CHAPTER 5

What Is Taught?
Multiple Choice
1.

A school's curriculum could best be defined as

a.

all of the organized and planned experiences of students for which the school assumes responsibility.

b.

a scope and sequence plan for subjects to be learned from grades K12.

c.

the written document in which the school outlines its goals for the school district for the next decade.

d.

an explanation of the minimum skills in each of the required subject areas for students in grades K
12.

ANS: __
2.

Which of the following has had the most influence over the content of the curriculum in the past decade?
a.

Back-to-basics movement

b.

Standards-based movement

c.

Decreases in financial support

d.

Technology revolution in education

ANS: __
26.

Successful cooperative learning strategies include the following:

a.

group goals, even distribution of labor, and equal opportunities for participation.

b.

equal opportunities for success, heterogeneous grouping, and individual goals.

c.

homogeneous grouping, individual accountability, and goals.

d.

group goals, individual accountability, and equal opportunities for success.

ANS: __
31.

Block scheduling is an efficient use of time because it reduces

a.

the number of courses students take during high school.

b.

time spent passing between classes.

c.

the hours in the school day.

d.

homework and study hall time.

ANS: __

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35.

The term looping refers to

a.

repeating the same topic at even more complex levels on the K12 curriculum spiral.

b.

reinforcing the same content and skills several times during the same grade level.

c.

a particular format of lesson plan, which introduces a topic, provides instruction, and then reviews
within the same class period.

d.

the practice of promoting the teacher along with the students so that they have the same teacher for
several grade levels.

ANS: __

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