Do You Know Curriculum?
Curriculum for Childhood Studies at PSU.
- 1.Progressive Education is...
- A.
Learning through tests
- B.
Scientific education
- C.
Learning by doing
- D.
Religious education
- 2.America "fell behind" Russia in the Race into Space and wanted to strengthen education in the subject areas: _________ & _________.
- A.
Science & math
- B.
Science & english
- C.
Math & english
- D.
History & science
- 3.What is the present day reform movement?
- A.
No Child Left Behind
- B.
Hands-On Movement
- C.
Questioning options
- D.
Back to the basics
- 4.What are two of the four main curriculum influences?
- A.
Textbook selection & teachers
- B.
Technology & diversity
- C.
Parents & police
- 5.
- A.
Multicultural Education
- B.
Eurocentric Curriculum
- C.
Phonics Instruction
- D.
Six-Trait Writing Process
- 6.The elementary science curriculum typically focuses on helping children understand....
- A.
The world around them
- B.
How they grow
- C.
Textbook information
- 7.The main purpose of the social studies curriculum is to understand....
- A.
The relationship between sexes
- B.
George Washington
- C.
People and their interactions with one another
- D.
The relationship between humans and animals
- 8.Historically, K-12 mathematics curriculum consisted of two main components. Which is one of them?
- A.
Teaching students how to use money at Wal-Mart
- B.
Teaching students the computational skills they need to solve math problems
- C.
Teaching students how to find grade averages
- D.
Teaching students how to do worksheets effectively
- 9.Beginning in the 1960's, more effort has been made to help students better understand the ________ of the discipline
- A.
Difficulty
- B.
Stuff
- C.
Advancement
- D.
Structure
- 10.Questioning Curriculum Options is..
- A.
Where students should question everything
- B.
Based on the interests of students
- C.
Where students learn to answer questions correctly
- D.
Students are questions
- 11.Two traits of the The 6-Trait writing process are:
- A.
Ideas & Paragraphs
- B.
Punctuation & Paragraphs
- C.
Voice & Convention
- D.
Ideas & Books
- 12.What is the process of helping children construct reading and writing understandings from meaningful literary activities called?
- A.
Back to the Basics Reading
- B.
School
- C.
Reading above a fourth-grade level
- D.
Whole Language Learning
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