ABCTE ABCTE Curriculum Design & Standards Alignment 5

Question 1

A district's written curriculum lists a persuasive-writing unit, but classroom observations show most teachers skip it. The gap between the written and the taught curriculum is a problem with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Curriculum fidelity

Answer

Curriculum fidelity is how closely the taught curriculum matches the curriculum as it was designed.

Question 2

Bruner's spiral curriculum is best described by which statement?

Accepted Answer

Key ideas are revisited repeatedly with increasing complexity

Answer

A spiral curriculum brings back core concepts in later grades at deeper levels of sophistication.

Question 3

A teacher finds that a unit's daily lessons focus on memorizing facts, but the final assessment requires evaluating arguments. What is the main design flaw?

Accepted Answer

Instruction is misaligned with the cognitive demand of the assessment

Answer

Alignment means instruction gets students ready for the same level of thinking the assessment requires.

Question 4

In backward design, why does the teacher decide on acceptable evidence (assessments) before planning learning activities?

Accepted Answer

So activities can be chosen specifically to prepare students for that evidence of understanding

Answer

Defining evidence first keeps activities focused on the desired results rather than on coverage.

Question 5

A school's curriculum map shows that two ninth-grade teachers teaching the same course cover very different content. What improvement is needed most?

Accepted Answer

Horizontal alignment

Answer

Horizontal alignment makes sure teachers of the same grade or course cover the same essential content.

ABCTE - Professional Teaching Knowledge Exam Practice Test

ABCTE - Professional Teaching Knowledge Exam Practice Test

ABCTE ABCTE Curriculum Design & Standards Alignment 5