Behavioral Approach

Multiple Choice

What do you think are some advantages of a step-by-step, structured curriculum approach?

• Ensures clear goals, objectives and measurable outcomes in relation to those goals.

• It allows students to learn at their own pace, with individual objectives.

• Teachers have total freedom to change the curriculum however they want.

• All are correct

Open Ended

Have you ever experienced a curriculum that followed a strict plan with specific objectives? How did it impact your learning?

Multiple Choice

What was one goal of the efficiency approach in schools?

• To increase teacher salaries

• To make teaching and learning precise and measurable

• To reduce the number of subjects taught

• To focus on student creativity

Multiple Choice

According to Bobbitt, what should curriculum planning be based on?

• Teachers' personal preferences

• Random selection of topics

• Social needs and real-life skills

• Students' favorite subjects

Multiple Choice

What sets Tyler's approach apart from traditional behavioral methods?

• It focuses only on small, rigid objectives without considering broader educational philosophy

• It sets clear and measurable objectives. Also, it emphasizes the learner’s needs

• It completely abandons measurable objectives in favor of an unstructured learning process

• It relies exclusively on repetitive drills and direct instruction without any evaluative techniques

Open Ended

Do you think there are advantages to creating a curriculum based on the behavioral approach?