Curriculum Quiz

The text suggests that you conceptualize “curriculum” as which of the following?

• an emphasis on outcomes rather than on providing certain experiences

• the means and materials with which students interact to achieve identified outcomes

• a collection of subjects deemed suitable for exposure to children

• an organized effort to pass on the values and beliefs of a given community

A curriculum concerned with the subjects that will be taught, the identified mission of the school, and the knowledge and skills students are expected to require is referred to as which of the following?

• extra-curriculum

• explicit curriculum

• implicit curriculum

• null curriculum

Which of the following curricular types refers to the options students do not get to choose, the ideas and perspectives that are not introduced, and the skills and concepts that are not presented to them?

• explicit curriculum

• extra-curriculum

• implicit curriculum

• null curriculum

Though parents can have a profound effect on the curriculum of a school, one drawback to their influence is which of the following?

• They have a vested interest in the education of children.

• Parents can have first-hand knowledge of what is taught in the local schools.

• Their interests tend to center around just the years that their children are in school.

• Their taxes are what keep the schools going.

Which of the following supports the argument that teacher-designed tests can offer the best picture of student achievement?

• Teacher-designed tests mirror standardized tests.

• The results of teacher-designed tests can be used to compare one class with another.

• They are less expensive to design and administer.

• Such tests are tailored to the actual students in the class and the actual learning experiences provided.

States that review textbooks and select those from which school districts may choose are known as:

• review states

• curriculum assessment states

• adoption states

• selection states

"Classroom pragmatics" refers to which of the following?

• Design of lesson plans

• time spent in observations and student teaching to "practice" teaching

• practical concerns that are noninstructional responsibilities of the teacher

How does the text define "assessment"?

• the means by which information is gathered to make a variety of decisions

• providing students with grades to reflect their performance

• review of instructional plans before implementation

• district-based systems for evaluating teacher performance

In standardized testing, what is the function of the "norm group"?

• to review the content of the test before administration to other students

• to set a standard for the test based on a representative population of test-takers

• to grade the test by following the "normal procedures" set for that test

• to see that the test is administered under consistent conditions and restrictions

A formative test differs from a summative test in which of the following ways?

• Formative tests determine whether a child advances to the next grade level.

• Formative tests are formal (such as written tests); summative tests are information

• Summative tests take longer to administer.

• The instructor does not intend to reteach based on results of a summative test.