Curriculum Development & Design Flashcards
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A curriculum committee is conducting a needs assessment. What is the PRIMARY purpose of this process?
Answer: To identify gaps between current student performance and desired outcomes
A needs assessment identifies the discrepancy between what students currently know and what they should know to guide curriculum decisions.
In curriculum design, 'scope' refers to:
Answer: The breadth and depth of content covered
Scope defines the breadth (how many topics) and depth (how thoroughly) content is addressed in the curriculum.
Which of the following BEST describes 'horizontal alignment' in curriculum planning?
Answer: Coordinating content and skills taught across subjects within the same grade level
Horizontal alignment ensures that content and skills are coordinated across different subject areas within the same grade or course level.
A curriculum developer wants to ensure that students can transfer learning to new situations. Which strategy BEST supports this goal?
Answer: Designing authentic tasks that require application of concepts in varied contexts
Authentic tasks requiring application in varied contexts build the flexible, transferable understanding students need beyond school.
Which curriculum document typically outlines daily or weekly lesson plans aligned to a unit's learning objectives?
Answer: Instructional plan
An instructional plan (lesson plan) details the specific daily or weekly activities, strategies, and objectives for classroom instruction.
The 'hidden curriculum' MOST commonly refers to:
Answer: Unofficial norms, values, and behaviors students learn through school culture
The hidden curriculum includes unwritten social norms, values, and expectations transmitted implicitly through the school environment.
Which approach to curriculum evaluation focuses on measuring whether student outcomes match the program's stated objectives?
Answer: Goal-based evaluation
Goal-based evaluation (Tyler) measures the degree to which a curriculum achieves its pre-specified learning objectives.