Alvin Standards

It is not necessary to cover all the standards in the curriculum. Teachers can exclude some difficult standards from their teaching plans.

• True

• False

ESL standards specify the content knowledge and provide teaching guidance.

• True

• False

Within the same strand or sub-strand, the standards are arranged in increasing order of difficulties.

• True

• False

The standards will be allocated to units/lessons and specified as unit outcomes/lesson objectives. The achievement of lesson objectives is a stepping stone to the achievement of standards.

• True

• False

To effectively implement standard-based teaching, the first and most important requirement is that teachers have a clear understanding of the standards.

• True

• False

Due to the integration of the communicative teaching approach in Stage 1, the standards in the Productive strands (Speaking and Writing) are more important than those in the Receptive strands (Listening and Reading), and thus require more investment of time.

• True

• False

As a requirement of differentiated instruction, teachers are expected to adapt the scope of knowledge and skill set in the standards to better suit their students' abilities.

• True

• False

All standards need to be assessed at least once during the school year, either in formative assessments or summative assessments.

• True

• False

For a comprehensive understanding of a standard, teachers need to pay attention to three components which are: behaviour, knowledge, skill action verb, condition, scope action verb, audience, condition audience, behaviour, degree of mastery

• A. behaviour, knowledge, skill

• B. action verb, condition, scope

• C. action verb, audience, condition

• D. audience, behaviour, degree of mastery

The mapping portal has already clarified what standards are allocated to each unit and each lesson.

• True

• False