CEOE Curriculum Development 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which curriculum design approach organizes content around broad themes that cut across subject areas?
- Subject-centered design
- Learner-centered design
- Integrated/interdisciplinary design (Correct answer)
- Problem-centered design
Correct answer: Integrated/interdisciplinary design
Integrated or interdisciplinary design connects content from multiple subjects around unifying themes or concepts.
Question 2: In backward design (Understanding by Design), what is the FIRST step a curriculum developer should take?
- Plan daily instructional activities
- Select appropriate textbooks
- Identify desired learning outcomes (Correct answer)
- Choose formative assessment strategies
Correct answer: Identify desired learning outcomes
Backward design begins with identifying the desired results before planning assessments or instruction.
Question 3: Which factor is MOST important when sequencing curriculum content across grade levels?
- Alphabetical order of topics
- Vertical articulation and developmental appropriateness (Correct answer)
- Teacher preference for content order
- Textbook chapter sequence
Correct answer: Vertical articulation and developmental appropriateness
Vertical articulation ensures content builds logically and developmentally from one grade to the next.
Question 4: A curriculum that emphasizes students constructing their own understanding through experience best reflects which theoretical foundation?
- Behaviorism
- Essentialism
- Constructivism (Correct answer)
- Perennialism
Correct answer: Constructivism
Constructivism holds that learners actively build knowledge through interaction with their environment and experiences.
Question 5: Which type of curriculum refers to what students actually learn as opposed to what was planned or taught?
- Explicit curriculum
- Hidden curriculum
- Null curriculum
- Learned curriculum (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Learned curriculum
The learned curriculum represents the actual knowledge, skills, and attitudes students acquire from their educational experiences.
Question 6: When a school district aligns its written, taught, and tested curriculum, this practice is called:
- Curriculum mapping
- Curriculum compacting
- Curriculum alignment (Correct answer)
- Curriculum pacing
Correct answer: Curriculum alignment
Curriculum alignment ensures consistency between what is planned, delivered, and assessed to maximize student learning.
Question 7: Which evaluation model uses a series of decision-making stages including Context, Input, Process, and Product evaluations?
- Tyler Rationale
- CIPP Model (Correct answer)
- Stake's Responsive Evaluation
- Scriven's Goal-Free Evaluation
Correct answer: CIPP Model
The CIPP Model (developed by Stufflebeam) evaluates curriculum across four stages to support decision-making.
CEOE Curriculum Development 2
Which curriculum design approach organizes content around broad themes that cut across subject areas?