Teaching Children Science Chapter 4

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?

• Scope

• Sequence

• Learning cycle

• Inquiry process skills

Which of the following would most likely be considered a lesson topic?

• Second Grade Science

• Objects in the Sky

• Weather

• How the Human Lung Works

Which of the following considerations of the place of science in the overall curriculum describes how learning is most optimized?

• Making content relevant for the learners in the classroom

• Organizing learning experiences from the learner outward

• Providing a sequence of topics that is logically connected

• Using the concrete approach first when teaching a new concept

Which of the following was presented in the chapter as a practice that is vital for facilitating good classroom management?

• Eliminating discovery time/"circus time"

• Providing a time-out or "think" chair

• Grouping based in achievement

• Planning lessons effectively

Which of the following would be least likely to appear in a list of properly written performance objectives?

• Sing

• Construct

• Appreciate

• Write

Which of the following is not a component of a performance objective?

• A condition of learning

• A measurable performance

• Criteria to rate the level of performance

• A statement of assumption about prior knowledge

To which of the following ideas is curriculum scope most related?

• The range of resource materials available

• The range of student abilities to be dealt with

• The extent to which homework relates to class work

• The integration of earth/space, life, and physical sciences

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