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BB - Curriculum 5 & 6
Curriculum Development
25
Education
Graduate
02/20/2012

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Term
In the traditional model, the teacher being described as an interior decorator rather than the architect means what?
Definition
The teacher is not in charge of the purpuse or design of instruction.  The teacher is only in charge of the delivery of the instruction.
Term
In the planning process of the instuctional cycle, the key to success is __________.
Definition
organization
Term
True or False: Teaching is about students learning rather than teachers talking.
Definition
True
Term
What are the two levels of classroom planning?
Definition
preparation and delivery
Term
Teachers plan instruction based on their assumptions of _____  ____________  ________.
Definition
how learning occurs
Term
What are the three "families of learning?"
Definition
behavioral, developmental, and perceptual
Term
Of the three "families of learning," which one has the students as the key to learning?
Definition
Perceptual
Term
Teaching students how to learn, or optimizing learning to sometimes called ___________.
Definition
metacognition
Term
Instruction in the classroom is a subset of ______________.
Definition
curriculum
Term
What is the new organizational pattern that is emerging in the United States school system?
Definition
K-8 Schools
Term
True or False: The socialization function of the early grades does not need to be updated, even though more children are attending daycare before kindergarten.
Definition
False
Term
What is the Old Deluder Stan Act?
Definition
Required towns to establish common schools and grammar schools so that men could read scriptures and escape Satan
Term
Who was the person most responsible for the modern elementary school?
Definition
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Term
Massachusetts had the first board of education established and ______________ was the first secretary.
Definition
Horace Mann
Term
John Dewey's principle for learning was what?
Definition
"Learning by Doing"
Term
What educational movement heavily influenced the elementary curriculum until 1957?
Definition
progressive
Term
In what two eras did teachers see a decline in the enrollment of students in elementary classes?
Definition
1970s and 1980s
Term
What is key to a successful grouping arrangement?
Definition
flexibility
Term
What are two common terms used for grouping in elementary schools?
Definition
hererogeneous and homogeneous
Term
Phonics is known as ____________  __________.
Definition
basic-skills instruction
Term
True or False:  Teaching to the test has become a common practice in too many classrooms.
Definition
True
Term
Language arts contain what communication skills?
Definition
reading, writing, listening, and speaking
Term
What arts are included in elementary schools?
Definition
visual and performing arts
Term
According to PL 94-142 what is the most appropriate education for students with disabilities?
Definition
least restrictive environment
Term
What are the two basic types of organization groups for instruction?
Definition
horizontal and vertical
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