Social Studies programs should include experiences that provide for the
study of individual interests.
a. True
b. False
True or False. Michael Scriven insists that goals are central to curriculum evaluation.
a. True
b. False
Understanding by design
a. Looks at curriculum from a process perspective
b. Is a prescriptive approach
c. Uses backward design
d. Uses a linear approach
True or False. The alignment project does not impact the professional climate of the
school.
a. True
b. False
In seeking constituent satisfaction the term constituent refers to all of the following
except
A. Teachers
B. Students
C. Parents
D. Administration
True or False 504 is the equivalent of the Civil Rights Act for the handicapped.
a. True
b. False
Alignment Project Planning does not include which of the following?
A. Determining the scope of the project
B. Orienting students
C. Identifying mastery objectives
D. Select texts
In blocking the units within the naturalistic approach four questions are asked. Which
one of the following is not one of the questions?
A. How much instructional material is available?
B. How many units of study are planned?
C. How many lessons will there probably be in each unit?
D. What is the general objective of each unit?
Which of the following is most likely a mastery objective?
A. Understand the concept of set theory.
B. Add two two-digit numbers to a two or three digit sum.
C. Prove geometric theorems.
D. Solve equations
Political implication for principals does not include which of the following?
A. 9-12 education
B. School Vouchers
C. Response to Intervention
D. Homeschooling
Curriculum development continues to be in a state of flux responding to developments
in which of the following?
a. Course content, methodologies, and technology.
b. Changing global economy, technology, lesson design.
c. Digital tools, course content, unit design
d. None of the above
True or False. A focused lesson is one where the thinking skill represents the main
objective of that lesson.
a. True
b. False
True or False. The debate as to whether students should be taught general thinking skills
that cross the disciplines or be taught as content ” specific skills has been resolved by
recent research.
a. True
b. False
True or False. Most districts, for example, would probably choose not to assess
listening skills, because valid listening tests are difficult to develop, administer, and
score. Similarly, most affective outcomes (such as “appreciating poetry”) are difficult to
measure validly with objectives.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following phrases does not belong with the other three?
A. High abstract
B. Direct assistance or clinical supervision
C. Providing in-service education
D. Helping teachers carry out action research
True or False: A student survey should ask students their opinions about whether they
are learning meaningful things that will help them in the future.
a. True
b. False
True or False: John Goodlad found schools did a good job with inquiry, but not critical
thinking.
a. true
b. false
True or False. Externally mandated curricula reviews are not useful, but internal
reviews are useful.
a. True
b. False
There are four types of problem solving processes recommended by theorists including:
a. Analytical
b. Intuitive
c. Deductive
d. Authoritative
Young (2008) lists ideas from a PDK summit on global perspectives relevant today and
the include all but which of the following:
A. Multimedia convergent learning
B. Develop a teacher education corps
C. Instill a desire for lifelong learning
D. Celebrate and respect diversity
True or False ELL programs have taken a back seat to inclusion.
a. True
b. False
Assessment, in the form of tests, should:
A. Be limited to standardized tests
B. Be limited to curriculum-based tests given weekly
C. Be limited to curriculum-based tests done once or twice a year
D. Contain both standardized tests and curriculum-based tests
Experts predict the future will be marked by the following developments.
A. interconnected global society
B. Less information
C. Complicatedness
D. Narrowed curriculum
All of the following are steps in the inverse design process except
A. Identification of desired end results
B. Determine what evidence or assessments are needed to check results
C. Plan learning activities
D. Provide a staff development program for those teaching the course
True or False. Based on the results of math testing over the years it appears the United
States is improving.
a. True
b. False
Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is arranged in a sequential manner. Below are the steps in
the hierarchy. Which is the first step that is out of sequence?
A. Physiological needs
B. Safety needs
C. Self esteem needs
D. Love, affection, and belongingness needs
Below are various theorists who have attempted to categorize curriculum theories and
theorists. The one formulation that is better, though perhaps not perfect, was developed
by
a. Eisner and Vallance
b. Huenecke
c. McNeil
d. Pinar
It has been said that advancements in educational technology and distance learning
have come in shifts. Which of the following represents the first shift?
A. Teachers are no longer the sole arbiters of knowledge in the classroom.
B. Movement from traditional education to open learning.
C. A major shift in how literacy changes the new environment.
D. An increase in school-based technology has taken place.
A curriculum guide produced using the technological model would contain all of the
following except
A. A list of instructional materials
B. A list of sequenced objectives
C. A time allocation for each objective
D. A rationale or statement of philosophy
True or False. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education recommends
physical activity of 150 minutes per week for elementary and over 250 minutes per
week for secondary.
a. True
b. False
A materials adoption committee should develop a set of selection criteria based upon
A. Publisher recommendations
B. Board policy and administrative procedures
C. Research
D. Cost analysis
In terms of building the curriculum database, what should you consider about
community resources, students, faculty, schools, and other resources?
Data derived from, informal observations can play an important part in assessing
_________________ needs.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has also been called No Test Maker Left Behind. Write
an essay in which you analyze and evaluate that statement.
Examples of resources include online and mobile devices, applications, software and
courseware, textbooks (digital or standard), activities, novels, nonfiction books,
anthologies, collections, handbooks, dramas, selected readings from reserved material
in the library or classroom, printed handouts, kits, periodicals, transparency sets, video
recordings, and audio recordings. Which of these do you believe will be most
interesting to today’s students? Why or why not?
The first major reform effort in mathematics came in 1989. Construct an essay in which
you describe some of the changes that have taken place.
What is one of the primary objections to curriculum tracking as an ineffective way of
responding to individual differences?
Exposure to reading of a variety of texts within a self-paced learning program typically
enhanced the student’s ____________________.
The United States underwent considerable change during the Viet Nam era from the late
sixties to the early seventies. With respect to curriculum the movement was called____.
According to Noyce, Perda, and Traver there are three things the district must do after
the needs assessment. Identify and explain the three things.
Describe the general characteristics of value-oriented theories and how you feel such
theories integrate with the current accountability movement.
What is taught and tested needs to encompass the mastery curriculum (as per set
standards) as well as what is outlined in the ________________.
Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, alleged that
the price of freedom is vigilance. How does this relate to homeschooling?
At least one state is trying to use value-added assessment to assess the quality of a
university’s teacher education problem by state-wide testing over time. Do you believe
this is reasonable? Why or why not? What problems, if any, do you see in such a
program?
Using a discrepancy model, explain in writing how the Farrell Model differs from the
Hunter Model.
When evaluating context, why is it important to assess the nature of the student body?
Berliner and Biddle in their 1997 book, The Manufactured Crisis, contend that the top
United States students could compete with top students everywhere. What do you
suspect was the motivation behind writing the book and making statements such as they
made?
According to Brown (2012), a child’s brain structure and chemistry change every day,
and that environment and experiences in the classroom have a profound impact on these
changes. By applying a Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) model espoused by Harvard
professor Kurt Fischer, instruction can be directed to make smart decisions in a
systematic, intentional, and sequential way. Explain the four ways MBE can be used in
the classroom and why these applications are important to student learning.
Leaders will need to fully understand the __________ relationship between theory and
practice.