Curriculum Development (LET Reviewr)

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

1.      Suppose that in developing a curriculum, your intention is to put a lot of importance in developing the mind and spirit of the learners. What philosophical belief will help you on this?

a.      Axiology

b.      Idealism

c.       Pragmatism

d.      Reconstructionism

2.      Two of the following choices NOT considered as social forces that affect the school and the curriculum, which are these?

a.      Multicultural concerns

b.      Change in gender roles

c.       Nature of knowledge

d.      Learner’s characteristics

3.      Two of the following choices NOT considered as social forces that affect the school and the curriculum, which are these?

a.      Multicultural concerns

b.      Change in gender roles

c.       Nature of knowledge

d.      Learner’s characteristics

4.      A curriculum developer decides to effect a curricular change, instead of curriculum improvement. The most probable reason for this is that the results of curriculum evaluation call for an alteration in the _________ and in the _________

a.      Set of competencies and objectives

b.      Teaching strategies to be used

c.       Time allotment of subject areas

d.      Sequence of content for a certain year/grade level

5.      A curriculum developer decides to effect a curricular change, instead of curriculum improvement. The most probable reason for this is that the results of curriculum evaluation call for an alteration in the _________ and in the _________

a.      Set of competencies and objectives

b.      Teaching strategies to be used

c.       Time allotment of subject areas

d.      Sequence of content for a certain year/grade level

6.      For the situation analysis that may be done for curriculum planning, a teacher or developer must examine TWO of the following things. These are the __________ and the ___________

a.      Abilities and educational needs of learners

b.      Way by which the curriculum is used

c.       Changing nature of the subject matter to be taught

d.      Form of the curriculum

7.      For the situation analysis that may be done for curriculum planning, a teacher or developer must examine TWO of the following things. These are the __________ and the ___________

a.      Abilities and educational needs of learners

b.      Way by which the curriculum is used

c.       Changing nature of the subject matter to be taught

d.      Form of the curriculum

8.      Every curriculum has this dimension. This is both unplanned and implicit but its instructional effects are often evident in the student’s behaviour, values and dispositions. This dimension is referred to as _________

a.      Societal curriculum

b.      Instructional curriculum

c.       Institutional curriculum

d.      Hidden curriculum

9.      Dr.Almonte , the provincial hospital director, plans to attend a school board meeting where a new high school science curriculum will be discussed. Which level of curriculum is shown in this situation?

a.      Experiential

b.      Instructional

c.       Institutional

d.      Societal

10.  Mrs Galang often makes use of experiential rather than the rote method in teaching, she is thus, observed to provide “custom-made” activities for her pupils. The curriculum pattern she apparently follows is that of  ______________

a.      Activity-based

b.      Child-centered

c.       Process-oriented

d.      Life-functions-focused

11.  The concept includes the sub-process of curriculum planning, organization, implementation and evaluation. What concept is this?

a.      Curriculum development

b.      Curriculum assessment

c.       Curriculum management

d.      Curriculum and instruction

12.  If the ‘ What” in teaching refers to curriculum, the “how” of it refers to ___________

a.      Strategies

b.      Instruction

c.       Learning

d.      Approaches

13.  Mrs. Padilla, the principal of Casay Elementary School, opted to use the curriculum that involves the integration of Social Studies, Music, Arts, and P.E on longer time blocks. This shows that the design pattern she prefers is that of the _____________curriculum

a.      Correlated subject

b.      Core

c.       Mastery learning

d.      Broad fields

14.  The school has responsibility to develop, among other things, problem-solving and abstraction skills. This responsibility has something to do with _______________

a.      Intellectualism

b.      Technological changes

c.       Vocational preparation

d.      Citizenship

15.  The curriculum used during this period in Philippine History terminated the use of English as a medium of instruction. What period was this?

a.      American

b.      Spanish

c.       Commonwealth

d.      Japanese

16.  One popular conception of curriculum is that which aims to provide the learners with the needed skills in this ever-changing world. Which conception is this?

a.      Self – actualization

b.      Social relevance

c.       Cumulative tradition of organized knowledge

d.      Technology

17.  As a social studies teacher, you are tasked to implement the newly revised curriculum. Which two important initial action will you first take?

a.      Understand the external and the nature of change in the curriculum.

b.      Develop a unit plan for the subject

c.       Attend all orientation and/or training activities that meant to clarify and develop meaning for aspect of the revised curriculum

d.      Prepare appropriate instructional materials for the lessons during the first grading period

18.  As a social studies teacher, you are tasked to implement the newly revised curriculum. Which two important initial action will you first take?

a.      Understand the external and the nature of change in the curriculum.

b.      Develop a unit plan for the subject

c.       Attend all orientation and/or training activities that meant to clarify and develop meaning for aspect of the revised curriculum

d.      Prepare appropriate instructional materials for the lessons during the first grading period

19.  Which of the following statement about the concept of curriculum is NOT quite acceptable?

a.      It refers to all the experiences that both the school and the teacher provide the students with

b.      It is the set of acquired knowledge, habits, and skills.

c.       It consists of everything that goes within the school

d.      It is a planned action for instruction

20.  Which TWO statements show that the concepts of curriculum and instruction are similar?

a.      Both involve thorough planning, implementation, and evaluation processes

b.      Both refer to social and cultural changes as one of the sources of content

c.       Both are tasked to determine what method is appropriate to teach lesson

d.      Both have set of objective to attain

21.  Which TWO statements show that the concepts of curriculum and instruction are similar?

a.      Both involve thorough planning, implementation, and evaluation processes

b.      Both refer to social and cultural changes as one of the sources of content

c.       Both are tasked to determine what method is appropriate to teach lesson

d.      Both have set of objective to attain

22.  This phase of curriculum development involves decisions, among other things, on grade placement and sequencing of content. Which phase is this?

a.      Curriculum planning

b.      Curriculum evaluation

c.       Curriculum organization

d.      Curriculum implementation

23.  Which statement about the subject – centered curriculum is NOT true?

a.      There is a high level of cooperative interaction

b.      It covers much content in a short period of time

c.       The teacher has full control of the classroom activities

d.      The main task is mastery of learning

24.  Ryan, a grade VI pupil, remembers that he has had lessons on Philippine history since he was in grade IV this is because the design of the curriculum implemented in his school is the ______________

a.      Core curriculum

b.      Problem solving curriculum

c.       Spiral curriculum

d.      Open education curriculum

25.  Mrs Garcia would like to take part in developing a subject-centered curriculum because she believes that all subjects in this type of curriculum are geared towards the holistic development of the learner. Is her belief about the centered curriculum true? Why?

a.      Yes, because the subject centered curriculum focuses on the learners needs, interests, and abilities

b.      No, because it is the experience centered curriculum that emphasize the teaching of facts and knowledge for future use

c.       Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum involves cooperative control

d.      No, because it is the experience centered and not the subject-centered curriculum that emphasizes integration of habits and skills in learning the knowledge component of a subject areas

26.  In curriculum planning, one of these factors is concerned with the identification of required resources and list of expenditures and revenue estimates. This factor is that of __________

a.      Goal setting

b.      Situation analysis

c.       Decisions on implementation and evaluation

d.      Budget determination

27.  During this particular historical period,specific subject areas in the curriculum started to be taught in Filipino while the others in English, as provided in the newly-mandated Bilingual Education Policy which period was this?

a.      Commonwealth

b.      Third Republic

c.       New society

d.      Japanese

28.  This type of curriculum focuses more on problem solving processes and skills and human relation than on content acquisition. Which type is this?

a.      Subject centered

b.      Society-culture-based

c.       Learner-centered

d.      None of the above

29.  While having supper, Mrs. Garcia asks her two children what they learned in the school earlier that day. Which level of curriculum  is shown in this situation?

a.      Institutional

b.      Experiential

c.       Societal

d.      Instructional

30.  The Baya Elementary School uses a curriculum design that recognizes the ability levels of its pupils. Thus, the content of the subject areas taught across grade levels are so organized that the simplest concepts are taken up in the early grades and the more difficult ones, in the higher levels. This shows a widening and deepening sequence of similar concepts taught through the elementary levels. Which curriculum design is this?

a.      Correlated

b.      Broad fields

c.       Spiral

d.      Core

31.  Mr. Cruz is interested in getting involved in a school-related functions. He asked “why should schools need a curriculum? Which curriculum foundations could give him some ideas for an answer?

a.      Socio-philosophical

b.      Psychological

c.       Historical

d.      Technological

32.  During the implementation phase of the curriculum, the following, except one, are factors worth considering for the effective use of the curriculum in the classroom. Which is the exception?

a.      What resources are required

b.      How curriculum is to be disseminated

c.       How teachers are to be given the necessary knowledge and skills

d.      What content items re to be included

33.  The San Jose District plans to adopt the reading program used in the San Agustin District. What curriculum improvement level does this show?

a.      Variation

b.      Value orientation

c.       Substitution

d.      restructuring

34.  Mrs. De Jesus is a member of the school District Curriculum Evaluation team that tries to assess the “product aspect” of the curriculum currently being used. What it means?

a.      Wise use of resources

b.      How curriculum implementers did their job

c.       How well the curriculum meet the learner’s needs

d.      Extent of curriculum implementation

35.  Mr. Gabriel, a curriculum consultant on economics insists that in selecting the curriculum content, it is better that throughout the high school years, economic geography concepts be used to recur and repeated with depth for effective learning. What criterion in content selection is shown here?

a.      Validity

b.      Continuity and sequence

c.       significance

d.      learnability

36.  Dr.Mansor intends to open a school with a curriculum that must be primarily experience centered. Which of the following criteria must she NOT follow to ensure that the curriculum is that which she wants?

a.      The curriculum should promote the use of active and dynamic process so that learning is improved

b.      The curriculum should be used with a high level of cooperative interaction

c.       The curriculum content should be primarily based on the learner’s  needs, ability levels and interests

d.      The curriculum should emphasize the teaching of facts and knowledge

37.  As stakeholder in curriculum development, Ms. Fuertes a district supervisor and a member of the school board, has one of the following primary roles. Which one is this?

a.      Support and participate in parent-school organization activities

b.      Authorize school expenditures for curriculum development, implementation and evaluation

c.       Enact legislation to effect curriculum improvement

d.      Recommend changes in the curriculum

38.  Which statement is true in using the non-technical approach to curriculum development?

a.      The teacher function both as a curriculum developer and implementor

b.      The processes used in curriculum development are rational and systematic

c.       The teachers rarely participate in the development of curricula

d.      Curriculum functions are separate but related to instructional functions

39.  Atty. Robredo is involved in curriculum development. Her conception of curriculum strongly leans on its being a cognitive process. Which of the following statement specifically reflects this conception she holds?

a.      Curriculum aims to make learning efficient and systematic

b.      Curriculum develops skills in analysing, deducing and speculating

c.       The content of the curriculum is sourced from different academic disciplines

d.      The curriculum largely considers the full development of the learners

40.  What refers to the authenticity of the content selected by the curriculum developers?

a.      Feasibility

b.      Learnability

c.       Significance

d.      Validity

41.  Which is NOT a description of the experience centered curriculum?

a.      Emphasis is on the total growth and development of the learners

b.      Controlled and cooperatively directed by learners, teachers, and parent

c.       Education is a means to develop socially creative individual

d.      Emphasis upon facts and knowledge for future use

42.  Ms. Mateo a science teacher tries to enrich in the content of her lesson by identifying related concepts in Math. What pattern of organizing content/subject matter did she consider?

a.      Broadfield

b.      Correlated

c.       Core

d.      Separate subject

43.  Which curriculum design element is taking place when Noel, a senior high school student, can connect the lessons he learned in a subject area to a related content in another subject area?

a.      Articulation

b.      Balance

c.       Continuity

d.      Integration

44.  Which educational philosophy focuses on the role of curriculum as a member in remaking society and rebuilding culture?

a.      Perennialism

b.      Progressivism

c.       Existentialism

d.      Reconstructionism

45.  What process is being undertaken by curriculum developers when they enrich, or modify certain aspects ofa particular program without changing its fundamental conceptions?

a.      Curriculum improvement

b.      Curriculum change

c.       Curriculum design

d.      Curriculum implementation

46.  Which curriculum development phase focuses on attention of a curriculum’s basic structure and design?

a.      Curriculum change

b.      Curriculum implementation

c.       Curriculum improvement

d.      Curriculum evaluation

47.  As a member of the curriculum committee, your chief concern is to give the child freedom to choose what to learn and believe, as you allow them to set their own identities and standards. What philosophy will you consider?

a.      Existentialism

b.      Realism

c.       Idealism

d.      None of the above

48.  What process of curriculum development is being undertaken by the developers when they try to obtain relevant and significant information to be able to judge the worth of an educational program, its product, procedures and objectives?

a.      Curriculum planning

b.      Curriculum designing

c.       Curriculum organization

d.      Curriculum evaluation

49.  Proponents of the technical scientific approach of curriculum development believe that curriculum is a means and _______________is the end.

a.      Technique

b.      Instruction

c.       Learning

d.      Strategy

50.  One example of this design of subject centered curriculum is that which shows social studies being combined with geography, civics and culture, and history to comprise one subject area. Which design is this?

a.      Correlated

b.      Broadfields

c.       Fused

d.      Core