Curriculum 5-6

The lessons that arise from the culture of the school and the behaviors, attitudes, and expectations that characterize that culture.

• Implicit

• null

• explicit

• extracurricular

The subjects taught and the skills students are expected to acquire, aligned with the school's mission.

• explicit

• implicit

• null

• extracurricular

• The ideas and skills that are not presented to students, representing a gap in their educational experience.

• null

• explicit

• implicit

• extracurricular

Programs outside the standard academic curriculum, such as athletics and arts, that enhance the overall educational experience.

• extracurricular

• null

• explicit

• implicit

The text suggests that you conceptualize “curriculum” as which of the following?

• a. an emphasis on outcomes rather than on providing certain experiences

• b. the means and materials with which students interact to achieve identified outcomes

• c. a collection of subjects deemed suitable for exposure to children

• d. an organized effort to pass on the values and beliefs of a given community

A curriculum concerned with the subjects that will be taught, the identified mission of the school, and the knowledge and skills students are expected to require is referred to as which of the following?

• a.       extra-curriculum

  
  

• b.       explicit curriculum

  
  

• c.       implicit curriculum

• d. null curriculum

  
  

Which of the following curricular types refers to the options students do not get to choose, the ideas and perspectives that are not introduced, and the skills and concepts that are not presented to them?

• a. explicit curriculum

  
  

• b. extra-curriculum

  
  

• c. implicit curriculum

  
  

• d. null curriculum

  
  

Though parents can have a profound effect on the curriculum of a school, one drawback to their influence is which of the following?

• a. They have a vested interest in the education of children.

  
  

• b. Parents can have first-hand knowledge of what is taught in the local schools.

  
  

• c. Their interests tend to center around just the years that their children are in school.

  
  

• d. Their taxes are what keep the schools going.

  
  

 Which of the following supports the argument that teacher-designed tests can offer the best picture of student achievement?

• a. Teacher-designed tests mirror standardized tests.

  
  

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  b. The results of teacher-designed tests can be used to compare one class with another.

  
  

• c. They are less expensive to design and administer.

  
  

• d. Such tests are tailored to the actual students in the class and the actual learning experiences provided.

  
  

States that review textbooks and select those from which school districts may choose are known as:

• a. review states

  
  

• b. curriculum assessment states

  
  

• c. adoption states

  
  

• d. selection states