Curriculum Development and Design Flashcards
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A curriculum committee wants to evaluate whether the curriculum is effective. Which data source would be MOST useful for this purpose?
Answer: Student performance data on standardized assessments
Student performance data on assessments directly measures whether students are achieving the intended learning outcomes of the curriculum.
The 'hidden curriculum' in a school MOST likely refers to:
Answer: Unwritten norms, values, and behaviors implicitly taught through school culture
The hidden curriculum encompasses implicit lessons about social norms, values, and behaviors communicated through school routines, rules, and culture.
Which approach to curriculum integration links content from two or more subject areas around a central theme?
Answer: Interdisciplinary curriculum
Interdisciplinary curriculum weaves together content from multiple disciplines around a unifying theme or concept to provide connected learning experiences.
A high school redesigns its curriculum to focus on real-world problems that students investigate over extended periods. This approach is BEST described as:
Answer: Project-based learning curriculum
Project-based learning centers curriculum around authentic, extended investigations of real-world problems, promoting deeper understanding and skill development.
According to Tyler's Rationale, which of the following questions should curriculum developers answer FIRST?
Answer: What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?
Tyler's Rationale begins with defining educational purposes (goals), then selecting experiences, organizing them, and finally evaluating their attainment.
A curriculum that is designed specifically to reflect and validate the cultural backgrounds and experiences of all students is known as:
Answer: Culturally responsive curriculum
Culturally responsive curriculum incorporates students' cultural backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to make learning more relevant and equitable.
In differentiated curriculum design, what does 'tiered assignments' refer to?
Answer: Tasks at varying levels of complexity addressing the same core concept
Tiered assignments provide multiple versions of a task at different complexity levels so all students engage with the same concept but at an appropriate challenge level.