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What is the system called that classifies learning outcomes in the area of human reactions and responses?
Bloom's Taxonomy
Affective domain
Psychomotor domain
None of the above
Programs in some states are based on curriculum frameworks, which are organized around
specific grade-level benchmarks.
lists of topics to be taught.
the big ideas for each subject area.
questions presented by the teacher.
All of the following are usually considerer extra-curricular activities
except
French club.
science labs.
football.
band.
Groups who want to influence the content of the curriculum have the greatest chance of success if they apply pressure on
state legislatures.
school principals.
individual teachers.
local school boards.
As part of the school improvement process (SIP), a school improvement committee might be responsible for all of the following
except
analyzing data about student learning.
reports about efforts to improve the school.
administering tests to students.
plans for the next year.
Which curriculum design includes some contents all students should know?
Mastery
Spiral
Core
Problem-based
A curriculum design organized so that key content is taught more than once, in more depth at higher grade levels, is known as
core.
subject-centered.
spiral.
mastery.
A curriculum design organized so that students have as much time as they need to reach the required level of learning through a variety of activities is known as
core.
subject-centered.
mastery.
spiral.
A curriculum design which is organized in a tight, specified sequence and delivered primarily by lecture is known as
core
mastery
spiral
subject-centered
Standards for student learning are set by
the federal Department of Education.
professional teachers' associations.
local school districts.
individual states.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress is designed to
rank individual students within a school.
compare students in different schools within a state.
show how well students are doing in each state.
develop a national ranking of schools.
Which of the following correctly lists the levels of Bloom's Taxonomy in order of increasing complexity?
knowledge, comprehension, synthesis, application, analysis, evaluation
knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation
knowledge, application, comprehension, analysis, synthesis, evaluation
knowledge, comprehension, evaluation, application, analysis, synthesis
The team that developed a taxonomy of educational objectives in the affective domain was led by
Lawrence Kohlberg.
E. J. Simpson.
David Krathwohl.
Benjamin S. Bloom.
Direct instruction can take all of the following forms
except
watching a video.
conducting a lab experiment.
lecture by the teacher.
reading from the text.
Research on cooperative learning shows that student improvement occurs in all of the following
except
competitive drive.
social skills.
understanding content.
decision making.
Educational objectives should be written as
output statements.
input statements.
instructional strategies.
behavioral objectives.
Active learning time is the primary purpose of what kind of instruction?
direct
indirect
problem-based learning
inquiry
The method of instruction first used in medical instruction is called
problem-based learning.
inquiry.
direct instruction.
indirect instruction.
All of the following are key characteristics of effective indirect instruction
except
only a few possible answers are explored.
the teacher does not provide the answer or solution.
students articulate the reasoning behind their answer.
students initiate activities to analyze or solve the problem.
Effective direct instruction includes
negative criticism for student growth.
loosely structured, student led tasks.
non-sequential instruction.
little to no feedback until the final product.
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