Teaching Children Science Chapter 4
Planning and Managing: How can I plan and manage inquiry-based, discovery-focused units and lessons?
- 1.Name:
- 2.If you were planning a year's worth of science for children and debating whether to include the study of mammals, which of these terms would best summarize the curriculum issue with which you were dealing?
- A.
Scope
- B.
Sequence
- C.
Learning cycle
- D.
Inquiry process skills
- 3.A teacher decides that a unit on arachnids should follow a unit on insects. In previous years, arachnids were taught first. Which of the following best describes what the teacher has done?
- A.
Affected the scope of the curriculum units
- B.
Affected the sequence of the curriculum units
- C.
Affected the learning cycle in the curriculum units
- D.
Affected the inquiry process skills in the curriculum units
- 4.To which of the following ideas is curriculum scope most related?
- A.
The range of resource materials available
- B.
The range of student abilities to be dealt with
- C.
The extent to which homework relates to class work
- D.
The integration of earth/space, life, and physical sciences
- 5.Which of the following would be least likely to appear in a list of properly written performance objectives?
- A.
Sing
- B.
Construct
- C.
Appreciate
- D.
Write
- 6.Which of the following was presented in the chapter as a practice that is vital for facilitating good classroom management?
- A.
Eliminating discovery time/"circus time"
- B.
Providing a time-out or "think" chair
- C.
Grouping based in achievement
- D.
Planning lessons effectively
- 7.Which of the following would most likely be considered a lesson topic?
- A.
Second Grade Science
- B.
Objects in the Sky
- C.
Weather
- D.
How the Human Lung Works
- 8.Which of the following considerations of the place of science in the overall curriculum describes how learning is most optimized?
- A.
Making content relevant for the learners in the classroom
- B.
Organizing learning experiences from the learner outward
- C.
Providing a sequence of topics that is logically connected
- D.
Using the concrete approach first when teaching a new concept
- 9.Which of the following is not a component of a performance objective?
- A.
A condition of learning
- B.
A measurable performance
- C.
Criteria to rate the level of performance
- D.
A statement of assumption about prior knowledge
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