Module II Lesson 2: Dimensions and Principles of Curriculum Design

Directions: Read and understand each question below carefully .From the 4 choices
given in each item, choose the correct answer. Underline the letter only of your choice.

1.) Why should appropriate scope be provided?

A. So that curricular coverage should not be too much nor too minimal.
B. So that teachers will become convenient in their teaching.
C. So that learners will easily grasp their lessons.
D. So that administrators can monitor and supervise the teachers.

2.) How is the deductive principle used in the division of the content?
A. By following a thematic ,linear or logical design.
B. By beginning with simple concepts to general content.
C. By starting from the whole to the parts.
D. By guiding the general curriculum objectives or goals.

3.) Why did a vertical relationships among the elements of the curriculum provide
the sequence?
A. To have a logical or developmental patterns of growth.
B. To provide a continuous and cumulative learning.
C. To have a tropical arrangement or content outline.
D. To provide considerations in the determination or the scope.

4.) When is a prerequisite learning principle introduced?

A. When fundamental skills are learned ahead.
B. When content and experiences are well-organized.
C. When overview is first presented before the scope content.
D. When order of events is made as a basis of sequence.

5.) How did Tyler define scope?

A. It refers to the cognitive, affective and psychomotor content.
B. It is broad, limited, simple and general.
C. It provides boundaries in the curriculum as it applies to the different
educational levels.
D. It is all the content,topics, learning experiences and organizing thread .

6.) When is a physical attributes principle used for organizing content in units?
A. When spatial relations will be the basis for sequence.
 B. When physical characteristics of the phenomena is used.
C. When the content is based from the earliest to the most recent.
D. When the content is arranged so that evidence is presented ahead.

7.) Why should the topics for the three regions Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao be
ahead of the Negros, Cebu and Bohol for the Visayas?
A. So that they will be consistent with the world.
B. Because it reflects the organization of the conceptual world.
C. Because ideas are related together in a logical manner.
D. So that continuous and cumulative learning are provided.

8.) When is an inductive arrangement used?

A. When it begins with the fundamental to the complex.
B. When it begins with a whole to the parts.
C. When it begins with simple concepts to the general content.
D. When it begins with the overview before the specific content.

9.) Time is another factor to be considered in organizing content in units. When does
this happen?
A. When order of events is made as a basis of sequencing.
B. When fundamental things are learned ahead.
C. When special relations are the basis for sequencing.
D. When the content is based from the earliest to the most recent.

10.)In World-related sequence, how can contents and experiences be arranged so

that they will be consistent with the world?
A. Simple to complex, prerequisite, whole to part.
B. Space,time, physical attribute.
C. Whole, part, time, physical attribute.
D. Time, simple too complex, spacial.

Answer key:

1. A 6. B
2. C 7. A
3. B 8. C
4. A 9. D
5. D 10. B